Today was my first day of Keto and my first time posting on this sub. I'm starting off while traveling for work. I feel like this is this time that I struggle with the most. When I drive for hours and don't take anything for lunch so I stop at a fast food place. This time I prepped for my four day trip. I cooked grilled chicken and shredded it. A bag of spring mix garden salad. Raspberry vinaigrette. Hard boiled eggs, cubed sharpe cheddar cheese, and smoked sausage sticks, an avocado, and some baby bel cheese. I figured I'd put all this food in my refrigerator in my hotel and go out to eat for dinner. I think I was mostly successful. I did go over my calories by 66 calories and my carbs ended up at 34g instead of 25g. Everything else was ok. I did drink Diet Coke as I'm not giving up caffeine during the work week. I'll start detoxing this weekend.
A little about me, I'm 27 years old. 250lbs (that's a guess because the batteries died on my scale). I'm only 5'3". I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 15 years old and was put on bc and told to just "shave" my beard. I was devastated and didn't understand what PCOS was. My doctor said he wasn't going to worry about it until I wanted to get pregnant. I never felt like a girl because I didn't get my period. Even after the bc, I had to stop taking it because it raised my blood pressure. I was given metformin when I was 24. So between 15-24 I didn't have a consistent period and didn't feel like I ever hit puberty. Small chest but overweight. You can tell where I'm going with this. I had no confidence. I didn't make a big deal about it and played it off by pouring myself into my studies. I dated but never had a steady boyfriend. Intimacy still scares me. I have finally come to the realization that I might have depression. Years of not paying attention to my health or my body left me being single, 27 years old, overweight and depressed. I finally realized last week when I was helping my friend move some furniture that I was sweating from simply climbing the stairs. I don't want to be this way anymore. So for the first time in my life, I'm taking control. Step 1: I made an appointment with my doctor (different than the one who diagnosed me all those years ago) to discuss going back on metformin and spironolactone. Also to talk about the depression. I've never mentioned anything to him so he might be surprised. Step 2: after reading so much about Keto, I've finally started my journey. My goal is to stick with it for a month. I didn't want to set a weight goal because it'd cause me too much stress if I didn't meet the goal. So I'd rather stick with it for a month and see how it has affected me. Mentally and physically and then set a weight goal when I know I can stick with it.
TL;DR First day of Keto after having PCOS since I was 15 with not much help from doctors. Think I'm battling depression so I've made a dr appt to get back on metformin and spironolactone and to discuss depression meds. First day of Keto went well even while traveling!!
Submitted December 08, 2015 at 08:36AM by fotograph__it http://ift.tt/1TxrHdo xxketo
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