Low Amylose Diet

I have decided to go back on the Low Amylose Diet, you know the one where I don't eat grains or sugar or starches for that matter? i'm in the middle of week two on it and its going wonderfully! So far I have lost a total of 6 lbs since last Monday and lost two notches on my belt, I find that pretty impressive. This diet is meant to be paired with taking the Metformin but since I was told casually by the midwife to stop taking it I'm just doing the diet for now.

I haven't had too many cravings for the things I'm not eating, once I was desperate for anything you could have purchased at the bakery BUT I resisted temptation and my craving passed. My waist line is mighty happy I did so. Did I mention that this diet has the added benefit of helping increase my fertility? Yup thats right its one that is supposed to be great for us girls with PCOS. Just one more thing I can do to kick that SOB in the rear!
Today is CD 35, the day I normally get a visit from AF. Still haven't seen a sign of her, but to be honest I sort of knew she was going to be coming around late this month since I never ovulated. :( But I look at that as a good thing its given me time to focus on starting this diet off right and not get all bummed out that we somehow missed O and didn't get to BD on that night. Thank goodness for a month off of that stress! Once dearest AF shows I'm thinking I might just take some soy isoflavones this month to help encourage Ovulation. They are supposed to do the same thing as clomid (of which I have 30 pills rotting in my cabinet, since the doctor found it awesome to prescribe them to me then tell me one week later that I'm NOT to take them UGH!) so I'm going to give them a shot.
I have been looking into starting to see a specialist, something I was doing RIGHT before I got pregnant with our angel baby. I'm sort of glad I didn't get to find one until now. I guess one of the clinics in the next county has decided to open a satellite clinic literally a 5 minute drive from my house! I can't even tell you the amount of excitement this brings to me! They opened on monday, but I did promise Shawn a few months of trying without intervention, so we will be waiting until July to get in with them. Oh and another great thing? They only book appointments a week in advance so it shouldn't take months to get in with them YAY!!


If you want more info on the Low Amylose Diet Christina over at this blog has made a wonderful vlog about it here :D