1st steps

The 1st steps we are taking in operation "Get Healthy and Have a Baby" are diet changes.

At our doctor's appointment last week, he gave me a giant pamphlet of diet choices for I.C. (If you want to learn more about I.C. Click HERE) . At first this pamphlet was VERY overwhelming because all I could think was "Oh Great, More things I can't Eat!" However, they way it was written up was actually great. It had three columns that listed Foods That Are Great, Foods Worth Trying, and Foods To Avoid. So, I brought it home and sat down with a notepad to start going through it all. After I read through it and got a pretty good grip on it, I decided to compare it with a Fertility diet that was also suggested, and well as an Anti-Inflammatory diet. I decided that if I was going to go through all this hassle, I might as well try to combine the three diets as well as I could.

I started with the approach of adding in as MANY of the "Foods that are Great" foods, and trying to fill my daily diet with as many of those as I could get. THEN, filling in the gaps with other items, while avoiding as many of the bad foods as possible. It took me a couple of hours, lots of research and TONS of charts to finally come up with what I felt was going to work for me. I started this diet last Tuesday, and I've already noticed a HUGE increase in my energy levels! On top of the increased Energy, I've even lost 4 1/2 lbs (which ISN'T the purpose of these changes, but it is a nice benefit! )

I hope to do a more detailed post when I make my next grocery trip, but here is a quick run down of the things I'm trying to include more of, and the things I'm avoiding completely.

Foods to Eat lots of:
Lots of Leafy Green Veggies
Lean, Hormone Free Chicken
Rice/Oats
Free Range Eggs
Avocados
LOTS of Water

Foods to Totally Avoid:
Citrus
Dairy
Soy
Vinegar
Tomatoes
Anything Spicy

Of course, this is just a quick glance at my lists. I hope to get start doing a weekly post of my meal plan for the week, and a more detailed grocery list.

For the 1st week, here's what I had:

I started each day with a Green Smoothie (Recipe HERE)
For Lunch and Dinner I had a combination of the following: Grilled Chicken with Fresh Green Beans, Roasted Baby Potatoes, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Roasted Brussel Sprouts and Rice. I tried to keep each meal with about 1/2 cup grilled chicken, and two 1 cup servings of veggies.

So far, I'm feeling pretty good! My symptoms have certainly NOT disappeared yet, but I do have TONS of energy.