Aching

So today I woke up and I just feel awful. Those "girlie" issues have taken over my body and I am having a really hard time with it. My obgyn had advised me that I could take a stronger dosage of Ibprofin and so I started that yesterday but apparently it's not helping a whole lot.

I don't know about you all, but I have a REALLY tough time with the girlie issues. I have horrible hip pains the week before and then I have cramps for 2-3 days before and during. I'm currently on the pill to help subside these problems but it doesn't seem to be helping and I've been on it for over a year now.

I don't normally like talking about this kind of stuff but I thought I would share and see if anyone else had a similar experience. Apparently my hip pains could mean numerous pains including a sign of infertility...so I have to go to the obgyn again next month to let her look at my ovaries and try to figure out what is going on with my body.

I had some lab tests come back last week. The obgyn wanted to check my thyroid because of my weight gain (ha! I told her, I ate my way to weight gain) and to check my metabolism and estrogen levels. Apparently I had some "abnormal" results and the doctor wants to talk to me about it in person. Greatttt! The nurse did tell me that my estrogen levels were low...lower than normal and that may be why my time of the month is so much worse than most people's.

Anyways, I am still sticking to my diet. Today I started the first day of Phase 1 on the South Beach Diet. I'm not looking for a quick fix but I think I need to cut back and slowly add back fruits and bread so that I will not overdo it on bread again. I really am a carb addict.

I had 2 scrambled eggs for breakfast and 2 slices of Canadian Bacon. I forgot how much I loved Canadian Bacon.

For my morning snack I had a stick of string cheese reduced-fat.

Now I'm sipping on my water and planning my lunch. I ate a late breakfast so I'll probably eat lunch in another hour. I'm thinking about baked chicken with a salad?

I don't think I can make it to the gym today. I've been in bed all morning curled up in a ball. I'm going to use today as my "off" day and get there tomorrow.

Hope everyone else had a great weekend!