Pollen

The pollen in Alabama is freaking unbelievable. it is like on the 97.5% scale every day. They say this is the highest pollen count in years. I believe Mr. Weatherman too because everyday I have to take Zyrtec and a decongestant just to function. I have stopped taking the decongestant because well I have a life and I can not sleep it away. The decongestant puts me to sleep in under thirty minutes. Soo i have been slightly miserable with the sinus issues plus this damn pollen causing me to go into hibernation.
I have broken down and decided to take a allergy shot, possibly. I really don't like them because I get kinda nauseous, but we will see. I know i have to stop taking the Zyrtec and decongestant anyway because if I get pregnant this month they could harm the fetus. So I am weaning myself off of them anyway.

On another note, now that I have stopped eating fast food, and have stopped eating a lot of food from boxes, guess what has happened, I am not getting boils anymore. I used to get boils under my arms and they would get so big that I couldn't rest my arm a certain way. When they were ready to pop this infected green foul smelling puss would come out. It wasn't until my hubbin pointed out to me that the reason I was not getting boils on this diet is because my body doesn't have anything that it needs to detox. I know I probably sound like a dumb A**, but this blog is about honest right, I honestly didn't know why I was getting the boils, I went to the dermatologist and he told me 'dark' skinned people. i.e black folk were more prone to them and that was all. I didn't think anything else of it, because I had had them for years like before my highschool years so his explanation made sense. But then I also had a very bad diet back then too. So there ya go.

I am so happy that I have been able to stay on this diet for so long. I am 219lbs, normally when I reach this point I get cocky and go off the diet, it may be because I get tired of such a restrictive diet. This time though I am keeping going and I am so proud. Hopefully I get pregnant this month, I have been praying that I do. If not I am going to have my free days at the end of the month then go right back on. Then my new goal will be to get below 210....

When, and I do mean when I get pregnant, I am going to take a different approach to my nutrition than I did last time. I am going to eat from home, no fast food, incorporate more fruit, less carbs, and more veggies. I am of course not going to go so low carb that I go into Ketosis, as we know that can harm a fetus, but I will not be eating bread/potato's/chips etc in large quantities as apart of my everyday diet. I will walk more but not to lose weight rather to keep my blood pressure and blood sugar regulated more. I am so happy that I am doing better with my eating, but I am not going to lie, I am scared. I don't know how long I can keep the weight off. So I really want to get pregnant soon. Still I am going to keep going keep dieting and keep exercising.

There is a tilapia recipe with salmon I am going to try soon to very the meat up.

Till next time.

Keda