Ashley's Guide To A Better Life

Read all about my experiences as I struggle through life...

Monday, July 17, 2006

Check out this site...

There is a really cool site that I found through one of my nutrition classes at school. I put the link on the side of my blog but just wanted to mention it. The link for the site is http://www.mypyramid.gov/. Basically it lets you enter in what you ate each day and evaluates the amount of calories, vitamins and food groups you are eating and what you should be getting more of based on your weight, age and height inputs. I think its a great tool for anyone who wants to lose weight without going on a fad diet. It's definatley a great way to see what you are doing wrong with your eating habits. I've used it on and off to check and see how I was doing and it helped to steer me in the right direction.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Haven't posted for awhile...

I'm bad at keeping up with things and I did a horrible job with this. The problem is I kind of gave up on losing weight. I worked my ass off in the gym and I didn't lose a pound. I came to the realization I was obsessed with losing weight. I don't need to lose a single pound and thats why I can't lose it in a healthy way. The only way for me to lose weight is by not eating which I'm trying to avoid. At times, like around my birthday I struggled with it and didn't eat much the whole week before in order to look good on my birthday. I did because I lost like 5 pounds that week but put it all back on the next week. In a way I could probably be considered bulimic but its not severe as in puking after I gorge. However I do eat and then go through "purging" fazes where I only eat like once a day or less. I feel great about myself when I'm "purging" and depressed when I'm "binging".
Also, I've found a great solution for endometriosis. I changed gynecologists and he suggested using the NuvaRing. Its new. It's a really low dose of hormones and you don't have to worry about skipping a pill and ovulating. I was a little skeptical at first but figured I'd give it a try. The first two months I just used it like normal and got my period. Once I regulated on it I used it continuously and don't menunstrate. It works great! It really fixed my problems. My spastic emotions have settled down and I don't get painful cramps. I feel like myself again. I'd definatley recommend it for anyone using oral contraceptives. Also, its not at all uncomfortable. I don't feel it and it doesn't bother my sex life at all which is also a plus.
Anyway, until next time...