Fighting PCOS Naturally

This was from depressiontest.com. I found it and was curious as to what it would say about me. Even the internet understands me more than my family - apparently the belief that I am a hypochondriac is still prevalent. How is someone supposed to get better when their support system thinks they are full of crap? Disorder Your Score Major Depression : Extremely High Dysthymia : High Bipolar Disorder : High Cyclothymia : Very High Seasonal Affective Disorder : Moderate Postpartum Depression : N/A Take the Depression Test

This has to be the best recipe I've come up with for fish, ever. It's that good. Even the husband loves it. Sorry for not having pics - my food pics just don't do the recipe justice. Cherries are loaded with antioxidants and are also low carb and low GI. Salmon is loaded with omega-3s. It's a very PCOS-friendly recipe! Salmon and Roasted Cherries Servings - 2 Ingredients 2 salmon fillets 2/3 cup cherries, pitted and halved juice of one lemon 1 tbsp agave nectar 1 tbsp fresh thyme 1/2 tsp salt Preheat oven to 350. In small bowl, mix cherries, lemon juice, agave nectar, thyme and salt. Let sit 10 min so flavors can meld together. Place salmon fillets skin side down on a parchment paper or foil lined baking pan. Top salmon with cherry mixture. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until salmon almost cooked. Switch oven to broil and broil for 2-3 minutes, just enough time to caramelize cherries. Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes. Plate and enjoy! Modifica...

I love reading blog posts from Monika at inCYST , especially when they are directed towards our husbands. It was about their ability to make our lifestyle/dietary changes difficult, whether they mean to or not. I made my husband read it, because it describes exactly how I feel. He tries to be supportive of me, and for the most part, he is. But there are some situations that cause trouble. I've told him before that I would like to attempt going vegetarian for a week or two, just to see how I feel on it. He's insistent that the only way he can get protein is from meat. I've learned that I don't have the willpower needed to make two separate meals. He is also slightly underweight, so eating what I eat makes him think he's going to lose weight (and he probably would, if I didn't make sure he had pecan spinwheels and honeybuns to snack on). He also doesn't initiate exercise - but he'll work out with me if I start it. "I bought you a home gym, workout ga...

I figured I needed to do this to hold myself accountable. Okay, that was a crappy reason, but I'm sticking with it until I come up with one better. July Goals:  Eliminate soda - again. Walk at least a mile twice a week (2.5+ laps around BBR pond) 3 days without red meat, pork or poultry 1 week without eating anything on my sensitivity list Start oil-pulling again Take my vitamins and meds EVERY DAY Rearrange dining room and living room Attend a transcendental meditation info session Listen to my Circle+Bloom mind-body meditation sessions 3+ times a week Complete and sell some of the crafts piling up in the bedroom I know that these are not difficult goals - I just have to decide that they are more important than whatever it is I'm doing now.

When I was in middle school, I had a poster of a sad little puppy that said 'Why do they only remember when I'm bad?'. I'm kicking myself for just now realizing that I was pessimistic even way back then - which is a pretty sad realization. I looked at the glass as half-empty at 12. Holy shit. I guess watching my mother turn into a lifeless lump of skin after my dad left really did screw me up. Of course it doesn't help that I am turning out more and more like my mother every day. But anyways - my current line of thinking (likely solely due to it being 5:30am and I'm not asleep yet) is that I can stop being pessimistic by forcing myself to remember the good things that happen. Or maybe I'm just going to start writing a list so I don't forget. Whatever. Good things that happened recently: 1) I went back to my old job last week to see if I could start working again. The RA and fibro meds I'm on are helping to some extent, and obviously I've b...