Side Note

Just as a side note.....to anyone looking for delicious pizza that is good for you.....
Smart One's Pizza Mini's are sooooo delicious. I have been craving pizza the whole time I've been on this protein diet (going on 5 weeks now), and there wasn't any frozen pizzas out there with less than 600 mg of sodium and under 350 calories. So my wonderful DH went searching in the frozen foods aisle at the local market and found these! They come in pepperoni and plain, and they come 8 mini pizzas to a box. One serving is 4 mini pizzas and they are wonderful! I highly recommend anyone trying to watch their calories or sodium to try these out!!!!!!

Prog. Results

Just got a call from the RE's office and my first progesterone levels are looking excellent again! They are 29. The nurse said anything above 15 is good, so that level is excellent. I go back on Monday for another blood draw. Hopefully that comes back high too. Last month my progesterone dropped after the first draw and I got AF a few days later.
On a side note, I did something really silly last night. When DH and I went to the RE's office last Friday I received a 10k shot of hcg to induce ovulation. So I ovulated on Saturday, went in for an u/s on Monday to confirm and scheduled all my appointments for blood draws. Silly me took a pregnancy test last night. Of course, it came back positive and we were so excited. Then I realized what a dumb thing that was to do! Of course it got our hopes up and we may find out something completely different on October 2 because I still have hcg going through my system from the shot! I read online that it could take anywhere from 5-14 days for the hcg to be completely out of your system. I waited 6 before testing. It was a silly thing to do, and I hope I didn't get DH's hopes up too much because you can never be too sure!
I will update after our super fun and exciting birthday celebration on Sunday and my next progesterone levels on Monday! Have an awesome weekend!!!!

Wednesday Update

I went to the nutritionist today and I am down another 5 lbs. That is 33 lbs for 4 weeks. I am super excited. My goal is another 54 lbs. That is not to my goal weight, just my goal on this program. I figure if I can lose another 54 lbs in 8 weeks I might not have to get surgery.
I am also going in on Friday for my first progesterone levels after Clomid this month. Last month I had great levels for the first draw, and then it dropped at the second. Then we got a negative test. I am testing this month on October 2. We are hoping and praying that it is positive!!!
We are going to celebrate my birthday on Sunday in New York City!! We are so excited to be going to Bar Americain (Bobby Flay's restaurant) for brunch, followed by Shrek the Musical on Broadway!!! Then it is back home to my favorite restaurant for a dinner of crab cake salad with the most delicious garlic herb dressing you have ever had! I talked to the nutritionist and she said I can eat food that day because it's my birthday and we are going to be up in New York. I am super excited!!!
I also walked 1 mile on the treadmill last night and did 10 mins on the stationary bike. My goal is to continue to walk every day and hopefully that will help with the weight loss.
Have a good week!

Big Follicles!

So, we went to the RE's office today to get an ultrasound and blood work done to check the size of follicles from the Clomid 100 this month. We had 2 big follicles, one was 33 and the other was 25. They decided to surge me with HcG this morning, so hopefully we will ovulate tonight or tomorrow. If it doesn't work and we don't get pregnant this month, I will have to get the biopsy of my uterus done. I am not looking forward to that!!! I'm not sure how many months we will try Clomid with no positive results before the doctor wants to move onto IUI's. I am a little worried about the cost of an IUI, but we will have to deal with it I guess.
I will be joining a gym on Monday to start working out. I am getting excited about this because I hope it excels my weight loss on the Opti Fast program a little bit more. It would be wonderful to hit my goal without having to get surgery! I think I will start with the treadmill, maybe a little stationary bike and some stretching for the first couple of days. I think I will try to make it 3-4 times a week. When I don't go there I am also going to try to walk. I just need to look forward to my goal of getting pregnant, and having a healthy pregnancy free of complications due to weight.

8 more pounds

I went to the nutritionist this morning and I lost another 8 lbs this week. That makes a total of 28 lbs in 3 weeks.
I also went to the RE this morning, and we took 100 mg Clomid this cycle. I have a 21 cm follicle and a great lining. They are hopeful that I will go in to be surged this week. My RE's office said with 100 mg Clomid they always surge with a shot of hcg. I have had 3 shots of hcg this year and it always makes me hot and cranky! Hopefully this month instead of taking my crankiness out on DH I can go for a walk instead. I am feeling like I should become more active and walk more.
DH and I are ready for a relaxing weekend. We went down to the eastern shore of Virginia on Friday night, and then came back on Saturday night! It was a lot of driving, but so worth it. We have such a good time down there, it is so relaxed and welcoming.
We are looking forward to our cruise in January. Maybe we will be pregnant by then!
I hope to get some more walking in this week and lose even more next week. My goal is to lose another 59 pounds by the end of the program. I have 9 more weeks to do it. Have a wonderful week!

Another week down

So I went to the nutritionist this morning, and I only lost 2 pounds this week. So I am 20 lbs total for the first 2 weeks on the program. I am a little disappointed this week with the weight loss, but 2 lbs is better than nothing, and I am still well on my way to my goal.
We also went to the RE's office on Monday morning for an ultrasound and blood work for this cycle, and I will be starting 100 mg Clomid tonight!! I am super excited about this!! Right now, I have no cysts and my blood work looked good so I am confident that my body is working better now. Hopefully we can keep this going and get our BFP this month!
I hope everyone had a nice holiday and I will update next Wednesday!!!

Guess What????

I lost 18 lbs this week!!! 18 lbs!!! In one week!! Amazing! I am so excited, I can't wait to go back next week and see!
I still have this cold I can't get rid of, and now I think I am getting an ear infection on top of it. it might be time to call the doctor! Oh well, all is good in our little world.
I do want to send out some special thought requests....I have been reading a lot of blogs with not so happy stuff in them. I don't usually post any comments, but I am always thinking of those people. I just thought if everyone thought a little happy thought to those people, they just might feel a tiny bit better.

One Week Down......

Only 11 to go! Tonight at 8 pm I will drink the last shake of my first week on the optifast program.
If I didn't have a nasty cold I think I would feel much better! I woke up with a sore throat, stuffy nose and nasty cough on Saturday and I can't get rid of it.
I go in tomorrow morning at 7:30 am again to get weighted and to get my next week of shakes. I also got some chicken soup that can replace a shake if I want to, so I am looking forward to trying that. Surprisingly, the chocolate shake is my least favorite. I struggle to get it all down.
The chocolate peanut butter bar that I thought would be my favorite is not very tasty, the chocolate bar is not either! I ordered the berry bar this week to try, hopefully it is good!
I am really looking forward to getting on the scale tomorrow!! I will update when I get back!