Health, Exercise and Supplements

Before I started IVF I began Beachbody. I was depressed and beyond stressed about everything which caused me to gain 20lbs and feel absolutely horrible about myself. I fell in love with the programs and actually stuck with it which eventually lead me to fall in love with it! Not only was I able to lose the weight I was able to change my entire life-yes from working out and eating healthy. I wasn’t depressed anymore; my confidence was back and I was positive and happy again!

Since it helped me so much I decided to share my experiences. Starting November 1st, I will be preparing for my second IVF cycle (Jan 2018-unless I get cold feet). Since my last cycle failed I am changing up a few things and giving it 150% instead of 100%!! I JUST WANT IT TO WORK!!!!

HEALTH- I will be going Vegan- well I say vegan but I eat fish and shrimp. But NO chicken, pork, red meat, cheese or bread. YES, it is hard but its only hard for the first week or two, after that it’s a breeze!! I will share recipes and how I stay on track and not slip up. Oh I will eat my Thanksgiving meal and Christmas without being Vegan- A few cheat days won’t kill me and its freaking Thanksgiving and Christmas! So I say I’m going vegan but I guess I’m really just cutting out a lot of foods from my diet.

EXERCISE- THIS IS HUGE FOR ME! I will be doing 4 different programs!! Clean Week, A Little Obsessed, Shaun Week and 21-day Fix. I have never done clean week or a little obsessed (new programs), I can’t wait to try them. These programs work and are set up to help exercising become a habit. As you can tell it has for me! I am always looking for people to join me- if you want to jump start your health I promise this is the way to go!! I will share my experiences from each program, next week I will start clean week- So stay tuned!!!!!

SUPPLEMENTS- I am not into taking medicines these days. I use to pop headache medicine all day everyday but now I always feel healthy and don’t have “pain” anymore. I will do a blog post separately on the supplements I am taking to help boost my egg quality!

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