NAKED & RADICALLY HONEST…

OK so now for an update. No more NS for me. Can’t do it. Too full of junk that my body does not like. It’s a hard lesson in life that there is NO EASY way to accomplish the goal of good health. None of these fad diets are life changing unless you do them for your whole life. IAAP is not a fad diet, it’s a life change, and it would really benefit my children and husband… I know that. I have just been lazy and stupid. I hate that word, but, it fits!! I have had the information I need, I have to put it back into use. I fell off the wagon and I fell hard.

I am going in tomorrow to have all my bloodwork done - first time in a couple years - I am nervous. I hope I am not doing too horribly.

It’s really beautiful here, weather-wise. It’s been warm and the kids have had such great times playing outside after being cooped up all winter. They are running and digging and climbing trees and playing with the horses. It’s so much better than being stuck in the house all the time.

Well that’s it for now. Thanks for reading!

Responding to comments:

Terry said…

Tarra I can only imagine with cooking for so many that it is difficult to follow the New Dawn but as you have found it that may be the only way to go to maintain your health.

Terry, Thanks so much for reading. Honestly I didn’t know if anyone even read my blog anymore. You are such a kind and supportive person, and steadfast. Thank you so much. And you are right on the money - IAAP (New Dawn) is the only thing that is going to work for me and I really know that now.

Christina said…

Hi Tara…I am not sure if you will remember me (Christina Parsons Fisanick) but we met at the PCOSA conference in 2001 (I think). Anyway, I have been reading you blog for a little while and thought I would chime in with what I have been doing.

I, too, am very sensitive to chemicals in most foods. MSG and artificial sweetners do me in. So, in Jan. 2006, after coming to my wit’s end with PCOS, I decided to follow the South Beach diet. In 14 months, I have lost 60 lbs, and I feel really great. There are no additives, no chemicals, all whole foods. Also, it is the absolute easiest thing I have ever done. I eat all the time, so I never feel hungry or deprived.

Just thought I would post. I know how badly you are suffering with your current plan.

Christina

OF COURSE I remember you! I still find your website from time to time and check in to see what’s new with you. You know we never did meet in person because I ended up not making it to the conference at the last minute. But we have known each other “online” for years and years. Anyhow, I have never really looked into south beach, but I am happy to hear that it is free of all the junk that makes me sick. Do you do your own cooking or do you purchase pre-made meals at the store? 60 pounds and feeling well is really wonderful. Thank you - Sometime I would love to hear more about the things that you can’t eat - may be we could compile a list of hidden junk that we should stay away from. I am going back to eating my IAAP foods, all whole with no hidden ingredients, “clean” as they say.

I am having a hard time. I am sensitive to a lot of processed and artificial things like aspartame, msg, etc… I can’t take any diet meds (over the counter, herbal etc) or drink any kind of “energy” drink or anything like that. All of it causes massive migraines for me. As many of you know I experienced great relief from headaches when I began the New Dawn (aka IAAP) program and was even able to go OFF of migraine medications. So anyhoo…

Since starting the nutri-system plan I have had a headache everyday and a migraine 3 times. It will only be two weeks on Thursday. It’s killing me. I can’t hardly stick with it because, well, I can’t function. I was happy that the foods tasted pretty good and I wasn’t hungry at all, but, wow, what a price to pay.

So tonight I sat down and was reading all the ingredients and found many things that I have no clue what they are, but one in particular that concerned me was “guar gum”. I looked it up and it appears that it was banned by the FDA in diet products in the early 90’s because it was found to be dangerous. It has been okayed in “small amounts” in foods. What I am wondering is, if it is almost everything a person eats, is it still considered “small amounts”… and could this be something that is causing me to get headaches?

For the record, I found that ingredient in the slimfast granola bars too.

Why do these people put this crap in ANYTHING that we eat if it’s been banned by the FDA????
I’m telling ya, I made myself the guinea pig and what I have found out is that A NEW DAWN IS THE ONE AND ONLY WAY FOR ME!!!!!!!!

Headaches every dang day… this is not working out so well. Then today I skipped breakfast entirely, but ate NON-nutrisystem for lunch, felt okay all day, then for supper had my first nutri-system meal of the day and BANG - got a headache a little while later. This is all a little TOO coincidental!!

Talk about making myself a guinea pig……. whew!! I have been taking Yasmin, in an effort to have “birth control” beings when I get healthy from PCOS symptoms I get fertile….. what with 6 kids ages 10 and under, I am not interested in fertility at this time, however, I am also not interested in permanent options (tubal or vasectomy)…… SO long winded as that was you now know where I am coming from. I chose Yasmin because it is a MONO-phasic pill, which is what is recommended for women with PCOS, and because it *can* help with problems such as those pesky whiskers on chins (I am not admitting to having them myself… LOL). OK so, where was I. I chose Yasmin for birth control. Two months later (last week) I started nutri-system. I want to LOSE weight so badly and I want it to be easy. I don’t want to cook and read labels and spend hours in the grocery store, which, mind you, is all worth it, I just want EASY for a little while. While the ND aka IAAP program is awesome and worth the work, it IS a lot of work especially for someone like me who is buying groceries and cooking for a family of 8. I know. Excuses excuses excuses. Well, anyway, there are mine. I have been on nutri-system for one week. I have had headaches daily with 2 migraines in there. I have lost a couple pounds but I am not sure this is worth it, if that’s why I am feeling like CRAP. Could the Yasmin be a part of it as well? Certainly. How does a person know exactly what is causing it? Process of elimination I suppose. I should have stayed with my New Dawn plan. I have every intention of going back on it I just thought I would do this for a while and see what happened. WHY do I make myself a guinea pig? This is a nasty headache talking. Perhaps I will feel better tomorrow.