Tuesday, May 1
Update on Facebook + Low Amylose
Just in case you missed it, I've joined Facebook! You can find me by clicking here or searching for InDue Time. Several of you have found me already.
I'm starting back on the Low Amylose diet today. I did the LA diet for the first two months of this year, but stopped around the time I had the ruptured cyst. I'm really looking forward to getting back on the diet, starting the Metformin, and hopefully my pants will stop yelling for help every time I put them on. Ha.
I've also created a Facebook page for people who are interested in the Low Amylose diet. Several people have expressed interested to both Christina and I about doing the diet and/or having questions. This group will allow us to answer those questions as well as share advice, recipes, and support each other. The group is private, so that should make everyone feel comfortable joining. No judgement, just love! You can find us by searching Facebook for "Living Low Amylose".
I'll still be sharing my journey on the blog as well, but the group will give me a nice place to get/give support.
{Side note: I go to the doctor tomorrow. Please say a prayer. I'm really nervous about what she's going to say about the liver tests we ran.}
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Long time lurker. I also did a version of this diet with my fertility clinic and I think you might really want to consider discussing the diet with a nutritionist or your general doctor. I landed up in the ER from what were probably complications of the diet. I did it under very close supervision and lost about 20 lbs every month that I was on it (and I started out at a normal BMI). I definitely think that it contributed to our success (with meds), but I just wanted to add to the conversation that it is not the type of thing to take on lightly. I'm happy to answer questions about my specific experience and the version I did (as low carb as possible - no wheat, no potatos, no fruit other than berries, no dairy, no alcohol or artificial sweeteners) although I wouldn't recommend it without close monitoring. My clinic used to have me "bulk up" so that I could go back on the diet between failed cycles since it is the process of losing weight when insulin resistant, regardless of the starting point, and having very controlled insulin levels (i.e. no spikes) which makes such a difference for egg production.
Hi Rachel, Thanks for stopping by. I am monitored by my physician who is a supporter of my diet, but yes, everyone should check with their doctors before beginning a dietary change.
Just curious as to what happened that made you land in the ER? This will be I believe my third or fourth "stint" on this diet. I have never lost 20 lbs a month doing this diet and I am not at a normal BMI.
Also, currently I am using it as just a diet and not for TTC as we are on a 2-3 month hold due to a medication I have to be on for two months that can cause birth defects.
Thanks again for sharing your tips. I look forward to hearing from you as to what problems you had.
I have 2 different infertility diagnosis, but one of them is severe PCOs with insulin resistance. We had several canceled cycles and our doctor suggested that I try this diet in combination with injectables as a last chance pre-IVF to see if regulating my blood sugar would help me to ovulate (I was 100% anovulatory. No cycle at all for years at a time).
The diet I was on was a good deal more extreme than what Christina's doctor recommended. I really cut out all carbs possible from my diet. Since I am mostly a vegetarian and I was traveling while cycling, I was basically living off of hard boiled eggs, hard cheese, blueberries, some veggies, low sugar peanut butter, occasional chicken breast or beef stew, some tofu, etc. But I was surprised that dairy is allowed in your diet since even as a gestational diabetic dairy spiked my blood sugar unless it was full fat with some added fat or protein. I landed up in the ER with an intestinal blockage, which is pretty rare in a 20-something woman and all of the doctors were really, really surprised (they kept telling me it was going to be appendicitis). However, after I told them about my crazy diet they weren't all that surprised. The blockage resolved (although I couldn't eat for about 5 days) and I stayed on the diet and the very next cycle worked.
My clinic strongly advocated for the process of weight loss helping egg production, so when I lost too much weight they'd take me off the diet and have me gain it back. Since we did it in combination with injectables I was a bit skeptical of how much it helped, but I got really sick and lost about 25 pounds just when we were about to start injectables for #2 and that cycle (with a little help) was successful.
Wishing you the best of luck as you try this again. Obviously there's no reason to go as extreme as I did unless you are very actively TTC, but having also been a gestational diabetic checking my blood sugar 10-15 times a day, I'm sure any limitation on pure sugar will help your body get ready for TTC.
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