The Month by Month Plan to Clean Eating

So I'm just going to dive right into this one. I say that but I have contemplated how I wanted to do this for some time. I have a condition called Endometriosis. It is painful, has required surgery every few years, caused infertility and loss of pregnancy, I got pretty sick and tired of being sick and tired. We were not getting pregnant, a hysterectomy is all that was being suggested to me, and I was feeling more and more determined to just figure it out myself.

I had an "ah ha" moment over the silliest thing. Chicken eggs, omega 3 chicken eggs. I randomly thought, how do they get omega 3 into the chicken egg? So this day and age being what it is, I googled it. They feed the chickens Omega 3 rich foods. That's it... a simple you are what you eat ( and so is your baby maker.)

I knew that diet was going to be my answer. I tirelessly researched my condition, hormones, the effects of different foods in my body. How it effects pain, estrogen, etc. I came up with a diet that would cure me of my pain and just maybe would help me carry to term. And so I began... abruptly.

The next day I went full fledged into a diet that should be more or less eased into. No sugar, nicotine, alcohol, gluten, soy, preservative, chemicals, dairy, red meat, or caffeine. I added more greens, varying grains, protein alternatives, I found exceptions to the rule that made it bearable. And slowly I adjusted to feeling better than I ever had before. I was pain free.

I am going to cut through the rest of the story since 3 years later I am picking this all back up. I started this clean diet and 6 months later I was pregnant. I did have to take hormones the first trimester, but finally I had my son. I did lose the diet however, once I got pregnany all my little sugar fiend wanted was glazed doughnuts. If anyone reading this has ever had a craving, you know how this story ends already.

Well my second pregnancy was no different. Both pregnancies I caved on this diet. And now, I am all done being pregnant. I have my two beautiful boys Maximus and Cassius. It's time to do something for myself. I want this healthy diet back. I am not going to be so abrupt this time around. I have devised a month to month plan. Each month I cut something out and add something in. By the end of the year I should be feeling pretty darn good.

Each month I will blog the next step on the plan. I'd love so support and to give some as well so feel free to join in!