My experience with PCOS solutions (so far)

A few weeks ago I blogged about the DCI I bought online. It should help with a lot of the negative effects of PCOS. The past two weeks were very hectic for me. I finished my thesis and started my last semester of nursing school. This last semester will be a internship at a home care company. One of the effects of DCI should be having more energy. And wow, even though the full effect will be after 8 weeks, I already experienced so much! I’ve got more energy, my skin is way better. I have had difficulties with acne on my back which is almost gone right now. I will continue till the bottle is empty and will decide if I’ll buy a new pack then.

Besides the more energy and better skin condition I haven’t noticed anything about hair, weight or my cyclus but I think it’s to early to say something about this. So I will update about that part later!

If you’re thinking about buying this supplement to have more energy I definitely recommend it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comment section.

PCOS Solutions(?)

A few weeks ago I ordered a book filled with recipes for PCOS-proof food. Beside the book I decided to take my chances with the supplement D-chiro-inositol. For people who have never heard of the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome this all might sound totally unknown and probably for a lot of people who have PCOS it might also be an unknown supplement. So I will try to explain a bit more about it and will post my experiences later on.

Like every other syndrome is the PCO Syndrome a name for a collection of symptoms. The symptoms are: high level of testosterone, unregular menstruation and the cysts in the ovaries. These symptoms will bring other symptoms with them. The high production of testosterone can cause hairloss on your head and too much hair on the rest of your body, acne, weight gain, bingeing, mood swings and low energy. These symptoms can be very difficult to cope with. Like I said in my previous post the bingeing is something that is badly controlled but also overweight will make the symptoms worse.

The DCI supplement should help with these symptoms. DCI is a natural found substance in the body for people without PCOS. I will be taking this supplement for the upcoming 60 days and should feel more energetic, have better skin and it should make it easier to stop bingeing.

Having PCOS for several years now and learning more about it, makes me hopeful that I will have it under control some time in the future. When I first found out about my syndrome I felt lived by my body. I felt abandoned by it. After some years and listining to my body I try to work together and feed it like it should be fed.

 

Cheap healthy lunch idea(PCOS)

The end of the month is here. Here in the Netherlands student loans get paid around the 20th of the month. I don’t know about you but I always spend way more money at the beginning than at the end of it. So today I had the challenge to make a lunch under 2 euro but wanted it to be healthy and tasteful. I wanted to share what I got up with for today. I decided to make some rice cakes with quacamole on top.

Simple fresh ingrediënts

The base

The ingrediënts I used are: half a avocado, some lemonjuice, half a tomato, garlic, pepper, salt and coriander and a quarter of a red onion.

Put the avocado in the bowl and mash it with a fork. Slice the tomato and onion in small pieces and add it to the bowl. Put the herbs in as many as you like. I just taste in between if it’s right. As the finishing touch add the lemon juice!

Mixing

When everything is mixed devide the quacamole on the rice cakes. The taste is great and low in sugar. It’s a PCOS proof lunch you can enjoy and keep your blood sugar level steady. This is always beneficial, also without PCOS. I definitely recommend trying it out yourself!

Enjoy!

PCOS Proof Smoothie Challenge 2

For the month February I took the challenge to drink one PCOS proof smoothie a day. So far the smoothies have been delicious! I was pretty scared that, because they are filled with vegatables, the taste wouldn’t be great. So that was a big relief. But on the other side has been drinking one a day very difficult. Out of the 7 days I have only succeeded to drink one at 4 of them. The days I didn’t accomplish to drink them, were the days I had to leave house very early and was gone for the whole day or I stayed at someone else their house.

Last post I talked about the benefits of drinking these PCOS proof smoothies. I have been diagnosed with PCOS in 2012 and luckily don’t have all the negative effects of it. But the ones I do have, I wanted to be minimalized. It is so difficult for woman with PCOS to lose weight because of so many reasons. Try to imagine being hungry all day, I mean really hungry. So shaking of it, feeling faint and craving sweet. PCOS is a hormonal disease and because of this disbalans of the hormones, the insulin levels in the blood get disrupted too. This causes this extreme hunger because the bloodsugar levels get to low and the insulin level too high.

This hunger is one of the reasons it makes it very difficult to stay on track with a diet which includes sugar. A second reason is because of the high level of insulin in the blood, fat is more difficult to burn for the body. As you can see, it’s a negative spiral that has to be broken. Beginning the day with a PCOS smoothie can help keep the bloodsugar level stable.

For today I wanted to share a recipe of this week. The taste is simple, smooth and soft. The ingrediënts are simple: 2 hands of andive lettuce, half a banana, half an avocado and 400 ml of water. If it is still to thick, you can just add some more water.

Thank you for reading and questions can be asked in the comment section below!

PCOS proof smoothie challenge

Voor de maand februari ben ik de uitdaging aangegaan om elke dag een pcos proof smoothie te drinken. Deze smoothies bestaan voor een deel uit groente, zijn gluten en koemelk-vrij en zouden moeten bijdragen aan makkelijk groente en goede voedingstoffen binnen krijgen. Daarnaast zouden ze moeten helpen bij:

• Langer een voldaan gevoel
• Minder last van suikerpieken en -dalen
• Je voorkomt suiker cravings
• Verlies (als dit nodig is) gemakkelijk gewicht
• Je hebt langer meer energie
• Voel je fitter en gezonder
• Krijg een mooiere, rustige huid
• Voorkom vreetbuien

Vandaag ben ik begonnen met de Amandel-Sinaasappel smoothie:

Het resultaat

Blenden maar!

Ingrediënten

De ingrediënten zijn: 150 ml amandelmelk, 250 ml water, halve banaan, 1 sinaasappel en 5 blokjes spinazie. Normaal hou ik niet zo van groentesmoothies maar de smaak was verrassend fris! Dus waar wacht je nog op… Zeker het proberen waard.