The First Day (of the rest of my life?)

Well, I got through my first day of detox with remarkable ease. I’m naturally something of a grazer, so eating 5-6 small "meals" is pretty easy. And because of what I’m eating, I didn’t have to worry about the calories involved. I keep a food log on FitDay.com and I actually ate less than 1500 calories and was 100% satisfied. Namely because if I finished a meal and I was still hungry I could eat more. There’s a lot to be said for eating when you’re hungry. I also managed to get rid of the headaches that have been plaguing me for the last week or so. I woke up with one yesterday, but decided not to take anything for it and by mid-afternoon it was gone. And I didn’t wake up with one today, so I’m taking that as a good sign. I also found a site that will calculate nutritional information based on a recipe, which is kind of awesome, since most recipes don’t list that sort of thing.

I also started the very gentle exercise program with a short walk outside yesterday, which might have been a mistake. Because it had snowed, I wore my big, clunky Columbia snow boots/shoes. They’re not the moon-boot style of snow boot, but those boots with rubber over the foot part and fabric or leather on the ankle. And they’re really heavy. I don’t wear them very often either, so now I have a blister on my heel. I’m putting today’s walk off until it warms up and melts some of the snow so that I can wear regular sneakers. Besides, it got nasty cold last night… -14*!

As far as trying to conceive, I think things are looking up. Using the OPK, I detected an LH surge on Sunday and today my BBT is up over 98* for the first time this cycle, which means that theoretically, I ovulated sometime yesterday. Alan and I had sex on Sunday night and last night. So my fingers are crossed that this is the month. I know Alan’s been a bit worried about it because he’s scheduled to deploy in March 2012. If I get pregnant this month, the baby would be due in early October. That means that he would only be home with us for five months before leaving for a year. That could be very difficult. And of course, the longer it takes to conceive the shorter that time at home gets. So fingers crossed, as always.

~Lizzie