Jena's life adventures and unsolicited fit pics

Finally, some answers!  So today I went in for my Ultrasound and got the results of all my tests. The blood tests and an Ultrasound of my Ovaries confirmed that I have PCOS- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and the blood tests and my symptoms show that along with PCOS I have insulin resistance. My body is basically fighting against my weightloss and causing me to gain weight. This is also why my cholesterol levels are slightly elevated and why I have very low energy all the time. All of my exercise and eating right is great but I had this invisible wall that was not allowing my body to burn the calories correctly. Lucky for me, my blood pressure is awesome and I am sure my heart is pretty dang healthy by now. My doctor prescribed me a drug called Metformin which will help resolve my insulin resistance problem and help me be more sucessful with my weightloss efforts and also help get rid of all of the cysts on my ovaries. I will be working my way up to taking four of these pills a d...

For the last 3 and 1/2 years I have dedicated myself to eat right, exercise and try my hardest to be a healthy and happy ME. I have worked with three personal trainers, tracked my food, used a body bugg, raced in 5 half marathons, a number of 5k, 10k and 15k races, ran 18.5 miles for my relay team, worked out almost every morning in an intense bootcamp class for 7 months. You would think I would be at my goal weight, but no, I am almost back to what I weighed when Nahvi was born 5 years ago. If you added up all the weight I have lost and then gained back again, we are talking at least 150 lbs, maybe more. I feel like I am swimming up a really intense river with lots of rocks, mud and rapids and when I stop to hold onto a branch just so I can catch my breathe it snaps and I get washed down the river back to my starting point. I am so sick of swimming up this endless river that is doing nothing for me but weighing me down, making me waterlogged, making me tired. So I decided to go into...