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Then yesterday I was listening to @wipgirl on her show Hacking Mental Performance and she was talking about motivation and determination and finding a way to stop the insanity in our lives. I realized I had programmed myself to this condition and I was no longer fighting it. In essence I gave up.

I was reaching for the pills when I felt a little pain and becoming best friends with the heating pad. I was no longer even trying to make plans outside of the house, because I didn’t want to take the chance I would need to be sick. I took my bucket with me everywhere and awaited the three-day downtime each month; every 20 days now.

I didn’t like that, and as the deadline for November 1st got closer, I wanted to be sure there wasn’t any other way around this condition other than scooping out my insides like pumpkin seeds.

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I went to Google yet again and looked up all the articles I could about the topic and scrolled past the medical sites telling me to seek a doctor. I had already talked to the doctors and they were no help, and neither were the pages of instructions of how to surgically remove this excess uterus lining.

I finally found some helpful information. The articles explained the reason behind the condition and pointed to all the things in my life I was doing wrong, and of course I knew the whole time I was doing wrong but didn’t connect the dots.

Exercise releases Serotonin which results in a woman’s body needing less estrogen. If the woman’s body releases more Serotonins, her body will need to supply less estrogen. The less estrogen produced, the less uterus lining that is created, and the less work a woman’s body must do during her period to remove it.

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Serotonin is the chemical in your body that makes you feel happy.

Basically, my body is sad.

It is sad because I sat there on my computer for years and didn’t move.

It is sad because I stopped taking vitamins.

It is sad because I don’t dance anymore.

It is sad because I don’t eat fish.

All easy fixes in my mind!

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The worst part about all of this is that I could not sit still when I started my college classes. I had to force myself to sit at the computer long enough to get my work done. The more school work I attempted, the longer I would sit there, and this was the start of my destruction. I’m not blaming Obama for my condition, but if he hadn’t offered free college tuition this may never had happened.

I’m Kidding! But not really.

The online classes and my new routine of sitting on my ass and snacking resulted in excess fat. These extra pounds, and the fact that I was ending my thirties crushed my motivation to exercise. The less I exercised, the more trouble I had losing weight, and the less I was motivated to move at all. Soon my doctor was telling me I had high cholesterol.

Of course, I needed to quit smoking.

When I started getting sick, I started losing the weight, but I still was not exercising or eating right. We had almost completely taken salads out of our diet, and I was cooking less raw vegetables. I had also grown tired of fish and asked my husband to buy less of it. After an attack, I would run to fast food because it was instant nourishment, and it gave me comfort. We buy our meat in bulk so, I eat a lot of red meat and I survive off caffeine.

I would then choose high sugar and fat snacks to try and boost my weight because it was becoming frightening low. No matter how much I ate, the condition never eased, and got worse going from one time a month to two times a month.

I’m hoping this new information I got will help me understand the changes I need to make in my diet and in my life to improve this condition.

Even if I must eat raw avocados- yuck.

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The changes I plan to make will be:

Schedule at least 20 minutes of cardio exercise three times a week.

Eat less red meat.

Eat more vegetables and fruits.

Eat more foods rich in Omega-3.

Reduce my computer time.

Reduce my smoking.

Drink less caffeine.

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These may seem like easy changes and in my mind, they are but I know this is going to be a challenge.

The advice I would give to anyone that suffers from Endometriosis or any kind of menstrual pain is to check your exercise and eating habits before running to the doctor. Always do your own research.

I will continue to update my blog if I see any remarkable changes in my condition. This way I can test my theory and change my own health. I have included the articles I read on this issue if you would like to learn more about the foods you need to eat, or the benefits of the foods and chemicals such as Serotonin.

At the age of 45 I still want to have a baby, but I do accept the fact that I may never have one. This is no longer a fight to have a baby to me, but a fight to have my life back. This condition is more than aggravating and has prevented me from going to school, working, and doing my everyday household chores.

I don’t believe that I need to take the medical route to treat this condition and that I can change the behaviors in my life that are causing it. I plan to continue to weigh the medical options while making changes that could ease this condition.

No matter what condition you are facing, you can always make small changes in your life that could help. You know what to do. So, do what you need to live better so you can feel better too. Be sure to do it now, while you still can!

Please leave a comment if this post has helped you.

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