Health

Just like most women, I have not been so accepting of my body. It did not help having a spouse who stated frequently that I should work out and get in shape. After a while I did notice however that my weight was steadily increasing, I tried doing Insanity with my neighbor, I would jog, I tried eating Keto, I tried shakes, counting calories and steps. Nothing helped. A couple of times I had asked my doctor if it could be from my IUD (Mirena), repeatedly I was told no.
My doctor and I together decided to start the Mediterranean Diet, first off to keep my cholesterol low, and second in hopes that my weight would change. after one month with hardly any change I was to continue my diet as well as take my new prescription (phentermine). Phentermine was to help boost my metabolism and help with weight loss. Well after one dose, I was having chest pains and called my doctor who told me to stop taking it immediately.

After moving to Provo I started seeing a doctor again and asked once again if it could be my IUD and again I was told no. They checked my thyroid which turned out to be normal. However they changed the subject and asked if I had a pap smear done, which I hadn't. So while getting ready for that the doctor could not find the string to my IUD, I had to schedule another appointment for an ultrasound. The ultrasound at first appeared as if my IUD was sideways, but it was actually where it was supposed to be and the strings were tucked up. A few days later I got a phone call from the Dr Office saying that the ultrasound also showed cysts on my ovaries and that I have PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome). My next appointment was set up, and guess what! She said all my symptoms did go with PCOS and that I should have my IUD removed and put on a different birth control to help with the Cysts! HA!!! Well here I am the 3rd time at the Dr. and she couldn't get the IUD out. So at my 4th appointment the ultrasound tech and my doctor worked together to get the little buggar out.

It's been two months and I feel a lot less bloated and full. I have slowly started incorporating my diet again and have been working out a little bit more. I am not worried about PCOS effecting my chances of having kids because I have gotten pregnant so easily in the past and my mom who also had PCOS did not have any complications either. On a positive note I am down 10 lbs and 1 inch.

Put your make-up on
Get your nails done
Curl your hair
Run the extra mile
Keep it slim so they like you, do they like you?

Get your sexy on
Don't be shy, girl
Take it off
This is what you want, to belong, so they like you
Do you like you?

You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try

Mm, mm

Get your shopping on, at the mall, max your credit cards
You don't have to choose, buy it all, so they like you
Do they like you?

Wait a second,
Why, should you care, what they think of you
When you're all alone, by yourself, do you like you?
Do you like you?

You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to bend until you break
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try

You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try

Mm, mm

You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing

You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try

Take your make-up off
Let your hair down
Take a breath
Look into the mirror, at yourself
Don't you like you?
'Cause I like you

Songwriters: Jason Reeves / Colbie Caillat / Antonio Dixon / Kenneth Edmonds