Too Much Estrogen, huh?!?!?

Little bit of a different blog post here…..

I usually talk about fitness and throw some truths in while also laughing. It’s the way I like to write. But this time, it’s going to be a little bit more serious (maybe).

Little health background on me:

I have long suffered from damn near debilitating fatigue. It started not long after the doctor said I had mono. I never actually had mono the illness but my blood work showed I had had mono about 3 months prior. It seemed like a strange diagnoses but I went with it. After all, he is the doctor and I am just some professional accountant who looks at too much webmd. So the fatigue carried on and I was told to assume it would get better over time.

Yeah, no, it did not get better over time.

It was about this time I got very into fitness. I have always been an athlete, but got lazy in the midst of having 4 kids (almost in a row). So I started eating better (went vegan for a year). And I spent time trying to figure out what combo of nutrition and workouts would work best for me to lose weight while retaining and building muscle. But my body would not lean out, no matter how I trained. (muscle changes, but the weight was still there.) 

I also started suffering from hair loss, migraines, cold like symptoms (on and off …relentlessly), strange menstrual cycle issues, and acne. (Hello?!?! I am in my 30s, acne?) There are likely some symptoms I am missing, but those were the major ones that went with the never ending fatigue.

Finally, about three years later…..the answer I have been looking for….

I am estrogen dominate. That is what is causing all these issues. Who knew the hormonal imbalance I was experiencing could cause so many other things to go wrong?!?!?

I eat things daily that help balance my hormones. I take DIM (which is found in things like broccoli) which has made a huge difference in helping me feel balanced and “normal”. I have so much more energy. I don’t constantly feel like I am on the edge of sleep at any given moment. And I am already seeing the effects of all my hard work in the gym.

It is nothing less than a-freakin-mazing!

I am also getting checked out with imaging by my doctor to make sure there is no reason I am so estrogen dominate. This is key here people. (not the same doctor that told me I had mono and I would get over it, obviously)

Ladies, if you are having multiple symptoms with no seeming connecting factors, have your hormonal balance checked. It could bring new light to your life!