[Alliecat]

Hi Alliecat, gotta say I admire the way you've totally restructured your eating habits and are keeping to it. I honestly don't know if I could do that. I also struggle with gaining weight, and sometime eating seems like a chore to me lol. But keep doing what you're doing. I feel you on the whole pumping taking over day thing. I realized that I was doing that in the beginning. Now I'm just happy if I could get at least one hour in a day. Anything else is just an added bonus!

Btw have you tried testing your hormones? Or at least trying Dr. Lee's Hormone Balance Checker online? If you're interested here's the link:

http://www.johnleemd.com/hormone-balance-test-symptom-checker.html

Maybe PM didn't work for you because you're estrogen dominant, or there's too much testosterone in your body. In which case progesterone might work for you, with a some testosterone blocker and a tiny boost of estrogen. Sorry if you have already mentioned it in your thread. I had my hormones tested in a lab, and I took the online test. Surprise surprise they matched. Either way.. pumping seems to be working for you if you're seeing a change in shape.

Thank you Ally My healthy lifestyle diet is easier and easier to stick to now that I am used to it. I am really enjoying it and I feel more energy and positive mood most of the time so it is really worth it just for that. I am with you though, eating can definitely be a chore, I am still having a hard time eating more than once or twice per day. I have picked out a vegan whole food nutritional supplement that I am going to start using to fill in the gaps of any amino acids or vitamins that I am probably lacking from not having enough food intake.

I have not had my hormones tested, but I did look at the online test when you posted it (thanks for that!) and I don't really seem to have any of those symptoms except maybe one or two. So I just don't know what to make of my pesky hormones I am starting to use Maca regularly though, I figure going with an adaptogen is a safer route to get everything all balanced out rather than trying to mess with it myself.

I am just now starting to continue pumping, and like you said, maybe an hour a day but I am also massaging regularly which is a lot easier for me to do.