Friday, June 19, 2009

Back at it.

So I got home from my work trip a couple days ago, and I've been doing pretty good. On the trip I wasn't so good, we went out to all our meals and I had whatever I wanted off the menus....Veggie Lasagna with Chicken for dinner (not too bad except it was a large portion size and I ate it all) ....Chicken wraps and a salad for lunch (actually pretty healthy) ....Pub stacker Sandwich for dinner (turkey on white toast with cole slaw and chips, and I only ate a couple chips and left about 95% of them.....and then I split a dessert) And then for breakfast at the airport one of my friends had gotten a hot ham and cheese croissant sandwich....and it looked and smelled soo good....so I went to the little stand to get one, but I got a yogurt, fruit, and walnut parfait instead!! Go Me!

Since I got back I have been doing really good at breakfast and lunch (salmon and salad yesterday/ Lean Cuisine today) but not so hot at dinner, back to usual! but I have worked out the past two mornings, so that is a big step.

While we were on the trip we were talking about diet and nutrition (me and a bunch of guys, you would think weight and dieting would be their topic of choice!) And one guy has lost 35 pounds in the past 3 months, so the others were asking how he did it, and how much was diet and how much was exercise. And he said he thought that diet was at least 65% of it. He has been running a couple miles a day, and eats mostly chicken breast, veggies, and protein bars and shakes.

So I'm going to continue with my daily workout. Try to push a little harder on my cardio. But mainly I guess that I learned that it doesn't matter that I workout 5 days a week if I still eat like poo!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

New Meds are killing me...

So i'm on the higher dose of my medication now.....and I feel like death. I don't know if it is from the medication, or because it's 'that time of the month' (which usually zaps my energy and makes be achy), or that fact that my family has the flu. I think it's the flu, we all feel bad, and there are lots of extra trips to the bathroom for various reasons. So i'm trying to hold the family together, the hubby went home early from work yesterday and when I got home with the kids he was sleeping. Because i know how yucky he feels I let him sleep while I got the kidlets ready for bed. (But I secertly wish that he would have realized that he had been resting in a quite house for hours, while I was at work, and then went to my mom's house which was a crazy mess of my 2 parents, 3 sisters, 2 brother-in-laws, 1 friend, my 2 kids, 4 nephews, and 1 step-niece!!! and once I got home I would have liked to rest too!!)

So anyway....I haven't had much appetite. And I've been skipping alot of meals since about Saturday. And then when I do feel good enough to eat, about once a day or less, I eat a whole horse! And I have been so tired that I have not been going to workouts. I skipped Monday, went Tuesday and then felt like I was hit by a truck the whole rest of the day, then skipped yesterday and today. So I think i am just giving up on this week. I'm going to try to enjoy my self this weekend, we should all be better by then. And then Monday I leave for Virginia on a work trip for 3 days. When I get back from that I will put my nose to the grind stone, buckel down, and get right back at it....and whatever other puns I can come up with.

Monday, June 8, 2009

2nd trip to the endocronologist.

I went to the endocrinologist again....not much progress on my symptoms. I actually gained 1 pound from my first visit two months ago. She gave me the results of my latest blood work, my TSH numbers were down from the 5.? it was the last time to 3.?, but since that is still well above the 1-2 that is 'normal', she doubled my dose of medication. So now I wait another 2 months and see where it is then, and hopefully I start to see some improvements in my symptoms, including some weight loss.