what a week!

TGIAF!

This week is draaaaagging. wow. Not sure if it's because it is just a blah kind of week at work, or what, but whoa, I can't wait to wake up and kiss Friday morning. hahaha.

The eats this week have been pretty good.. lots of salads :-)

and tonight I tried yoga for the first time. Not sure what my feelings are about it. It's hard! I may give it another go in a few weeks, but we'll see :-)

Hope everyone is having a quicker week then me!!

Cardio for the week

I want to start planning my cardio for the week and maybe that will help me stick to it and get myself there. So I'm thinking:

Monday: 30 mins elliptical, 15 min walk/jog on treadmill, abs and arms
Tuesday: 45 mins walk/jog on treadmill
Wednesday: Off. Spending time with the Hubs.
Thursday: Yoga (my first time!)
Friday: 30 mins elliptical, 15 min walk/jog on treadmill, legs
Saturday: Off. I have 2 communion parties and 1 engagement party to go to! (ahhhh!)
Sunday: Zumba!

Since I'm kinda new to this, and really new to strength training, I need to find some exercises to do for the various body parts. Arms and legs I know, but back, shoulders, chest and tush have me in the dark. Any websites out there that would help me?

Today was my cheat day

I had to do it.

Hubs took the day off as we had tickets to go to a Mets game at their new stadium :-) YAY!

We started the day off with bagels. YUM. I did 'scoop' mine out though ;-)

At the game, sheesh, just too many options. It started with a beer.. then onto chicken nachos (MY FAV!) then I had a nibble of Hubs' sausage hero. yikes!

Luckily I refocused myself and had a SB friendly dinner: steak and veggies

The only downside was that I didn't drink a lot of water.. so tomorrow I am going to drink a little more. :-)

Day 5 and I lost my willpower ..then found it again!

yes, it's true. work was stressful today and a co-worker asked if I wanted Taco Bell.

....


I said YES!

grrr

Luckily, this co-worker always seems to F up my orders, so I wound up with 2 tacos that I don't particularily like. (I know it's shocking that I actually don't like this type of taco, but it's true). Anyways, I ate one and threw the 2nd out. Does that count as a small victory??

Besides the minor lunch pitfall, I stuck to my plan the remainder of the day. BIG VICTORY!

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with salsa and black beans. (I need new breakfast ideas.. help!)
Snack: almonds
Lunch: Read above :-P
Snack: Apple
Dinner: I believe the Hubs and I are going to get some Chinese, so I plan on having chicken with string beans.. hold the rice.

No work out today b/c I sat in over an hour worth of traffic to get home. God I love NYC. haha.

Zumbaaa!

LOVE IT! I tried this a few weeks ago, and even though I had a blast then, tonight I truly had an amazing time, and an awesome workout (442 calories for 53 minutes, to be exact!) Maybe I liked it more tonight because I had seen some of the steps before, but whatever it was, I am in loooooove with this class! I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I have to say.. my hips have not rocked like that since I was dancing in competitions back in my high school days. whew.

Anyways, today was an ordinary Thursday.. boring and lame.. onto the eats:

Breakfast: scrambled eggies with salsa and black beans (yes, I know, I am addicted to black beans)
Snack: sugar free, fat free chocolate pudding
Lunch: turkey chili
Snack: peanuts
Dinner: homemade chicken souvlaki, hunky greek salad and 1/2 whole wheat pita (I just had to do it.. it looked way too yummy)

Happy Almost Friday!

I'm finally back in this thing!

and DAMN, does it feel good!

I have not eaten a 'bad' carb since Sunday. WOHOOOOOO!

*does happy dance*

On Tuesday I started the day off with some scrambled eggs with salsa, lunch was a leftover burger and some green beans, snack was a sliver of cheddar cheese and dinner was baked chicken with brussel sprouts.

yum-0!

As for today I had my usual 2 scrambled eggs (this time with salsa and some black beans) DOUBLE YUM! Lunch was chicken souvlaki and a greek salad, Snackie was an apple with some PB and dinner was a massive taco salad with black beans.

I think I have a black bean addiction. haha.

Tomorrow I am back at the gym! WOOHOOO! Zumbaaaaaaaaaaaa class at 5:30! can't wait!

Hope everyone is having a fabulous hump day!

Argh!

Hellooooooo bloggies! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!

Our weekend getaway was a blast! We consumed way too many calories and a few too many rum and diet cokes, but it was totally worth it!

Anyways.. since I am still 'recovering' from Saturday night, I did really well today on my eating plan. I've decided to go 'south beach' style yet again. It just works for me and since I am a carb-whore, I need the structure of SB.

Today's eats were:
Breakfast: scrambled eggies with cheese
Lunch: Turkey Chili
Snack: apple
Dinner: burger (made with 93/7 chop meat) and a huuuuge salad full of veggies

I'm a little hungry now, but since I already brushed my teeth I will probably stay out of the kitchen. (Not to mention I 'shut the kitchen down'.. this is my little trick that I do when I need to stay out.. I clean the counters, etc. so I won't want to go in there and dirty it up.. it works for me!)

No cardio today.. it's raining like crazy and since I was away all weekend I didn't see the hubs, so we are spending some much needed time together.

Til tomorrow bloggies!

The results are in..

Thank you to everyone and their kind words! :-)

After 2 doctor's visit and giving up lots of blood this week.. Here is the outcome:

Tuesday's gyno visit went OK. I still had TOM but as soon as he started the procedure for the water sonogram, he noticed that I had a polyp on my cervix. The doc removed it and then checked for 'any other structural abnormalities'... in which I had none. (thank God!) So that visit turned into a happy one. :-)

Fast forward to Thursday.

I had a physical with a new doctor (my old doc didn't take the hubby's insurance *sigh*).

After a review of my family history, then a complete physical, we waited for the bloodwork to confirm what was going on with my body.

Friday afternoon the results were in! Hypothyroidism! (just as the doc thought considering my family history, my menstrual problems, my extreme weight gain, and my sleepiness)

Today is my first day on Synthroid (the hormone that the thyroid makes) and I truly hope that I start to feel more like myself soon! This weekend is our annual Mother/Daughter weekend (something that my Mom and I do every year since my Dad left our family), and we are off to Connecticut to do some gambling and hang out! Weather is supposed to be in the mid-70s, so I'm breaking out the flip flops and my new pair of capris for the occasion.

Sorry if this blog doesn't make complete sense.. I just woke up (it's 6:37am here) and I wanted to update everyone with what the doc said. As of Monday.. I am back on my diet/work out plan. WOOHOOOOOOOOOO!

i'm the worst blogger!

Since my last post I have been a mess. Not in an eating kind of way.. but my body is just on the fritz.

Here's a modified version of what is going on (and maybe someone out there has something insight into all of this because I am at my wits end):

Within the last 6 months I have gained 20 pounds(!!!!!!!!!). Some of that weight I can account for because it was cold and snowy and I spent all of my free time on the couch nibbling on garbage... but 20 pounds..??? come on, something is up... I just don't feel like ME. I'm tired and sluggish all the time which has left me being cranky and irritable. It's just not me.

Anyways..

Fast forward to my last post.. I was all geared up for this challenge with some other bloggies and I had everything set to go (meals planned.. gym dates scheduled..new music uploaded onto the ipod for my cardio) and since I had another week before the challenge was scheduled to begin, I started early. I started to watch what I was eating and killed it in the gym. A few days later I noticed that I just wasn't budging from the scale.. in fact, it was going up. WTF?? Now, I always get a little bit of TOM bloat but I felt (and still feel) horrible.

Then TOM came.. and he has never left. This has been a little over 2 weeks. The first week was just like every other TOM-week.. but last week was like "enough already! please stop!" So, I called the DR and made an appointment for this week because he doesn't want to change my BC pills until they do a sonogram. :sigh:

I also made an appointment for a physical with my primary doctor because I should really get some blood work done and see if there is an underlying issue that is attributing to my sudden and drastic weight gain. (thyroid issues run in my family and last time I went to the doctor he told me I was 'borderline' to having an issue) I go Thursday. If there isn't an issue (which I really hope there isn't) then I know what I have to do.

So that's whats up. I'm sorry to all my peeps out there that I was in the challenge with. I hope you all understand :-)