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 :-)

First day went FABULOUS!

Since I'm back on this thing, I spent last night laying out my meals/snacks for today. This was a super idea because I made healthy choices and didn't grab random things and run out the door.

Today turned out to be fairly ordinary.. work.. gym.. home. boring.

Anyways, the eats for today:

Breakfast: Oats with a serving of pure pumpkin (my first time trying them... kinda bland.. I need some suggestions on how to make them tastier): 2 points

that held me over until lunch.. YAY!

Lunch: turkey chili with some shredded cheddar: 7

Pre-gym snack: apple: 1

Dinner: Taco Salad (lettuce, tomatoes, 1 serving of black beans, a dollop of sour cream, and a teeny tiny spoonful of 93/7 chopped meat): 8

Total Points Used: 18/21 (allowed)

At the gym I did 30 mins on the elliptical and some abs. According to my heart rate monitor, I burned 287 calories! wohoooooo!

Thank all of you for your supportive comments from yesterday!

after taking a month long hiatus..

I am pleased to announce that starting tomorrow, I am back on point.

Over the weekend my sister told me that I look preggo.. and unfortunately, I am not. This has left me very upset and angry, so I have channeled that energy into hitting up the gym the last 2 nights. Since I had to go food shopping (went tonight!) I will be starting to eat 'cleaner' tomorrow.

It is bad enough that my own blood could say that, and embarrass me in front of others by pointing it out, but she was right. After hearing it, or admitting to myself that I let myself go, naturally I have been pretty upset and found myself crying today over it. How could someone say that? How could she pat my belly and laugh hysterically? How could she point it out to a family friend? I'm hurt, yet mad. Get me?

I'm back on track tomorrow. I love reading all of your blogs, and each of you are so inspirational, so I will be here cheering all of you on, and hopefully pick up some tips along the way. :-)

Thanks for listening to me...

This is gonna be rough, but I'm ready! FINALLY!!