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This entry will be super short - I have the flu and I feel hideous. I am still here just huddled under covers with my chicken soup.

Good Morning Winter

I moved from beautiful sunny South Florida for NY earlier this year. I like NY but I love love Florida for their warm winters. It has been so cold and gray here lately which means walking on the treadmill inside. I am so not looking forward to the snow but I bought a really cute new pair of black boots bc I am not in a casual office. As the HR person, I feel the need to be dressy at work - its kind of hard to counsel managers in jeans. So this is today Number one of my low carb, rock star lifestyle. I am walking an extra three blocks to work and from work (added three city blocks to my subway stop). I started my "steps" journal although I feel insanely stupid writing down how many blocks I walked. After dinner, I am taking the girls (7 and 9) for a walk around the block with our dog. I even defrosted chicken and fish so we have a choice of dinner options. I am back  to doing more of the cooking bc the chef in the family is so busy with opening the restaurant. We are dealing with contractors finishing up a few last minute items. I am going to be so happy when this is all done and over!!

you go girl

My new doctor is really into giving yourself credit for the new healthy things that you are doing for yourself. So I got off work a little bit early so I started removing things like crackers, rice and pasta out of the kitchen. I got through three cabinets so go me.

I also made lunch for tomorrow which is grilled chicken, green beans and a big green goddess salad (baby steps). Am taking a pedometer to work with me and getting off the subway one extra stop early, so yay me.

It was nice to hear from some "buddies" on this site. I joined a new support group for PCOS chickies. My DH wants me to get a nanny bc as he is really wanting me to get healthy as is my momma:) Alright so I am giving myself a you go girly!!

The absolute no BS real deal edition

I went back for the followup on my blood tests - weight is the same, no icky diseases, thyroid is normal, metabolism is sluggish, I may have PCOS but I am going to do a followup with my gyn in January. My sugar test was bad - its a marker for pre-diabetes, my good cholesterol is a 38 - all very bad. I am currently weighing in at 238 :(. Soooo the big bad evil doctor put me on a low carb diet and he wants to see 5 -10 pounds gone by December so for right now I am focusing on 5 -10 pounds. He's big on pedometers and wants to know how many steps per day and I am sposed to write down what I am changing to be healthier bla bla bla. I found a couple of really good low carb sites so yay.

Soooo back to EP.com on a daily basis. This is going to be easy working full time, with three kids and a DH who is opening a new restaurant in Manhattan sooo I geuss its time to seek out more support so to all my online people - so watch this space and stay tuned.

Hello 30s physical

I am typing this up at work (on my lunch hour) because I have been so completely crazy busy. My weight has yo-yoed, call me Miss Boomerang. I went to the doctor on Wednesday and had a complete welcome to your 30s physical (they did a complete panel). I am going to be super honest here - my BMI is 38.2 and the doctor recommended low carbs and moderate excercise. My weight is at 235 and my BP is 120/70. We did a glucose test, thyroid, metabolic panel and one other test that escapes me at the moment.They should have all of the results next week and Sunday I start the new diet which is nothing crazy or off the  wall pretty standard stuff. I need to figure out which support groups to join or leave - its been so long since I have been here :)

Update

I am in the process of dusting out this blog and will try to post more often at least that's what I tell myself lol:) Hope everyone is doing good

Infertility

If you watched Oprah today, then you probably saw the story on infertility and American couples using surrogates from India. Personally, if a couple cam afford it then I don't think there is a problem. I think you can argue for or against the process or even that adoption is a better and more altruistic solution. Personally, I think that unless you have ever struggled with infertility or lost a child then I don't think that you can understand their struggle and how they make those decisions. I had a really emotional reaction to that show bc in all likelihood I will probably not have my own biological child (as I have already lost one) but I have four other children in my life - 3 of which I serve as either a step parent for or a custodial guardian.

So I watched Oprah amd then ate a whole gallon of ice cream - wasn't really hungry but I was watching tv by myself then hubby called and I was bummed that he wasn't in NY with me and then I remembered there is a one day sale at Macy's on Saturday which means I can go shopping and have a girly girl day!!! I also joined a local gym today and am planning to go workout on Saturday yay I guess watch me so fake it.......

Here we are

It seems that my weight and food issues have taken a back seat due to some recent major changes which I am sure that you are all aware of. THe move has gone fairly well........the boxes have been delivered to the new house - which is a 4 bedroom and fairly large and it has a fenced in yard and is close to work and schools. The girls have been enrolled in a local summer program - one that has every possible interest. I have been crazy busy lately and am trying to get back on track with my eating and tomorrow I am going to get caught up on blogs. It has just been fairly difficult bc I am functioning as a single parent for the summer as Scott isn't taking over the new restaurant in Manhattan until September. I start work next week and its all been very exciting and is leaving my chocolate resistance very very low. I have a new fave song its called "I kissed a girl" by Katie Perry (I think) and its a totally fun summer song and its totally going on my IPOD. The new job means I am now in charge so yay go me - I can work from home Thursday and Friday and I have a nanny for 20 hours a week just bc I think the girls still need to know that an adult is around. Let's just hope that I don't screw them up during this time - altho I am seeing a child development specialist to help us figure out what they need. I do really think they will be fine bc they are both picking up the two big interests they had before their mom passed away - ballet and art. I have made sure that they have those two things in abundance (again sorry about the non food and excercise blog) but this is a huge part of my life right now. Hope ya'll are rocking it - I have a dr's appointment next week just to make sure that SOBE is what he reccommends - so we will see what he says.

Back from hiatus

This is a super short entry because I have several things that have got to get done today don't you just absolutely love moving YAY - eh not so much. Hope everyone had a fabu 4th:)

This blog is officially on hiatus until 7/5

I have not read anyone's blog in about a month as we have been trying o get somethings lined out. I applied for my dream job in New York 5 months ago and have been offered the job with the same agency. They are going to pay for our relocation. Scott is going to buy out his business partner in nY and take over the restaurant there and sell the place here in South Beach. I will be honest that the kids are also a big part of the moves the private school that we have located on Staten Island is so much better than anything we have here, I am leaving at the end of the month with two children, two cats and a dog. Scott follows in a month and I am going to put the house together. Honestly I am just trying to eat right at the moment - my life is crazy and I plan on re-starting my diet on 7/7/2008. I am not going to go crazy but I am not going to tell myself how bad I am for not sticking with it right now. I am in love with my new house and this is a huge lifestyle adjustment but its for the best and everything has worked out os beautifully. Now i am going to catch up with everyone and kudos to Gwyn for her scale strike. And to Amie keep up the good work!!! Every little step gets us to where we are going and yuppers I so totally know I am cheer cheerleader:)