Funny story about a blender

So, since most people don't know me on here, this is a story of things that happen to me a lot. 

I get up early this morning to make a smoothie for breakfast with all of the items that we bought yesterday at the store - fat free vanilla yogurt, light cranberry juice, frozen fruit mix (papaya, mango and strawberry) and ice - I don't have my glasses with me in the house, but I figured that I could make do... it is my house after all!  I put the items in the blender and go to pour in the juice and it pours out all over the counter!  I don't notice until I was taking the blender apart to clean off the parts that I didn't have the portion that goes at the bottom that contains the water seal and the blade!  How am I going to blend a smoothie without a blade!?!  I called Corry on the way to work to tell him about this story and he just laughed... how does he put up with me sometimes?!? 

It is really wonderful to have such an understanding, compassionate, and loving boyfriend.  I don't know what I would do without him.  Needless to say it was not a smoothie morning for me.  I ended up with an "oatmeal on the go" bar or whatever those things are and a cup of light cranberry juice.  Still good, but not what I was hoping for. 

First Entry

This is the first entry of my blog.  I am nervous because I have never talked about some of this stuff before.  I am hoping that talking in this blog in a community like this will be an outlet for me to release some feelings that have been stored forever in an attempt to become an overall healthier person. 

The short of it is that I want to get married and have a baby.  Hopefully in that order... Corry is my boyfriend.  We want to get married in Jamaica at a resort.  I want to look decent in a bathing suit on the beach, and I want to look fabulous in my wedding photos.  I want to not have to worry about having a lot of what I would consider horrible pictures from the photographer.  I think that I am fairly photogenic but I have let my weight get out of control.  Up until about a week and half ago, I didn't care all that much.  I figured that I would get around to losing the weight at some point in my life.  Then I noticed that I wanted a baby yesterday, and realized that I do not want to get married and have a baby with my body in this condition. 

We have started trying to work out on a regular basis.  Walking, riding a stationary bike, etc.  Something to get us moving.  And I have been trying to eat better, swap out sodas for water and tea and take my medicine and vitamins like I should.  I talked to my gyno about the ins and outs of what I needed to do if I was looking to get pregnant in a little more than a year.  Keep doing what you are doing - diet, exercise and meds was the advise.  Good news! 

So a little about my medical goings on... female problems most of my life including ovarian cysts off and on since I was about 18.  Thyroid cancer when I was 22 cost me my whole thyroid and caused me to need artificial thyroid hormones for the remainder of my life.  Getting and keeping a normal thyroid level has taken the better part of 3 years and almost 100 extra pounds.  A broken ankle in 2006 forced me to need 9 screws and a plate in one ankle forever impairing that foot and adding an extra 25 pounds or so.  I can still walk painlessly most days, but some days are better than others.  No more high heels on a regular basis.  It takes days to recuperate from a day in heels.

All in all, I am trying to lose as much weight as is healthy.  I understand that it isn't going to be quick or easy.  I know that it will take hard work, determination, and drive.  A little help from a precription from the doctor for phentermine and I am well on the way I feel. 

Feel free to contact me.  I would love a bigger support group.