Well I went back to the gym today for the first time in almost 2 months. Having pneumonia really got me off track with everything. I wasn't working out and wasn't really watching what I ate, but thankfully it didn't do any damage on the scale. I actually lost a few pounds but that was short lived lol
So I hit the gym this morning and geez... it takes no time at all to get back out of shape! After about 20 minutes on the elliptical I felt like I was going to vomit! It's amazing how hard you have to work to get in shape but how little you have to do to get back out of shape!
But I'm motivated, I've got a new blast of inspiration and determination so 5 days a week at the gym it is. I don't mind really. I always feel better when I work out and I have tons more energy, plus I usually sleep better when I'm exercising regularly.
That's about it for now, hopefully now that I'm back on track with working out, watching what I eat and hopefully, finally got my thyroid medicine at the level it should be the weight will start coming off!
So I've been really slacking on this site for the past week or so. I'm not to blame though honest. I've have pneumonia. Having never had pneumonia before (and never ever ever wanting to get it again!) I can tell you I had no idea how bad it could kick your butt.
I'd been having a pretty productive cough for about 2 weeks before I finally decided that it wasn't just a bug and went to the doctor. Then I had a reaction to the meds they put me on which made me violently ill. I couldn't even hold down water. It was horrible. Everything that touched my stomach came up. It felt like someone was taking a piece of jagged glass and scraping it across the inside of my stomach. OY!
So my cousin (who's also my roommate) called the doc and they called me in a new script and although it's not as strong as the first one and seems to be taking longer it appears to be doing the job. I'm slowly feeling better bit by bit but am still super week and tire easily.
On a positive note though I've lost 4lbs! Who needs diet and exercise when you can get pneumonia! I'm totally being sarcarstic. Pneumonia is some serious stuff and if you have a cough that's bringing up anything other than completely clear mucus then I urge you to go to the doc NOW and not wait.
So now I'm eager to see if the few lbs I lost while being sick stay off or not. After now being able to keep anything down I'm trying to start slowing with eating and hopefully I'll be able to keep up the new pattern and keep shedding lbs.
Oh! On another note. I recenly blogged about my OB/GYN putting me on Metformin for PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome). It's supposed to help regulate my sugar and as a result help me lose weight and start ovulating again.
Well everything I read about it said diahrea was one of the most common side effects. I should have known that my body wouldn't conform to the standard. Nope, it ended up having the complete and extreme opposite effect on me. I know you guys probably don't want to hear about my uhh bathroom habits but where else can I write about this stuff.
So I've always been very very regular. If I eat, I poo. Usually 2-3 times a day. After having been on Metformin for 2 weeks I hadn't been able to go to the bathroom for 3 count them THREE whole days. For someone who's as regular as I am that's torture. It's also not very comfortable. Add that to pneumonia and you can figure out I've had a pretty pewpy (pardon the pun) last few weeks.
So I stopped taking the Metformin on Saturday and I've slowly been able to start having BM's again. Small and still difficult but baby steps!
I'm not scheduled to see my doc again until July but since I stopped the med I may call to see if I can't get in an earlier appointment.
Oh another -nother note. He also put me on Medroxyprogesterone to force me to ovulate and have a period. I've not had a mense since December of last year. Well I finished the last doce of that on Monday and no visit from aunt Flo. If anyone's taken this before and has any idea who long it should take to work I'd love to hear from you.
And I apologize for grossing you out with details of my bodily function. You've been troopers!
Kick yourself in the butt and do better next time!
So this last week was a total bust. I felt like poo all week so I didn't go to the gym or watch what I ate, which only resulted in making me feel more like poo.
New update: I went to the OBGYN today and had another discussion about PCOS and how the related insulin resistance effects my body and my ability to gain and inability to lose weight.
I've been put on Metformin, which is typically a medication prescriped to patients with type 2 diabetes to help control high blood sugar. I'm not diabetic but because of the PCOS my body acts like it is. It's a very strange situation.
Anyway the doc said this will help with regulating my blood sugar and.. and this is the part that makes me uber happy, it should help me lose weight! Losing weight will help regulate my thyroid, which will help me begin ovulating again, (I haven't had a visit from Aunt Flo since December!) which will help me conceive! Happy Happy Joy Joy to all of the above.
I have to go back in 2 months to see how I'm doing with the new meds and hopefully I'll have some noticable weight loss to show as well!
So I went to the doctor yesterday to get results from my routing thyroid check. I'm supposed to go every 6 to 8 weeks to get blood work done to make sure my thyroid levels are where they are supposed to be. I'm not sure if I mentioned it on a previous post, but in case you haven't figured it out lol I have hypothyroid. I also have PCOS so gaining weight is as easy for me as a horse taking a smelly shit. Sorry for the bad analogy but you get the idea.
For the past few months I've stayed within a 4lb loss/gain. I'll just float up and down those same four pounds never going lower or higher.
So at the doctor yesterday the lab results showed that my thyroid levels were low again, which means my meds get upped again. This will be the 4th time since I was diagnosed that the dosage of synthroid I take has been raised. That also means it is the 4th time my body has stopped responding to the meds and I've gotten to experience all the wonderful symptoms of hypothyroid. Fatigue, weight gain, depression etc. and so aon. Hopefully this time it will stick for a while and I can get back to feeling normal.
I've missed the gym both days this week and I hate it. I've just been so exhausted in the morning that even with the extra 45 minutes of sleep I get not going to the gym, it's all I can do to drag myself out of bed.
I'm going walking today after work though and I always feel better after. My cousin and I had started walking 3 miles every day after work a few weeks ago. We didn't set out to walk 3 miles, we just sort of wandered all over downtown Mobile and then mapped it when we got home. She had pneumonia though last week so we didnt' walk all week. I know, I know, I could have walked by myself but it's just not as fun alone.
So I met with my nutritionist again after my regular doctor appointment yesterday and learned a little more about what PCOS does to my body in relation to what I eat and where it ends up (on my waist!). In order to lose weight, and we're talking 1/2 a pound a week if I'm lucky, I have to take in absolutely no more than 150 grams of carbs a day. That sounds like a lot until you actually start reading labels and measuring portions. Carbs turn to sugar and PCOS makes my body insulin resistant so it goes straight to fat.
The whole concept of being "like" a diebetic but not "being" diabetic is strange to me, but I'm serious about getting this extra weight back off once and for all so I just have to suck it up, buckle down, get out my handy measuring cup and scale and get serious!
So evidently pizza is not my friend. I mean it's relatively good for you (in moderation) hmm ok wait maybe I just solved the problem.
I can eat anything on the planet and weigh the same or less in the morning as I did the day before. Except Pizza.
If I eat pizza for dinner, whether it's 1 slice or ahem 3, I'm guaranteed to gain 3-5lbs overnight. I'm not much of a bread or pasta eater so I'm assuming it's all that soft thick warm crust that adheres itself to my insides (and thighs) like glue. I guess it's a good thing I don't eat pizza all that often.
Yesterday was a pretty not so great food day all around. The company I work for holds training classes for the software we sell and when we have a class my boss buys the class (and the office) breakfast. It's a 3 day class. I have super yummy delicious (I'm only being slightly sarcastic) Quakers weightsmart oatmeal in the cabinet and yet I inexplicably hear the words "McSkillet Burrito - no salsa" come out of my mouth when he asks if I want anything from McDonalds. Psh the salsa is probably the only thing in the McSkillet that's even remotely good for me. Eggs, potatos & cheese wrapped up in a warm flour tortilla or oatmeal. Cmon could you say no?!?
But I ate oatmeal today and am drinking my hot cup of green tea so I'm off to a good start. Today is the last day of the class though and well, he buys lunch on the last day. Hopefully he'll go to Bambino's, this little Italian place. They have an awesome shrimp salad which I can order and not feel guilty!
Well I've delayed documenting this online for as long as I can. I have a regular blog at Musings of a "Crazy Cat Lady" where I've talked briefly about my struggles with losing and gaining weight partially thanks to hypothyroidsm. The other thanks goes to well genetics and being an emotional eater and just plain lazy.
I also have PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) which contributes to weight gain. It also means it will be very difficult for me to ever have children. Having children or at least one child is more important to me than air.
So I've finally decided to suck it up, admit it's going to be a long hard sometimes discouraging road, get my butt off the couch and to the gym, start taking the extra time to measure my food ugh and do what it takes to make getting pregnant more of a possibility.
