Cleaning House

So I just realized that the last two blogs have the same title how funny. Ok so the only promblem with Phen & Topomax combo is that I actually have to STOP and REMEMBER if I ate during the day to see if I need to eat. Let's think about it.. I don't sit at home all day just wanting to eat anyway that was never the problem to begin with. When I am chasing the kids all day, running errands and teaching class sometimes I forget that I shoulda snuck some food in there.

The fabulous news is when I went in for my 1st OB/GYN while pregnant with Jewels my weight was 137 pounds and I was still wearing my size 4 GAP jeans... today I weighed 141.8 pounds!! So although I know it's in different spots at this point I feel good knowing that I am almost down to that pre-pregnancy weight then I can move past that obstacle and get closer to wearing those jeans...

Happy weekend!

Wow.

I'm sorry that it has been so long it seems like summer just got here and yet it is totally flying by.  What is new? Not a whole lot actually I have been doing really well with the STUFF and I have actually gotten used to all of the side effects. So far I think that after the month I should be able to stop the Phen and Topamax and just continue with my normal routine. 

Wow...

So... I begin Day 3 on the STUFF. Is that bad to say that? I actually taught my class today and didn't feel very strange. I only took half of the Phen and the whole Topomax. I am due for more Phen in a half hour. This I think is the way to go for me. I still can feel the effects but I'm not feelin like I'm on crack. Not that I've ever done crack. But you get me. As you can see from below... it's workin. Let's see if it continues to work... I do know that I'm a fabulous maintainer. It's getting it off that get me. I would have been a 2/4 forever had I not decided to have the lovely Jewels ... who is almost 1!!! WOW. Time flies. Ok. Tune in tomorrow to check the scale!

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No Sleep!!

Wow. Ok... SO yesterday I went to the doctor that my friend had reccommended and  spilled my guts. I exercise all of the time I watch what I eat but I have hit a plateau after baby #3 and cannot get past my 150 pounds... well actually its between 147-152 at any given time. So frustrating! I have done weight watchers in the past and recently I told her, I know how to lose the weight but it just seemed that this time it was not happening for me no matter how much I adjusted anything!!

And I do have to say I feel sorry for anyone who has to buy their Phen through the internet because I didn't even get weighed yesterday, let alone go over any other precautionary items. The only thing that she actually went over with me was my goal weight. I was all set to lose 36 pounds to be at 115 but she thought no more than 25 as I have a lot of muscle from working out.

So, I dropped off my prescriptions for Phentermine and Topomax and waited to pick them up. I started it last night but so should not have!! I couldn't sleep all night. I was awake and actually could feel the medicine releasing inside my body. So weird.  Although I must say that I felt in control, my migraine went away and I was not hungry!! Woo Hoo!! So begins today, Day 2 a normal day where I will take it as directed! How exciting!

Too Much Cake!!

Wow. So as you all know from the previous entry I had a 30th birthday!! Woo hoo.... then a few days before Scott's birthday and a few days before that Scott's parents had a cake for Jewels' birthday before they left to go home to Florida. K... thats a lot of frickin cake! So I'm done. I am pretty sure that I have had plenty of cake to last me the rest of the year and I'm actually not even wanting any anymore... it kinda sounds gross!!

Ok. Moving on.... So today I ate pretty good and I am making a fabulous spaghetti for dinner... YUM!! I also worked out like a good girl I went in for Group Step and worked a little POWER with Loke- she was practicing. I have a busy teaching week so I will get tons of exercise. Yay me. Dr appt is tomorrow will update you all then.

My 1st Blog

So I guess we call this the introductory paragraph right? Well... here goes:

I am a very active fitness instructor at a Health Club teaching a few different classes. I also just started running competetively and I am hooked. I have completed a 5k and also a 4.2 mile Fun Run!! I have lots more planned with a 10K coming up next month. I also have 3 amazing and energetic kiddos: TJ is 8, Tyler is 5 and Jewels is 11 months old. Hence why I am here... I was heavy long ago ('98) and lost it all and was a very very happy size 2/4. I considered my size 6 my FAT pants!!

After I had Jewels though it's been a bit tougher to bounce back. I know I actually only weigh 151 which is goal weight for lots of folk out there but my desire is about 115!! I would love to wear my old clothes again. Pre-pregnancy I was at 132 pounds... but I am much more active now than I have every been before. I was given the opportunity to work part-time as a fitness instructor and stay at home with the kiddos the rest of the time! Wow.  So I truly feel that now that I have been 30 for 2 whole days that I am enetering the greatest part of my life. Please come along for my journey.