Holy Moly!

It has been a while since I was last year. My life has been crazy - alot of ups and downs and mostly downs. I have spent alot of time going back and forth to Chicago to handle some things with my dad who has not been doing well. I have sat in hospital rooms for 16 hours a day, 7 days a week for weeks on end.

I just celebrated my daughter's Bat Mitzvah and now I need to get my life back together. I am completely exhausted, both mentally and physically. I now need to take some time and get me back to me.

So HERE I AM!!!

Oh, my goodness, it has been 6 months

day 1

35 minutes on stationary bike at gym. Then I headed over to the club to lay at the pool. I need to get some color on me. I usually play alot of golf but I havent really gotten into it this year. Weird for me. So, I dont have my usual tan that I have at this point of the summer, sad, huh?

I have heard from kids. My son is having a great time but my daughter is begging to come home. She says camp is horrible and she hates it. This is the 3rd year of their going to this camp - it is a fantastic camp. She just has it in her head that this is aweful. She has a great time, but when she gets overtired she goes into mommy mode. She will be fine. Alhough if I continue to get these types of letters from her I will call the camp, talk with the owners and have them look into and talk with her. She is a pretty social child, but when she gets tired...

Ok, enough of non-weight loss stuff.

I will be back to the gym tomorrow then maybe to the pool for a few hours. Hubby and I are playing golf on Sunday (first time at my golf club this year) so I will get some excercise in there.

Have a great day.

Summer is here

Summer is here and my kids are off at camp for 4 weeks! Woo hoo! I do miss them but it is nice to have them out of the house. They always come back from camp like new recharged people. They actaully get along so well when they get back. Mostly because, even though they are at the same camp, they dont see each other. I check the camp website daily to look for them in pictures and I love seeing them.

I am off in Chicago visiting the family. I left on Sunday and go back home this evening.

Medifast is going well. It would be goimg better if I actually stuck to it. I am down 7 pounds (well, maybe not after this trip to Chicago as I like to eat at all the places I miss here). When I get back to VA then I will get my bottom back to the gym.

I am still supposed to be careful with my knee so no treadmill or steps, only the bike. I actually feel like I get a better workout on the bike but it does make my bottom go numb. Any suggestions on that one? I go for 20 minutes then take a break and start up again. It seems to be ok that way.

2 months later

Hmmm.... I really have not posted here in a while.

So, here is an update. I schelp my  kids around non-stop. That is my update! LOL!

I have tried to go back to JC and gained 5 pounds. My body seemed to have a hard time with the prepackaged and frozen foods. So I stopped doing JC.

Hmm... now what? It seems like this trying to lose weight has become a hobby of mine but I dont seem to be getting anywhere with it.

So that brings me to my new thing.

I have come across Medifast. 2 days down and 5 pounds gone. The idea of powedered foods didnt seem appetizing to me. I researched this a bunch though. I decided to order a 4 week supply (and got 1 week for free) to check it out. It is half the cost of a 1 month of JC food. So what can I lose?

I ordered the food on Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend and it arrived at my door last Wednesday. I started on Friday. Hmmm... not so bad tasting, really it isn't.

I did really well with it on Friday. Then yesterday we went out for lunch to a kabob restaurant. I did well there. Then we went to dinner and the movies. I had a martini at dinner and hubby and I shared a salad and 2 appetizers (tuna sashimi and something fried). I ate the salad, some of the tuna and 1 piece of the Firecracker shrimp. I had 1 handful of popcorn at the movies.

Wasnt what I planned to eat that day. But you know what? I did good for me. It wasnt a totally OP day but it was a huge improvement from eating all the firecracker shrimp and 1/2 a bucket of movie theater popcorn. So that for me is good. An even bigger accomplishment for me is that I am not letting this mess up ruin my plans.

Today is a new day and I am doing well so far. I have not felt hungry. I eat a MF meal every 2-3 hours and 1 meal of lean protein and veggies.

Wish me luck, maybe this will be the program that my body AND my MIND will let work.

Oh, yeah, I have been going to the gym 4-5 days a week. I am only allowed to ride the bicycle. No more treadmill or weights using my legs. I can (and do) arm weights. I most likely will need knee surgery soon but I have other things to work on right now.

Surgery was Today

I had surgery today (lump removed from my breast, they think it was from breast reduction surgery I had last year, but will know when biopsy report comes back next week). So I am hoping that I dont have any retention/bloating for WI this Wednesday. It is what it is though. For now I am sucking down tea with lemon (hot lemon water reduces water retention).
 

Tomorrow

Surgery tomorrow. The surgeon is not expecting it to be anything, so I am going to hold him to it. That it is just something from my BR surgery last year and not like, oh I dont know, a tumor.

JC

Well, WW is not for me. I have proven that to myself. So, today, I hauled my bottom over to JC. I had a 10 AM appt they had no record of it - ARGH! I did ask (twice) that it was this office when I made the appt. But they were very nice to me and Mgr did the consult. So, I will start tomorrow. Go me!

Surgery again!

Yes, I am having surgery again - on the boobs - again! I have a lump in my left breast that I found. My dr. sent me for mammogram and ultrasound. It did not show up on mammogram so good thing we could feel it! The ultrasound showed that it is not meeting the characteristics of a tumor but of a cyst. They have decided that it is a granuloma. It is a result of my surgery last year.

Yesterday I met with the surgeon who was so thorough! He felt everywhere (where was needed in this area) and my gland and lymph nodes. He agreed that he does not believe it is a tumor and that it from the surgery (there is some scar tissue that shows up underneath this lump). So he said I could either leave it alone and see what it does or he recommends to have it taken out, which is what I have chosen to do.  I have too many friends who are either being treated right now for breast cancer or who have been, to not do anything with this.

So on, March 28th, I will be back in surgery, its outpatient. The surgery will last between 1.5-2 hours. He will be able to go in through one of my incisions - that is good.

Did I mention that he stuck a needle into the lump to see if he can drain it - nothing came out. It is a hard lump but he figured he would try.

Did I mention that he stuck a needle into the lump and did not give me any topical anesthetic???? THAT HURT!!! But I can not have topical anesthetics as I am allergic to anything that ends in "caine"! Like life threatening allergy!

I was still sore from it last night (and cranky as well). Today just a bit bruised.

Turbo Jam

It is still going well. Today is day 5. I like to do TJ in the morning to get my day started, but today I will be doing it this evening. That is how it will work best for me today.