So one of the things I want to do is to get my thryoid functioning optimally in a natural way. No meds, no herbs.  Food and exercise I can deal with.

I read yesterday that things like green tea and coconut oil can help to build the thryoid up.  I may add these to my daily regimen.  I may not.

 

We'll see.

 

 

Okay, I'm glad thay finally came. (triflin' doctor's office, holding on to them like it was money).

Anyway, here are the results of my checkup/blood tests done on 1/16/09. (normal values are in the parentheses)

Diabetes:

• Glucose (under 100): 89
• A1c: (under 6) 5.7%

Thyroid:

• TSH (0.5-5.3) 1.275

Cholesterol:

• Triglycerides (under 150) 77
• Total Cholesterol (under 200) 154
• HDL "good cholesterol" (over 50) 58
• LDL "bad cholesterol" (under 100) 81

IWell, that's it for now.

In 3 months, I go back to weigh in and maybe get more blood tests done.  I know that at 6 months, I will have the blood work done again to see if there is any significant changes.

What do you think of my numbers?

 

 

 

Today's Food:

B-fast: Honey nut Cheerios, whole milk, 4 slices of bacon, 12 oz can of V-8

Lunch: Spinach salad with Balsamic vinagraitte, Salmon salad with mayo, celery, onion, garlic powder; 2X Fiber bread with wasabi. Apple slices; FIber 1 bar, DIet Pepsi, Tortilla chips, water

Dinner: Not much, I am stuffed from lunch

here I am all hyped up with the new year and all, and what do I do, fall off the bandwagon.

 

Ugh.

 

I got caught up in life and forgot to take care of me.

 

Why do I always do that.  No exercise, eating like a horse, and everything.

 

So, Sunday night, I decided to do for me, what no one else will do for me. 

 

MAKE IT WORK. - ala Tim Gunn (love him)

 

I decided to go back on WW.  Not join the metings or the online group, but do the program on my on.  I can do this.  I have all the materials at home.  WW has worked for me.  And it is not bad.

 

 

Well, I have some good news and some triflin' news.

 

On 1/29 I went to get my baseline (1st) mammogram done.  It wasn't as uncomfortable as I thought it would be.  Granted, I have biggums and all, and she wasn haulin' them all over, trying to get them to sit on the platform (especailly when they were doing the side view). 

 

I felt detached during the whole thing.  Wierd.

 

Anyway, I got a message on my cell phone to let me know that my mammograms were normal.  YEAH!!!!!!!  I was worried.  I don;t know about you ladies, but with guns as big as these, it is hard to do a self exam and really feel like I am thoroughly checking them. Plus, I have a friend who's hiar is just now growing back after the chemo and radiation treatments.

 

TRIFLIN ALERT!!!!!

Now, if I can get my PCP to send me my bloodwork, etc from my check up on 1/16, I will be alright.  I called the dr's office yesterday and asked if there was a reason for the delay.  None. They were just on the desk sitting in a pile and had not been mailed yet.   They had been there for a few days, but had not been mailed 'cause she had not gotten around to it.  I want my results to see where I start so I know where I need to be in 3 months time.

 

 

Oh Yeah, in 3 months I go back to my doctor for a weight check.  I'm paying 20 dollars for this.  They don't even have a medical type scale.  It looks like one you might buy from Wal-Mart. But, I scheduled it to give me some accountability.  I need to have someone looking over my shoulder saying did you lose anything at all?

 

2 lbsin 3 months is not acceptable.  Girl, you better get up off your butt and MAKE IT WORK!!!

 

 

 

 

Okay, I put my GS cookie order form in the breakroom at work on Tuesday.

LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS DONE FOR EVERY FUNDRAISER THEY HAVE HAD AT SHCOOL OR ANYWHERE ELSE!!!

So why is it that today around lunch time, I find it missing?  Someone had to make a big effort to get rid of it. 

It was taped down with lots of tape.

Now, surely no one here is that competitive.  I know it is a first come-first serve basis for selling stuff in there. But GEE!!!

And I asked my manager, via email (I have it in writing y'all) if it was okay to put an order form in there. When he found out that it was missing, he was livid.  Turned a beet red, too.

Well, I am COOKIE MOM.  I carry spares.  I went around to all the people that I knew wanted to order from me and got there orders.  Then I sent out emails to anyone in my department/division/building and explained how the form got missing so mysteriously.

Hopefully, I will get more orders.  It is not a long selling season, but my girls and I have goal in mind for this year.  Last year, they both sold over 200 boxes.  This year, we want to beat that number. 

We'll be out canvassing the neighborhood Saturday in the freezing weather to get a good amount of orders.

I'm still mad.  These fools better order from me, the way they got my pressure up in here.  Making me want to eat something.

And, I better not find out who it was that threw my first form away.  It was the big color one with all the cookie descriptions on it.

 

 

Character gets you out of bed; Commitment moves you to action; Faith, hope, and discipline enable you to follow through to completion.

--Zig Ziglar

 

 

Man, I am finding some stuff about myself lately. 

 

When the alarm goes off in the morning, I wake my kids up and go right back to bed for another 30 minutes. So what? No character?

 

Then when I do get up, instead of going to work out (moving into action), I sit on the side of the bed and watch “Angel” reruns.

 

And since I have never gotten to a goal weight, I guess faith, hope, and discipline have flown right out the window.

 

I have to do better. 

 

Why can’t I make my fat butt get out of bed in the morning?  If I do it then, it’s done and I can get on with the rest of my day.  I mean really, the extra 30 minutes will make a difference?

 

WAKE UP, Deborah!!!!!!! (Who dat?)

 

Wake your Lazy butt up on so many levels, girl. 

 

Get out of that bed of complacency! Stop hitting that snooze alarm of procrastination!

Get up and Work It, Work it, WORK IT, GIRL!!

 

Work it like the rent is due!!!

 

In my head, I say all of these things, I know all of these things, but I have not made my body do them, YET!!!

 

Where is the disconnect?  What is not plugged in up there?

 

Can I fake it ‘til I make it?  I guess I am going to have to for now.  I’m not giving up a chance to at least try for it, because I cannot seem to get my head, body, and will on the same track. 

 

Maybe by going through the motions, I can hit that switch that will make it permanent.

I was reading on The Weigh we Were yesterday and it was encouraging. A lot of people have done what I am about to do. 100+ pounds is no big deal anymore, so many people have done it. But it is a big deal for me, because I have not done it, YET. I need to do it. I feel like I am on to something that will help me do it.

When can I stop torturing myself with the up and down of it all?

 

I am so fed up with the weight and having to buy the larger clothing and shoes.

 

I am so fed up with the double chin and the rolls.

 

I am mostly fed up withthe new aches and pains that come with 40+ years of age.  Aches and pains that I know would probably not hurt as much if I were oh say 100lbs lighter.

 

Then all the books say to lose slowly. 1/2 to 1 lb a week.  And I am supposed to be patient and keep at it for as long as it takes. 

 

This is a lifestyle change, not just a temporary change in eating patterns.

 

Barnacles!!!!!

 

I am so fed up with it all.

 

So, Ms. Fed up, whatcha gonna do about it?

Why don'cha just roll back over in bed and hit that snooze alarm instead of getting up to work out?  You know you wanna!

 

Why doncha just eat that Blue Cheese bacon burger with onion rings instead of getting that spniach salad? You  know you wanna!

 

Why doncha just buy some bigger jeans and new work clothes since your old ones are getting too small?  You know you wanna!

 

Why doncha just tell dear hubby that you are too tired and disgusted by yourself to show him any affection? You know you wanna!

 

Why doncha just tell the dr. that he should mind his own business and that you are fine at the weight you are even though diabetes, cancer, heart disease, glaucoma, asthma, and other dire diseases run in you family?  You know you wanna!

 

Why doncha just keep on doing what you've done in the past and hope that his timeit works?  You  know you wanna!

 

Why doncha just give up?  You know you wanna?

 

 

 

To get to a more manageable weight One that doesn't put this kind of pressure on my joints or heart.  On that is under 200 lbs.

 

 

To increase my phiysical fitness level to one where walking up stairs doesn't leave me breathless.  One where I can go out and run/race walk the 5k with out medical assistance (no, this didn't happen, but I fell that it could with the shape I am in now)

 

To be physically attractrive to my husband as well as myself.

 

To wear clothes with a size that does not match my age. Stylish and affordable.  Ones that I can buy from just about any store that sells clothes. 

 

That's what I gottawannaneedagettahavea this year!!!!!!