ABC's of Me!

ABC's of Me!

Because it's fun!

(A) Age: 34
(B) Bed Size: Queen
(C) Chore You Hate: putting away the friggin laundry
(D) Dogs?: No. Nothing that shits in my yard. I'm a barefoot girl.
(E) Essential Start Your Day Item: coffee
(F) Favorite Color: pink, black
(G) Gold or Silver?: Mostly gold. Yellow and white gold on some pieces.
(H) Height: 5' 4"
(I) Instruments You Play: piano, clarinet, most percussion, accordian when intoxicated, I'd like to learn the guitar yet.
(J) Job Title: Athletic Trainer -god help me.
(K) Kids: 2. ages 2 and 4
(L) Live: PA
(M) Mom's Name: Barbara
(N) Nicknames: Mommy, Twit, Aunt Shish
(O) Overnight Hospital Stays?: Plenty.
(P) Pet Peeve: Ignorance   -especially in the parents of the children I deal with
(Q) Quote from a Movie: If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball
(R) Right or Left Handed?: left
(S) Siblings: 1 sister
(T) Time You Wake Up?: Between 6 and 8. Is is a gym day or no?
(U) Underwear: If I must. Victoria and her damn secret.
(V) Vegetable You Dislike: Mushrooms
(W) What Makes You Run Late: I'm not usually late
(X) X-Rays You've Had Done: ankle, knee, chest, hip, head/neck
(Y) Yummy Food You Make: Yummy chicken and quinoa mixes
(Z) Zoo, Favorite Animal: lions?



I had a nutrition appt. today. Lost .5 lb in 2 weeks :( Not cool. I'm not feeling full at all. I'm not having seconds at meals...but I could... So instead of waiting until end of March for my fill, they moved it up to March 7th. Yay! I'm glad. I was going to try to stick it out, but I'm glad they were like -um no, you need to go. Otherwise same ol same here. February blahs...Need some damn sun.

Y Yes I DId -2 things!

1.    I managed to peel my ass out of bed and hit the Y!! Yay for me!  So I did 2 miles on the treadmill and lifted lower body today. Small victories man. That's what I'm focusing on. 

Breakfast:
Egg white omlet with colby jack cheese 
Coffee/ff creamer


Lunch: 
 3 Turkey meatballs with Sweet Baby Ray's bbq sauce
 2 yogurt covered raisins snatched from my son


I packed greek yogurt (cabot low fat vanilla) with raspberries for my snack @ work and a Vanilla Latte Click shake <- so freakin yummy. 


Only around 24 oz H2O so far.


2.    I got the damn iphone. I really like it. I know there is so much more it can do than I even know. I need to find a pro. I can't even figure out custom ring tones yet. Damn. I'm all about fun sounds. 


Aaaannndd I even allowed myself a bath today. Not the super fast, wash a kid too, everyday shower. No. A bath. What?  Why do we, as women, stop treating ourselves? A simple bath made me relaxed and happy today. I haven't taken the time for a bath since I was pregnant for my son. 2008.  I also painted my nails -again a luxury. Maybe I'll tweeze and whiten teeth at some point this weekend too. Who am I?!

Gone So Long

Yup. That's me. Am I just not cut out for the bloggy world? I don't know. Life just really taking over all my time! I think of a good blog subject in the shower and then *poof* its gone by the time I find myself at a  computer.  I guess I will attempt a catch up.

• After a long battle with good ol best buy (3 months worth) I have a new laptop. Yay!  I could read some blogs from my ipod but not post/comment :(
• My mom had her thyroid removed last Thursday. She recovered for a few days with us. The kids super enjoyed her here, and keep asking "Hey where's Grammy?" Pronounced gr-w-ammy by my baby boy.
• Work is a pisser. I worked 10 hours last Sat. and it's looking like the same for this coming Saturday.  My house looks like hell. I NEED to have a couple days to just tackle some clutter. Starting with the clean laundry in my own room. I get the kids put away and husbands laid out nice for him, but my own waits in the basket to be put away, and waits, and waits... One day off is not enough, especially when it's already filled with church, lunch with in laws and some grocery shopping.

So with all this shiz starting to eat at my mind, the weight loss has stalled out. I guess stress is a large contributor, but for as  little as is going in some days I expected something more.  For example yesterdays menu:

Breakfast:  Oatmeal with raspberries
Lunch: Greek quinoa salad (quinoa, feta, cucumber, tomato, chicken, Greek vinaigrette) 3/4 cup serving
Snack @ work: 3/4 cup Cabot Greek yogurt (low fat vanilla -so freakin good) with raspberries
Dinner: Click protein shake and couple bites beef from stir fry made for family.
Water here and there, and 1.5 cups of coffee with fat free creamer.

I guess I should bust out the fitness pal and get some nutritional fact for the above before making assumptions.
And maybe GET MY ASS TO THE GYM. hmmm.

Super Bowl Partys are The Devil

Dang those tasty snacks and beverages!! I had TOO MUCH!!  Someone needs some stinkin restriction. I did feel full which was a first for me. It was actually a painful feeling just under the front of my ribs. It was just not good. I swear I had a whole day's calories just at that party. 

Now for the good news. I ate WAY less than I have before at these types of things. I had protein first...and second...  And I was not able to go overboard as I would have before. But still disgusted with myself. Damn chocholate covered pretzels.  Today is a new day.

Eggs for breakfast and some coffee. I need to get on the water train. I'm appauled at myself. I need to do so much better with this. At my last appointment my dietician said to wait 60 to 120 minutes to drink after eating. WHAT?! 2 freakin hours? By the time I remember to drink something I'm ready for a snack.  -or am I super thirsty? Such a vicious cycle of hunger and thirst and I'm the idiot in the middle who can't figure it out.  

No real loss for the week. My weight jumped around on the scale this week. Up and down. I'm going to try to hydrate better this week and see how that helps. 

Happy Monday ;)

It's Saturday, and Cancer blows goats.

Here it is a beautiful snowy Saturday. I'm working (of course) today is a basketball tournament. Coaches versus Cancer benefit and so it's a sea of pink. They will be donating proceeds to Am Cancer Soc. and have a dedication to a former teacher/game manager/long time coach who passes away this past fall after a long battle.  I won't be able to be in the gym for that part. Too emotional. I had to say goodbye to my Dad a year and a half ago. He had lung cancer that spread. You aren't the same after you hold a loved one while they leave this world. I'd like to think stronger, more compassionate. Or maybe I just cry a lot easier?  Who knows. I don't know Barbara but my prayers are with her family during this time. It's one day at a time. For a long time.  Cancer can suck it.


Anywho, I think I feel some restriction with this first fill. But I'm afraid to test it! I don't want to stretch anything, or get sick or I don't know what. So I'm following the rules! My PA said that if I am not losing 1 pound/week then we will do another fill in February. But, right now my next appt is for March. So day by day is how we will go people...

1st Fill

Hooray for fill day!  So we start the day at the same ol weight. Darn. My appointment is about an hour away so I drank a protein shake on the way down.  It was a Muscle Milk Vanilla Creme -oh no. No. Yuck. I love vanilla anything usually but holy crap. No.  Got to the appt. and weighed in -3 from last visit. So they were pleased. I was hoping for more in that time but 1) a loss is a loss dammit. and 2) I haven't exercised like I should have so really what more could I expect. 

So I saw my lovely RD. She moved me on to stage 3 foods. That being meats, low fat cheeses, whole eggs (as opposed to egg beaters), and veggie burgers. I believe liver is also on that list. Um no thanks -unless my gram is frying it up with some onions, but she's in heaven.  And I can start my vitamins. Flinstones with iron. My paper also says that at the next appt I will be starting a clacium supplement and the b12 injection. Um what? I have no idea what that is or what's going on with that. I think Amy W has been talking about something like that so I'm going to go look for some more info. 

Interestingly I should still avoid fruits, vegetables and startches/grains/breads for another 4 weeks. Is this pretty standard. I'm curious about the science behind it. Not that I"m doubting, or questioning, I'm really just wondering about it from the pouch/nutrition/digestion point. 

Also on my sheet it says that protein is to be a minimum of 60g, and fluid goal is 48-64 ounces. But it doesn't mention a calorie goal?  Anyone have input on what that could be? I sent an email to my RD asking her because I NEED guidelines!  

On up to see the PA who does a lot of fills for my surgeons office. I really like him a lot. He's funny and makes you feel comfortable. And he may be nice to look at too ;-)     Anywho, so he numbs me with some lidocaine and I'm glad he did. That fill needle is HUGE!!! Holy shitakemushroom! AND he had to poke around a little to find where exactly the bad boy is sitting. I heard "tonk tonk tonk tonk, Ok there it is!" Then in went 5cc.  And then when he measured where the spot was I looked down and there was the gigantic needle sticking out of my stomach, waving around because I was talking. Oh my! Like I said, glad for the numbing. But all was well. Water went down fine. Shakes and broth has also been cruising down fine. I'm a little excited to have some egg in the morning just to see if I feel anything new.


I'm a little sad I'm missing support group tonight. It's a really great group and I learn something every time I go. But work is late this week. There is always next time!

Back to work and time is a flyin by!

A little lengthy. I apologize!

I don't know where time has gone. I've been reading blogs here and there but haven't had blog mojo myself. I think it is the January slump.  Lets catch up.

Last Monday I went back to work. All is well there. One of my teams even had a get well card for me that the players and coaches signed. So sweet of them! They knew I had surgery but not the specifics.  Then that night we had a surprise dinner for one of our surgeons for his years of service. I was SCARED! I was just doing my mushies and shakes yet. I figured I'd sit by my friend, tell her what was going on (she would so benefit from the band!) and she would be my buffer.  But noooo. I did sit by her, and tell her, and she is way interested in talking more about it! But then my boss sits across from me, and the surgeon and his wife diagonal to me. Shit.  I ate the tiniest bit of salad. I had a paper thin piece of ham, 3 small bites chicken, a slice of potato Au gratin (?), and a smidge of baked corn. Then cake came and I smashed it around my plate and ate maybe 1/8 of it during the "roast" of the doc. I felt like any minute my doc was going to come and yell at me. It turned out OK, and no one looked at me strangely. Whew. 

Some interesting things are happening in my clothes. Like baggy ass and droopy frontal area of pants. what? That does not happen to me. I'm a little in shock. I'm happy of course, but a little unbelieving?  Two of my favorite ($) pairs of dress pants are real baggy. I think I'll hang on to them and maybe have them taken in. Not sure.  Today I just look plain frumpy. It was -10 this morning so I went jeans and sweater. I look like I'm swimming in my outfit. It's passing roomy comfy stage. It's to the point of pants too long, sleeves too long. I'm in shock. 

On the scale this morning I was hovering the next decade of numbers! Oh if I could just be there tomorrow for my appt!! So the total loss is now is 33. I thought I was a little more than that but I looked back through my appointments and that is that. I need to figure out those little tracker things. I'm not the suavest at the ol computer sometimes. 

Tomorrow I meet with the RD I like, a PA I don't know, and then up to the surgeons office for my FIRST FILL!! Yay!   I'm excited! I am getting real hungry and need to get moving toward restriction darn it!  I am still measuring my food so that is helping.

On the gym front. Not so good. I went 1 time last week. Total bummer. A 3 day migraine knocked me out of that for sure. Migraine hit me after a wonderful massage. WTF?? Thank God for Z o m i g!