Amy's New Start : Comments Welcome!

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks everyone. We are still sick and in fact so sick I was almost scared last night. We all had high fevers and I was so out of it, I could barely walk. Today started out awful but has slowly gotten better. I haven't been this sick in about 13 years. Should have gotten the flu shots.

I will catch up with journals tomorrow, no walking today and no rec center tomorrow obviously. I am hopeful the kids get better and can go back to school on Tuesday. Thank God this didn't happen last weekend.

TOM hit too, I guess when it rains it pours. I hope to be back to normal very soon. One thing about it, I am not eating too much. But I am sure I'll gain, I always do when I am sick which makes no sense whatsoever. Heck I weighed more when I left the hospital after both my 8 pound kids were born!

Tracy: I am sorry you are sick too!

Amy: 89 degrees? why do I not live in AZ???

 

[toystoryduo]

Amy,

I am sending tons of get well your way. I hope everyone is feeling better soon!

Please be sure and take it easy the next few days. Your body will need some time to recuperate from this.

I hope your Monday is a good one.

 

[traceycooper]

oh dear - get well soon Amy
congrats on not gaining

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Tracey and Tracy.

I can't belive TOM hit now when I am half dead with the flu. I guess I am back "on" again with that. Seems like I have two or three normal cycles then nothing for 4-8 months. Pretty sad when the thing you look forward to the most is menopause! Only to be disappointed!

I still feel like crap. Ds is now the sickest. He isn't eating much, that's how I know he's sick! Right now we are all living on Kool Aid and crackers. DD is definitely better. With all the coughing around here, it sounds like an infirmary.

I am supposed to walk tomorrow but am definitely playing that by ear. I have not left this house since Friday so it will be nice when I finally do.

One thing about it Daisy Beagle lovvvveeessss all the kleenex from our runny noses! Crazy dog.

Have spent most of the day on the couch and planning for our trip until my head starts to throb and I have to lay down again. Can't help but think about my mom. She lived with chronic pain and nausea and just not feeling good for six and half years. I would have never done as well as she did.

 

[toystoryduo]

Sending a gentle and lots of get well your way. I hope you and your family are feeling better soon.

That is too funny about your dog! Is she being nosey? LOL!

Hope your Tuesday is a good one!

 

[lovinaz]

I think the Kleenex-loving gene is standard in all beagles!

Hope you are feeling better soon, at least there is a light at the end of the tunnel if DD is recovered! Hang in there!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Amy and Tracy. Last night was rough, I got some sort of stomach bug. Dd has had that too, so I guess its just part of it. Ds started spiking a high fever and got worse. I was miserable all night and feeling like I would never get better but somehow feel much better today. Maybe its finally out of my system. I am slowly getting the house cleaned up. Poor dh has been working round the clock, going to the grocery store for constant refills of crackers and gatorade and he is also still sick. But at work. Someday maybe he'll work at a company that gives sick time and employs enough people that if somebody gets sick, they can stay home.

I kept dd home one more day, she probably could have gone but she is so run down and tired I thought one more day. She got up and had some breakfast and is now fast asleep. So I think I made a good call.

Ds is also home and since he was the last one to get it he's behind me and dd so he may or may not go back to school tomorrow.

And I vacumed up all the Kleenex bits and put that crazy dog outside, its 75 today. Poor girl, she's spent the last five days hanging around all of us trying to figure out what the heck is going on.

I really hope I am mostly over this. Last night I was begining to wonder but today its amazing how much better I feel. I am not eating much and am slamming the Crystal Light and water and hopefully the scale won't freak out on me Friday. If it does, well not my fault, God knows I haven't been overeating!

 

[goldcupmom]

Lots of Prayers being said for all of you Amy! This is a horrid flu going around. Relatives of DH up in Los Alamos NM all had it & in some of them it lasted more than a MONTH!! Do not overdo & don't push yourself. Just rest & push the liquids.

 

[lovinaz]

I'm glad you hear you are finally starting to feel better! Hopefully everyone else will recover soon. It's definitely no fun being sick!

If the scale freaks out on Fri, you are right - it's nothing you did! I am the same way, you'd think a couple days of barely eating would result in a loss, but it never does for me!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Amy,

Thanks for the PM this morning. How are you all doing? Are you guys feeling any better? I woke up this morning feeling like I was coming down with a cold now. I'm taking some vitamins to hopefully keep it at bay. I hope you and your family are feeling much better!

Have a great afternoon!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thank you Amy and Tracy. I am feeling much better but its a slow go. I am amazed at how tired I am. Dd went back to school today and came home and is already up in bed asleep. Ds stayed home, he got it last so he's behind the rest of us. Today, for the first time in a week, nobody in this house has a fever. So that is a very good thing. Ds is doing a unit on genocide and his class was watching Hotel Rwanda yesterday and today. I remembered my mom had the movie so I looked through some of her stuff and found it and we watched it. What an incredile story but so, so sad. I remember being pregnant with ds when that whole thing occurred. Hard to believe the same world that has so much good, can produce such horrific things. It was hard to watch that with ds but I was glad I did.

I am really hopeful I can get out and take a walk tomorrow. Its been in the 70's and so nice and I haven't been out in days. In fact last night was the first time I had left the house since Friday!

Food is still fine, I am not eating anything in the way of vegetables but I have been drinking plenty of water. Haven't stepped on the scale, guess I'll do that at WW on Friday and see what the verdict is!

 

[DisDee]

Amy-I'm so glad to hear that you're feeling better! That's great that you're having good weather and you'll be able to get out and walk. That in itself will help you get back to normal! Hope the family is doing well too!

Good luck at the WI tomorrow!

 

[toystoryduo]

I'm glad to hear that you are feeling better, Amy. Please remember that your body is in a recuperating stage so try and take it easy for a couple of days, okay?

Can you send some of that weather our way? We've got 50s and sunshine/clouds forecasted today, but I would love 70s and sunshine even better!

Have a great Thursday!

 

[lovinaz]

Yay, the light at the end of the tunnel! Your body is just beat up, trying to fight off that bug. You'll be fine in a couple days, I'm sure!

I hope you can get that walk in, if you get tired, just make it a short one. And good luck at WI.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Hi ladies, I woke up with a low fever today which was disappointing. I just cannot seem to kick this thing. I got the kids off to school and then laid back down and took a nap. I was so tired, I couldn't sleep much last night because of my cough. I do think the nap helped and now I am back up and intend to get at least a few things done before the kids get home. When the doctor said this flu can last, she wasn't whistling dixie. I do think the nap helped. I haven't heard from the school so at least the kids are doing okay.

I rarely get sick so I guess I am making up for lost time! Dh called and said he is feeling worse too and may come home early.

I'll check journals later, I hope everybody is having a nice day.

 

[toystoryduo]

Sending more get well pixie dust for you and your DH.

I hope everyone is feeling better soon!

 

[lovinaz]

How are you feeling today? Did you make it to WI? Inquiring minds...

 

[Amy&Dan]

Thanks Tracy and Amy. I am feeling better and this time I think it might be for real. I am starting to fumigate the house and wash anything I can to clear this house of whatever germs remain! I actually left the house and put on make up and saw other humans for the first time in a week! My friend and I went to Quiznos after WW and it was so nice to be out and about. I still sound like Kathleen Turner after she's smoked 20 packs at once but I feel soooo much better.

I was down .8, bringing me to 9.8 in 8 weeks. I was glad, so often when I'm sick I somehow gain weight. Considering I have been completely inactive for a week, that wasn't too bad. I told my leader I was bummed I hadn't lost more and she said that is the perfect amount of weight to lose. I think I have been watching too much Biggest Loser, I have really been feeling like a total failure, when in fact I am doing pretty well.

My plan is to get back to exercising. Today I am cleaning and doing laundry which is wearing me out so I think I won't walk (its also cold, we are supposed to get snow). And tomorrow I am having a family dinner so that won't work (and its going to be cold). But Sunday is supposed to be nice and I figure by then, I should be about back to normal. And then with the time change, dh and I should be able to walk more in the evenings. I also made plans to walk a few days next week with my friend.

I would love to be down to my summer 2007 weight by WDW. That would give me a bit over 3 months to lose 15 pounds which might be pushing it but I want to at least try and have that in the back of my mind as a goal. I have a lot of clothes that I could wear in my closet so it would be like free shopping to pull those out and wear them. Last summer I didn't get into any of them.

Goals this week: Journal food very diligently each day and walk 4 times minimum. I don't think I'll join March's challenge. With being sick, I am behind schedule and with two walking buddies I feel confident I can move more. I want to concentrate very much on food and behaving on that end because that is my biggest weakness, esp. on the weekends.

Its been a total week off of being healthy in more ways than one and I am ready to get back down to business. I am okay with a pound a week, but any less than that is not acceptable!

 

[lovinaz]

Congrats on the loss! I think you have a good plan for next week and 9.8lbs in 8 weeks is GREAT!

I have the same "Biggest Loser mindset". I think I should be able to lose 14 lbs in one week too! But those people are working out 8+ hours a day, so I guess my 45min on the treadmill just doesn't compare...

Keep up the good work, I know you will get to use all of those "new" clothes this summer!

 

[toystoryduo]

Congrats Amy!!! 9.8 pounds in 8 weeks is awesome!!! Keep up the good work!

I like how you have goals setup for the week. Maybe you can come up with some mini rewards for when you meet those goals.

I hope you continue to feel better. Try and take it easy until your 100% okay?

Have a great weekend!