In Search of My Body....Not the One I ATE! Vol. 5: Goddesses are Always on Top!

[lisaviolet]

I went and did that "Happy Weight" thingy. 146.2 is what mine is. Not far off from what my goal is. I'm shooting for 145.

However, today is day 3 in a row with no exercise SO not like me Saturday & Sunday were planned days off. Even 2 days in a row is highly unusual for me. But, I felt I needed the rest (LisaV, I was thinking about you ). Today, well, that was just a monkey-wrench thrown into my system.

Tomorrow morning bright and early I have a training session. Could be awesome since I'm so well rested. Could really suck since, well, I've been doing nothing but resting

Okay - so excited about this happy weight.Went on. No happy here. 164. Nope. Ugly at 164. Bones won't fit weight. AKJDFJLDKFJLDKJFLDK. Don't mind me.

Delena and I post 5K

Delena pre-race at home

my 5K medal. It's smaller, but really heavy.

We finished in about 44 minutes. I had high hopes for a sub 40 with the stroller, but it was so crowded. I think they should have given the walkers w/o strollers a 15 minute head start. Which would have left plenty of space for people who wanted to jog with strollers. I was cruising easily at a 10-11 minute/miles pace when I could find space to run. Anyhow, it was fun. I was going to let Delena walk/run/toddle the last half mile, but she fell asleep!

Delena falls asleep. Such a peaceful run mommy.

Loved the report and the pics.

Good morning everyone. I feel like I am constantly trying to catch up on this thread!!

Amy, Great job on the race. Delena too!! Running in the rain is okay for me but rain and wind....you rock!

Lyz, thinking of you and your family.

Erika, I am so sick of shoveling I cannot express it in words. We are in the heavy snow zone today (lucky us). They called school at 4:30 and it was not even snowing here yet!!

Nancy, yes, kids in school practically until school starts again in the fall!!

LisaV, love the list.

Everyone else, sorry I just get so lost in everything I cannot respond to it all. I am trying though, seriously...

Boston College is so beautiful. I forget how overwhelming it is at a young age though. Shelby was pretty scared. Funny thing is that her aunt went to Northeastern and played FH there and BC was her very first game in Division 1. She was talking to Shelby telling her she felt the same way and she was 18 as opposed to 14. For a 14 year old, Shelby did really well playing with all 18-19 year old girls. You could never tell she was not the same age. She held her own despite not being on the same page as the older girls. At 14, you just want to play and at 19 you want to win. Serious mind set difference. Anyway, a great trip. We got home at 1 a.m. on Sunday. I felt like someone had run over me.

Sunday up and at it again. Out for my 10 mile run which I maintained about an 11:30 pace for. It was long and cold and did I mention long? How am I ever going to survive 26.2????? The playoff FH game was canceled (thank goodness) and I took David to his swim end of season party and then back here for endless amounts of . No, I am still not caught up on that. Good news is that Shelby can do it today....

Shelby is also in the market for an 8th grade prom dress. She went last year with her 8th grade boyfriend. We found just a simple black sheath with a white trim, strapless. It was beautiful and so was she. Hair in a modified updo with lots of ringlets. She got out of the car and her boyfriend got really nervous all of the sudden. It was kind of comical. This year, she says she wants a longer dress. We need to get out shopping but FH is taking over lately. Next weekend she has another tourney, locally thank goodness but, another day bites the dust entirely. Oh and I have a 12 mile run on Sunday...

What would I tell my younger self:
1. You do not need to be "that" girl.
2. Thin is not something that should come at the cost of your health.
3. You do not NEED someone to love you. You need to love yourself.
4. Life is about choices, keep the bad ones to a minimum.
5. Maine is not so bad and you don't need to sell out just to leave.

Have a great day everyone!!!

Loved #4 the most Lisa. Really made me think.

 

[lisaviolet]

Hi gang,

It is Monday and while I know many of you are dealing with this latest snowstorm, I am thankful that I am not (for once). Now this could certainly come back to bite me as we have been known to get snow storms as late as mid May around here so I am ready for my payback. (Hope you got your snow day Kat).

I am feeling much better about things today than I did last week. I was snacking in a totally out of control way and my sweet tooth was on overdrive thanks to TOM. I am picking myself up and starting again by tracking food this week to get a handle on things. The scale will be what it will be tonight and I am done stressing about it. It is a new week and a new start right?

I was talking to my sister last night about my training session and realized that my trainer paid me a big compliment yesterday. Our conversations have been rather interesting lately. Yeah, they deal a lot with his relationship issues as he is getting over some rejection and as he puts it – he loves having an adult to talk to about this stuff (that makes me feel old just thinking about it), but yesterday was a bit different. From what I gathered, I am one of his few clients that are probably over the age of 30 and I am pretty sure I am the only one with a major amount of weight to lose. He mentioned that he didn’t want to take on any obese clients and when I added the “except for me” part, he quickly jumped in and said that he doesn’t consider me to be obese because I am so active. Now, I joked about the BMI scales that are out there and he laughed and said that those scales are truly unrealistic. In fact, the chart would list him as obese right now when that is certainly not the case. Thinking back, I didn’t grasp what he said until my sister pointed it out to me and then the light coming from the light bulb that just flicked on was blinding. I am an active person. I am working my bummocks off and I am seeing results. So I am not going to let one off week derail everything. It is one off week. I can overcome that right.

I have mentioned this in the past, but this is more of a mental battle than a physical one at times so grasping these types of concepts is huge for me. I know that I hear this from my extremely supportive friends (like you all) and family (love you all for that), but having an outsider say the same thing can be just the validation you need from time to time to keep you going.

I thought I would share a link to an article I read about finding out what your ideal weight is. It was interesting to see what influences our thought processes about our weight. Here is the link if anyone is interested:

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/heal...t-5-tips-for-finding-your-happy-weight-393032

I think I have blabbered on enough for this morning. I’m sure I’ll check in at some point along the day and will definitely check in later tonight after my weigh in and cardio workout. Treated myself to some new music and set a new playlist on my ipod so I am excited about my cardio workouts this week.

Lyz - sending you hugs for tonght. I agree with Nancy, celebrate the life of the loved one you lost by sharing the stories and the memories with the people who will be there.

Later,
Paula

Even before Jesse Paula. You are so solid. I just don't equate solid with obese.

It brought me back Paula. Starting university I was a totally normal size. Looked fine. Less than now probably. Less than for sure. Close though. And my doc wrote clinically obese on my physical. I was shocked. I think it was the beginning of my this part of my life weight issues. If my best was clinically obese where the heck do you go from there? So bizarre it's like they go years and years through med school with no brain. Obviously the numbers said obese but the body was nowhere close. I'm, he's, darn lucky I didn't pick up an eating disorder. I think I was close I started to skip meals first year and two friends called me on it.

Paula--AWESOME! And you know, I don't think of you as obese either. I really don't. I think it is because so ARE so active and you have such a full life!

Ok, things I would tell my younger self (and this may just be the start! HA! This has been in my head since Lyz first posted it).

1. Biology and parenting have no relationship. You don't have to love him because he impregnated your mother.
2. Don't deny who you are and then try to be something you aren't. It is OK to be a jock. Cool, even.
3. Stay single when you live in Alaska (great decision you made to go). But don't tie yourself to a guy while there.
4. Making the decision to go to a small, Christian school for college as opposed to Ivy League is the RIGHT decision for you. Trust yourself on that and don't ever look back and "what if" it.
5. Junior year of college. OMG, don't you DARE blow off junior year abroad so that you can stay with your boyfriend. Go to Greece! (This is truly one of the few regrets I have in life.)
6. Keep playing softball. You are good. Don't worry about the stereotype that goes with it.
7. Same goes with swimming. Don't stop competing.
8. In fact, this goes for all athletics. Don't quit the team because you are not the captain or no longer the best one on the team, etc. Being part of the team is more important...and certainly better than not playing at all.
9. You have a ton of talents, but music isn't one of them. Let it go.
10. It's ok to pledge a sorority in college, fun even, but don't let it become your entire college life. Keep your circle open.
11. Spend more money on travel and life and less money on acquiring "stuff."
12. Talk less. Listen more.

Ok, so I told you that was going to be long. I could keep going!

Erika, I so enjoyed your list. Sometimes you are such a rock. Actually most of the time. Like look at Erika go. There's such vunerability in the list. Huge. And I loved that. Absolutely loved that.

I played softball my whole childhood/teenage years too. Tennis and softball breathed them. What is the thing/label you get as you get older playing ? Gay? Is that the label. Ummm, curious.

It's hard, to look at this like that. But it's so true. I spend more time with her now, because she is afraid. And she has never had the luxury of taking Emily for granted. It's so hard, though, to tell people I am doing this 5k, because it's 1. Asky and 2. Emotional.

But I figure I am saving other people's grandmas and moms and daughters and best friends. And you know women are the center of my world, so to lose any of them - unspeakable. Oh, but to fight to keep them here! THAT I can do.

You and I, we know we can't go there sometimes. And we know hope is the most important thing, ever.

I was thinkiing about your mom this week. Wondering how her spirts were. to you Liz.

Hooray for flutters!



Yep and yep.



We didn't get as huge an amount as you, but about halfway to work this morning, I'm thinking "Are you crazy? Why are you out here?". At that point, I was more afraid to turn around and go back -- people were sliding all over the road, tons of cars in the ditch, super yikes! Fortunately, it's supposed to get better by the end of the day when we're all heading home.

And you're right -- the kids will never get out for summer vacation this year.



Yes indeedy.



You are one tough mama!! Congrats on the race!



Luckily, my daughter still thinks boys are icky. She is going with a girlfriend of hers who is also tomboyish. They're going to hang out and giggle at everybody. It's interesting, though -- my daughter was totally into trying on the dresses. This is a child who won't wear a dress ever. We're going with both girls next weekend to pick something out.


Send the spring vibes this way, please -- maybe it'll melt the snow! Have a good day, guys.

Lisa, how old is your daughter?

 

[lisaviolet]

Happy Birthday Lyz!!

So, I am kind of wallowing in some disappointment right now. I did not get that job I interviewed for. They didn't end up hiring any of the people they interviewed so I am not sure what that means. I did find another job to apply for and will do that later.

Back to tracking today and I will probably do some pilates. My legs are pretty sore.

So, over the last couple weeks I have decided that my least favorite body part at this point are my thighs. So, what are the best exercises to tone them?

I'll be back later to catch up, once I can read more than one post before D slams my computer shut!!

Delena

Amy, I'm so sorry. That sucks. Simply does.

You know Amy - you have such great legs. I will never have great legs - too big boned there. Just didn't get the gene. Literally. So weird. I've said this before. My parents seventies not nice legs - not good legs - gorgeous legs WTH. BUt!!!!! Jillian changed me. For years I avoided any lunges or squats because I read that they can build so. With Jillian I just went for it. Big changes. Have you not seen changes from her?

Also, I do this workout called Classical Stretch. It's like a ballet kind of thing. She is so annoying. But I think the combo has been nice. Build with the lunges/squats - stretch out with that.

I also do a lot of kickboxing in my intervals.

So something is making a change.

For you - you already have gorgeous legs so sky's the limit for you.

I really am sorry you didn't get the job. Things are SO tough out there right now. So, so bad.

A friend of ours told me this morning that he lost his job last week. He had been talking about the possibility for weeks. He's rather dramatic, so quite honestly I take most of what he says with a grain of salt. But, it happened. And it gets worse. He had a company car. It is being "picked up" tomorrow. He's single (divorced), no job, and now no car. And as he says, how is he supposed to get a loan to buy a car if he has no job? He's even skeptical about whether or not he will be able to collect unemployment - because as it turns out, the owner of the company he worked for wasn't exactly following all the proper rules. (one of the reasons the company went under!)

Although we feel like we are ok and *safe* at this point - it's so scary. So darned frightening to think what could happen. Until we hear from the Army concerning Seth's ROTC scholarship application, I'm going to be in pins and needles I think. Just knowing that his education will be covered would be an incredibly HUGE relief.

Sorry to be such a ray of freakn' sunshine here. I guess the good news is, I won't be stress eating today, because I'm currently in a "gotta save more spend less" mode

Aaah Nancy. That's hard. I've struggled financially for years because of therapy costs, underemployment at times (I'm a supply teacher) and Jean being bumped/laid off because of redeployment. so I'm totally used to it (DVC was an inheritance choice and paid for - I'm so sensitive about that) So when I hear these stories my stomach drops. So hard.

We both married for wrong reasons. He was, to use an ancient, but fitting term, a scoundrel. We had nothing to divide and he left after a two years – went to grad school. A few years later I divorced him. It was a pre internet world and I didn’t really want to find him. The attorney placed an ad in the county seat newspaper. It ran three or four weeks. I went to court, swore I was not pregnant and was granted a divorce. I took my name back and kept the decree handy when his creditors would look for him.

After getting a new phone number in 2007, I received a few calls for him. Debt never forgets ; ) It also demonstrated to me that he had not changed a bit.

All - Thanks for the running advice. The W4 run was easier this morning. I even finished strong in the last minute. I will keep the speed down and move to week 5 next week. I like the idea of returning to previous weeks and moving faster. They have some HRMs at the gym. I will try one Thursday. Mine’s in the mail ; )

Ronda

Seems like you were saved from extending more years there Ronda.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Hi Lisa Z! Hi Lisa V!

I'm watching BL. Does this show make anyone else hungry? Or is that just me???

My friend Kim used to watch it while she ate her ice cream. Sooo wrong. She can eat that ice cream twice a week, though, and not get out of control. It's pretty amazing. When she gains, she just cuts portions and goes right back. But it's so much because she eats what she wants, when she wants, until she feels satisfied.

I wish hanging out with her would give me that by osmosis.

Soooo Lyz, how was the saddest birthday of your life? Funeral today, right?

Lisa V, I so have those legs. I need that miracle machine!

 

[adsrtw]

Thanks for sharing the stories. I worked at the Saratoga Race Course for a couple of summers back in college and totally loved it. I worked for the track's stall supervisor so I was dealing with trainers all the time. Great group of people (at least they were to me). Didn't have too much interaction with the jockeys, but I did have my favorites of those I did meet. Small world when you find out stuff like this huh...

It really is a small world. Sing it with me, lol. I am so jealous ~ love Saratoga! I love my horsemen ~ they are a different breed. A few stinkers, but overall a great group.

 

[adsrtw]

Happy Happy Happy Birthday,
Happy Happy Happy Birthday,
Happy Happy Happy Birthday,
to you, to you, to you. Ole!

Happy Birthday Lyz!!!

​

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Hi. Pooped. So very pooped. Watching BL also Liz. Don't think I'll make it to weigh in.

EriKa - exhausted after today. What happens at the actual tri? (Hour from Columbus. Interesting.)

Liz - I'm so thinking of your mom.

Ok. Goodnight.

Oh and it didn't feel like my birthday. I even made dinner. We'll celebrate another day. Fo shizzle. Thanks for all the Birthday Wishes.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Hi. Pooped. So very pooped. Watching BL also Liz. Don't think I'll make it to weigh in.

EriKa - exhausted after today. What happens at the actual tri? (Hour from Columbus. Interesting.)

Liz - I'm so thinking of your mom.

Ok. Goodnight.

Oh and it didn't feel like my birthday. I even made dinner. We'll celebrate another day. Fo shizzle. Thanks for all the Birthday Wishes.

Honey, I am so sorry your birthday was like that. Like today. Maybe you can whoop it up on the weekend?

 

[goofyfan-12]

It really is a small world. Sing it with me, lol. I am so jealous ~ love Saratoga! I love my horsemen ~ they are a different breed. A few stinkers, but overall a great group.

Totally loved the horseman. They were just awesome. I mean how cool is it that you are playing with someone else's money - someone else's disposable income... And the horses - OMG they were beautiful to watch. I still get to the track a few times each summer just so I can relive it all.

Hi. Pooped. So very pooped. Watching BL also Liz. Don't think I'll make it to weigh in.

EriKa - exhausted after today. What happens at the actual tri? (Hour from Columbus. Interesting.)

Liz - I'm so thinking of your mom.

Ok. Goodnight.

Oh and it didn't feel like my birthday. I even made dinner. We'll celebrate another day. Fo shizzle. Thanks for all the Birthday Wishes.

Lyz - I so need to teach you about the birthday buffer. In my family, you get a buffer zone in which you get to celebrate your birthday. For some it is a week or you can be like my sister and stretch it for what seems like a month. The point is, you are not limited to just your actually birthday for your celebrating. So I am declaring Lyz' birthday buffer officially open until what say - next Tuesday? This way you can celebrate properly over the weekend. The point is not when you celebrate, but that you celebrate. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYZ!!!!!!

Training session - done! It was hard tonight because I was tired - especially the shoulder presses. Man I wish my shoulders would just get stronger already. That is driving me nuts.

Off to get ready for tomorrow and catch some sleep.

Paula

 

[SeptemberGirl]

I do Birthday Week, but I am in full support of Birthday Month!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

All - Thanks for the running advice. The W4 run was easier this morning. I even finished strong in the last minute.

Thanks for sharing your story - I found that to be quite interesting!

And on the run! Glad we could help.

Definitely! We do most of our cooking over the weekend, and just heat stuff up for the rest of the week. It's much easier to avoid the fast food when there is an already cooked yummy meal waiting for you at home.

An easy way to cure you of the fast food habit would be to move to my town We got nuthin'. Well, that's not true. We have a teeny McDonalds - no drive thru though. However we DO have a Starbucks AND a Dunkin' Donuts.

I am with you on the band geek. Flute, piano (jazz band), drum major of the marching band. Whee!

Drum Major? For real? I have a neice who was the Drum major for her HS band (college now...) she even went to Drum Major Camp. She, quite honestly, is the furthest thing from geek you could ever imagine.

Second thing is a request. Just for an experiment, I would like for someone to please fix Nancy's computer where she's not allowed to do this --> <-- for about a week. I just want to see what kind of withdrawal she experiences.

Does that guy bother you? Or does it bother you that I am easily confused. Which is it? Cause I really need to know

=I'm watching BL. Does this show make anyone else hungry? Or is that just me???

My friend Kim used to watch it while she ate her ice cream. Sooo wrong.

That's what my skinny-@ss son does. Has a HUGE bowl of ice cream while he watches "Fat People".

Oh and it didn't feel like my birthday. I even made dinner. We'll celebrate another day. Fo shizzle. Thanks for all the Birthday Wishes.

Lyz - I so need to teach you about the birthday buffer. In my family, you get a buffer zone in which you get to celebrate your birthday.

I love the concept of the birthday buffer

Training session - done! It was hard tonight because I was tired - especially the shoulder presses. Man I wish my shoulders would just get stronger already. That is driving me nuts.

Shoulders. They always seem to fatigue quickly for me too. Glad it went well, though.

 

[adsrtw]

First of all, I just wanted to fall in line here with a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LYZ." I'm glad your and Liz's names are spelled differently or we'd have to assign you numbers. "Lyz (or Liz) numero uno and numero dos"

Second thing is a request. Just for an experiment, I would like for someone to please fix Nancy's computer where she's not allowed to do this --> <-- for about a week. I just want to see what kind of withdrawal she experiences.

Nancy, if I didn't care, I wouldn't bother.



"Thank you, Simone. Frye, Frye, Frye?"

Oh that's so mean!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Checking in.

Food: 26 points. Thought it was going to be higher, but I had over-estimated the point value of my dinner. Shocker! That doesn't happen very often

Water: check

Alcohol: none. Although I feel my resistance wearing thin some days.

Exercise: a whole freakin' lot. Had a training session (1 hour hard core strength work) followed by a 10.5 mile bike ride (40 min) and stretching.

 

[adsrtw]

Hi Everybody! I guess I should have said that earlier. I'm sorry! Will you all forgive me???

Please??

Amy ~ So sorry about the job! Maybe it is a good thing, kinda sounds like they might be tightening their belts a bit.

Nancy ~ Are your kids getting tired of snow days??? Have they made it through 3 full weeks since Christmas? I can't remember.

Hi LisaV, Liz, Kat! I think I got everybody who is showing up online.

I'm in a goofy mood, lol.

 

[3DisneyKids]

Great training sessions today!

Lyz--sorry your birthday was a bust. It happens some years. Did you check your mail box, though?

 

[adsrtw]

Totally loved the horseman. They were just awesome. I mean how cool is it that you are playing with someone else's money - someone else's disposable income... And the horses - OMG they were beautiful to watch. I still get to the track a few times each summer just so I can relive it all.



Lyz - I so need to teach you about the birthday buffer. In my family, you get a buffer zone in which you get to celebrate your birthday. For some it is a week or you can be like my sister and stretch it for what seems like a month. The point is, you are not limited to just your actually birthday for your celebrating. So I am declaring Lyz' birthday buffer officially open until what say - next Tuesday? This way you can celebrate properly over the weekend. The point is not when you celebrate, but that you celebrate. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYZ!!!!!!

Training session - done! It was hard tonight because I was tired - especially the shoulder presses. Man I wish my shoulders would just get stronger already. That is driving me nuts.

Off to get ready for tomorrow and catch some sleep.

Paula

Yes, I have to agree. They are absolutely beautiful to watch. I get chills when I watch a race, cry when I watch a major race (Triple Crown, Breeders Cup) ~ especially when a friend from the old days is one of the winning connections.

Every single one of my horses had amazing personalities too. We tended to lean toward the ones who were 'problem children.' Those being the ones who were sick, weren't fed right, etc. I have to say, my Ex was very very good at figuring them out and getting them back in good health. Here is the crazy thing though, I was terrified of them! I couldn't be in the stall with them if my Ex or a trusted friend wasn't next to me. Crazy! I so spoiled them though.

At one point, I wanted to get married at Keeneland in one of the sales pavillions. Beautiful! Amazing architecture. I would have loved to have traveled to more places than I did, but I still hold those trips dearly. Not that I would ever take him back, but those were our best years as far as our relationship was concerned.

Oh well, enough thinking about the past for now.

 

[BrcsDisneyPrncs]

Happy Birthday Lyz!!!

Sorry i've been MIA. It was a jam packed weekend, and then yesterday i had class after work. Today I got my wisdom teeth extracted.....and gushing blood and excrutiating pain have been the game of the day

It is way more painful than i had anticipated. The surgeon explained before he started that one side would be way worse because 2 were impacted, and they were not only sideways, but the bottoms curved up, essentially making the tooth have little hooks, so it was extremely invasive on that side. They had to give me an IV sedative so i was out cold. I have very deep veins, so they had to try to dig a little inside my elbow, didn't work, and i now have a huge ugly red/black bruise there about the circumference of a grapefruit... iv had to go on the top of my hand, so thats sore too. I'm propped up stuffed full of gauze still trying to get the bleeding to stop, and my face is wrapped in ice packs, and even with the Vicodin everything just plain hurts (this is the second time ive had to be on Vicodin this month (haven't had to be on painkillers in YEEAARRS) and it is wreaking havoc on my already super sensitive stomach). I'm sorry, i'm so whiny.... i'm sorry, i'm acting like i'm 2.

To make things funny however, i had never been under anesthesia (i've had the dilauded/versed mix that mildly sedated me when i had an endoscopy done, but never full fledged sedation) apparently i came out of it crying hysterically. I had no idea where i was, or why i was there, i was freaking out crying for them to bring Bruce in. I couldn't stand/walk very well and was so worked up crying that i couldn't breathe through my nose (congested from the crying) and had a hard time breathing through my mouth/swallowing b/c it was packed with Gauze. They kept holding me down b/c they thought i was going to either throw up, or hyperventilate and pass out..... funniest part of all of this.... i don't remember much of it at all. I vaguely remember them getting me into the car and one nurse squeezing my hand and telling me to calm down so I could go home and lay down.... weird. Moral of the story - anesthesia + Stacey = ridiculous

After that bright Sister Mary Sunshine post... hope everyone is doing well!!! Since i can't sleep i'm off to try to catch up on some of the posts i've missed.

 

[adsrtw]

Happy Birthday Lyz!!!

Sorry i've been MIA. It was a jam packed weekend, and then yesterday i had class after work. Today I got my wisdom teeth extracted.....and gushing blood and excrutiating pain have been the game of the day

It is way more painful than i had anticipated. The surgeon explained before he started that one side would be way worse because 2 were impacted, and they were not only sideways, but the bottoms curved up, essentially making the tooth have little hooks, so it was extremely invasive on that side. They had to give me an IV sedative so i was out cold. I have very deep veins, so they had to try to dig a little inside my elbow, didn't work, and i now have a huge ugly red/black bruise there about the circumference of a grapefruit... iv had to go on the top of my hand, so thats sore too. I'm propped up stuffed full of gauze still trying to get the bleeding to stop, and my face is wrapped in ice packs, and even with the Vicodin everything just plain hurts (this is the second time ive had to be on Vicodin this month (haven't had to be on painkillers in YEEAARRS) and it is wreaking havoc on my already super sensitive stomach). I'm sorry, i'm so whiny.... i'm sorry, i'm acting like i'm 2.

To make things funny however, i had never been under anesthesia (i've had the dilauded/versed mix that mildly sedated me when i had an endoscopy done, but never full fledged sedation) apparently i came out of it crying hysterically. I had no idea where i was, or why i was there, i was freaking out crying for them to bring Bruce in. I couldn't stand/walk very well and was so worked up crying that i couldn't breathe through my nose (congested from the crying) and had a hard time breathing through my mouth/swallowing b/c it was packed with Gauze. They kept holding me down b/c they thought i was going to either throw up, or hyperventilate and pass out..... funniest part of all of this.... i don't remember much of it at all. I vaguely remember them getting me into the car and one nurse squeezing my hand and telling me to calm down so I could go home and lay down.... weird. Moral of the story - anesthesia + Stacey = ridiculous

After that bright Sister Mary Sunshine post... hope everyone is doing well!!! Since i can't sleep i'm off to try to catch up on some of the posts i've missed.

Oh Stacey! I have sympathy pain for you. You were better off being knocked out, promise!! Take it easy over the next few days.

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Good Morning

LYZ - So sorry I missed your birthday - Belated Happy Birthday!

LIZ - I think it is truely awesome you are doing this race for your mum. I will check out your site.

AMY - Great pictures of the race, running in wind and rain You rock.

I still have my ear infection or whatever the heck it is Im going to the doctors tomorrow and he is going to attempt to syringe my ears. Hes hoping this will stop the dizziness - which led to a fainting spell on Monday night. Just about every time I stood up I passed out. Like I need another excuse to fall over
So I haven't done any exercise or eaten particularly well this week. Im sure the scale will show that at WW tonight. The way I see it though, it was much more important to stay well than do an exercise dvd and collapse in a heap!

I wont post my food from the last few days - to be honest I don't want to be judged on the rubbish ive eaten
I will post todays food later on though.

Hope everyone is well. Sorry to everyone I missed

 

[SunnyB1066]

Good Morning

LYZ - So sorry I missed your birthday - Belated Happy Birthday!

LIZ - I think it is truely awesome you are doing this race for your mum. I will check out your site.

AMY - Great pictures of the race, running in wind and rain You rock.

I still have my ear infection or whatever the heck it is Im going to the doctors tomorrow and he is going to attempt to syringe my ears. Hes hoping this will stop the dizziness - which led to a fainting spell on Monday night. Just about every time I stood up I passed out. Like I need another excuse to fall over
So I haven't done any exercise or eaten particularly well this week. Im sure the scale will show that at WW tonight. The way I see it though, it was much more important to stay well than do an exercise dvd and collapse in a heap!

I wont post my food from the last few days - to be honest I don't want to be judged on the rubbish ive eaten
I will post todays food later on though.

Hope everyone is well. Sorry to everyone I missed

Good Morning. Kelly hope you are felling better really soon, and good luck with weigh in tonight at WW. Got to take care of you first.

Happy Birthday Lyz! Celebrate this one whenever you get the chance. My daughter celebrates the day and "birthday weekend" and she choose the one before or after, whichever is the best for getting together with her friends.

Have a Great Day everyone!