In Search of My Body vol.9 - I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

[AKASnowWhite]

Monday. Time to put the holiday cheer behind me and move forward. I did indeed enjoy myself guiltlessly. Now, I'm flagging down the wagon so I can climb back aboard. My body is just screaming for clean eating right now. Too much sugar. Too much fat. Too much alcohol. Time for fresh fruits and veggies, whole grains and an abundance of good ol' H2O.

 

[cathie1327]

7 Miles done, 3 on the treadmill and 4 outside. More walking than running.
OMG, training in the winter is hard..I hope the miles get easier.

So I am in big trouble with my hubby.. Here is the story, skip it if you wish.

Tell me I am not the worst mom in the land???

I think he maybe over-reacted a bit. Hopefully he forgave you and got over it??? I don't think there's anything wrong with getting your child something they really want and having it be from mom and dad instead of Santa. It was an innocent mistake. No point in being upset over it.

Getting ready for Christmas-Fest round 2. Big day for us. Food, family, fun - all day, all night. And snow. They're calling for 12-18" here, upwards of 2 feet in some locations I've been wanting some snow, it's true. But I didn't need THIS much ah well.

I've gained a solid 5 pounds in the last week or two. I feel nasty. Looking forward to tomorrow and getting my food back under control. Time now for a super quick run before going to MIL's for the first go 'round of gifts for the day.

I haven't even stepped on the scale yet, I'm afraid to!

I've been wishing for snow too. And I was a little sad that it was 56 degrees here for Christmas---but then I saw pictures of what the east coast is getting...and compared to what we're usually like in Denver this time of year, I've decided I'm okay with being snowless

6 inches would just make rush hour suck around here, it has to be 10-12 inches to close schools, but its the cold weather that gets us. Last year they had a "snow day" because wind chil was 25 below.

I feel ya! 6 inches here is nothing, just enough to make the roads icy and have to leave early for work

So I just ate like a pig, I did very good yesterday but today.

Tomorrow is a new day, and next week is a new year!!

It's the holidays-a little slip up is excusable

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope your holidays were all great! Mine were good. Spent both Christmas Eve and Christmas with various parts of the family. Lots of laughter and oy - lots of food. I think I am up a good five pounds at this point. Got a great workout in today so I have a grip on the wagon again. One day at a time right?

The snow is scheduled to hit here soon. First big storm of the year so the drive to work tomorrow should be insane! Whee...

Have a great night everyone!

Good job on jumping right back on and working out again right away
How's the snow there? Was the drive okay?

Monday. Time to put the holiday cheer behind me and move forward. I did indeed enjoy myself guiltlessly. Now, I'm flagging down the wagon so I can climb back aboard. My body is just screaming for clean eating right now. Too much sugar. Too much fat. Too much alcohol. Time for fresh fruits and veggies, whole grains and an abundance of good ol' H2O.

Mine feels the saaame way. Need some good fresh food

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Mine was a little crazy, but overall, pretty wonderful. Carlos and I decided to do our gifts to each other the day of Christmas Eve, so that we weren't rushing around Christmas morning-we wanted to really share it together since this was our first Christmas spent living together. It was pretty wonderful Then we had the big dinner at his parent's house that night, I got the most amazing smelling body spray from his sister from Victoria's secret.

Christmas morning we went to my uncle's for breakfast-where things were a little odd, but still good. My uncle's wife just divorced him after 20 years of marriage, and he's an alcoholic anyways, so this was really hard for him. It was so sad. The house is so empty. She took everything. We drank our oj from styrofoam cups because he doesn't have regular glasses anymore It was so sad. But at least we were all there, together. It was nice. Then we had dinner at my parent's around 2ish...then to Carlos's parent's house again for ham sandwiches and LOADS of sweets and goodies...a lot of which she sent home with us...ugh. Luckily, I won't be able to eat much of them over the next few days.

My colonoscopy/endoscopy is Wednesday. Since Friday, I haven't been able to eat any nuts or seeds, and after breakfast tomorrow, no solid foods, and nothing with red or purple dyes. I can drink anything I can see through basically, just as long as it has no dye in it. I'm going to be sooo hungry. Water will definitely be my friend...as will the restroom haha. I have to drink 2 gallons of the contrast starting tomorrow evening, and she said that I'll basically just be on the toilet all night. Yay. I'm getting kind of nervous about the procedure, but ready to figure out what's going on so my life can be back to normal. This weekend was kind of hit and miss, most of the time the pain was bearable, but there was a couple points it was pretty bad. Sorry-I'm whining-I'm just nervous.

I hope everyone is dealing with their share of the weather okay-and that everyone's weeks have started off well! Happy Monday!!!!

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Happy Monday All.
My New Years Goal is to book a plane ticket to the princess

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Cathie - good luck on Wednesday!

Jo - you are all signed up, right? Now it's just getting there that you need to figure out?

I tracked everything today. I fell on the high side of my calorie range, but was definitely "in" the range. I'm off to a good start, I think

The snow here was meh. We probably got about 6", but it's been so insanely windy that we have bare spots & drifts of 2' or so. I'm definitely in the low spot in the storm-most of the area got closer to a foot of snow.

Paula - how did JC go tonight? Did you learn about the new program? I saw a few advertisements for it on tv today and I'm curious what your take is on it!

Meg - is tomorrow hair cut day? Looking forward to pictures!

 

[cathie1327]

Hi all-where is everyone today?! I hope everyone's having a good day and climbing back on the post-holiday-goody wagon

I'm a complete basket case. I really just need to vent. So please ignore me if you want. I'll probably delete this later because I sound like a crazy person right now. I'm just ridiculously over-emotional right now.

I'm TERRIFIED for this procedure tomorrow. TERR--I--FIED. I've gotten a lot of reassurance from people that it won't hurt, and I know that they're all right. I know I'm just being a giant baby. And yet-I've already got really bad abdominal pains and the thought of more being added to that because of the scope and how they inflate your colon with air---I'm just no good with pain. I'm ridiculously, child-like-ly (that's not a real word lol) afraid of needles. Ever since I was a kid and had to have bloodwork, and I got awful nurses who collapsed my veins, couldn't find them, etc....I hate needles. It's just a traumatic thing to me. I nearly pass out every time they draw blood. And I know that tomorrow they're giving me an IV. And I KNOW it'll only last a few seconds. But I can't. stop. thinking about it.

And more than all of that--because I know all of that will really be okay and I'm over-reacting---I'm afraid what they're going to find. I've done too much googling. And there are a million possibilities of what could be causing this...and some of them are really bad and downright scary. And they were so inquisitive at the gi office about my family's history with colon cancer. I know it's important. I know they've got to know...but I also know (because the doctor told me) that that's one of the things they're looking for-and it scares the crap out of me. Not knowing what's wrong, and knowing that tomorrow I could recieve mild news....or awful news....scares the absolute bejeezus crap out of me.

I told you guys I was a wreck. And it doesn't help that some people at work are driving me nuts today-I really feel a mental breakdown coming on, and today is not the day for an anxiety attack. It's just not. I need to calm down...I need to focus and just get through this day, with all my juice, gatorade, and chicken broth. I NEED to stop falling apart and keep faith that tommorrow will bring news that can be fixed and I can have my life back.

Aaaaand I need to shut up. Sorry everyone. I needed to vent.

I hope everyone has a good day

 

[HockeyKat]

Just got back from the sports med doctor and she pronounced the shin clinically healed. I have a training plan to get back into running, but it is looking like I will be walking most of the Princess. This week I start with elliptical.

She liked my shoes (ASICS Gel-2150), and said I didn't need orthotics for now, unless the pain starts to recur.


Cathie, sending you good thoughts!!

Meg, haircut?

 

[poppinspal]

Meg - is tomorrow hair cut day? Looking forward to pictures!

Today is the day, 5:00 tonight. I am having very mixed feelings, yes I'm this attached to my long hair.

Cathie I'll respond when I'm on my computer, it's too hard on my phone.

Ok back to work. Happy Tuesday everyone.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Cathie sending you major hugs.

Meg, Pictures????


I am such a dork. Alexa is at her first friend from school sleepover. I cried when I pulled away from her house. OMG> I know I have issues.
I know she will grow up, she will have friends, she will not care a bit what I have to say.... Until she is a mom herself.

 

[poppinspal]

Here we go. A before picture from this weekend.

And here's the after:

 

[HockeyKat]

Meg, I love the cut, but you look devastated.

 

[poppinspal]

Meg, I love the cut, but you look devastated.

haha I'm actually really ok with it. I'm just horrible at taking pictures of myself. I will get someone to take a better one of me. I miss the security of my long hair but I think she did a beautiful job cutting it. And I have two 11 inch braids to send off tomorrow.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Cathie - just breathe. You'll be fine. I know it's hard, but try not to worry. You'll only get yourself all worked up. Chances are, everything is fine.

Jo - I'm laughing because I understand. I remember when Becca was 2 (yes, she was TWO!) and Stephen and I were away (Disney, natch ). My MIL was staying with the kids and I called to check in. MIL tried to get Becca to talk to me on the phone and she said "no thanks. I'm busy right now" I was so crushed to realize that she didn't *need* me. But that's what we raise them for, right? To be independent people. So, you're doing a good job apparently!

Meg - I like the haircut. It's more sophisticated. Very nice.

Kat - Yay for foot-freedom!

Another day of tracking. Another day on the high side of my calorie range. Having all these dang sweets in the house makes it so much more challenging

 

[goofyfan-12]

Cathie - breathe.... I know how hard and stressful this whole process has been but you will get through it. I suspect it is the unknown that is freaking you out - I know it would me. So promise me that you will step away from the computer, stop googling things randomly and just focus on all of the good things like having just celebrated your first Christmas at home with Carlos. I have a funny story for you. Back when my grandmother was still somewhat lucid, she had a bit of an episode that resulted in her being hospitalized I googles her symptoms to try and get an idea of what we were dealing with. By the time I was done, I was convinced she had mad cow disease. At that point, I realzed that I had no clue what I was doing since I build buildings not diagnosing medical ailments so I turned off the computer and waited for the professionals to explain to me what was going on. My stress level decreased dramatically after that. Sending good thoughts your way. Hang in there and just breathe...

Meg - I live the cut! I am so proud of you for what you are doing.

Jo - I just want to send you a hug.

Nancy - jc went pretty much as expected - massive gain. Sigh... The holidays are over and it is time to move on. The new program is basically an armband similar to the ones like you see on the Biggest Loser. It tracks activity, sleep, steps taken, etc and inputs it into a program that combined with your food intake tells you all the dirty truths of your day. I am intrigued but it comes with a high price tag so I am not sure if I am going to do it yet. It is optional so at least I have the choice.

I had one of my worst workouts ever today. I had such a pain in my lower back after three exercises that I had to stop. Jesse tried to work it out before I left - ouch! So not a relaxing massage experience but he did make me feel a bit better. After some advil, I am now one with the couch resting. Hopefully, this pain goes away as quickly as it arrives. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Hi Everyone!

Finally dragging myself out of the Christmas/Flu haze!

We are supposed to get another minor round (maybe an inch at best), but it looks like the final total here is between 6 and 7 inches. I posted a pic on FB.

For us, that means the city shuts down for a day. D got the day off from work, as the mall had way shortened hours and he made the executive decision to close the store (with approval from his boss).

2 inches of snow for us and the Country came to a standstill
Loved the picture on FB!

The snow is scheduled to hit here soon. First big storm of the year so the drive to work tomorrow should be insane! Whee...

Have a great night everyone!

Stay safe Paula!

The snow here was meh. We probably got about 6", but it's been so insanely windy that we have bare spots & drifts of 2' or so. I'm definitely in the low spot in the storm-most of the area got closer to a foot of snow.[B/]

A foot of snow

I'm a complete basket case. I really just need to vent. So please ignore me if you want. I'll probably delete this later because I sound like a crazy person right now. I'm just ridiculously over-emotional right now.

First of all , second of all...breathe! I agree with the others, it may be a case of the unknown for you that is so worrying. Sending you millions of good thoughts

Just got back from the sports med doctor and she pronounced the shin clinically healed. I have a training plan to get back into running, but it is looking like I will be walking most of the Princess. This week I start with elliptical.

Glad the cast is off Kat

Jo - I'm laughing because I understand. I remember when Becca was 2 (yes, she was TWO!) and Stephen and I were away (Disney, natch ). My MIL was staying with the kids and I called to check in. MIL tried to get Becca to talk to me on the phone and she said "no thanks. I'm busy right now" I was so crushed to realize that she didn't *need* me. But that's what we raise them for, right? To be independent people. So, you're doing a good job apparently!

This made me laugh out loud - it reminded me so much of my niece, who is two and a half! I don't know where she gets her sayings from. Her favourites are 'I'm going to have just 5 more minutes playing before I do {insert thing shes been asked to do!}', 'No thanks mummy/daddy/grandma, I can do it myself'. She constantly makes me laugh!

Nancy - jc went pretty much as expected - massive gain. Sigh... The holidays are over and it is time to move on. The new program is basically an armband similar to the ones like you see on the Biggest Loser. It tracks activity, sleep, steps taken, etc and inputs it into a program that combined with your food intake tells you all the dirty truths of your day. I am intrigued but it comes with a high price tag so I am not sure if I am going to do it yet. It is optional so at least I have the choice.

Fingers crossed that the pain goes away Paula.
Today is a new day, like you say - time to move on!

Meg - I absolutely love the cut, I think it looks great!

Today for me will be water, water, water - I feel so bloated and bleurgh after Christmas!

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Nancy, thank you for the story. You made me feel better.
By the way, she called last night for me to say her "God Bless" with her over the phone. I love that girl!!!! She get an extra disney gift.

Paula, hope the back is better today. Crappy workouts have been my norm lately.

Meg, I love love love the cut..

Kat, Crossing my fingers for a pain free workout on the ellpitical for you.

Kelly, Sorry you had the flu.

Cathie, good luck today we are all thinking of you.

Erika, Amiee, Ronda, Rob, Liz, Lisa I hope eveyone is well. Happy Wednesday.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

3 calories. That's what I have left for the day. 3. lol.

Dang tracking

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

I just get off meds for my cough, and now I am starting to catch a cold What Gives...


Anyway 3 miles done tonight outside.. I don't want to talk about what I have been eating.

 

[cathie1327]

Good morning everyone

Thanks so much for all the good thoughts. The procedure yesterday didn't really go very well. I'll explain later but it ended up being pretty traumatic and I have vowed to never, ever do anything with concious sedation again. EVER.

The GI doctor is pretty sure it's IBS. He also took biopsies for celiac disease and a couple of other things and I'll see the results of those in 10 days. Aside from that, I have a hiatal hernia, but I guess that's pretty normal for someone who has acid reflux disease.

My insides hurt today so I'll probably take it pretty easy on the food. Not quite the way I wanted to diet, but it'll work.

I hope everyone's have a great day. Today's my last work day for this week-I have a feeling I'll need the rest tomorrow, unless the pain-free fairy waves her wand over me lol.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Cathie sorry your in pain. I hope it is getting better as the day goes on.


Yay for a day off tomorrow!!! The weather here is calling for 50* Long Run OUTSIDE!!!!!
But my little one is running a fever, but still paying like a rock star. I think I may have given her my cold. Crossing my fingers she kicks it!!
No big plans for tomorrow. Staying home.

How about all of you, any big plans to bring in the new year??

 

[jekajekalynn]

Been a long while since I last posted...hehe

I've been doing fairly well healthy habits wise, but with my family moving into a new house, and the holidays recently I have been too busy to exercise like I should. However, I plan on joining the new gym that opened up soonly.

Ohhh! and I just weighed myself, and I lost another 5 pounds in a span of 2 months, bringing my all together total to 50+ pounds lost.