So, I splurged a little bit yesterday and went to Rula Bula again before the show we went to see. Wolves is playing at the Stray Cat theater, and if you have the chance to see it while it is still playing, you SHOULD go see it. The play is wonderful, funny, very emotionally intense, and gory. Rula Bula was delicious as usual, and I didn't fill myself up too bad.
This morning I'm sticking to tea and splenda instead of drinking coffee with cream. I didn't bring a lunch because, frankly, I was just too lazy this morning. So I'll probably go down to the Cafe at work and get something from there for lunch today. Yesterday i had a delightful cup of hot and sour soup at the asian place that Ete and I go to lunch sometimes. It was yummy, and with an appetizer of chicken potstickers that we shared, it was just enough food to keep me going. Oh, I need to remember to pick up a bottle of water at the cafe at lunch too, so that I have water when I work out tonight. Anyway, luckily the cafe has a lot of very healthy options for lunch; I'm a fan of their sandwiches and the pasta with pesto that they usually have.
For this evening, I'm going to work out on my way home from work, then probably going to coffee with the Boys. I've missed coffee for a few weeks now because JDK has been staying with me a lot and we've been spending time together, but I should see the boys before the holidays.
On that note, holidays. I'm toying with the idea of ordering a pre-made Christmas dinner from Fresh and Easy. It's 50 dollars, and feeds up to 8 people, but it's just going to be JDK and myself. But that's a lot of leftovers and I'm the BOMB and making other stuff out of leftovers so it doesn't seem like we're eating the same thing over and over again. And the benefit is that I don't have to cook. The alternative is that I can make a small ham in the crock pot (i'm craving ham this year, i'm not sure why) and then pick up some easy sides and stuff to make. Maybe a little bit of pie. Regardless of what I do, my fridge NEEDS to be cleaned out this weekend. There are so many old leftovers in there it's not even FUNNY! Seriously. It's gross. And smells funny. I'm scared.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Fevers burn calories... who knew?
I of course haven't been working out since last Wednesday I hurt my back and went home from work early to relax and put a hot pad on it. Wednesday night I started having a fever. It started off low, but by the morning it was starting to get high and staying at a steady 102-102.7 no matter what I did. Lukewarm showers, ibuprofen, nyquil, nothing worked. I called my best friend, Ete, to ask if he could take me to Urgent Care when it opened, being dizzy and vomiting and unable to drive. I was puking outside while waiting for Ete to pick me up.
Urgent care was an ordeal; I couldn't drink water without vomiting. They wanted to do a strep test, but of course that would probably make me vomit. They wanted to do a urine test, because of the back pain it could be a kidney infection. But I couldn't drink water. They gave me some anti-nausea medication and tried to do an IV, but the nurse couldn't fine the vein for the IV. After much painful trying, I finally said I would try to drink water and hold it down so I could give the urine sample. The results all came back negative, no strep, no kidney infection, they even tested me for mono; I didn't have that either. They treated me for tonsilitis and gave me antibiotics (in case it was bacterial, but they couldn't really verify that either) and sent me home.
I slept most of the day, like sick people do. I tried to drink water, but my throat hurt and I was just so TIRED. Friday, my temperature wasn't any better. My throat was worse. After my temperature reached 103.7 I started to panic. What do I do? Ete suggested calling the nurse line on our insurance. And after being advised to drink some Gatorade, I got up and drank a full thing of Pedialite and started sweating a lot! Dehydration is scary; I didn't even realize I was so dehydrated.
Anyway, during those two days, about the only thing I could manage to eat were a few toaster waffles, plain, a piece of toast, and soup broth. Saturday, I felt so much better I wanted to try real food! I went out to brunch with Ete and had eggs and bacon and toast, along with some lovely tea with lemon and honey for my still painful throat. It was so delicious, but my stomach was upset with me the rest of the day. Since then I've been sticking to semi-solid foods (pudding, Popsicles, soup, pho, etc). I have to chew very well to make sure everything is small enough to not hurt my throat and I have to eat a few bites, then wait, then eat a few bites, then wait, or my stomach gets upset.
That all being said, I've lost weight. Fevers apparently burn a lot of calories... And the liquid diet seems to have limited my caloric intake enough that I've still lost weight. I'm, of course, NOT sticking to this liquid diet thing. I'll be so excited when I can eat real food, but I might keep eating my meals very slowly so I don't over fill myself.
Urgent care was an ordeal; I couldn't drink water without vomiting. They wanted to do a strep test, but of course that would probably make me vomit. They wanted to do a urine test, because of the back pain it could be a kidney infection. But I couldn't drink water. They gave me some anti-nausea medication and tried to do an IV, but the nurse couldn't fine the vein for the IV. After much painful trying, I finally said I would try to drink water and hold it down so I could give the urine sample. The results all came back negative, no strep, no kidney infection, they even tested me for mono; I didn't have that either. They treated me for tonsilitis and gave me antibiotics (in case it was bacterial, but they couldn't really verify that either) and sent me home.
I slept most of the day, like sick people do. I tried to drink water, but my throat hurt and I was just so TIRED. Friday, my temperature wasn't any better. My throat was worse. After my temperature reached 103.7 I started to panic. What do I do? Ete suggested calling the nurse line on our insurance. And after being advised to drink some Gatorade, I got up and drank a full thing of Pedialite and started sweating a lot! Dehydration is scary; I didn't even realize I was so dehydrated.
Anyway, during those two days, about the only thing I could manage to eat were a few toaster waffles, plain, a piece of toast, and soup broth. Saturday, I felt so much better I wanted to try real food! I went out to brunch with Ete and had eggs and bacon and toast, along with some lovely tea with lemon and honey for my still painful throat. It was so delicious, but my stomach was upset with me the rest of the day. Since then I've been sticking to semi-solid foods (pudding, Popsicles, soup, pho, etc). I have to chew very well to make sure everything is small enough to not hurt my throat and I have to eat a few bites, then wait, then eat a few bites, then wait, or my stomach gets upset.
That all being said, I've lost weight. Fevers apparently burn a lot of calories... And the liquid diet seems to have limited my caloric intake enough that I've still lost weight. I'm, of course, NOT sticking to this liquid diet thing. I'll be so excited when I can eat real food, but I might keep eating my meals very slowly so I don't over fill myself.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Been a long time posting!
So, I didn't do anything during my period. I was in too much pain and misery and too busy. I finished my period on Sunday and intended to work out, but never got around to it. Monday, I had doctor appointments. They did my echocardiograph with the cardiologist, and I saw the gyno to talk about alternate forms of birth control. Because of my cholesterol and blood pressure issues, my regular doctor won't prescribe birth control pills to me; they raise my blood pressure. I've even gotten a second opinion from another gynecologist regarding it and they said the same thing. At my last doctor's appointment, I mentioned to my doctor the scary situation of only using condoms as contraception and how we had a scare a few months back. I looked into some alternative forms of birth control and she referred me to the gyno I had seen when I started having issues with my period.
I went to see him again on Monday and after reviewing my past symptoms from the first time he saw me, and talking to me, he suggested trying the pill again. Basically, he said that he thinks I have PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and admittedly, after doing some research, I do match up with a LOT of the symptoms of the syndrome. He said that the side effects of using the pill might outweigh the benefits, since the pill should help with a lot of the symptoms I have during my period (irregular period and extremely heavy flow). He said the hormones in the pill will also help me loose weight, since weight gain is one of the symptoms of PCOS. I'm not putting my faith in a pill; I still am going to continue to work out and stuff. However, the thought that there is something that can HELP make loosing weight no longer be this constant, painful, uphill struggle is a little uplifting.
On that note, some how I slept really wrong last night and I won't be making it to the gym today. My back is killing me and so far nothing has helped relieve it. :(
I went to see him again on Monday and after reviewing my past symptoms from the first time he saw me, and talking to me, he suggested trying the pill again. Basically, he said that he thinks I have PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) and admittedly, after doing some research, I do match up with a LOT of the symptoms of the syndrome. He said that the side effects of using the pill might outweigh the benefits, since the pill should help with a lot of the symptoms I have during my period (irregular period and extremely heavy flow). He said the hormones in the pill will also help me loose weight, since weight gain is one of the symptoms of PCOS. I'm not putting my faith in a pill; I still am going to continue to work out and stuff. However, the thought that there is something that can HELP make loosing weight no longer be this constant, painful, uphill struggle is a little uplifting.
On that note, some how I slept really wrong last night and I won't be making it to the gym today. My back is killing me and so far nothing has helped relieve it. :(
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Post-Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is over and I still have a lot of chicken leftover. I didn't work out as much last week as I probably should have, but I DID go on Saturday. Sunday left me with a headache that petty much knocked me out and I spent most of the day curled up in my dark bedroom miserable; even after taking headache medicine. So that didn't happen. Yesterday I was just being flat out lazy. Regardless, I think I did pretty well over the weekend; checked my weight this morning and I haven't gained any more weight, which is pretty great!
So now that I'm over the post-thanksgiving what I should have dones and what I dids, there's another topic that I've just come across and wanted to write about. That dread time of the month. Mine's started today and while it's not really bad yet, I know in a few hours I'm probably going to be doubled over in pain. How does one keep up motivation to work out when you're cramping badly and don't even really want to move?
I found a few articles online about maintaining your weight loss motivation during your period. Mostly the refer to resisting cravings, drinking a lot of water, and making sure to move around. Keeping to low impact and light workouts on the worst days. So, I'm going to try and do this... Admittedly, I'm drinking a mocha today (sweet craving), but I had it made with soy instead of whole milk. So we'll see how this goes, if I can keep up momentum while not feeling great.
So now that I'm over the post-thanksgiving what I should have dones and what I dids, there's another topic that I've just come across and wanted to write about. That dread time of the month. Mine's started today and while it's not really bad yet, I know in a few hours I'm probably going to be doubled over in pain. How does one keep up motivation to work out when you're cramping badly and don't even really want to move?
I found a few articles online about maintaining your weight loss motivation during your period. Mostly the refer to resisting cravings, drinking a lot of water, and making sure to move around. Keeping to low impact and light workouts on the worst days. So, I'm going to try and do this... Admittedly, I'm drinking a mocha today (sweet craving), but I had it made with soy instead of whole milk. So we'll see how this goes, if I can keep up momentum while not feeling great.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Thanksgiving
I totally meant to post about thanksgiving! It's in a few days and holidays are one of those times where people fall off wagons and eat so much food! Well, I have no plans for Thanksgiving this year. Most everyone else is doing things with family or out of town. I do have this boyfriend, though and we both will be hanging out. I decided that I'm not doing the whole turkey thing; I'm afraid of my oven. I found this awesome recipe for chicken breasts cooked in the crock pot with sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms, black olives, basil and onions. Sounds delicious. I'll make a risotto instead of mashed potatoes, and probably do a side of steamed asparagus. Totally NON-traditional thanksgiving, but still sounds delicious. :)
For dessert, baking is totally out 'cause I'm afraid of my oven... (has to do with this lighting on fire thing about a year ago). I might get a pumpkin pie. No, not healthy at all... but it's Thanksgiving... one MUST have punkin pie.
For dessert, baking is totally out 'cause I'm afraid of my oven... (has to do with this lighting on fire thing about a year ago). I might get a pumpkin pie. No, not healthy at all... but it's Thanksgiving... one MUST have punkin pie.
Proud of myself
Despite taking the weekend off of working out (it was a VERY busy weekend), I did go workout yesterday, even though I didn't really want to. :) Go me! I'm proud of myself with how well I'm keeping up on working out recently. I'm going to be working out tonight too, I'm not sure if I'll be going to the gym at work, though, because I have to take Jeff to pick up his truck sometime this evening/afternoon. Despite that, if I have to I can go use the elliptical at the gym at home like I did yesterday.
On that note, I did find that going to the gym at work, which has way more state-of-the-art equipment versus the gym at my apartment complex is a HUGE difference. I always thought one elliptical was basically the same as another. Apparently, that is NOT the case. The ones at the work fitness center run much more smoothly, the stride is more fluid and glides better. I presume this is because the machines are newer, more advanced technologically, and probably better maintained. They also have a lot more options other than just the resistance. I have also found that watching TV helps me not focus on how long I've been working out, and how much my legs hurt. Even if i'm not listening to the TV (cause I'm usually listening to my music), just staring at something OTHER than a blank wall seems to help.
I've thought about posting pictures of myself as progress pictures. I know it's a good idea as a way to track my progress without the constant update of my daily intake and workouts. I'm already tracking my workouts via fitocracy and cardiotrainer on my phone. But a picture is worth a thousand words or something like that and it will help to show actual progress to myself if anything. My problem is, I'm a fat girl. I hate cameras. I look at photos of myself and am immediately demotivated by how horrible I look in them... So... We'll see how it goes. Maybe I'll take a picture and hide it somewhere until there's some notable progress that I can see....
On that note, I did find that going to the gym at work, which has way more state-of-the-art equipment versus the gym at my apartment complex is a HUGE difference. I always thought one elliptical was basically the same as another. Apparently, that is NOT the case. The ones at the work fitness center run much more smoothly, the stride is more fluid and glides better. I presume this is because the machines are newer, more advanced technologically, and probably better maintained. They also have a lot more options other than just the resistance. I have also found that watching TV helps me not focus on how long I've been working out, and how much my legs hurt. Even if i'm not listening to the TV (cause I'm usually listening to my music), just staring at something OTHER than a blank wall seems to help.
I've thought about posting pictures of myself as progress pictures. I know it's a good idea as a way to track my progress without the constant update of my daily intake and workouts. I'm already tracking my workouts via fitocracy and cardiotrainer on my phone. But a picture is worth a thousand words or something like that and it will help to show actual progress to myself if anything. My problem is, I'm a fat girl. I hate cameras. I look at photos of myself and am immediately demotivated by how horrible I look in them... So... We'll see how it goes. Maybe I'll take a picture and hide it somewhere until there's some notable progress that I can see....
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Plans within plans within plans...
Okay, not really that many plans, to be honest. This weekend is Wax-A-Bear and we have a party planned to do some baking on Saturday before the event. I'm trying to think of what I should bring to make; it should be pretty fun. A bunch of Boys in Leather making cookies, where could we go wrong? :D I'm going to try and not gorge myself on cookies, but I should be pretty busy baking and getting everything ready for the event.
Tonight I am going to work out after work. It's coffee night, but I'm not sure if I'm going to go tonight. I'm already a little tired, despite my vitamins and coffee. I woke up kind of early this morning 'cause of my kitty. I'm actually pretty excited to work out at the gym today. It was really nice, and my work out didn't SEEM that long... I mean, it was pretty freaking intense... I was sweating like CRAZY when i got done, but the time seemed to fly by faster than normal. I feel very confident that if I keep going to the gym, my weight will start dropping. When I got home after the gym yesterday I already FELT thinner. :D
Tonight I am going to work out after work. It's coffee night, but I'm not sure if I'm going to go tonight. I'm already a little tired, despite my vitamins and coffee. I woke up kind of early this morning 'cause of my kitty. I'm actually pretty excited to work out at the gym today. It was really nice, and my work out didn't SEEM that long... I mean, it was pretty freaking intense... I was sweating like CRAZY when i got done, but the time seemed to fly by faster than normal. I feel very confident that if I keep going to the gym, my weight will start dropping. When I got home after the gym yesterday I already FELT thinner. :D
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