I know I completely forgot to write a post yesterday. Luckily, there wasn't much to miss, since I didn't really do anything yesterday :-P
Today, on the other hand, has been busier. I got up normal time and headed over to Joel and Shosh's. Shosh wasn't working today, but she had a doctor appointment this morning, so she asked me to babysit. I had a great time playing with Eli with his beans, basketball, bubbles, and playdough. He parrots back pretty much everything you say to him now, which is SO cute! When Shosh got home, I stayed and hung out with them all for a few hours. Cutest moment of the day - Talia rolled over and bumped her head on the floor, and Eli came running over and said, "I kiss it, Baby Talia!" and then kissed her on the head! What a good big brother! He is so sweet <3
I finally left around 4 pm so I wouldn't hit too much traffic on my way home. Marcus had to stay a little late at work today, so I just hung around until he got home. Then we went to the gym, and because I got so much exercise today (between the gym and babysitting), I had enough calories left to eat that we were able to go to Chipotle for dinner! We hadn't been in a few weeks (a LONG time for us), so that was a nice treat. We had some really nice conversation over dinner, too, so that was really good for us.
We got home a few minutes ago, and now we're just watching the Braves game and then we'll probably head to bed early (assuming they don't go into extra innings again like last night :-P), since we both have busy days tomorrow.
So, I've been thinking about possibly cutting back on blogging a little bit. Some days I have a lot going on, but there are a lot of days when I don't really have anything interesting to write about. So I'm thinking about not blogging every day anymore, and just blogging when I have something interesting to mention. The reason I started off blogging every day was to get myself in the habit of it so I wouldn't neglect it for long periods of time. I think I've been doing it long enough now that I'll still remember to post when stuff happens. So we'll try it. I'll probably still be posting every day for the rest of this week anyway, since it's a busy week. And we'll be out of town this weekend, so I'll probably just write a weekend recap on Sunday night or Monday. After that...we'll see!
Showing posts with label weight loss. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
On the road to recovery!
I'm writing a little earlier than usual tonight, because I've noticed that I tend to be more in the mood to write a few hours earlier than I've been posting, so I thought it might help me write a longer (and better) post.
I had a rough night last night, had a HUGE coughing fit just when I was trying to go to sleep, so I ended up not falling asleep until probably an hour after I intended to. Luckily, though, once I fell asleep, I slept through the night (yay!) and didn't have another coughing fit until after I woke up around 7:30 this morning! I felt really gross this morning, just really stuffy and coughing a TON. But I did get dressed and stuff for the first time since Saturday.
Around 12:30, Cliff dragged me out of the house to get lunch at Panera. I'm SO glad he did! We ended up sitting there until almost 4 pm talking, and I felt SO. MUCH. BETTER. I only had one little mini coughing fit the entire time we were out! And we had a great 3.5 hour conversation about everything from religion to books to science to paranormal activity, it was amazing :-) Then, of course, as soon as we got home, I started coughing again :-P I swear I must be allergic to the apartment or something! But anyway, even though I'm still coughing, my throat isn't sore anymore, and I haven't had any fever for two days now. My headache is also gone, I think because I've finally been draining. So hopefully I will actually be fully recovered by the weekend!
One good thing that's come out of this annoying sick-ness is that I've lost weight more quickly than usual. Apparently I've dropped two pounds in the last week! That's a lot for me. The weird part is, it was really only the first day (Sunday) that I didn't eat much, every day after that I've eaten a normal amount of food! AND I haven't been exercising since I've been sick. So I guess coughing up a lung must be good exercise or something :-P At any rate, I've surpassed the 9-pound weight loss mark. We'll see if I gain any back before I start losing more, now that I'm feeling better, but anyway, being so close to 10 pounds is really exciting! I feel like it's a huge accomplishment! I can't see any difference when I look in the mirror, but I feel better about my body, and I'm inching closer to the "normal" range - my BMI is down to 25.1! The very lower limit of "overweight" range!
So overall, it's been a pretty good day, despite the incessant coughing. I'm hopeful that that'll follow the rest of my symptoms out the door sometime soon (tomorrow would be great!), but we'll see what happens. I missed out on babysitting Eli and Talia TWICE this week...sadface :-( I can't wait to get back to that. I also feel like I've been really distanced from Marcus because I've been trying not to get him sick, so I've been more avoidant of physical contact of any kind than usual. Now that I'm starting to feel better, I'm looking forward to getting back to normal. He told me today that he's been having trouble falling asleep because he hasn't been able to hold me when we go to bed (awwww), and I have to admit that I miss it too. So as soon as I can get rid of this annoying cough and lay whichever way I want, I will jump for some snuggle time!
I had a rough night last night, had a HUGE coughing fit just when I was trying to go to sleep, so I ended up not falling asleep until probably an hour after I intended to. Luckily, though, once I fell asleep, I slept through the night (yay!) and didn't have another coughing fit until after I woke up around 7:30 this morning! I felt really gross this morning, just really stuffy and coughing a TON. But I did get dressed and stuff for the first time since Saturday.
Around 12:30, Cliff dragged me out of the house to get lunch at Panera. I'm SO glad he did! We ended up sitting there until almost 4 pm talking, and I felt SO. MUCH. BETTER. I only had one little mini coughing fit the entire time we were out! And we had a great 3.5 hour conversation about everything from religion to books to science to paranormal activity, it was amazing :-) Then, of course, as soon as we got home, I started coughing again :-P I swear I must be allergic to the apartment or something! But anyway, even though I'm still coughing, my throat isn't sore anymore, and I haven't had any fever for two days now. My headache is also gone, I think because I've finally been draining. So hopefully I will actually be fully recovered by the weekend!
One good thing that's come out of this annoying sick-ness is that I've lost weight more quickly than usual. Apparently I've dropped two pounds in the last week! That's a lot for me. The weird part is, it was really only the first day (Sunday) that I didn't eat much, every day after that I've eaten a normal amount of food! AND I haven't been exercising since I've been sick. So I guess coughing up a lung must be good exercise or something :-P At any rate, I've surpassed the 9-pound weight loss mark. We'll see if I gain any back before I start losing more, now that I'm feeling better, but anyway, being so close to 10 pounds is really exciting! I feel like it's a huge accomplishment! I can't see any difference when I look in the mirror, but I feel better about my body, and I'm inching closer to the "normal" range - my BMI is down to 25.1! The very lower limit of "overweight" range!
So overall, it's been a pretty good day, despite the incessant coughing. I'm hopeful that that'll follow the rest of my symptoms out the door sometime soon (tomorrow would be great!), but we'll see what happens. I missed out on babysitting Eli and Talia TWICE this week...sadface :-( I can't wait to get back to that. I also feel like I've been really distanced from Marcus because I've been trying not to get him sick, so I've been more avoidant of physical contact of any kind than usual. Now that I'm starting to feel better, I'm looking forward to getting back to normal. He told me today that he's been having trouble falling asleep because he hasn't been able to hold me when we go to bed (awwww), and I have to admit that I miss it too. So as soon as I can get rid of this annoying cough and lay whichever way I want, I will jump for some snuggle time!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Just Another Manic Monday
I didn't sleep very well last night. Just when I was going to sleep, I found a bug crawling in the bed (just a silverfish, but still, IT TOUCHED ME!), and after Marcus got rid of it for me, it took me a while to get rid of that creepy-crawly feeling and actually fall asleep. So this morning, I had a hard time getting up. I did manage to drag myself out of bed around 8:30 though.
It took me a while to get going even after I got up, and as a result, I didn't even get dressed or anything until around 10:30. I didn't do much during the day - job searched some (and started working on applications for a few jobs, but I didn't find those until around 4:30, so had to save to return later when Marcus got home), did a few tasks on Amazon Turk, and that's about it. I also emailed the leasing agent from the apartment complex we've been looking at, and she got back to me within a couple of hours, letting me know that there would be a unit for us to come look at on Saturday. I also managed to actually walk down to get the mail today, which I hadn't done in a while.
After Marcus got home, it was a typical Monday evening. We went to the gym, then ate dinner, and then I watched Secret Life while he was watching the Braves game. And after my show was over, I came out and watched the rest of the game with him. Also, because we went to the gym AND I ate a relatively small dinner for a gym day (usually I splurge on tacos or Chipotle or something on gym days, but today I just ate easy mac and salad), I hit a new low weight! I've been trying to lose some weight, with the help of a great free online food log I found (that also lets you log your exercise and weight among other things). My goal is to eventually get back down to 120...I haven't weighed 120 since high school, haha, but I don't have a specific timetable in mind, it's just an eventual goal. For right now, my more immediate goal is to get my BMI back down into "normal" range (it's currently in "overweight" range), and I'm getting really close! My BMI as of tonight is down to 25.3, and I think 25 is the upper edge of "normal" range! I started tracking my food and exercise (and weight) about 2 months ago, and in that time, I've lost about 8 pounds! It's a really slow process for me (slower than it should be based solely on my net calories, but that's not surprising, since one of the potential effects of PCOS is difficulty losing weight - it could be MUCH worse, though, I'm lucky that that's not one of the effects that's particularly bad in my case), but I'm clearly making progress, which is exciting. I was SO excited when I had my first sub-140 weight a few weeks ago, and now I am down to 137.7! Granted, it fluctuates, but a few weeks ago, it was bouncing between 140-142.5, and now it's been between 138.5-140.5 (until today!), with the 140s getting rarer all the time. So I'm very pleased with that :-)
Also, the Braves won again tonight, so yay! And we've been firming up more plans for my parents' upcoming visit, it's starting to shape into what will be a very busy weekend. Mostly fun stuff though, so I'm actually getting excited about it.
I have a long list of stuff I need to do tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have another interesting entry to post tomorrow night! Until then, goodnight all!
It took me a while to get going even after I got up, and as a result, I didn't even get dressed or anything until around 10:30. I didn't do much during the day - job searched some (and started working on applications for a few jobs, but I didn't find those until around 4:30, so had to save to return later when Marcus got home), did a few tasks on Amazon Turk, and that's about it. I also emailed the leasing agent from the apartment complex we've been looking at, and she got back to me within a couple of hours, letting me know that there would be a unit for us to come look at on Saturday. I also managed to actually walk down to get the mail today, which I hadn't done in a while.
After Marcus got home, it was a typical Monday evening. We went to the gym, then ate dinner, and then I watched Secret Life while he was watching the Braves game. And after my show was over, I came out and watched the rest of the game with him. Also, because we went to the gym AND I ate a relatively small dinner for a gym day (usually I splurge on tacos or Chipotle or something on gym days, but today I just ate easy mac and salad), I hit a new low weight! I've been trying to lose some weight, with the help of a great free online food log I found (that also lets you log your exercise and weight among other things). My goal is to eventually get back down to 120...I haven't weighed 120 since high school, haha, but I don't have a specific timetable in mind, it's just an eventual goal. For right now, my more immediate goal is to get my BMI back down into "normal" range (it's currently in "overweight" range), and I'm getting really close! My BMI as of tonight is down to 25.3, and I think 25 is the upper edge of "normal" range! I started tracking my food and exercise (and weight) about 2 months ago, and in that time, I've lost about 8 pounds! It's a really slow process for me (slower than it should be based solely on my net calories, but that's not surprising, since one of the potential effects of PCOS is difficulty losing weight - it could be MUCH worse, though, I'm lucky that that's not one of the effects that's particularly bad in my case), but I'm clearly making progress, which is exciting. I was SO excited when I had my first sub-140 weight a few weeks ago, and now I am down to 137.7! Granted, it fluctuates, but a few weeks ago, it was bouncing between 140-142.5, and now it's been between 138.5-140.5 (until today!), with the 140s getting rarer all the time. So I'm very pleased with that :-)
Also, the Braves won again tonight, so yay! And we've been firming up more plans for my parents' upcoming visit, it's starting to shape into what will be a very busy weekend. Mostly fun stuff though, so I'm actually getting excited about it.
I have a long list of stuff I need to do tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have another interesting entry to post tomorrow night! Until then, goodnight all!
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