Hubby and I are going to have to start eating like college students again. I just checked our budget numbers for our Groceries for the month of May!

It is through the roof! I am surprised we are not living on the street yet.

We do eat 80% organic though – we feel it is better for us. We also shop each week for our groceries. I need to get a better handle on that and make sure that we don’t overspend this month.

I need a fainting couch.

Hopefully this month will be better.

Or we can make it up once the garden starts producing – oh, yea, I still have to plant that…

How many of us feel so overwhelmed that we just kinda give up? Not do anything because we have so much to do? I realized while talking to her that I have way to much on my plate. I had dreams that I was juggling but never doing anything about. I was WAY to busy at work, I was taking on too much thinking I could handle it all. I had actually mentally – checked out. We tend to do that with Hypothyroidism. But not to this extent. I, for a long time, thought that my Thyroid disorder was causing this problem.

Here’s the breakdown of all the stuff I was trying to juggle:

At Home:

I wanted my pond set up

I wanted my laundry to do itself

I wanted my house to clean itself

I wanted to replant the front garden

I wanted to place a rubber mulch on all my gardens

I wanted to get all my old plants to the dump

I wanted to get the garage completely clean of clutter

I wanted to blog for all of you

Record a Podcast for all of you

I wanted to blog for my adoption site

I wanted to adopt a child, like, right.now

At Work:

I was over the top busy. We added more directors to my daily work and after about 2 weeks I realized it was too late to get help ASAP. So we spent last week looking for another Temporary Administrative Professional to assist me. In terms of my daily working life this is HUGE. I can’t wait. She starts on Thursday. While I understand their will be a busy time up front – I will no longer have to worry about long term help. I have it now. I can breathe at work. While “in the moment” I never realized I can’t take on extra work. I move stuff around so I can do it. I make stuff fit – but the past few weeks have been tough. I have forgotten things, missed things and generally been crabby and stressed out. Not anymore – I am giddy with excitement.

Outside work and home:

I am part of the International Association of Administrative Professionals. I am Treasurer-elect of my Chapter. Next year I will assume the Treasurer position within the Chapter. I will be maintaining the finances of the chapter. This is a big deal for me a good learning opportunity. Yet another stress. It’s another thing I have to do.

I am part of a great Book Club – I consider this my night out. Most of my time is spent at work or working out. No way I was giving this up.

So, as you can see, I was a pretty stressed out chicky. Not only that from January to May I was studying to take my Administrative Professionals Exam. I had too much stuff to do so the easiest way was to shut down and do nothing. Like a “safe mode”.

My relief came Thursday AM when we hired someone to help at work. At least that was the start, I immediately felt calm. The rest came this weekend. My nutritionist reads my blog – so I hope she understands. :-)

I completely stepped outside myself this past weekend and got out of my own way! When doing that I was freed to complete some tasks around the house.

The bedroom: We always wanted to add more storage to our bedroom. Our closet was big – but not the best layout. So, we added the shelves along one wall. This gave me more room in the closet and made our bedroom feel more put together. YES I know this wasn’t on my list above – but I have been thinking about redoing the closet for a really long time. Due to the cost of redoing the closet – this is the next best thing. We had hung the hooks you see about 2 months ago. We used to have door hangers on our closet. But we used to fill them up and it would actually take up more room in the bedroom than I liked. This way it’s spread across one wall and actually looks like artwork!

The Garden: I actually hate to weed. My hubby loves it because he can relax and enjoy a audio book while hanging out in the yard. One of my downfalls is I love the look of dirt in a garden. So, you see my problem. This past week I noticed that some Rubber Mulch was on sale at the home improvement store for 5.00 a bag! I picked up 8 bags to put on my garden. Best thing is that its a dark color and looks like dirt! It’s made from recycled tires!

Finally the Pond:

I worked all weekend – but I feel much better. I got out of my own way and just got it done. There are smaller things I still need to do with each of them. But they are more manageable than trying to do the whole thing at once.

However, I had to drop recording my food and a few other things this weekend. This is where I ask my nutritionist for understanding!  I had to stop thinking and start doing. It paid off. Now I need to plan accordingly and not put to much on my plate.

Now, I can concentrate on all things health and gym!

On a side note, when you have a Thyroid disorder it is good to take time to yourself. It is best not to put to much on your plate. It doesn’t help at all. Do as I say and not as I do. ;-)

Whew! What a post!

So, tonight I went to dinner with some great friends. At the beginning of the year we made kind of a pact to meet every so often and have dinner. Our first dinner was early January and it was freezing cold! We meet at the Macaroni Grill and talked for about 3 hours. It was a wonderful time and we all planned to meet again soon. That time was tonight. We met at the Mall of America and had dinner at the Twin Cities Grill. I had 1/2 chicken that was marinated in Rosemary and Garlic with a side salad to start. It was delish! I choose to try to add some carbs in and had some bread and french fries with my meal.

So – I intended this post to be out LAST Wed night. But I got distracted and couldn’t post it. I must of seen something shiny. I have no idea what distracted me. But anyway here it is. I had just come off my week with no carbs or sugar and was feeling great! On Thursday I went back to eating all the bad things. I felt fine for awhile but by Sunday night I wanted some light food and my Club Soda to drink. As of today 3.28.11 I have chosen again not to add by the soda or carbs. I am going to give my body so time to heal and not fill it full of nasty stuff. Today again was hard. But I know as time passes it will get easier. I did it once I can do it again. So – really no Winnner-Winner Chicken dinner today. But back on Thursday it was! ;-)

Remember the expression “Don’t bite off more than you can chew”? I think I did just that. I made a promise in my last Podcast that I will monitor my food intake and exercise in order to lose weight and make you very proud of me. Well… I bit off more than I can chew. I am trying to better myself by taking a test early November. The test spans two days and is a huge deal for me. But my thoughts were grandiose in thinking I can study, watch my weight and watch my food intake. I guess I had high hopes. Well, as you can guess, I failed at it. I just have too much stuff going on. Plus this fall my social calendar just picked up towards the end of September and I felt I didn’t have anytime to myself. With the calendar winding down and the test coming to a close (yikes!) I will have more time in November and December to concentrate of my weight loss. I just can’t beat myself up over it. It is really really really a tough thing to do. I hope you all can forgive me. I DO plan on giving you a play by play commentary on my weight loss efforts. It will just have to start in November. Maybe November 7th. I will keep blogging too. I just need to concentrate on taking this test. “I think I can I think I can…”

Have a good night!

BTW- those are my fur-babies paws!

I know, I was bad. I planned on Blogging everyday this week and I failed. I have been so busy with work, working out and socializing that I haven’t gotten to do very much blogging. I promise that going forward I will make more of an effort. Life tends to get in the way.

My social calendar has filled up. I consider it a good thing. But not when you have a 2 day test to study for and working out. I am excited to go do things with people and I think it is very important. It’s just, right now, I wanna be a hermit and get some things done. I came home last night expecting to record a podcast (my weekly one with weight management information) and ended up having to fill out some paperwork that needs to get somewhere soon (that’s a story for another day…). October already is filling with events as well.

Working out this week has been good. I joined a coworker on Monday to attend a kickboxing class which was a ton of fun and I burned 700 calories in an hour. We are going to continue to do that next week and do a cycling class on Wednesday together. I am going to only attend the gym in the morning during the month of October. I am starting to stress a little bit about this test. I need to pass this thing this year. I can retake it in May – but I don’t want to give up. This is really important to me – can you tell?

Due to my busy life I haven’t recorded my foods either. That is not good. I need to try to slow down and take the time to do that. So, this coming month –I am going to slow down, study, and record my food and workouts.

ONE GOOD THING that has happened so far this week is that I have managed to take my vitamins every meal except one. I can tell a huge difference in how I feel! I am going to finish out the week strong and take them during the weekend. It will be a challenge because I typically let this stuff lag during the weekends. I am also going to try to record my foods this also I  let lag during the weekends. It’s go big or go home time.

I hope that you all have a good weekend and I will continue to keep you updated on my weight loss progress. 

FYI – As of Monday the 20^th my weight was 185.2. There I said it. It’s on the internet now.

Here is Babee being over protective on her water bowl.

Why’s there a golf ball you ask? It helps them not to eat so fast. They have to push around the golf ball to get at their food which helps keep them from overeating. Wish I can stick a golf ball in my food.  Speaking of food. I have decided to get back on this bandwagon that I seem to kinda fall off of every now and then. I have been doing ok in food recording – but not so much in the types of food I eat. Time to change. Starting tomorrow I will blog almost everyday regarding my workouts and food items. Don’t worry the blogs won’t be boring! I promise!

I have been very busy with glasses for the IAAP CAP exam in early November. I have had a full social calendar and I am done talking to people! LOL! I am looking forward to a “me” filled week with workouts, reading and fake test taking. I am working on having all the laundry washed, dried and put away so that I can focus on those things listed above all week. I hope by Friday I can have a good report.

My new meds seem to be working swimmingly! I have had no problems as a result of dropping them down. I feel better, more awake and more energized! Finally feeling a little normal. This week I am planning on concentrating on taking my vitamins. I have them organized for the week in a weekly planner. Nothing like feeling OLD! I have them separated into 3 daily doses and have reminded myself to have them with a little fat. My hubby is upstairs right now mixing Guacamole for the week. I never liked it before but when my SIL made it one time it was delish! I now have her recipe and plan on making a small batch weekly. I have grilled chicken, mixed veggies for lunch and a Shakeology protein shake for breakfast. It will be my first time trying that too!

Well, I just wanted to touch base and I will be posting a little bit more this week with my weight loss efforts. I plan on kicking my own butt!!

See you soon!

AM Workout: NONE

Breakfast: Hashbrowns & bacon Calories 287 – I am a sucker for Hashbrowns. YUM!

Lunch: Turkey wrap with lettuce, tomato, cheese, olives and soda Oh – and CAKE! Calories 731

PM workout: C25K wk 2, day 2 & weight  lifting, Elliptical 20 minutes Calories Burnt: 536

Dinner – chicken breast 4 oz, French Fries 14 count, soda  360

Food Calories: 1,378

Exercise Calories: 536

Net Calories: 842

I am under my calories for this day by: 281

I am under my calories for the week by 905.

I might have enough to enjoy the weekend with. What do you think? I am still going to continue my routine and finish out the week. I would hate to get relaxed and end up using all my calories in one day.

Tomorrow I might post something remotely fun. Instead of concentrating on food.

Have a good night everyone.  CAKE!

Oh and did I mention there was CAKE!?????

LOL

AM workout: Elliptical- Calories Burnt 206

Breakfast:

3 hard boiled egg whites and a soda – Calories 200

Lunch; 1/2 ham sandwich on ciabatta with lettuce, tomatoes & Cheese with a side of fruit – Calories 303

Snack; tortilla chips and a soda-  Calories 206

PM Workout: None (I have an abundance of calories right now)

Dinner: I was really hungry for a huge meal Popcorn & soda – Calories 350.

Food calories: 1,071

Exercise Calories: 206

Net Calories: 865

I am under by 257. Which brings my weekly calorie surplus to 724.

As you can see I do have a huge problem with soda. I really need to be careful going forward. Tomorrow I am going to be good with it and not have any. I also crashed big time after eating 1/2 of my sandwich. Too many carbs in Ciabatta bread maybe? Monitoring my food this way is helping a ton. Thanks for going on this food journey with me. :-)