Hashimoto’s has a great way of bringing people together. Some can read that statement as sarcasm if they want. But it actually is true. I got a wonderful comment from the  Carey Family Website.  They do a cool segment called “Pay it Forward.” She is suffering from Hashimoto’s like most of us are and decided to do a Pay it forward for me! Here is the segment she wrote on Hypogirl, Dear Thyroid and I am the Face of Thyroid disease. That’s when we did video’s during thyroid awareness month. Such a great idea! I have gone back to the Carey Website to read up on the other Pay it Forwards because it helps remind me that we need to stand by each other and help when we can. Thanks Carey for sharing your knowledge of great resources! I love the website!

Hypogirl.

Don’t worry – no babies were hurt in the taking of that photo. My niece used to pull that chair on herself and giggle. Had to save a memory of it by snapping a picture. But, we’d always help her up. :-)

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! ;-)

Well. I have.just.about.had.it. I am sick of all this snow. It can melt any day now! I apologize for not posting in awhile. I have taken to hibernating because when you get this much snow you can’t help but not. I.want.out. I want out to enjoy the sun and lower my Vitamin D intake. I want fresh veggies and a light summer rain. I want the 2 trips I am going to take. I want farmers markets and trips to the Outlet Mall 45 minutes away. I don’t want to wear my coat, boots (like I wore them) or mittens (like I wore them) anymore. I also don’t have heat in my car. GASP! I shall repeat it for you – I don’t have heat in my car. I have done ok up until now. But I am so sick of cold and snow and cold and snow that I could just spit.

Another reason I haven’t been posting anywhere is that a large bug (of sick proportions) has taken up residence in my home. We (notice the we) have had a cold for over 1 week now and it has decided it likes my cooking and will stay. I have other plans for it – but so far it isn’t having that and wants another helping of some mash potatoes. I am doing ok and really trying to keep my vitamin goal going. Last week was rough and I didn’t take any because I was so tired I didn’t eat too much food. Too bad the weight didn’t go with it.

Well, that’s enough for now.

Planning a new podcast for next week. I hope to feel much better. Plus I am doing some research.

Oh and yes – that is a picture of my desk covered in snow. *sigh*

Yesterday after work I had an event I needed to get to. I was worried about being late, so I rushed out of work in order to make it. I got 3 blocks away and remembered that I had left my phone charging at work. So, I turned around and drove back to work parked ran up 1 flight of stairs and grabbed my phone. I decided to hop of the freeway instead of the back roads like I started to. Once on the freeway I realized I still had my purse at work! I couldn’t believe it and headed back to work again. I wish I had someone to ask me if I forgot anything before I left for home, work or the gym. That way I wouldn’t forget anything.

I have been feeling so tired lately. I am thinking it has to be the weather. It has been so cold and dark lately. I am looking forward to the weekend as it’s supposed to be around 40 degrees! I can’t wait – I am wearing shorts this weekend! NOT!

Above is another wedding photo I took on 1/1/11.

I hope your New Years was good!

As most of you know January is Thyroid Awareness Month and to promote this Dear Thyroid and Mary Shomon joined forces to create I am the face of Thyroid Disease.org. It is a wonderful site that promotes Thyroid Disease in a medium that hasn’t been done before – VIDEO! I have posted my video out there as well as Hypoman, Joanna Isbill, Katie Schwartz and many others! My video is about discussing your Thyroid problem with EVERYONE!!! In the past few months I have met people who suffer as I do. ONE just today! It is important to share your story and have opportunities to teach others and also to learn!  It also helps me feel not so alone. We have a great online community but to find someone in the cube next to you suffering from the same thing?!! I consider that priceless. So when I am having a bad day at work- I can run over next door and vent. Maybe even get a hug!

Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile the winter has been hard on me and the end of 2010 was crazy busy for me. You shall see much more of me in 2011 though! I look forward to connecting with all of you. I plan on blogging much more about my disease this year as well as things I am doing to make it better for myself!

I will continue the Podcasts as well and maybe will even venture out into video again soon! I really thought that was a excellent idea in order to get our stories out. I loved watching them all!!!

Below is my video:

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 want to give a shout out to my good friend. Unearthingem! You can find her blog here: Unearthingem Blog Spot. I couldn’t remember her blog name on my podcast and for that I haz sad. Sorry girlie!

My plan is to embarass myself by posting a picture. Which you will find below. I needed a starting point and a shocker to myself to give me motivation to continue. I got that and then some!  YUCK – here it is..

I had a fantastic day at the gym and in terms of my food. I burnt 500 calories in the AM doing weights and riding the bike. Then I went back at night with a friend and did a Kickboxing Jam class and burnt another 700. No way I could eat that many calories in a day so now I have a surplus of calories. I may need those over the weekend though and Wed. we are going out to dinner with friends.

I am doing this to make myself accountable so that I can focus on the task at hand weight loss. And really – to get over myself. I am so worried about my body and the weight gain I needed to put myself out there to try to bust through.

Heading to sleep – I have to get up in the AM.

Hypogirl

“In person, Eric was actually pretty reserved. He had short, curly hair and was somewhat shy until you got a few drinks in him. But put him in front of a camera, and he stole the show.”

“Eric was the cause of many extra takes on Flapping Crane skits, simply because he was so funny the other boys still cracked up, even when they weren’t looking at him.”

It was very rare for the other members of Flapping Crane to get Eric to crack up on set. They only managed to do it a few times; those moments now mean the world to all of them. We spent time last night reviewing old footage of skits and outtakes of the Flapping Crane troupe for a memorial they are putting together. We laughed A LOT. We reminisced. We laughed again.
If you would like to get to know Eric, like we knew Eric, please check out anything below.

Flapping Crane
Eric’s web page
RooftopComedy

Best of all, he was a cat lover. Um– didn’t say that right – He was a lover of Cats??

Eric – May you soar higher than an eagle. We will miss you.

Oh – and the best part? Our luggage had already made a flight to Minneapolis early AM on the 20th. Next time I fly I am cramming myself into my luggage. :-)