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!

This was me yesterday afternoon after 6 hours of testing! I won’t find out if I passed the CAP (Certified Admin Professional) or the CPS (certified Professional Secretary) until just before the Holiday in December. I am both excited a scared at the same time. There are quite a few good things happening to me right now and I am really excited to share them with you – but I can’t yet. Not until I make sure I pass these exams. My IAAP Chapter has asked me to run for the Treasure Elect this year and will take effect next year. I am excited about this as I don’t know that much about accounting and I think it will be a good opportunity for me to learn about that and more about the IAAP as an organization.

My weight loss has been awful. I have been concentrating on the test since early October and while I tried it was too much for my brain to handle and I had to throw out the worrying about it. Well, with the test behind me I am moving full steam ahead and will continue the plan I had before to update you all on my efforts. Except with a few changes: I won’t update until Friday informing you how well the week went. I am going back to logging my info and will use either Myfitnesspal or the application for Lose it. I will hit the gym twice a day again and drink a lot more water than before.

I will blog a lot more in the upcoming weeks & months as well.

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

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!

So – I am hurtin’.

I injured my knee the end of May while working. Now – my back is hurting me! I can’t seem to win. I haven’t been to the gym in a long time! I so want to go back. My Rut is getting better though I actually have a plan now and hope to lose around 7.5 lbs by July 11th. At least that is what my new iPhone program tells me. Let’s see if it happens. In about a week I take a flight to New York for a full on Girls weekend. Hubby gets to hang back at home and take care of the Kitteh’s. :-)

I hope that I will be up and running by that time. A sprained knee and a hurt back is sure a bummer.

In a Rut

That is my kitty, Snowy, she warms herself during the winter mornings by the heater in my bathroom. Which just happens to have the scale in front of it. Look at how utterly cute she is! Doesn’t  you just want to pick her up and squeeze her?? Her tail is one of the reason’s we got her.

A new Podcast is out- finally. Sorry it took so long, life majorly got in the way this time. I review my doctors appt in this podcast. I also explain why my doctor has placed me on Magnesium supplements.

Elimination diet update: going well so far!

Enjoy the podcast. It is so late – I am going to be now. Nighty night!

Dear people, while at the gym please don’t move someone else’s stuff from the hook outside their shower. It is not very good etiquette.

Dear people, while at the gym please don’t take over someone’s mirror space. If their stuff was there – maybe they had to step away to pee. It is not very good etiquette.

Dear people, while at the gym please don’t sit on someone else clothes that are laid out on the bench. They might wrinkle! It is not very good etiquette.

Yes, this all happened to me this AM at the gym. I am not kidding.

# 1 I actually caught the person and moved my stuff back. After I inquired if she moved my things – she said she was about to place her stuff on the hook because it was “empty”. It was “empty” because you just moved my stuff. *facepalm*

I placed all my stuff at a spot by the mirror, yes in order to save it for me (I won’t lie), Went to the restroom and then checked the scale. When I came back to my spot someone had spread out their things OVER mine and was getting ready. *facepalm*

#3 I was laying out my things to put them one when a women SAT DOWN on my clothes right in front of me! *FACEPALM*

In the words of Job from Arrested Development “COME-ON”.

Ferritin – 27 ng/ML (Lab range is 10-291)

Even though this is quite low it is better than it’s ever been. So I am going to continue to try to get it to rise. I have added more beef into my diet and am thinking of getting an Iron Skillet to cook it on just to add more Iron to my diet.

Copper – 134 f ug/dL (lab range is 80-155)

I am ok on copper.

Zinc 80f ug/dL (lab range is 60-120)

I am on the low end of Zinc – but Doc gave me the ok. Still going to take the supplement to keep it rising.

Vitamin D 50f ng/mL (lab range is 30-80)

I am on the higher end of vitamin D. We are going to lower the dosage just a bit. But otherwise I am good with D.Last time my D was really low so I have improved at taking this supplement. Now I just need to up the rest. :-)

Pyrroles were in range at 7. Good there!

Now for the shocker!

TSH was 14.94 (Lab range .20-4.50)

This was a total surprise. I can’t remember what I was feeling in Jan. to have my TSH so high! I remember not taking my meds for a few days. That may be the problem – the nurse even made a comment that obviously I needed to support my thyroid! So true. In talking with my Dr. and true form to myself I often neglected to take my 2 dose of my meds throughout the day. Once I would remember it would be close to dinner and after dinner was way to late. I didn’t want to stay up all night. So we are now trying a time-release capsule instead of a twice a day pill. I hope this does the trick and keeps me on track. He also prescribed a liquid Magnesium for me in order so that I can workout. I had been feeling so pain during workouts that would make me want to quit. He felt that this would help. So – I have to take that twice a day. I have also be placed on an elimination diet. He feels I have a food allergy- and this is a good way to test it. So, this weekend was off -script for me in terms of food. I enjoyed myself a little bit in order to prepare for a long two weeks of eliminating foods from my diet. If anyone has any recipes for the elimination diet – throw em at me. I want to try them.

My Time-Release capsules came this weekend and Monday will be the first day of those. I will let you know what my experience is with them.

Thanks for being patient with me and posting this. I apologize it wasn’t sooner.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.