I have sort of been in a funk lately. I haven’t been posting as much as I would like.
The reason for this is because I had a follow up visit with my doctor. He wants to put me on an ACE inhibitor for my heart. However, the radiologist that I work for said that I should have my kidneys checked out by a nephrologist first. He thinks that the ACE inhibitor could cause some damage if my kidneys are already messed up. And yes, there is reason to believe that my kidneys are messed up…
My fun with Nutrisystem is put on hold at the moment until my health gets better. I wish I could still do it, but the doctor wants me to worry about everything else first. He said that the way my thyroid is right now, I would only get frustrated anyway. There is no way to lose weight with how far off my numbers are at the moment.
Anyway, on a more positive note, I have been voraciously reading through the Stephanie Plum series. 
I just finished Plum Lovin’ yesterday. Now I need to get my hands on Lean Mean Thirteen. That is still in Hardback though. I hate buying hardback since they are so expensive and I read them so quickly. I will probably use one of my credits over at BOMC2.com. That used to be Zooba. It is a neat place if you have a few extra dollars a month. Basically you pay $9.95 a month and they ship you a hardcover book that is on your list. Its sort of like Netflix, except you don’t have to return the book. And if you are in a real hurry to get the book, you can choose the purchase now option. I like it since I can pretty much find most of the books that I would like to read there. Plus it isn’t expensive at all. I just checked and Lean Mean Thirteen just shipped on Friday. So hopefully it will get here soon and I can start reading it!!
At the moment, my SOE account is suspended. I didn’t have the money this paycheck to renew it. 
In the mean time, I am keeping myself busy with City of Heroes. I might even check out Guild Wars to see what is going on over there.
Wow! Over at Our Wicked Weighs, they posted a video that they saw on another person’s blog. I have to say that video really grossed me out. I am not so sure that I can eat from McDonald’s again after that.
Well, I have been in serious need of some sort of exercise. I am not allowed to do anything too intense. I am still not cleared from surgery to do any lifting either.
So aerobics and weights are out. I believe pilates are out as well. So I have been thinking, I used to love doing yoga when I was younger. I really enjoyed it immensely.
Yoga helps to tone your muscles. Yoga helps to relax the mind. It helps to bring your entire being into balance.
However, since I haven’t done yoga in ages, I wouldn’t even know where to begin to look for yoga class locations. So I found a great website that lists yoga teachers all over the world.
The Secrets of Yoga also has articles and other information on yoga and the different types of yoga that there are. After looking at that site, I was shocked at how many different types there actually were.
I am not sure which type I had done in the past. I will definitely want to check that out so I can find a teacher along the same lines as what I used to have.
Dear Body,
My friends over at Our Wicked Weighs have suggested that I write a letter to you and express how I feel.
Let’s start off with asking how am I supposed to like you if you don’t even like yourself. For some reason, you have decided to wage war on your own parts. You constantly send out white blood cells to attack and kill off the thyroid. Don’t you understand that this gland is extremely vital to your very existence?
I used to love my hair, but you have let my immune system get way out of hand and it has caused my hair to go gray really early in my life. Plus since you are attacking the thyroid, my hair falls out in great big clumps.
I do love my eyes though. They allow me to read and look at things. They are thankfully functioning awesomely.
I will take credit for not taking care of you as I should. I used to go to the gym numerous times a week. I used to eat really healthy. In fact, at one point I was even a vegetarian. However, even when I was treating you in a very loving manner, you still let me down.
I am very thankful that we are starting to get along much nicer. I just wish you would stop fighting with your own thyroid.
I am trying to eat healthy and exercise so that you may get down to a healthy weight. I have been eating foods to help prevent your arteries from getting clogged. I have lowered my salt intake so that your blood pressure is staying within normal limits.
We have to stick together for many more years to come. Lets call it a truce and help each other out.
As I lose more and more weight, I am getting concerned about all of the lose skin around my abdomen.
It just seems to hang there loose and lifeless. It is rather disgusting. So now I have to start looking at things that I can do to get rid of it. It isn’t going to go away on its own. In fact, you can even check out this post to see how bad my abdomen is hanging. Warning!! The pictures are not very nice looking.
One thing that I have been considering is going to a cosmetic surgeon. CS from work had suggested this one over in California. I was extremely impressed with his website. There was a lot of great information about tummy tucks on his site. At least after reading his site, I feel much more informed about the procedure.
It will be quite some time in the future when I will be able to even seriously consider this. I have a lot of weight that I still need to lose. Plus I would have to save up some money in order to do this.
However, I like to look into things before hand so that I can make the best decision ever.
Years are flying by without a thought. It seems like just yesterday I was in high school and having very few cares in the world.
However, my 20th high school reunion is looming in the near future. There are quite a few things that I want to take care of before it comes up.
First off, I want to lose this excess weight. I know I won’t be as skinny as I was in high school, but I don’t want to be this heavy.
Secondly, I have started getting lines and wrinkles on my face. I have never been an overly vain person, but there are really starting to get to me. This one has caused me great concern. There really isn’t anything you can do to get rid of them yourself. So of course, the little search queen that I am, I went on a hunt to see what my options were.
It looks like my best option is Boca botox injections. Dr. Schwarz isn’t that far from me and his site gives a great explanation of what they do and what to expect.
Heck, after going through his site, I am even considering an S-Lift since I have a little flab and loose skin around my jawline.
I know that my sister D has been considering getting a face lift. I think I will give her this doctor’s information as well.
As you all know, I have been attempting to lose weight. I have just started my second week on Nutrisystem. I have lost a total of 11 pounds so far. I am not sure if I mentioned this other great site that I read all the time. It’s called Our Wicked Weighs. They have tons of great articles on weight loss and health.
Anyway, they have a contest going on to win a gift certificate. Today’s post was on getting stronger abs. So they want us to post before pictures of our abs. Now, I really hate pictures. And I am warning you that you might suffer brain damage looking at them.
The first two were taken the night before I started Nutrisystem. I weighed 218 pounds. And being only 5′4″, that is a lot of weight. Those pictures were taken by my brother-in-law. He was shocked and scared that I asked him to take them.
These next two are the ones I just took today. These ones actually show my bare abdomen. I wore the same clothes as in the first one to see if they fit any different in the pictures. My brother-in-law wasn’t around to take these, so I had to manage with a mirror.
I love using StumbleUpon! I always find such interesting websites that I would normally not see otherwise.
I just came across a really interesting post on another site about how you can see some problems in your body by looking at your fingernails. I had already known about ridges in the nails meaning you are low in iron. However, this site also posted that the less moons you have on your fingernails, the worse off your thyroid is.
That got me to looking at my fingernails! I have no moons showing on my fingernails. None at all. Not even a slight one peeking out somewhere. I am curious to see if any other thyroid sufferers have the same thing. Could this be true? Could that actually indicate thyroid issues? If so, then why don’t doctors look at that as an indication and start watching the thyroid if a person is missing some?
I have come to realize that all those fad diets don’t work. Yes, I had lost a little bit on the South Beach Diet when the doctor put me on it. However, I think a lot of that was water weight and also the fact that since I was gung ho about it, I was eating less. Not the fact that it was that specific diet. In fact, after being on it for awhile, I stopped losing weight.
Now, Nutrisystem is helping me. This isn’t a fad diet. It is actually a well balanced meal plan. I get all the nutrients that I need in a day. I am not forcing myself to avoid certain foods because they are bad. It is just helping me to eat healthier.
Besides, I am pretty lazy when it comes to food. So I won’t usually go out of my way to prepare a meal when fast food is way to easy. So these meals make is easy for me to keep healthy.
I have officially finished my first week of Nutrisystem!!
I can’t believe the amount of weight that I have been losing. My clothes seem to be getting baggier.
I really need to make an appointment with Dr. Abrams, but I want to wait until I get to 199. I want to be able to walk in there and show him that I broke the 200 mark!
I am so excited about all the weight I have lost. I just can’t believe that it has been this easy.
Heck, I haven’t even started exercising yet. I should add that into my routine so I can lose even more!!
