OH! SO!! I GOT A NEW CAR!
Here's a picture:
It's a 2008 Honda Accord EX-L V6 - and it's ALL MINE!! okay... maybe a little bit Mike's too... I love it!! It's basically just a grown-up version of my Civic... lol
okay, so, let's see... eating for this week... oh man.. it's been a little out of control. My fast food addiction is back in full swing. I'm making the smartest choices I possible can... but... it's still really bad. All week I've had oatmeal for breakfast, apples w/ natural peanut butter and wheat thins for snacks, but lunches have been... Taco Bell... Wendy's... and then Taco Bell again... one of those nights I didn't even really eat dinner.. the other I had boneless wings and beer at Buffalo Wild Wings. So, yeah. I'm kind of screwing myself just a little. I DID go to the gym for an hour Tuesday evening. So thank god for that!!
We'll just pick up on yesterday's stats.
Weds 3/16:
- breakfast: half my usual pack of oatmeal w/ a splash of chocolate milk (since we were all out of regular... ugh)
- snacks: apples w/ peanut butter, wheat thins, Natural Valley chewy almond bar
- lunch: chips and cheese and bean burrito from Taco Bell
- dinner: 1 cup of my mom's chicken tortilla soup
- 0 cigarettes, but I don't think that really counts for much considering I smoked HALF A PACK Tuesday night... ugh.
- 11:30pm bedtime... Dragon Age is going to be the end of my reasonable weeknight bedtimes...
- $3 spent on lunch
I'm really proud of myself for jumping right back in at the gym this week after being totally sick all week last week. I went today, too, for another hour! And I've been remembering to bring my heart monitor - my average calorie burn is about 400-450. I think that's pretty excellent!
I'm thinking about re-reading Jackie Warner's book to motivate me to get back on track with healthier eating. I'm pretty sure I've finally found an exercise routine that I'm enjoying and look forward to - and that involved a lot of weight-lifting. The last few weeks I've finally started noticing the changes in my body and the way I look/carry myself, etc. and I believe I owe all of that to the strength training I've been focusing on the last almost-month now. Even though I've only made it to the gym about half as much as I'd have liked to - when I am getting there, and what I'm focusing on while I'm there, seems to really be making a difference. That's pretty encouraging.
Now for some TMI stuff... I think I'm really going to consider "going organic" if it will at all factor into my grocery budget. I went off my birth control pills back in July - Mike and I are officially "trying" - most of you probably already know this... well, lately my body is completely out of control menstrual cycle-wise. I think this may be a direct result of what I'm eating/drinking and the possible hormones and chemicals I'm consuming. Every month I just seem to get more and more out of whack. This month, apparently, I'm having two periods... and that pretty much makes me want to kill myself... and also makes me think maybe I'm not ovulating the way I should be. Then there's this whole other part of me that feels like that's just a bunch of bullshit and that I just haven't really settled into a normal cycle because all the women I work with and coming into contact with almost EVERY DAY are menopausal and that's throwing me off hard core. I saw my gyno just a couple weeks ago for my annual and she said it didn't really sound abnormal to be having these "fake" periods a week before my real period, that I was probably just spotting after ovulation... fine... except that now this month it's not just 2 or 3 days the week before I have my REAL period... it's been 5... 5 days of having to, y'know, wear something... because it's just enough that I HAVE to wear something or it'll ruin all my undies, but not enough to be anything REAL... and I'm supposed to start my regular period Sunday or Monday... so by the time that is over I will have been bleeding for... oh... 2 FUCKING WEEKS. I've had just about enough. I have never been this irregular, ever. It's starting to really effect me - I don't like being so out of tune with my body, I'm not used to it. <end rant>
Well, I hope you enjoyed that lovely insight to my reproductive organs. I know I sure enjoyed getting it all off my chest. *angelic smile*
So that's what's been going on in my world this week. I will probably post later this evening or in the morning with food log and other stuffs for today.
I can hear ya on the cycle thing. While we're not trying yet, it does freak me out a little that my periods are so irregular. I mean last month I was at 24 days, while one month last year was 36 days. It scares me that It'll be harder to get pregnant. I thought when I stopped smoking/drinking/eating crap/being fat it might get better, but so far it seems not to have.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you think menopausal women are bad for screwing up your cycle, try working with 40 girls all going through puberty. That's probably why my cycle is so screwy.
Omg! I didn't even think about that! lol Stupid pubescent girls...
ReplyDeleteYeah mine are about the same thing - anywhere from 21 days to 35.. my OB said that is actually still considered "normal" though. It's only tough to get pregnant if you have a tendency to skip periods completely - going 2 or 3 months without. I'm not sure I believe her entirely... but she has the medical degree! lol She also said as long as we're doing the deed twice a week we should have all our bases covered even if I'm ovulating at different times every month - so we're sticking to that the as best we can.
Well that's a little reassuring, I guess. Hahaha. Makes "the deed" sound like some sort of chore though. Like doing the dishes.
ReplyDeleteBahaha we're not really thinking of it that way - and honestly, if we're not up for it it doesn't happen... we're trying really hard not to become "those people". lol
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