My Low Carb Road Trip

[Bejewelme]

No joke Tig, no girlie pushups for this cat!!!!! My trainer never let me start with girl ones all men's, remember when I did 3? Now I can do 100 with breaks after about 20 at a time!

[kittycitygirl]

LOL!!! Only Amber would do them all dressed up! LOL

You rock doing that many!!!

Had a great time with the girls! They liked the bean cupcakes! ...but then, who wouldn't!!! We even got the waitress to take one to try! Spreading the bean love! Tig: She's SO worth it!

Heads are done and picked up! Yay!!! Getting closer to running it again! The machinist said to tell DH that I was to have the first drive! Can't wait to hear her purrrrrr!!!!

My compounding pharm called to check no.s for ins. and all. It was to go in the mail today Can't wait!!! I NEED something! I was at work and just felt so overwelmed....I need these hormones straightened out!!! Ughhhhh!!!!

DD and DGS stopped by for a while I'm watching him for a bit Sun.

Watched Fried Green Tom.s tonight...Love that movie!!!!

Ate pretty good today. Hoping to see a bigger loss tomorrow morning.

[Bejewelme]

Kitty- Aw I am glad she liked the cupcakes, yeah we were going out so I dropped and did them, it makes me sweaty!!! I went this morning for blood work I do on 9/9 I gotta ask her to find my sex drive, I went from 16 year old boy to 90 year old monk! You know I had to fast so I stopped at DD and got my coffee and was first in line, LOL I hate that not drinking my coffee I need the IV inserted immediately upon waking!

[pooticus]

Yay Kitty! Hope the drugs help you get your groove back sweetie! But please be aware, hormone replacement is a risk factor in BC. So PLEASE doublecheck yourself every month. Be vigilant about it, ok?

Yay on your car being almost ready and lol, on winning the bet with Wonder Woman if for no other reason than for being the cause of Tony taking a piccy of her in a dress doing Wonder Woman push-ups!!! Dang she is strong!!!!!

hon and the bean cupcakes sound so tempting!

[Bejewelme]

Tony is impressed he has a bad shoulder and I can out do him in the push up dept!!!!!

[pooticus]

Dang, even when I was in shape and weighed 100lbs less, I could only do girly pushups! You're a rockstah!

[tiggy_oz]

Sounds like you had a fantastic day - bean cake, kidlet, car coming along! Yay!! Hopefully soon you can get the hormonal levels fixed up.

Amber is insane strong. I'm with poot. Even when I was like 150lbs, on the varsity ski racing and equestrian teams and in brilliant shape, there was no way I could do boy pushups. All I have to say is

[Bejewelme]

Well girls amazingly it is 8 months of solid working out, Tony said the other night I never thought you would still be going to the gym and loving it, LOL I had these goals to learn to do 5 men's push ups and run a mile without stopping, Jillian said every person should be able to run a mile, so I am just trying to push myself further, it is amazing how if you keep with it you can really build strength and stamina I am constantly amazed!

[kittycitygirl]

I'll be careful Pooti I will check often. BHRT is to be better for you than reg. old HRT...why I'm going that route. Doing creams too, so I will bypass the liver.

Slowly working my D3 up to the 5000 he wants me taking. Got to get the selenium, pregnenoloneand indole forte he recommended too.

You showed him Amber! LOL I'm like you Tig, I couldn't do a real push up at all back in the day. I can do a couple now. So happy my boys took care of me! That wouldn't have been pretty!

Had a decent day eating. Not VLC, but LC Getting back in the groove! Did a couple laps in the pool. The water really chilled down lately Memo to self...get that dang solar heater!!!

Car update: Guys started working on putting her back together. Need to get a couple things before we can do a whole lot though....gaskets, etc. Draining the oil out right now...

Oh, bean cupcakes....each recipe makes 12...same temp....30 min.s Must add that to my notes.

Got to restock groceries so I have stuff for lunch...got used to being able to just grab stuff here when I am hungry....will be eating and peeing on schedule again. The second is the worst part! Will have to cut down water consumption throughout the day.

[piratewoman]

Kitty dropping by for a hug. After my Hysterectomy I took different Hormone pill and patches but nothing seemed to work so I stopped. I have been hormone free since 1998.

Have a wonderful Sunday.

[Bejewelme]

Kitty- yeah your whole day will be changing, that is for sure when its back to work! Sounds like you are getting things together! You dont have a solar cover? Oh yeah you need one of them, my aunt and uncle got a much cheaper one this year I will ask them where they got it it was like half the price of the old one, and they think better quality. Her pool temp dropped too, we are going to try to make it over to the local pool after the gym if it is nice out, it feels like Fall is coming the evenings are getting darker and cooler for sure!!!!

Have a good day love!!!!

Amber

[slh72454]

Morning Kitty! Hope your Sunday goes well!

[Frenchie'sGirl]

Glad to hear you got your blod results. One thing you might want to check is the actual guidelines for thyroid now. they changed it several years ago and lots of docs still go by the old guidelines. What he calls a little low might be more. The thyroid forum here helped me a lot when I was getting mine straightened out. I still think mine needs upped again but wont get retested till the 6th. Once you get all this straightened out with the Vit D, iron, hormones and thyroid you are going to feel like a new woman!

[pooticus]

Sweetie according to my onc, if you have a BC that is ER/PR positive (Estrogen/Progesterone Positive), it could care less whether it's artificially created or coming from your food or from your fat cells. It's gonna suck that stuff up like a gravy sucking pig and go to town growing more cancer cells.

That's why in my opinion, we should let Mother Nature dictate our ebb and flow of hormones as much as possible. But keep in mind, many can't. And our modern world disrupts our natural state so badly...Mother Nature is having a tough time regulating our bodies cuz of all the estrogens it's getting from so many sources out there!

[kittycitygirl]

Amber: we got a solar cover...need a new one though as this one is getting a bit ragged. I want a solar heater also. Someone at work got a dome one this spring. Will have to check to see if she still likes it. Upped the temp by about 10-15 degrees then.

Wow Laura...Have things improved since then? Less issues with it?

Hey Seth!!!

Diane: I'll have to hit the thyroid thread....Didn't think of that! He said many docs wouldn't consider my no.s an issue, but believes I need help there too.

Thyroid tests:

T4, Free 1.0 (he wants it 1.3)
T3, Free 2.7 (he wants it 3.6)
DHEA SULFATE 142
Thyroglobulin antibodies < 20
Thyroid peroxidase AB 54 H

Thanks for your caring Pooti I have done some deep thought on this and was doing fine with all of this for the past year...now that it has hit harder...I don't know...I could probably deal with most of the symptoms but the worst is what it is doing with my thinking. I can't concentrate, can't remember, can't think! I end up feeling so out of it...lost...It would seriously affect my job...It is affecting my life! I have done some really stupid things lately!!! I think I am seeing what many with ADD go through right now....Ughhh!!! This part of it I can't take. If this doesn't help in this area...I will end the treatments.

Going back to work tomorrow. Lots of boring meetings tomorrow. Hoping I can concentrate or at least appear to be doing so! So many issues up in the air there still...Hoping to get some answers, but I doubt it.

Rained so much today; I didn't get out much more than to walk from the house to the garage and back. The car is almost together again That is a positive!

Weight is back to 152.2...A bit better, but still Ate pretty good. A bit higher carbs than I planned, but again...better than I have been doing. Working my way back down to a better carb level day by day.

Had fun with DGS today. Going to miss him all week!

Have a great week everyone! Hoping to get a good night's rest! I'll need it!

[Bejewelme]

Good luck today Kitty, you will be fine!!!!

[Frenchie'sGirl]

Kitty the symptoms you are describing are exactly what I was suffering before I was diagnosed with anemia, vit D deficiency and thyroid problems!

[ceecee08]

Good Morning Kitty!!! I am glad to hear that the Stang is doing well and recouping.

Bean cupcakes... can't wait to eat some of those.

[tiggy_oz]

Your doc sounds lovely. How good that he wants to help instead of just fob you off like most.

Hope the brain fog goes away soon. its no fun to feel that way

[kittycitygirl]

Got all that too Diane!!! He has prescribed some sups and some other things to try to help out. Hoping something works!

So exhausted. Will try to get around to all of your journals, but if I miss someone, I'll catch up tomorrow.

Got my meds today in the mail, so now have to figure everything out...when to take what, etc.

Ate well. They had a chicken salad with cheese and bacon. I skipped the carby other items that came with it.

Take care all!

[slh72454]

Good morning Kitty! Hope you have a wonderful day!

[Bejewelme]

Kitty hope you get the supps figured out I guess knowing when the right time to take them is a big thing, I hope they bring the relief you are looking for.

[ceecee08]

Good Morning Kitty!!! I hope you had a good first day back at work!!! That chicken salad sounds yummy!!!

[pooticus]

Kitty!

I think I may have had some of that. And what helped was to take deep slow breaths when I would feel that and just settle and stop a second. I would actively concentrate on breathing out the anxiety and letting the stress roll off of me.

By about the third breath, I was good to go!

But listen to Diane cuz I believe she is speaking truth hon!!!

And the other thing is those feelings don't last!!!!

[tiggy_oz]

Hope the new treatment / supps kick in soon. Having no energy is a real bugger

[kittycitygirl]

Thanks everyone!

Have been doing deep breathing here....Only reason I'm still out free! LOL I do that and try to remove myself from the sit. if possible.... Keeping it in mind what is the reason for most of the feelings helps....

Yep, probably the combo of it all! Being attacked from all sides....

Tomorrow is the big first day. After that, we will most likely be going to look at a truck for DH. A dealer in the area is to have gotten one from the factory that fits his wish list...hoping it does! Will have to get the price down since they seem to be starting so much higher than any other dealer around.

Ate well again. Back to "packed" lunches. Have been running to the potty all day, so of course I'm hoping to see a postitive change on the scale tomorrow morning. Not going to hold my breath though! Feet hurt...Cement floors kill ya!!!

Spent most of the evening after coming home trying to figure out why the water pump doesn't fit...sent wrong one! Now have to wait for the right one to arrive. Ordered a new fan too. Radiater is getting cleaned out....She "should" run cooler now!

Taking my sups and going to bed! Need some rest before dealing with tomorrow! Have a great Wed. everyone!

[slh72454]

Morning Kitty! I really hope the day goes well for you and you see some scale movement today!

[Bejewelme]

Have a good day Kitty!!!!! At least it cooled off and feels like Fall for back to school, I am amazed how chilly it has gotten here!

[ceecee08]

Have a good day Kitty!!!! Hope the kids don't give you too many problems.

Amber- I heard hurricane Irene is headed yall's way(East Coast)... maybe this is the reason for the recent cool off??

[janetsbreeze]

Kitty, hope you have a great day!