I am back.....

I took a little while off (which seems to be about the 4th time that I have done this).

After finding out about my thyroid I thought that I would lose weight easily but it just doesn't seem to be happening. I have stopped gaining so that is great news. Now I think that I am ready to start really trying to lose what I gained. I am also starting my training for my half marathon so hopefully that will help.

I find a "diet" right now to be really challenging. I know that the best diet for me is a low carb one in all likelihood if I want to lose weight since the weight has taken residence in my belly. I am fine with that at home but not so much on the road. I haven't eaten any meat on the road in 6 months and I have really cut down on processed foods. As a result, I have not been sick since late December....that is pretty freakin amazing since I get on at least 10 planes a month with sick people and I made it through flu season. I really don't want to get away from this eating lifestyle because it works for me all except for trying to lose weight. I decided that to kick start the weight loss (since I seem to be able to maintain with my current eating). I am going to allow myself to eat meat on the road until the end of August. Hopefully by then I can get a good head start on the weight loss and if I feel good about it then I will return to not eating meat that isn't organic. I still am not going to go wild with the meat but I do think that I will add it in if it is a choice between that and a carb. I plan to have healthy snacks (yogurt and nuts seem to work well for me). I need suggestions for items I can take in the airport and/or buy in individual packages at stores. They also have to be able to go through security (so no yogurt).

I also have decided to start keeping a food journal....like a real one where if I bite it, I write it. I am hoping that if I really follow this to the T then I might notice things that I snack on which I might forget about or little empty calories here or there. We will see.

I will try to post a little more often :-)

Part of the Mystery Solved??

I finally went to the doctor today and they took some more blood to see how my thyroid might have changed in the last 5 months. Long story short, I will have to be on meds, just not sure if I will have to be on them yet. I talked to the doctor and after going over my eating/exercising and such, she does think that my weight gain (and more importantly the fact that eating well doesn't make it go away) is related to my thyroid. For that reason only I hope they start me on meds soon .....I don't want to gain more and more and it to get really out of control. I will know on Thursday.

So, for now I have been researching ways to lose weight with hypthyroidism (which is what I have). Looks like a couple of my favorite veggies aren't the best (peas and corn) but with it being summer coming up I think there will be plenty to choose from. It also seems that a low carb diet is the way to go....which is fine at home but I am really worried about the road. no carbs and no meat means very little I can actually eat.

I am a little sad that I will probably be on meds the rest of my life, a little happy that I know I was not insane and there was a reason that doing more healthywise than I have ever done has not gotten results, and also a little motivated. Now that I know I am not alone it makes me feel like the steps I have taken to be healthy are good steps and they weren't for nothing. It gives me motivation to continue to eat well and to know that even if I am not losing weight, at least I am not gaining it (which would probably be the case if I wasn't so careful). I plan to continue to exercise and eat well, and I am going to add weight lifting. We will see what the doc says on Thursday when she gets my results.

Weigh In

Up .4. At this point I just feel like it is a joke. I work out 6 days a week and eat healthier than most people I know. I am sort of over it. It isn't like I am obese or anything, just chubby. I think that I need a break. I am going to continue to eat well because that is just what I eat now. Most of my meals are almost exclusively veggies except at night when I cook meat because Craig always wants meat.

I am going to the doctor tomorrow to talk them (finally) about my thyroid. I hope that will shed some light into why I am eating healthier than I was two years ago and I was losing weight then but am not now.

I have noticed that certain parts have changed. I think that my stomach is bigger but I feel like my actual waist line is smaller. Weird huh. I might try to take my measurements and see if those move.

I will be strict this week in one last effort before vacation, then I am going to enjoy my vacation and get back on the wagon when I get back.

I feel like I say the same thing every week......it is getting old so I might stop posting for a while.

D115RS

Well, I am finally home from my travels and down to the last 11 days before vacation. Not expecting to lose much weight before then but at least I am going to try to be really strict to get off a pound or two. We will see. I am sort of glad to be at home for a while to have some healthy eating for a while. I am so sick of not knowing what is going into my body and trying to pick the healthiest thing at a restaurant. Cooking at home is so much easier....it is so much yummier and it is so much better for me! I can't wait to enjoy it for the next few days!

Weigh In

I weighed in yesterday and had a slight loss. I don't feel like it was as much as it should have been for the fact that I worked out 6 days last week, drank my 64ozs of water a day and watched what I ate (and stayed in my points) but it is what it is and I will continue this week. I still have 3 weeks until vacation and at this point I would take 5lbs!!! Oh well, time to stop stressing!

Why Eating Out is Evil

Ok, we all know that eating out is bad for you. Well, today I was reading some forums and I discovered that outback now has their nutritional information online. Seeing as how that is one of my favorite out of town places to eat I wanted to check it out. The salad I used to get (but without the bacon, egg, and almonds so that would take some of the points down) was 1,000 calories. The baked potato I now get is 330 calories! WITH NOTHING ON IT!! (by the way, a normal baked potato like you make at home is 140 calories). I am really at a loss as to what to do. Traveling is part of my life and I obviously do not have a fast enough metabolism to eat that junk they serve on the road. I also can't survive off of lettuce and vinegar. I really need to think on this one for a while. I see a lot of very plain food in my future travels! Sad.

D101RS

This week I am home and I discovered that other than next week when I will be in Atlanta (which is like home because I can cook there and the cafeteria at work is healthy) I will be in town until my vacation (you know, the one I was supposed to lose 10lbs by but instead have gained a lb). I do have a 2 day trip to Phoenix in there too but I think that I can safely pack some snacks to keep me on track and two days will not ruin a week (I hope).

I have been trying to push the running a bit more and have been exercising pretty regularly since getting home on Friday....I hope it pays off.

I also have a friend who is trying to do WW as well and she is struggling as well so we are checking in with each other all week. We are both hoping that it will help us get back on track. I feel like the eating has been really healthy this week so I hope it sticks :-)