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Monday, March 23, 2009

So Long Claudia


The hospital where I work has decided to cut costs, not surprising in this economic climate. But what did they cut? The Employee Wellness program that I was part of. And they fired Claudia, the coordinator, my motivation, my trainer. I was just crushed when they called to cancel my appointment with her next week. Hung up the phone and burst into tears. Claudia has been a huge support for me. Encouraging me so much, teaching me about nutrition, training me to use weights, charting my measurments, showing me my progress. The Employee wellness program was an incentive program and if you did well, you got the next year of your gym membership for FREE. I was 6 months into it, and was on track for a free year. Now it's gone, and Claudia is gone. The gym is still open (for now) but it's just not the same. Later that afternoon Claudia herself called me to say goodbye and encourage me to keep up the good work. I thought that was really sweet, here she is losing her job and she remembers to call me and encourage ME. Ofcourse I got so choked up I didn't have much to say to her except to thank her and tell her how sorry I was to see her go. So sad, I know people are losing their jobs all over the place, but its still sad. The president of the hospital met with us on Friday to discuss the current econmic situation and what the hospital is doing. So far my job seems secure. Patient & Guest Relations is not an area that is being scaled back at this time. But honestly, if I am let go, I would not be all that devastated. This summer we are going to be renting one of our cabins out weekly, so it will be alot of back and forth up to the Lake on the weekends I'm not working. If I wasn't working at all, I'd be able to just stay up there with the kids. We'll just have to see what happens...

I got a Fill a week ago friday. This picture was taken in the doctors office, they had a Lapband with a syringe with saline in it so you could see exactly what a fill does. My doc was running late that day, so I played with it, and then decided to take a picture for y'all. I weighed in the office at 172.. yikes.. up 2 pounds! It was also PMS, so I know some of that was water weight, but still.. I didn't like seeing a GAIN. This fill has definitely brought me some restriction, although I still seem hungry often. I got 'stuck' on scrambled eggs yesterday morning. That was not fun at all. I still didn't throw up, but it hurt so much I would have preferred to just throw it up and move on. I guess eggs are a common offender for some, it was a first for me. I hadn't had my morning Tea in the morning, I think that maybe had a bit to do with it. But anyways.. the scale is back down to 170. Now let's move onto the 160's. I am tired of the 70's!!

During the warm weather last week I walked EVERY day. Yayy.. my son and my dog came along too.. and on days when I didn't feel like it they both gave me the encouragment to get out there. This morning it was 24 degrees.. my son didn't even want to go.. LOL. Thats COLD! I'm hoping it will warm up this afternoon and I'll be able to go, otherwise I will dust off the treadmill!! And I will use my exercise ball for thigh presses and sit ups.. I'm not going to let Claudia down!

Monday, March 9, 2009

Still here..


It's been a month since I've posted. I went on vacation.. had a wonderful time. But I got 'stuck' a couple of times. So when I came home I cancelled my appointment for a fill. But since then.. I have been on a plateau.. not gaining, not losing. Just staying the same. Grr.. frustrating. And I'm hungry.. alot! So this friday I finally scheduled another fill. I am so nervous to get filled too tight, or to have the wicked shoulder pain return. But I am so frustrated with the scale not moving. And I have been exercising more.. finally. It's still a struggle.. but I am learning to JUST DO IT. I had my 6 month assessment with Claudia, at the hospital gym where I work. I could do 11 push ups now.. 6 months ago I could do ONE, seriously, and thought I was going to die. I had to see how many situps I could do in one minute, I did 14, previously I did 2, and struggled with them. So yeah.. I'm making SOME progress.. just.. not as much as I had hoped. I'm down 2 sizes.. I wear a 14 now, I started in 18/20. Summer is around the corner, and I don't expect to be in a bikini.. but I really would like to be in 10's and 12's. I'm going to go ahead and post my weight, because it helps me when I haven't posted in a while to know where I was compared to where I am at time of next post. Did that make sense? lol

Okay.. so.. I weigh 170. I still haven't broken the 40 lb mark.. but I'm hovering here at -38 lbs. My goal this month is -2 lbs. Just TWO. I just really want to hit that goal. I'll try to check in more. Happy St. Patrick's Day!!


Facing 40 with a Smile!