So, here I am, day 7! Wow!
Yesterday's weight in had me down 1.0lb, bringing me to a 9lb total loss.
Yesterday was tough. It was our Saturday morning at home. Hubbs went to get coffee (normally he'd be getting us coffee...), then came home with a dozen donuts!! I may have freaked out about it a little bit (kids had already had breakfast, and mom's not eating solid foods - two good reasons not to bring home two dozen donuts!!), or a lot... either way, I owed everyone an apology.
We were home all day, and it was hot & muggy, and the urge to 'boredom munch' couldn't have been stronger. I didn't give in or anything, but it didn't make for a sunshiny happy day.
Today feels like it'll be much better, even though it hasn't started out perfectly. I woke up, excited to weigh in, and the battery on my scale was dead. Hubbs was already out and about for the morning, so he said he'd bring home batteries. By the time he got home I'd had half my morning juice, gotten dressed, and it was 10am, so I weighed, but wasn't feeling as excited about it, as I always weigh first thing in the morning, as soon as my feet hit the floor, in underwear and a tank top (TMI? sorry.)
So, today I'm down .2lbs. Still a loss, but my smallest loss yet. I'm blaming the break in routine weighing.
Total down is 9.2 in 7 days.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Juice Fast Day 5
Hello!
So, I'm feeling good again today! I'm SO happy with my Breville juicer! It's made this thing MUCH easier, and now I can really wrap my head around doing this for another 9 days. (seriously, as I did the math, i just thought, 9 days, that's it?)
Yesterday I made that Vegetable Medley juice I'd mentioned before; and I didn't just tolerate it, i really actually liked it! The Breville keeps all the grit out, so I'm not drinking these thick, almost want to chew a little, drinks (like the previous juicer I was using), it's just smooth, fresh liquid. The little pitcher it came with even has an insert to keep the foam out of your glass. I don't use that much, because in most cases, I don't mind the foam, but it's a nice thought.
I could go on forever about my beloved Breville! LOL My entire juice contents almost all fit in the chute before I even turn it on - whole apples and all!
Ok, enough about my new love, lol. Let's get down to business!
Weight in: again, you get no #'s!! (though, as they go down, I'm debating posting the real deal weights at the end)
Down 1.4lbs!! Totaling: 8lbs lost (in 5 days, in case you forgot!)
I've learned to have a tall glass of lemon water if i start to feel a little hungry. That usually curbs the hunger for almost an hour. I'm also liking the juices more and more. I've heard that they're an acquired taste sometimes, but for now i'm giving credit to the Breville. I'm not looking for snacks at all anymore I think. I still miss lunch and dinner, maybe in part or mostly for the social aspect.
I drove to the Sheriff's farm today and SO wanted to go get a tasty Mary Lou's iced coffee, but I'd brought my morning juice with me, so I was only momentarily tempted.
I'll be going to a Red Sox game on Moday, and WILL NOT break my juice fast!! Even for a fenway frank!! I know it's going to be super tough, as all my juices have been made fresh, and never stored in the fridge or anything... but I can do it! I've made it this far! I plan to make a double batch of juice, and drink one in the car on the way there. I can drink water just fine while I'm there, and then I'll have another juice for the ride home that I'd kept in a cooler on ice. Sounds like a solid plan, so lets pray it all pans out!
Time to juice me up some lunch!
So, I'm feeling good again today! I'm SO happy with my Breville juicer! It's made this thing MUCH easier, and now I can really wrap my head around doing this for another 9 days. (seriously, as I did the math, i just thought, 9 days, that's it?)
Yesterday I made that Vegetable Medley juice I'd mentioned before; and I didn't just tolerate it, i really actually liked it! The Breville keeps all the grit out, so I'm not drinking these thick, almost want to chew a little, drinks (like the previous juicer I was using), it's just smooth, fresh liquid. The little pitcher it came with even has an insert to keep the foam out of your glass. I don't use that much, because in most cases, I don't mind the foam, but it's a nice thought.
I could go on forever about my beloved Breville! LOL My entire juice contents almost all fit in the chute before I even turn it on - whole apples and all!
Ok, enough about my new love, lol. Let's get down to business!
Weight in: again, you get no #'s!! (though, as they go down, I'm debating posting the real deal weights at the end)
Down 1.4lbs!! Totaling: 8lbs lost (in 5 days, in case you forgot!)
I've learned to have a tall glass of lemon water if i start to feel a little hungry. That usually curbs the hunger for almost an hour. I'm also liking the juices more and more. I've heard that they're an acquired taste sometimes, but for now i'm giving credit to the Breville. I'm not looking for snacks at all anymore I think. I still miss lunch and dinner, maybe in part or mostly for the social aspect.
I drove to the Sheriff's farm today and SO wanted to go get a tasty Mary Lou's iced coffee, but I'd brought my morning juice with me, so I was only momentarily tempted.
I'll be going to a Red Sox game on Moday, and WILL NOT break my juice fast!! Even for a fenway frank!! I know it's going to be super tough, as all my juices have been made fresh, and never stored in the fridge or anything... but I can do it! I've made it this far! I plan to make a double batch of juice, and drink one in the car on the way there. I can drink water just fine while I'm there, and then I'll have another juice for the ride home that I'd kept in a cooler on ice. Sounds like a solid plan, so lets pray it all pans out!
Time to juice me up some lunch!
Thursday, May 24, 2012
I'm baaaaaack!
So, it's been a long time since I've written here!
I'm doing something a little new these days, and promised myself to journal my experience with it - annnnd I think journaling here might be easier than carrying around a real journal that i'll probably lose before I can become nostalgic about it all, so here I am. I'm sure nobody's follows this anymore, but that's ok! I just want to record my experience to be able to look back and reflect on.
So, what am I doing? A two week juice fast!
That still sounds crazysaying it out loud typing it.
I'm on day 4. I have kept a journal that i've written in, so I'm going to backtrack a bit.
Day 1
8am weighed in. OY. I'm not tellin!
I had some decaf herbal tea with lemon juice
11am- Strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, apple, spinach-kale-mustard-turnip mix.
YUM!
Half hour later still kind of hungry, but a glass of lemon water helped.
Found myself looking for snacks ALL day long! Stuck w it though, didn't cheat!
1pm- sp-ka-mu-turnip mix,celery, tomoato, 1/2 Odwalla Superfood, 1/2 BH carrott juice
1:30 small cup of low sodium V8 - is that cheating? Kind of felt like it!
3:15 HUNGRY - had a glass of lemon water to hold me over (it really helped)
4:15- sp-ka-mu-tu mix, celery, 1/2 BH carrott juice, 1 apple
5pm - hungry - more lemon water
8:30 - 1/2 cabbage, 4 carrotts, ginger - GROSS!! added two strawberries & a whole lemon... almost tolerable. I drank it though!
Went to bed with stomach ache. Tried lemon water & sleepy time tea, to no avail..
Day 2
7am- not hungry, headache, but I think it's my sinuses
Weigh-in: again, you get no #'s, but I'm down 4.8lbs!! WHOA!
9am- sp-ka-mu-turnip mix, strawberries (5), 1/2 english cucumber, 1/2 apple, 1/2 banana, whole orange - YUM!
Headache persisted, dropped Kenzie to school, layed down and woke up two hours later - oops! STILL had a headache. Must be caffeine withdrawal.
2pm- finally juicing lunch! carrots (4), handful grape tomatoes, sp-ka-mu-turnip mix, 1/2 cucumber, 2 celery, 1.5 apples
Not bad, not awesome.
I'm not so much 'hungry' today, as I just want to chew & crunch on food....
3pm- sm glass of low sodium v8 - I can't help it!!
5pm- "Vegetable Medley juice" red pepper, tomato, cucmber, broccoli, cauliflower, sp-ka-mu-turnip mix, celery, carrots
Not my favorite. Added a lemon, and it was sort of tolerable.
**I should also note that I cooked dinner for the family today (and probably will just about every day).
BBQ honey pork loin, mashed potatoes, and mixed vegetables. It looked SO good!
Didn't even take a LICK though!
Day 3
weigh in: no #'s!! Down 1.2lbs, 6lb total loss since I started.
I barely recorded anything today! It was a good day, plenty of energy, no real food cravings...
Breakfast juice was fruity & delish, of course with my greens mix in it! Kenzie even had a small glass of it.
Lunch juice was a "Sunset juice" recipe I found on Pinterest. It has beets in it, so it's SUPER red, but actually really good! I accidentally left out the carrots in the recipe, but I didn't miss them.
Dinner juice was a mish mosh of whatever I felt like putting in! Lots of veggies, leftover cuts from lunch, a lemon & orange.... it was good.
Tea with some raw honey before bed (sore throat)
Oh AND, I found a Breville juice fountain on CL for $40!!!!!!! Jeff picked it up for me and I can't wait to juice in it!!
Day 4 (today)
Weigh in: down .6 today. That's not a whole lot, but sometimes on WW that was what I was down for the WEEK! So, I'll take it!! =)
I feel great (other than these allergies!!), plenty of energy, my skin is so soft & moisturized... and amazingly enough, I really don't miss food all that much.
(I should have noted in the beginning, that this was all mostly to take the power & focus away from food. Food was taking over!! Though, losing weight is still a huge plus!)
Having my morning herbal tea with lemon, excited to use my new juicer for breakfast juice, then off to run some errands!
I'll probably log my specific juices less, from here on out. Unless there's a really good one I find to share (with who? is anyone out there? Ha!).
Time to get juicin!
I'm doing something a little new these days, and promised myself to journal my experience with it - annnnd I think journaling here might be easier than carrying around a real journal that i'll probably lose before I can become nostalgic about it all, so here I am. I'm sure nobody's follows this anymore, but that's ok! I just want to record my experience to be able to look back and reflect on.
So, what am I doing? A two week juice fast!
That still sounds crazy
I'm on day 4. I have kept a journal that i've written in, so I'm going to backtrack a bit.
Day 1
8am weighed in. OY. I'm not tellin!
I had some decaf herbal tea with lemon juice
11am- Strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, apple, spinach-kale-mustard-turnip mix.
YUM!
Half hour later still kind of hungry, but a glass of lemon water helped.
Found myself looking for snacks ALL day long! Stuck w it though, didn't cheat!
1pm- sp-ka-mu-turnip mix,celery, tomoato, 1/2 Odwalla Superfood, 1/2 BH carrott juice
1:30 small cup of low sodium V8 - is that cheating? Kind of felt like it!
3:15 HUNGRY - had a glass of lemon water to hold me over (it really helped)
4:15- sp-ka-mu-tu mix, celery, 1/2 BH carrott juice, 1 apple
5pm - hungry - more lemon water
8:30 - 1/2 cabbage, 4 carrotts, ginger - GROSS!! added two strawberries & a whole lemon... almost tolerable. I drank it though!
Went to bed with stomach ache. Tried lemon water & sleepy time tea, to no avail..
Day 2
7am- not hungry, headache, but I think it's my sinuses
Weigh-in: again, you get no #'s, but I'm down 4.8lbs!! WHOA!
9am- sp-ka-mu-turnip mix, strawberries (5), 1/2 english cucumber, 1/2 apple, 1/2 banana, whole orange - YUM!
Headache persisted, dropped Kenzie to school, layed down and woke up two hours later - oops! STILL had a headache. Must be caffeine withdrawal.
2pm- finally juicing lunch! carrots (4), handful grape tomatoes, sp-ka-mu-turnip mix, 1/2 cucumber, 2 celery, 1.5 apples
Not bad, not awesome.
I'm not so much 'hungry' today, as I just want to chew & crunch on food....
3pm- sm glass of low sodium v8 - I can't help it!!
5pm- "Vegetable Medley juice" red pepper, tomato, cucmber, broccoli, cauliflower, sp-ka-mu-turnip mix, celery, carrots
Not my favorite. Added a lemon, and it was sort of tolerable.
**I should also note that I cooked dinner for the family today (and probably will just about every day).
BBQ honey pork loin, mashed potatoes, and mixed vegetables. It looked SO good!
Didn't even take a LICK though!
Day 3
weigh in: no #'s!! Down 1.2lbs, 6lb total loss since I started.
I barely recorded anything today! It was a good day, plenty of energy, no real food cravings...
Breakfast juice was fruity & delish, of course with my greens mix in it! Kenzie even had a small glass of it.
Lunch juice was a "Sunset juice" recipe I found on Pinterest. It has beets in it, so it's SUPER red, but actually really good! I accidentally left out the carrots in the recipe, but I didn't miss them.
Dinner juice was a mish mosh of whatever I felt like putting in! Lots of veggies, leftover cuts from lunch, a lemon & orange.... it was good.
Tea with some raw honey before bed (sore throat)
Oh AND, I found a Breville juice fountain on CL for $40!!!!!!! Jeff picked it up for me and I can't wait to juice in it!!
Day 4 (today)
Weigh in: down .6 today. That's not a whole lot, but sometimes on WW that was what I was down for the WEEK! So, I'll take it!! =)
I feel great (other than these allergies!!), plenty of energy, my skin is so soft & moisturized... and amazingly enough, I really don't miss food all that much.
(I should have noted in the beginning, that this was all mostly to take the power & focus away from food. Food was taking over!! Though, losing weight is still a huge plus!)
Having my morning herbal tea with lemon, excited to use my new juicer for breakfast juice, then off to run some errands!
I'll probably log my specific juices less, from here on out. Unless there's a really good one I find to share (with who? is anyone out there? Ha!).
Time to get juicin!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Adenoid adventures!
As I was telling 'Good Friend' about my son Lucas's recent day surgery, she said that I have to blog about it. So here I am. I'm going to back track a bit first though;
Luke has had allergy problems for quite a few years now. His nose constantly runs (seriously - constantly), he's always had dark circles around his eyes, spoke just slightly nasally (is that a word?), mouth breathed... you get the point. He's seen an allergist, who had just given him adult meds, and more meds and different meds every time that I suggested that they didn't seem to have a noticeable effect on the problem. I had assumed that she'd have said something about hos tonsils or adenoids if she thought that may be a problem... but, i guess not. I finally asked his pediatrician if she thought that his tonsils or adenoids might be the cause of any of his ailments, and she immediately took note of the mouth breathing and sent us for an x-ray. (LOVE her!) A good pediatrician is better than chocolate. Even the good expensive chocolate. (sorry, she's not accepting new patients) I had a message on my machine before i even got home that day letting me know that his Tonsils seemed fine, but his Adenoids were "prominent" and a referral was sent to see an ENT specialist.
I was pretty excited about how quickly this was all coming together. If I'd had any clue how quickly it would really ALL come together soon enough.... I'd probably have pee'd myself! Well, or something... perhaps not have pee'd, lol. (That'd put a damper on things. Ha!!)
Just to give you a timeline, this was about early to mid March.
So, I called the ENT, and the receptionist said "I'll check for an appointment, but we're booked well past May." May, really? I might have an answer to finally help my poor runny nosed, foggy headed, allergy ridden child, and you're telling me we'll have to wait to even be seen until May?!?! (Luckily i just screamed that in my head, where only I can hear how much of an impatient crazy person I am.) ;) "Oh wait, we do have a cancellation on the 29 of this month." She says. Woohoo!! We'll take it! Any time! So off we go the 29th to meet with our new ENT Doctor. Once again I lucked out. She was so nice, spoke to both Luke & I, was psyched that his pediatrician had already done an X-ray to save her some time, and said "Well, those Adenoids have to come out." Simple as that. I was given a card with a number to call to get it set up, told to watch him sleeping for a few nights first, because if he had any kind of apnea they'd take the Tonsils too, and that was that!
From then on I'd joked about how great would be if I could get the Adenoids out during April vacation. But seriously... I was just happy that the ball seemed to be rolling as a steady pace without any road blocks. I couldn't expect them to act that quickly.
I watched Luke sleep for a few nights, and all was clear. No choking or anything, so the Tonsils would stay. Just Adenoid surgery is a shorter recovery time anyway (1day!), so we're pretty happy with that. So, I called the number on the card to make the appointment. "Does April 22nd work for you?" Hmm... that's GG's Birthday (she'll understand), Good Friday, two days before Easter, and APRIL VACATION!!!!!!!! For real, it was so difficult to contain my happiness so that this woman didn't think (find out) i was some sort of crazy. April freakin vacation!! Are you kidding me?! I could seriously feel God smiling at me. I could've high five'ed him. So of course I said yes, and the date was set.
My next task was to make sure Luke would be ok with all of this, and not be freaked out or scared or anything. (man, this is becoming quite the long back story - sorry! I've never been good at summarizing!) We pumped up the surgery quite a bit. We just talked about how his Adenoids were what was making him feel sick and have a runny nose, how they'd give him medicine to take a little nap, and when he woke up the Adenoids would be gone... He thought that was all sounding pretty cool. The fact that his voice might be different was even more of a selling point for him. He actually began counting down the days to his surgery because he was so excited about it! Zach was a little concerned, asking Luke a few times, "are you sure you'll be ok?" but Luke couldn't be thrown off his happy course, responding "Yea, I'm brave."
The day came and even when I could feel myself getting a little on edge (day surgery or not - they're workin on my baby!!), and Luke was still really excited. (seriously, you would have thought we were going to Disney or something, lol) His Aunt Nicole surprised him by showing up at the Hospital for support, and she brought him a brand new blue Puffle. The doctor's gave him cool scrubs, a backpack, let him choose Root Beer scent for the laughing gas, gave him a wagon ride to the operating room... his day just kept getting better. If I can figure out how to get a few pictures on here I will. It was great. He really made me such a proud Momma!
So here's where the "you have to blog this" part comes in.
I decided that i'd be the one to go in the operating room with Luke. (For a few reasons, but mainly bc I'm a control freak and I needed to see him drift off safe & sound) They'd told Luke that the Root Beer smell would go away and then he'd smell something like furniture polish. Yummo. He seemed pretty ok with it. They layed him down, belted him to the table and a man was holding the mask on him with the Root Beer scent while Luke pretended to sleep (because he knew that was supposed to be the outcome). I held Luke's hand (mostly I guess for my own comfort, he barely held back). Then the man says that he's going to turn on the laughing gas. Well let me tell you - there was nothing funny happening after that!! Luke's eyes shot open wide all scared like, and he started squirming on the table. The man seemed to hold the mask on a little tighter, and Luke gripped my hand really tight. There was this other man, nice enough when we met him a few moments ago, but now he's "the story teller" so he's telling Luke a Star Wars story, talking all fast and getting into some technical talk about quadrants and all sorts of star wars jargon that was way over my head, let alone Luke's (just because his name's Luke, doesn't mean he knows about star wars!), and why was he telling the story so fast? It shot my anxiety up, so I could only imagine how my little drugged up Luke felt! All while rubbing the side of Luke head...
This all happened in a matter of seconds, then Luke's eyes slowly rolled to the back of his head (like he'd died) and the gas mask man was now holding his head up. He kept his head up, and said "Give him a kiss Mom". Well, I'd already started crying. I felt like I'd watched them hold down & kill my kid! Seriously, that's what it looked like, a really nice 'let's put you to sleep' killing. I had to pry his fingers off my hand even after he was asleep, to lean over & kiss him. (which made it seem even more like I was kissing him 'goodbye') I know, whatever, I'm a dramatic bawl bag!! It was seriously a scarring experience for me!!
Then, then (!), I had to leave the room. It took all I had to keep the cry from going to a full on shoulder sob. Plus, this man had to walk me back (a different man than the two that had "killed" my kid, thankfully). He was nice enough, but it was clearly an awkward walk, as i was trying to remind myself of what was really happening and to stop crying. It's freakin DAY surgery!
So, blah blah blah, surgery was very quick and went well. The end. ;)
No really, surgery went awesome! Luke woke up not even remembering the horrifying tragedy that I'd experienced. (he actually asked why it was taking so long to take his Adenoids out and was so surprised to find out they already had!) He was asking for a McDonald's Fish Filet within the half hour (to which he got a resounding NO! Then he threw up.).
The next morning we had an Easter Breakfast at church and I think Luke ate about 6 pancakes, at least 2 if not 3 cups of scrambled eggs, some sausage links, and anything else they were serving (x5).
Immediately we've seen the dark circles around his eyes go away, his voice is a little higher, and his nose hasn't run once since the surgery.
Can I say one more time that I love my pediatrician?!
Luke has had allergy problems for quite a few years now. His nose constantly runs (seriously - constantly), he's always had dark circles around his eyes, spoke just slightly nasally (is that a word?), mouth breathed... you get the point. He's seen an allergist, who had just given him adult meds, and more meds and different meds every time that I suggested that they didn't seem to have a noticeable effect on the problem. I had assumed that she'd have said something about hos tonsils or adenoids if she thought that may be a problem... but, i guess not. I finally asked his pediatrician if she thought that his tonsils or adenoids might be the cause of any of his ailments, and she immediately took note of the mouth breathing and sent us for an x-ray. (LOVE her!) A good pediatrician is better than chocolate. Even the good expensive chocolate. (sorry, she's not accepting new patients) I had a message on my machine before i even got home that day letting me know that his Tonsils seemed fine, but his Adenoids were "prominent" and a referral was sent to see an ENT specialist.
I was pretty excited about how quickly this was all coming together. If I'd had any clue how quickly it would really ALL come together soon enough.... I'd probably have pee'd myself! Well, or something... perhaps not have pee'd, lol. (That'd put a damper on things. Ha!!)
Just to give you a timeline, this was about early to mid March.
So, I called the ENT, and the receptionist said "I'll check for an appointment, but we're booked well past May." May, really? I might have an answer to finally help my poor runny nosed, foggy headed, allergy ridden child, and you're telling me we'll have to wait to even be seen until May?!?! (Luckily i just screamed that in my head, where only I can hear how much of an impatient crazy person I am.) ;) "Oh wait, we do have a cancellation on the 29 of this month." She says. Woohoo!! We'll take it! Any time! So off we go the 29th to meet with our new ENT Doctor. Once again I lucked out. She was so nice, spoke to both Luke & I, was psyched that his pediatrician had already done an X-ray to save her some time, and said "Well, those Adenoids have to come out." Simple as that. I was given a card with a number to call to get it set up, told to watch him sleeping for a few nights first, because if he had any kind of apnea they'd take the Tonsils too, and that was that!
From then on I'd joked about how great would be if I could get the Adenoids out during April vacation. But seriously... I was just happy that the ball seemed to be rolling as a steady pace without any road blocks. I couldn't expect them to act that quickly.
I watched Luke sleep for a few nights, and all was clear. No choking or anything, so the Tonsils would stay. Just Adenoid surgery is a shorter recovery time anyway (1day!), so we're pretty happy with that. So, I called the number on the card to make the appointment. "Does April 22nd work for you?" Hmm... that's GG's Birthday (she'll understand), Good Friday, two days before Easter, and APRIL VACATION!!!!!!!! For real, it was so difficult to contain my happiness so that this woman didn't think (find out) i was some sort of crazy. April freakin vacation!! Are you kidding me?! I could seriously feel God smiling at me. I could've high five'ed him. So of course I said yes, and the date was set.
My next task was to make sure Luke would be ok with all of this, and not be freaked out or scared or anything. (man, this is becoming quite the long back story - sorry! I've never been good at summarizing!) We pumped up the surgery quite a bit. We just talked about how his Adenoids were what was making him feel sick and have a runny nose, how they'd give him medicine to take a little nap, and when he woke up the Adenoids would be gone... He thought that was all sounding pretty cool. The fact that his voice might be different was even more of a selling point for him. He actually began counting down the days to his surgery because he was so excited about it! Zach was a little concerned, asking Luke a few times, "are you sure you'll be ok?" but Luke couldn't be thrown off his happy course, responding "Yea, I'm brave."
The day came and even when I could feel myself getting a little on edge (day surgery or not - they're workin on my baby!!), and Luke was still really excited. (seriously, you would have thought we were going to Disney or something, lol) His Aunt Nicole surprised him by showing up at the Hospital for support, and she brought him a brand new blue Puffle. The doctor's gave him cool scrubs, a backpack, let him choose Root Beer scent for the laughing gas, gave him a wagon ride to the operating room... his day just kept getting better. If I can figure out how to get a few pictures on here I will. It was great. He really made me such a proud Momma!
So here's where the "you have to blog this" part comes in.
I decided that i'd be the one to go in the operating room with Luke. (For a few reasons, but mainly bc I'm a control freak and I needed to see him drift off safe & sound) They'd told Luke that the Root Beer smell would go away and then he'd smell something like furniture polish. Yummo. He seemed pretty ok with it. They layed him down, belted him to the table and a man was holding the mask on him with the Root Beer scent while Luke pretended to sleep (because he knew that was supposed to be the outcome). I held Luke's hand (mostly I guess for my own comfort, he barely held back). Then the man says that he's going to turn on the laughing gas. Well let me tell you - there was nothing funny happening after that!! Luke's eyes shot open wide all scared like, and he started squirming on the table. The man seemed to hold the mask on a little tighter, and Luke gripped my hand really tight. There was this other man, nice enough when we met him a few moments ago, but now he's "the story teller" so he's telling Luke a Star Wars story, talking all fast and getting into some technical talk about quadrants and all sorts of star wars jargon that was way over my head, let alone Luke's (just because his name's Luke, doesn't mean he knows about star wars!), and why was he telling the story so fast? It shot my anxiety up, so I could only imagine how my little drugged up Luke felt! All while rubbing the side of Luke head...
This all happened in a matter of seconds, then Luke's eyes slowly rolled to the back of his head (like he'd died) and the gas mask man was now holding his head up. He kept his head up, and said "Give him a kiss Mom". Well, I'd already started crying. I felt like I'd watched them hold down & kill my kid! Seriously, that's what it looked like, a really nice 'let's put you to sleep' killing. I had to pry his fingers off my hand even after he was asleep, to lean over & kiss him. (which made it seem even more like I was kissing him 'goodbye') I know, whatever, I'm a dramatic bawl bag!! It was seriously a scarring experience for me!!
Then, then (!), I had to leave the room. It took all I had to keep the cry from going to a full on shoulder sob. Plus, this man had to walk me back (a different man than the two that had "killed" my kid, thankfully). He was nice enough, but it was clearly an awkward walk, as i was trying to remind myself of what was really happening and to stop crying. It's freakin DAY surgery!
So, blah blah blah, surgery was very quick and went well. The end. ;)
No really, surgery went awesome! Luke woke up not even remembering the horrifying tragedy that I'd experienced. (he actually asked why it was taking so long to take his Adenoids out and was so surprised to find out they already had!) He was asking for a McDonald's Fish Filet within the half hour (to which he got a resounding NO! Then he threw up.).
The next morning we had an Easter Breakfast at church and I think Luke ate about 6 pancakes, at least 2 if not 3 cups of scrambled eggs, some sausage links, and anything else they were serving (x5).
Immediately we've seen the dark circles around his eyes go away, his voice is a little higher, and his nose hasn't run once since the surgery.
Can I say one more time that I love my pediatrician?!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
So, it's been sort of quiet on the blog for a while - sorry! It takes some getting used to, remembering to write, having something worth writing about, not getting interrupted while writing... I can't see things changing anytime soon though.
So, what's been going on? Hmm.. well, in WW world i'm down 8.4lbs, so that's nice! I had made it up to 9.6, but then got overconfident and stopped tracking.... (which I'm still not doing - shame on me!). I've been promising myself to make it to the gym at least 4 days a week too - and excuses, excuses, I still haven't done that! I do go to Zumba at least once a week though. Looooove Zumba! It's helped me to realize exactly how UNcoordinated I am, shown me how I really look akwardly dancing in front of a full length mirror (Eeek!), and left me sweaty enough to gross even myself out, LOL, but I LOVE it!
So yea, now that I made Zumba sound super enticing - you should try it! ;)
I've also had some home renovations going on. We're actually right smack in the middle of quite a few things, and have even more plans. (Well, I have plans - hubbs hasn't exactly jumped on the 'let's do more' train quite yet!)
We're still in the middle of a year long attic renovation that will be the boys' new bedroom once it's done. That's been a work in progress for quite some time, but I'm really hoping to wrap it up soon & get them in there. I've got lots of growing boy tween themes for that room, plus, it'll give them soo much more room (to do activities!), the separate bed option they so desperately want (instead of bunk beds - no, they don't share a bed), a homework area, and a closet to DIE for. (Seriously, I'd give up my master bath for that closet, but hubbs says no!)
Can't wait until it's finished! Just need to grab some more drywall & get to mudding! (... mudding... the reason we've stalled for so long.... mudding's no fun)
Another in-progress project, is some trim painting throughout the house! A good friend pointed out that my stained wood trim was holding my house back from reaching it's awesome-ness potential. Duh! Why didn't I see that?! (Probably bc I didn't want to - we have a LOT of stained wood trim) I used a stripper on the window to get the varnish off so that I didn't have tons of sanding dust everywhere (work smarter - not harder!). I've painted two coats of primer and am debating on one more before two-three coats of a white satin paint. Saydee (our dog) often hops up on that window & I'm worried about her nails scratching up the paint. I think I'll first prime all the trim in the living room though, then I'll move on to painting them them all.
What a difference already on the bay window though! The light reflects off it, so it's brighter & my son commented that it looks like we bought a brand new window - WIN!
That idea, prompted me to consider painting my fireplace wall too. (Which scared good friend a little bit - but not me!). The fireplace was easier to get started - no sanding - so I got busy painting it white even before I'd started the window. (It was originally red bricks with random white and black 'painted' ones? I call it "the dirty look" for bricks, and I don't mind it at all on the outside of my home. I'm done with it on the inside!) The white instantly brightened up the room, made it look bigger and CLEAN!! I haven't done the inside, or the part on the floor yet (bc there's a wood stove sitting in & on), but I'm considering painting the inside black, and either the botton white, or we may put some slate over the bottom (another possible planned project). Once the painting part is finished I'm dying to get these custom ladder shelves built that I designed for the space at least 3 years ago. Those will be stained black, to break up the white a little bit and will hold our DVD's, videogame & cable boxes, some frames & books, and logs will store neatly in the bottom on slide out boot trays for the wood stove. I know, I'm a genius... sometimes I amaze even me! ;) LOL (note that custom shelving is yet another planned project for the hubbs - but he just has a few simple cuts to do - I'll do the staining!)
Now I really want to tally this up; exactly how many project are in progress and how may are in the planning stage?
In Progress:
1. Attic
2.Driveway
3.Side Yard
4.Trim Painting
5. Fireplace Painting
More To Come:
1.Custom Ladder Shelves
2.Walkway
3.Garden
4.Stone Patio
5.Pergola
6. Adding Shower to the Master Bath (almost forgot about that one!)
7.Linen Closet/Laundry Chute (great idea hubbs had... another day, another blog post)
...and really, tons more I think. LOL
(No wonder why Hubbs is ready to move us all far, far away to a house more complete!)
So, when my next blog post is how I'm 'sooo overwhelmed & just don't know what to do!', please remind me that I've totally brought this on myself so I should suck it up or cut it out!! ;) (just remind me super nicely, bc I cannot guarantee that my reaction will be immediate acceptance)
Well, clearly I've got too much to do to be sitting here writing about it! LOL
First I've got to figure out dinner, pick up niece, pick up Luke from his friend's house, make sure my lesson's ready & get these kids to AWANAS tonight (baptist version of CCD, for all that wonder)...
No projects today.
So, what's been going on? Hmm.. well, in WW world i'm down 8.4lbs, so that's nice! I had made it up to 9.6, but then got overconfident and stopped tracking.... (which I'm still not doing - shame on me!). I've been promising myself to make it to the gym at least 4 days a week too - and excuses, excuses, I still haven't done that! I do go to Zumba at least once a week though. Looooove Zumba! It's helped me to realize exactly how UNcoordinated I am, shown me how I really look akwardly dancing in front of a full length mirror (Eeek!), and left me sweaty enough to gross even myself out, LOL, but I LOVE it!
So yea, now that I made Zumba sound super enticing - you should try it! ;)
I've also had some home renovations going on. We're actually right smack in the middle of quite a few things, and have even more plans. (Well, I have plans - hubbs hasn't exactly jumped on the 'let's do more' train quite yet!)
We've recently widened our driveway and lined it with timbers. Two rows of 4 small cars can fit across now. Then probably two across the rest of the way down. We've just got to grab some small rocks to fill in the part that we widened & knock down the brick surround on the other side of the driveway & put timbers over there too so it matches.
Alongside the driveway widening, Hubbs cleared out the side yard too. It was a jungle before. We just didn't go near it, and squinted our eyes at it when we had to look, so that it would all blend and look fuzzy & green, and almost nice, (well, that's what I did) instead of the wide eyed reality of the climbing vines choking everything out, random trash the wind had swept in, old beer & hard liquor bottles that'd been there for longer than I'd been alive, it seemed... it was scary. That was the other side of the house. The side where only our dead leaves dared go.
Not anymore! Hubbs got in that Bobcat & just took it over! We cleared out the trash & bottles, he knocked down some trees and attacked those vines like nobody's business... It's all cleared out & wide open looking now. We just need to even it out a bit, plant some grass, get a good fire pit area going on over there, maybe even a tree house... (Shh! Hubbs hasn't exactly heard the tree house idea yet... I'm not sure he's ready for it!)
We also have more outdoor plans of a walkway to the front door, another garden area in the front yard, a stone patio in the backyard, & a custom Pergola over the stone patio.
We might be a little crazy, btw. (Who am I kidding?! ...might, lol.)
We're still in the middle of a year long attic renovation that will be the boys' new bedroom once it's done. That's been a work in progress for quite some time, but I'm really hoping to wrap it up soon & get them in there. I've got lots of growing boy tween themes for that room, plus, it'll give them soo much more room (to do activities!), the separate bed option they so desperately want (instead of bunk beds - no, they don't share a bed), a homework area, and a closet to DIE for. (Seriously, I'd give up my master bath for that closet, but hubbs says no!)
Can't wait until it's finished! Just need to grab some more drywall & get to mudding! (... mudding... the reason we've stalled for so long.... mudding's no fun)
Another in-progress project, is some trim painting throughout the house! A good friend pointed out that my stained wood trim was holding my house back from reaching it's awesome-ness potential. Duh! Why didn't I see that?! (Probably bc I didn't want to - we have a LOT of stained wood trim) I used a stripper on the window to get the varnish off so that I didn't have tons of sanding dust everywhere (work smarter - not harder!). I've painted two coats of primer and am debating on one more before two-three coats of a white satin paint. Saydee (our dog) often hops up on that window & I'm worried about her nails scratching up the paint. I think I'll first prime all the trim in the living room though, then I'll move on to painting them them all.
What a difference already on the bay window though! The light reflects off it, so it's brighter & my son commented that it looks like we bought a brand new window - WIN!
That idea, prompted me to consider painting my fireplace wall too. (Which scared good friend a little bit - but not me!). The fireplace was easier to get started - no sanding - so I got busy painting it white even before I'd started the window. (It was originally red bricks with random white and black 'painted' ones? I call it "the dirty look" for bricks, and I don't mind it at all on the outside of my home. I'm done with it on the inside!) The white instantly brightened up the room, made it look bigger and CLEAN!! I haven't done the inside, or the part on the floor yet (bc there's a wood stove sitting in & on), but I'm considering painting the inside black, and either the botton white, or we may put some slate over the bottom (another possible planned project). Once the painting part is finished I'm dying to get these custom ladder shelves built that I designed for the space at least 3 years ago. Those will be stained black, to break up the white a little bit and will hold our DVD's, videogame & cable boxes, some frames & books, and logs will store neatly in the bottom on slide out boot trays for the wood stove. I know, I'm a genius... sometimes I amaze even me! ;) LOL (note that custom shelving is yet another planned project for the hubbs - but he just has a few simple cuts to do - I'll do the staining!)
Now I really want to tally this up; exactly how many project are in progress and how may are in the planning stage?
In Progress:
1. Attic
2.Driveway
3.Side Yard
4.Trim Painting
5. Fireplace Painting
More To Come:
1.Custom Ladder Shelves
2.Walkway
3.Garden
4.Stone Patio
5.Pergola
6. Adding Shower to the Master Bath (almost forgot about that one!)
7.Linen Closet/Laundry Chute (great idea hubbs had... another day, another blog post)
...and really, tons more I think. LOL
(No wonder why Hubbs is ready to move us all far, far away to a house more complete!)
So, when my next blog post is how I'm 'sooo overwhelmed & just don't know what to do!', please remind me that I've totally brought this on myself so I should suck it up or cut it out!! ;) (just remind me super nicely, bc I cannot guarantee that my reaction will be immediate acceptance)
Well, clearly I've got too much to do to be sitting here writing about it! LOL
First I've got to figure out dinner, pick up niece, pick up Luke from his friend's house, make sure my lesson's ready & get these kids to AWANAS tonight (baptist version of CCD, for all that wonder)...
No projects today.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Change is good. Right?
So I'll start off with the news of my first official weigh in; I'm down .8lbs.
Not 8lbs. Point 8. I was actually surprised to have lost anything, so I'll take it. It was sort of a tough week trying to adjust to the whole points thing, be starving, workout.... plus I had a visitor during weigh-in, lol. That's as much as I'm going to say about that! All excuses aside, I fully expected to lose nothing the first week. So, although .8 is very close to nothing, it's still something! So Yayy!
More on weight loss; this website i like, http://groopdealz.com, is running a great special on HCG Thin Solution (50% off!). I've known of three people who've been on the HCG diet and lost a substantial amount of weight. HCG is taken orally under your tongue. It's a hormone that your body naturally produces when your pregnant to make sure proper nutrients get to the developing baby. So, this stuff somehow convinces your body to supply itself with a constant flow of food received from your body fat. If you follow this diet and take the supplements, you could lose up to 1-2lbs a day. Check out more info on http://hcgthinsolution.com.
I'm sort of thinking of getting in on this deal. I can probably still count my points and take the HCG, right? I go to the WW meetings though, so I'm a little afraid that if I start losing a good amount of weight, and they ask how, I'm going to mention the HCG, and they'll probably frown on that i think... I don't want to throw they're weight counts off or whatever. This HCG stuff is expensive though, and that's the main reason I chose WW. Now with this deal, it's not so expensive anymore (just $40 for 40 days worth now). Hmm... decisions decisions!!
What else is new....
Well, my husband and I have been trying to downsize & minimize. So that's been fun, lol. Seriously though, we need to. Who wants to pay extra for anything? Not I. Not we. Thus far, his job has been stable, in a pretty unstable economy. What if we HAD to downsize? It's got to be easier to want to downsize, rather than having no choice but to do so. So here we are. Maybe if (when) that day comes where we have to, we'll have already done it. Booya!
We also signed Mackenzie up for preschool this past weekend. She'll start in September and is SUPER excited! She'll be going two days a week from 9-1 (allowing for some awesome gym time for me!). As much as I'm sad that she's in such a rush to grow up, I'm not sad about preschool. She's with me ALL the time! She needs to be able to establish her own identity & she's going to learn some great things in this school. Plus, they take pictures of nearly every moment! =)
Speaking of being in a rush to grow up;
I walked by the boys' room the other day unnoticed. I decided to take that opportunity to be sort of a creepy mom stalker & just watch them for a little bit. They're nearly 10, so I don't get these opportunities often. Zach was playing on his PSP, and Luke seemed to be walking around trying to decide what he wanted to do. They're both skinny, but Luke's on the skinnier side, as loss of appetite was a side effect of his medication. (We've recently switched bc of that) So, I'm watching Luke. His pants are a little baggy on him, just barely catching on his waist... He's had a recent growth spurt too, so he's this skinny little beanpole with short blonde hair. He's thinking about something, so his tongue's out & up to the side, lol. I get this quick little flash, almost like a deja vu, of a boy I went to school with in third grade. Luke & flashback boy looked so similar right then, it was strange. My son was reminding me of someone in my own childhood. It just made me smile. He's grown up so quickly. They both have. 10 years is a long time, but in terms of your children, it seems as if it was all just such a short time ago. I'm sure that'll never change. I'm sure 20 years will soon seem like a short time ago too. (Eeek!)
So now Luke sees me standing in his doorway and he looks at me a big goofy tooth grin; "Mom, what are you doing?"
"Just being creepy"
Zach laughs from behind his game.
Change is constant. Might as well try to make it good too.
Not 8lbs. Point 8. I was actually surprised to have lost anything, so I'll take it. It was sort of a tough week trying to adjust to the whole points thing, be starving, workout.... plus I had a visitor during weigh-in, lol. That's as much as I'm going to say about that! All excuses aside, I fully expected to lose nothing the first week. So, although .8 is very close to nothing, it's still something! So Yayy!
More on weight loss; this website i like, http://groopdealz.com, is running a great special on HCG Thin Solution (50% off!). I've known of three people who've been on the HCG diet and lost a substantial amount of weight. HCG is taken orally under your tongue. It's a hormone that your body naturally produces when your pregnant to make sure proper nutrients get to the developing baby. So, this stuff somehow convinces your body to supply itself with a constant flow of food received from your body fat. If you follow this diet and take the supplements, you could lose up to 1-2lbs a day. Check out more info on http://hcgthinsolution.com.
I'm sort of thinking of getting in on this deal. I can probably still count my points and take the HCG, right? I go to the WW meetings though, so I'm a little afraid that if I start losing a good amount of weight, and they ask how, I'm going to mention the HCG, and they'll probably frown on that i think... I don't want to throw they're weight counts off or whatever. This HCG stuff is expensive though, and that's the main reason I chose WW. Now with this deal, it's not so expensive anymore (just $40 for 40 days worth now). Hmm... decisions decisions!!
What else is new....
Well, my husband and I have been trying to downsize & minimize. So that's been fun, lol. Seriously though, we need to. Who wants to pay extra for anything? Not I. Not we. Thus far, his job has been stable, in a pretty unstable economy. What if we HAD to downsize? It's got to be easier to want to downsize, rather than having no choice but to do so. So here we are. Maybe if (when) that day comes where we have to, we'll have already done it. Booya!
We also signed Mackenzie up for preschool this past weekend. She'll start in September and is SUPER excited! She'll be going two days a week from 9-1 (allowing for some awesome gym time for me!). As much as I'm sad that she's in such a rush to grow up, I'm not sad about preschool. She's with me ALL the time! She needs to be able to establish her own identity & she's going to learn some great things in this school. Plus, they take pictures of nearly every moment! =)
Speaking of being in a rush to grow up;
I walked by the boys' room the other day unnoticed. I decided to take that opportunity to be sort of a creepy mom stalker & just watch them for a little bit. They're nearly 10, so I don't get these opportunities often. Zach was playing on his PSP, and Luke seemed to be walking around trying to decide what he wanted to do. They're both skinny, but Luke's on the skinnier side, as loss of appetite was a side effect of his medication. (We've recently switched bc of that) So, I'm watching Luke. His pants are a little baggy on him, just barely catching on his waist... He's had a recent growth spurt too, so he's this skinny little beanpole with short blonde hair. He's thinking about something, so his tongue's out & up to the side, lol. I get this quick little flash, almost like a deja vu, of a boy I went to school with in third grade. Luke & flashback boy looked so similar right then, it was strange. My son was reminding me of someone in my own childhood. It just made me smile. He's grown up so quickly. They both have. 10 years is a long time, but in terms of your children, it seems as if it was all just such a short time ago. I'm sure that'll never change. I'm sure 20 years will soon seem like a short time ago too. (Eeek!)
So now Luke sees me standing in his doorway and he looks at me a big goofy tooth grin; "Mom, what are you doing?"
"Just being creepy"
Zach laughs from behind his game.
Change is constant. Might as well try to make it good too.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The road to a thinner [hungrier] me!
It's 10pm, I'm on day TWO..... yup, just day two of the weight watchers diet.
I. AM. HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!
All I could think of today was how many points everything was going cost me, which I guess is good, (right?) That it was on my mind? But seriously?!?! I'm totally new at this. I've never tried counting points, or really even dieting, for that matter. I don't think I like it! (I know, I know... insert "Whaaaaa!" here! - & YES, I'd also LOVE some cheese w/ that w(h)ine, but I'd have to check how many points that'll cost me first!!!!!)
I don't think I'm even a very big foodie... The limiting of the foods may really be my main problem. I've never thought of food so much in my life as I have these past two days. The very mention of a burger (with blue cheese dressing and fries, btw) made my stomach cry out and I really nearly drooled. I could almost taste it. Maybe I am a foodie.
Damn!
So yea.... Yayyy for day three!! So excited!! [insert eye roll here]
Seriously though, as much I'm not loving this, I'm also NOT lovin on that 'muffin top' even more! That's right, I said it! (also said muffin - which doesn't help the hunger...) I'm determined to really do something about it.
I got a little courageous and went to a Zumba class [by my lonesome] yesterday & LOVED IT! It was so much more fun than I ever imagined I could have while sweaty, breathless, and panting!! (Besides that! Stay with me here!) I can't wait to do it again!
For now though, I better get to bed...
I just sat here imagining what there might be in the fridge that's anywhere from 0-2 points for the last 5 minutes!
I think Weight Watchers should be more like AA: I need a sponsor to call when I'm hungry!!
I guess technically I have one; a close friend of mine is doing this with me. I'm pretty sure though, that if I called her right now, she'd say how hungry she was too. We compared points and hunger levels earlier.
So yea, for all the millions out there reading this; [lol]
I need whatever support & helpful tips you can offer!
Thaaaanks!
I. AM. HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!
All I could think of today was how many points everything was going cost me, which I guess is good, (right?) That it was on my mind? But seriously?!?! I'm totally new at this. I've never tried counting points, or really even dieting, for that matter. I don't think I like it! (I know, I know... insert "Whaaaaa!" here! - & YES, I'd also LOVE some cheese w/ that w(h)ine, but I'd have to check how many points that'll cost me first!!!!!)
I don't think I'm even a very big foodie... The limiting of the foods may really be my main problem. I've never thought of food so much in my life as I have these past two days. The very mention of a burger (with blue cheese dressing and fries, btw) made my stomach cry out and I really nearly drooled. I could almost taste it. Maybe I am a foodie.
Damn!
So yea.... Yayyy for day three!! So excited!! [insert eye roll here]
Seriously though, as much I'm not loving this, I'm also NOT lovin on that 'muffin top' even more! That's right, I said it! (also said muffin - which doesn't help the hunger...) I'm determined to really do something about it.
I got a little courageous and went to a Zumba class [by my lonesome] yesterday & LOVED IT! It was so much more fun than I ever imagined I could have while sweaty, breathless, and panting!! (Besides that! Stay with me here!) I can't wait to do it again!
For now though, I better get to bed...
I just sat here imagining what there might be in the fridge that's anywhere from 0-2 points for the last 5 minutes!
I think Weight Watchers should be more like AA: I need a sponsor to call when I'm hungry!!
I guess technically I have one; a close friend of mine is doing this with me. I'm pretty sure though, that if I called her right now, she'd say how hungry she was too. We compared points and hunger levels earlier.
So yea, for all the millions out there reading this; [lol]
I need whatever support & helpful tips you can offer!
Thaaaanks!
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