I've been a little lackluster with blogging. I feel so boring, like nothing ever happens. My life feels very mundane. I'm mostly okay with that, but it feels like all I do is work, eat, and sleep. I mean, just last night I came home, made supper, had a little sore throat, finished a book, and promptly passed out at about 8 pm. I mean, come on, I'm not even 30 years old. Ugh. Anyway, here are some updates.
*My school has conferences tomorrow and Friday. I hate conferences. Parents intimidate me. I know that's silly, because really, I see us as a team in which all parties want the child involved to succeed. But I really think I need some tranquilizers. Blech. I like fall conferences much better. They seem much more positive.
*I haven't been doing well working out this past week. But the thing is that I lose weight when I DON'T workout. Maybe I've built muscle so that when I'm resting, I burn more calories or something? I have no idea.
*I'm very thankful that my mom is safe. She lives about 50 miles away from all the major flooding in the Fargo-Moorhead area, and on top of that, she's on the top of a hill kind of, so the water flows away from the house. There's no guarantee that the basement won't get wet, but at least she's not going to have to throw on the life vest and make a swim for it.
*I love American Idol this season! Everyone is SOOOO good! Danny is awesome! And I like Adam, too. Oooooh...and Matt Giraud. Totally. Lovin' the Motown.
*It can stop snowing ANY time now.
*I'm going to get ready to head to the gym. We'll make it light tonight. I have to get up at the butt-crack tomorrow because I'm sure the roads are going to be crappy.
Take care, dear friends.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
I So Buff!
So about a month ago, we got a little email in our inboxes at school about memberships at Anytime Fitness. We get like a $4/month discount, and we didn't have to pay for the registration fee, either. If someone else signs up with me, its even cheaper (so I've got to get on that).
Anyway, so I've been going on a fairly regular basis. Well, in between the sinus infections anyway. When I go, I usually do the treadmill or the recumbent bike for at least half an hour. Today, for instance, I went on the treadmill for 45 minutes. I was at about a 2.5-3.0 miles per hour pace, and I set the treadmill at a 4-5% grade. At the end of the 45 minutes, the treadmill said that I burned about 460 calories. After that, I worked on arms. That's about all I ever really do, because I figure that hauling my huge butt on the treadmill at that grade for that amount of time does the business of a leg workout. So I do arms most days.
I can tell a difference. I really haven't lost much weight, but when I went to the doctor last week my resting pulse was 78, which is pretty good for someone as tubby as I am. My pants are getting loose again, in all areas. My thighs aren't as tight, and my dress pants are getting loose in the waist area.
I'm going to keep with it. I'm trying to change my eating habits, little by little, but that's the hardest part. I'm also trying to get my blood sugars under control. That reminds me, I need to go take my meds. I don't know that my body is used to the change in medications yet, because I'm still running pretty high. No headaches though, so that's good.
I think I'm on the right track. It's going to take time. It sure didn't take me a month to put all this weight on, and its not going to take me a month to take it off. I'm trying to be as healthy as I can, and I guess that's the main point of all of this.
Anyway, so I've been going on a fairly regular basis. Well, in between the sinus infections anyway. When I go, I usually do the treadmill or the recumbent bike for at least half an hour. Today, for instance, I went on the treadmill for 45 minutes. I was at about a 2.5-3.0 miles per hour pace, and I set the treadmill at a 4-5% grade. At the end of the 45 minutes, the treadmill said that I burned about 460 calories. After that, I worked on arms. That's about all I ever really do, because I figure that hauling my huge butt on the treadmill at that grade for that amount of time does the business of a leg workout. So I do arms most days.
I can tell a difference. I really haven't lost much weight, but when I went to the doctor last week my resting pulse was 78, which is pretty good for someone as tubby as I am. My pants are getting loose again, in all areas. My thighs aren't as tight, and my dress pants are getting loose in the waist area.
I'm going to keep with it. I'm trying to change my eating habits, little by little, but that's the hardest part. I'm also trying to get my blood sugars under control. That reminds me, I need to go take my meds. I don't know that my body is used to the change in medications yet, because I'm still running pretty high. No headaches though, so that's good.
I think I'm on the right track. It's going to take time. It sure didn't take me a month to put all this weight on, and its not going to take me a month to take it off. I'm trying to be as healthy as I can, and I guess that's the main point of all of this.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Craziness
Sorry it's been so long. Life, you know?
Two weeks ago I was sick again...I had another stupid sinus infection and had to be away from work for two days. It's so much more work to be gone than to actually go to work, but unfortunately there was just no way I could tolerate it. My kids couldn't hear me, and there was no way I could talk for that many hours.
I had a two doctor's appointments this week. The first was with the ob/gyn. I had a follow up to that Lupron-Depot hormone shot I had in January. The whole purpose of the shot was to determine if I had endometreosis or not. I'd been having tons of pain, and there really was no explaination for it. So we tried the shot. Pain gone. Diagnosis of PROBABLE endometreosis. So then we had to decide what to do. The shot is close to $1000 for three months of treatment. We've been married for almost three years, and Ryan's been very handy with the finances, so, instead of continuing with the treatment of the endometreosis, we've decided that we can try for a baby. The doctor wanted me to take these pills to reverse the hormones in the shot, but we're just going to wait for the shot to wear off and let nature take its course. We'll keep you updated, obviously.
The other appointment was with my new family doctor. We went over my blood work and adjusted my meds. And I'm hoping that the alternate meds will do two things: save us nearly $100 a month, and get the bloodwork a little more under control (its not HORRIBLE, it just could be better).
Oh. And the adoring public will be happy to know that I get to go to the dentist on Monday. You know that I love doing that (he's cute!).
Over the next few weeks I need to get my Master's degree done. I need to redo two things, and I should be done. That will do two things: allow me to get bumped up on the pay scale, and renew my Minnesota teaching license. It's on the list. I'm also taking a math class through my district for graduate credit. Go Marce!
I suppose I should go to sleep. I went with Ryan today to Utah on his route and I'm whipped. And he's in bed, too. And I'm totally roasting. Blech.
Take care, all!
Two weeks ago I was sick again...I had another stupid sinus infection and had to be away from work for two days. It's so much more work to be gone than to actually go to work, but unfortunately there was just no way I could tolerate it. My kids couldn't hear me, and there was no way I could talk for that many hours.
I had a two doctor's appointments this week. The first was with the ob/gyn. I had a follow up to that Lupron-Depot hormone shot I had in January. The whole purpose of the shot was to determine if I had endometreosis or not. I'd been having tons of pain, and there really was no explaination for it. So we tried the shot. Pain gone. Diagnosis of PROBABLE endometreosis. So then we had to decide what to do. The shot is close to $1000 for three months of treatment. We've been married for almost three years, and Ryan's been very handy with the finances, so, instead of continuing with the treatment of the endometreosis, we've decided that we can try for a baby. The doctor wanted me to take these pills to reverse the hormones in the shot, but we're just going to wait for the shot to wear off and let nature take its course. We'll keep you updated, obviously.
The other appointment was with my new family doctor. We went over my blood work and adjusted my meds. And I'm hoping that the alternate meds will do two things: save us nearly $100 a month, and get the bloodwork a little more under control (its not HORRIBLE, it just could be better).
Oh. And the adoring public will be happy to know that I get to go to the dentist on Monday. You know that I love doing that (he's cute!).
Over the next few weeks I need to get my Master's degree done. I need to redo two things, and I should be done. That will do two things: allow me to get bumped up on the pay scale, and renew my Minnesota teaching license. It's on the list. I'm also taking a math class through my district for graduate credit. Go Marce!
I suppose I should go to sleep. I went with Ryan today to Utah on his route and I'm whipped. And he's in bed, too. And I'm totally roasting. Blech.
Take care, all!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Just One Word
This week I was reminded how much the words that we utter really do affect those around us.
It takes one ten-second conversation to ruin or damage a relationship. And that's it. I guess this situation I was in last week really made me think about the things I say to people. How many times a day do I go chipping away at the relationships I've built with my co-workers and students, not to mention my family, with my sarcasm, anger, or unwillingness to just have a simple conversation? Probably hundreds.
I need to stop and think about what I say before I say it. Shutting up is one of the best things I can do. I think at work, I just need to shut up and stay in my room. I'm excited for tomorrow, though. We are having our town's K-9 officer come in to visit our kids. It will be so fun!
It takes one ten-second conversation to ruin or damage a relationship. And that's it. I guess this situation I was in last week really made me think about the things I say to people. How many times a day do I go chipping away at the relationships I've built with my co-workers and students, not to mention my family, with my sarcasm, anger, or unwillingness to just have a simple conversation? Probably hundreds.
I need to stop and think about what I say before I say it. Shutting up is one of the best things I can do. I think at work, I just need to shut up and stay in my room. I'm excited for tomorrow, though. We are having our town's K-9 officer come in to visit our kids. It will be so fun!
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