Easter officially ruined my diet for the day. Tomorrow I am back to my diet and gonna stick with it. It was great to be home this weekend. I loved spending time with everyone and the compliments on my figure were also quite nice :) haha it just encourages me to continue what I'm doing. I'm proud of myself (not today, today im feelin way guily for the candy lol) and I want to continue to live this way and to get to my goal weight (not going to stop there though, going to keep that weight). It is going to happen no matter what. Thyroid or no thyroid I'm going to get over this hurdle and look the way I want to look and feel the way I want to feel.

The plan for this week is to go to the gym every week day and to really go for it, work really hard. I'm hoping I don't kill myself in the process. lol.

Victoria's Secret Bikini Here I Come!!

Fe

Yesterday ended up being too busy to get to the gym but I already made it there today :) It was a good workout, I'm able to run longer than I have been and able to put a heavier weight on the machines. It feels great because I know that is an improvement and that is showing results whether my body is showing them that much or not.
I get to go home to visit my family today, so I'm excited! I haven't seen them in a long while. I'm also hoping to be able to see my friend that I NEVER get to see (Alex....) It should be a great weekend. Hopefully I'll get a good workout in over this weekend too and not eat too much candy from Easter.
When I hit the scale in the next few days I'm hoping to see my weight go down. That would be a good Easter gift.

Have a great holiday weekend!

Fe

Alright, today was pretty uneventful. Dishes, homework, and the gym are all that really happened. I went to the gym by myself today :( hopefully  my doctor appt. tomorrow doesn't take too long so I'm able to go to the gym before work with my friend. it'll be a squeeze if I am able to go but i'm really hoping so.

Yesterday was a major win though. After my workout I found out I got an interview for a co-op position! It's not even close to a done deal but it's an actual chance at a position so I'm psyched!

Not too much goin on here, so this is so short.
(i feel like I'm writing a note to a friend in middle school)

Fe

Alright so today is pretty jam packed. I'm suprised I have time to write this right now. Maybe it is because I should be studying. Another hour of studying and I'm off the the gym with my friend. I not really fellin it so I really need her motivation (yelling) today. It nice to have someone there to help (kill me!) along the way. Then I've gotta study some more and head to actually take the test. Prayers are so welcome right now. Stats is so hard, especially when it is a night class, I just can't pay as much attention, especially not for 3.5 hours. No, thank you! So I'm gonna get back to studying and then hit the gym.

Just love busy days :-/

Fe

Today I had a great workout :) I'm acutally enjoying the gym and I feel like I'm accomplishing something. I wish results would be seen sooner but I know in the end I'm going to be satisfied. I plan on going to the gym M-Th this week and upping it every time I go. today I ran the furthest and longest I ever have today so that makes me happy but I need to keep that up all week.

This week is going to be a little crazy though between the gym, work, school, doctor appt, and trying to have some kind of down time. But the end of the week will be great. I finally get to see my finally after 1 month of being away from home, plus it is Easter. And 1 week from today I will have Chiptole! for the first time in 40 days by then. So getting through this week will be rewarded.

Let's all just have a good week :)

Fe

Let's Hope For Another One

Yesterday turned out really well. Thanks to my friend for the motivation at the gym. The sun was amazing yesterday. When I wasnt doing homework or in class or the gym I was outside, it was great.

Today I'm going back, following through! I actually get excited to go to the gym. I've got class really soon so I cant write much. I am hoping for another good day. The rain needs to hold off until tonight and let me have another wonderful day outside :)

Have a great day and hopefully you can get motivated as well.

Fe

RIP Thyroid

Wow, okay I know it has been a little while since I wrote on here. I've just been so sick and so busy. But today, is seeming to be a pretty good day. I got a B on both of my tests so far from this week, I'm finally well enough to go back to the gym!, and It has been a year since my thyroid surgery. So I've lasted a  year without that stupid gland and I think I'm doing pretty well. It is a beautiful day out and I'm going to the gym in a few hours with a friend. I'm just super motivated right now and as long as my body permits I'll be going to the gym very often, as much as I possibly can, even on days when I dont want to I'm going to go. I'm a week behind now and need to make up for lost time.  I've only got 6 weeks until my "deadline" so I need to put in some major work at the gym and with my eating, which I never stopped on even through my illness. I just really want that bikini and really want to look how I want to look in it. Well, I'm going to enjoy the rest of this day and I hope you do the same.

P.S. RIP Thyroid, I'm better off without you

P.S. #2 Thanks Mom and Dad for the Edible Arangment! I love you!
-Fe

Motivated!

I'm so motivated right now that I wish I could just get up and go to the gym. But that's not going to happen. I'm way too sick to do pretty much anything. I couldn't go to work today, which I feel awful about, but they wouldn't have been very happy with my tissues and raspy voice.

The reason I'm so motivated right now is because I'm watching Shedding for the Wedding. Seeing these couples work so hard and showing so much progress makes me want to do the same. I really want to lose the weight and feel good about the way I look. Plus, I really want that victoria's secret bikini! haha. I want to feel healthy though, too. I want to be able to walk to my classes and never get out of breath and not feel tired as often.

I need to feel better by Monday so I can get back to working out. I feel great (usually, unless I'm sick) after I work out so I really want to go.

Let's hope I keep this motivation and hope I feel better by then. I only have about 7 weeks to go so I really need work hard to get the results I want. Help keep me motivated!

Fe

Oops..

So I'm still sick but I managed to get to school AND the gym today. I was excited to feel well enough to get to the gym but as soon as I started I knew it was a mistake. My energy level is like at a 50% right now which I only realized once I couldnt run for about half the time I usually can. So maybe I was a little too eager to get to the gym, but I need the workout.

So as for my thyroid I can't tell if my levels are high but they seem to be. My hearts been racing easier lately and I've been a little jumpy. Depressed feeling is pretty much gone. I am hot almost all the time now. But these could all be from being sick too. So I think if I'm feeling this way tomorrow, it's time for the doctor.

Hopefully I'll feel better and be able to get to the gym and stay that way.

Fe

Wasted Day

So today was a total waste. I'm more sick than I was yesterday. I made it to class but could barely focus. I got tired just from walking to class so there was no gym for my today either. I'm really hoping to feel better tomorrow so I can make it to the gym or at least get some exercise. I feel extremely lazy on top of feeling so sick. My motivation level is way down too because I just want to lay around all day and get rid of this sickness. I would feel so much better if I could take some Niquil but because of my thyroid meds I'm unable to do so, which in turn makes for a terrible night's sleep. I know I'm complaining a lot which is terrible, but yet another side effect of hypothyroidism, being moody :) It's great. I'm just hoping for a better day tomorrow.

-Fe

oh yeah...

I totally forget to mention:

Deadline for this whole thing is May 27th so I have a little under 2 months and the reward at the end of all of this is a Victoria's Secret Bikini, which my friend is going to do too :) It's good to have a "buddy" while working out.

 I feel super lazy from not working out today but I ate healthy so atleast I did that, I guess. Tomorrow I am going to the gym even if I feel sick, because I'll feel so much  better after I go.

Time to chill for the night with my boy :)

-Fe

Another Try

Hey guys! For years I have been saying that I will eat healthier and I will work out. Yesterday began the millionth try to do this. It would have been easier to do in the past but now it's not going to be very easy. Normally if you work out and eat right youre going to probably lose weight, right? Well since September 2009 my body decided it didn't want to be normal any more.

I decided it was finally time to get my tonsils out after years of strep throat. Now I think  I would have been better off with the strep throat. It was the worst 3 weeks ever! I was so sick and could barely move. It was taking so long for me to recover and I was so sick that my mom took me to the doctor. After an ultrasound to my neck, a biopsy of the nodule they found in my thyroid, and a trip to the endocrinologist, I was diagnosed with Graves' Disease and Hashimoto's Disease (hypo and hyper thyroidism) which meant that after some time I would need to get my thyroid out and permanently be hypothyroid and need medication. After 6 months of more feeling like crap I decided to take spring quarter off and have the surgery.

Now it has almost been a year since the surgery and about a month ago my thyroid levels were finally near normal. But that doesn't make it much easier. It is still very difficult to lose weight with hypothyroidism.

Yesterday began this "get fit" journey. I worked out and I ate healthy. It is difficult to keep the motivation though. Today I'm sick and can't go to the gym but tomorrow I need to be back at it. This blog is basically to follow me through this and hopefully keep me motivated to do this.

Follow me through this journey and hopefully if you're hypothyroid or just having trouble losing weight this will help you some. I'm hoping that working out and eating right will do me some good.

Thanks :)
Fe