Well I finally got a little scale love today. woot, woot! I am almost back to where I was a week or so ago before 3 pounds mysteriously appeared, for no good cause. Now if it would just keep going down 3 pounds a day for the next week… I’d call it good! Alas, I am sure that’s not gonna happen :) I did well on the food yesterday, but it seemed like I was eating ALL day long. I was so hungry! That seems to always happen to me when I don’t work out mid morning. Good thing I have boot camp today, so no worries there. I think my son is well enough to go… he hasn’t been coughing or running a fever and he is running around like usual. I hope this doesn’t make him feel worse. It is foggy and damp outside. We don’t have to leave for 30 minutes, so maybe it will clear up a little before then.

A few years ago I was diagnosed with Sjogren’s. I got really, really sick on a trip and went to an ER somewhere in Kansas after a few days of torture (we were road tripping from North Carolina to St Louis and then home to Oklahoma). My salivary glands were so swollen I couldn’t eat or drink. I looked like a bull frog. The ER told me to go home and see my regular doc. So, I did and they ran tests and sent me to a rheumatologist and decided it was Sjogren’s. And they gave me 5 bazillion pills to take, and steroid shots (which helped to add some weight), and I did not like it. I have no genetic predisposition to this disease, I don’t fit the demographics for it, and I don’t want it! So, I did research and decided I had the mumps, as there was an outbreak in Boston and I had flown through there, plus I was allergic to the MMR vaccine as a baby, so I only had 1/2 of 1 dose, and you should have 3. So I stopped all off the medicine and I haven’t taken anything or had any problems… til recently. One of the characteristics of Sjogren’s is dry everything, and I have that. My eyes are gritty and hurt when I try to read at night. I wake up in the middle of the night with my mouth so dry my tongue is stuck to the top. And I am tired, and achy. And I do not want to have this stupid disease. Grrrrrr Hubby was really upset when I stopped taking the medicine, but when I stayed ok for so long he relented. Now he is bugging the crap out of me to go to the doc. We’ll see. I need to do more research. Anyone familiar with Sjogren’s? It’s in the same family as Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis, and has a lot of the same symptoms.

In other news, I have a ton of overly ripe bananas, as I am cutting them from breakfast, so I am going to make a homemade banana pudding. No jello! Ick! It’s an old recipe and YUMMY! I’m going to lighten it up a little bit, but not too much. :)

Happy Wednesday, chickies!
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Well, I have another 53 minutes knocked off the SB challenge, and let me just tell you… it was HARD earned! Bootcamp was crazy this morning, and I am so glad I went. My HR got up to 197. Is that even possible? It was sprint and squat day apparently. I am worn out. Thank goodness today is Wednesday. The boys get out of school early so I am going to take a bath and do nothing this afternoon! I’m getting another Big Love dvd from Netflix today, so it must be fate. :) I am so addicted to that show. I’m almost done with season 1. I am going to try to ride the bike (after adjusting the seat!) for a little bit tonight. Maybe half an hour or so. I don’t watch tv tonight, but I can bring my dvd downstairs ;-)

I’m going to try to make a tofu stirfry for dinner tonight. I need to run to the farmers market and get some more veggies. I also need to look up a recipe. I have never used tofu before. I have eaten it, just not coked it myself. We’re trying to incorporate more vegetarian meals into our diet, so I guess I’ll learn. I bought smooth (maybe put it into a soup? not sure yet) and extra firm (for tonight). I’ll let you know.