Alison Why don't you go ahead and change your stats? Might be even more motivating!
Pat Send me your "husband training" manual please! He sure sounds like a keeper!
We went to the show last night and it was a real disappointment. One of the characters from the TV show (Trailer Park Boys) is called Bubbles, and he was funny, played the guiter and sang, and just carried the show. The other highlight was when Alex Lifeson (guitarist for Rush) came onstage and joined Bubbles for a song.
Alex is a Canadian icon. And a really nice guy. Hometown boy, from Toronto. My DH was ready to bolt until he showed up.
I came home and went straight to bed. DH offered me wine, cheese, olives and late night TV but I passed. I want to get a strength workout in this morning before going to work so couldn't stay up 'til the wee hours with him.
My body stubbornly wakes up at around 4:45 a.m. no matter how late I go to bed. And I have a new client interview this afternoon so I wanted to not appear all bleary for that.
I forgot that you are an intellectual and enjoy words such as :fluorodeoxyglucose,supraclavicular lymphadenopathy and
morphologically and of course anatomic correlation. I trust that none of these are dirty words.
The rest of us nonintellectuals will settle for "better".
Bargoo, that's incredible news!! You must feel so great about those results (no matter the terms).
Meg, you ruined my whole thing about gaining weight over the holidays because of my thyroid, dang you! It's certainly counterintuitive that the low number means hyperthyroid.
Was talking to someone at church last night who is fit and trim and shorter than I am, but obviously thinner. She mentioned that she'd just donated her sz. 16 suits to charity because she's wearing sz. 12 now. As I'm standing there in my sz. 10 pants, I thought, wow, I must have some deeply ingrained body issues because I was positive this woman wore at least two sizes smaller than me. Does this feeling of still being big ever go away?
Woke up to snow, but it shouldn't be around too long. Have a great Sunday, everyone!
Sorry, Sheila! There sure have been many times that I wanted to blame all my weight issues on my thyroid. Problem is, it always turns out to be me eating too much and not exercising enough. Rats!
That feeling of still being big hasn't gone away for me yet and I don't know if it ever will. I can still put on a pair of size 4 pants, look in the mirror, and think "fat". And then change because I think I look so chunky. Rationally, it doesn't make sense but it's what I "see".
I used to pull DH's jeans (36 waist) out of the dryer and think they looked so small. Well, they were compared to mine! Now I take them out and they look enormous! Obviously they haven't changed but my perception has. And I can pull mine out and think they look huge.
I find my perception totally out of whack as well.
I know that vanity sizing is alive and well, but I can't figure out why my size 2's that I bought are falling off of me. They look huge to me so I must really need my eyes examined. I am having trouble finding small enough sizes in styles that aren't meant for teenagers---sigh-- never in a million years did I think I would have this problem-- but I'll take it! I had just prayed to be a size 8. I wish my deceased mother could have seen me thin. She was literally a rail her whole life and called me fat more times than I wish to remember. Hopefully she can see me from heaven or wherever she ended up....
I just took my first shower since Thursday morning and feel a whole lot better. Still pretty sore, but better. The implants are sitting pretty high right now - I'm glad so many people warned me about that or I would be freaking out....
I am pretty bloated - don't know if it is from retaining water or the fact that I haven't had a bowel movement since Wednesday morning. I'm pretty much straight from my hips to my ribs right now and my abdomen is hard and somewhat distended. Worries me a little. My mom the nurse suggested stool softener, prunes and warm coffees and teas. Hopefully something gives tonight... my waist is a full 6.5 inches bigger than it was Wed night....
More later, I read the last several posts and have already lost track of them in my head. Sorry
Dagmar - it's taken me 37 years to train this one - and guaranteed he's the last!
Shannon - one thing that worked well for me for the post-surgical constipation was warm prune juice, like in the microwave warmed up, not just room temp. ANd moving around as much as you can will help too. The stool softeners are good too. Are you eating a normal diet now? With plenty of fiber and water?
Another cold overcast day here. Much of it was taken up with the church's annual meeting - boring but necessary. I have another year on the council (VP) and this year I'm to be a delegate to our Synod Assembly in April. Too bad it's not some place exotic.
DH has a chunk of the carpeting done in the second room - had to stop to let the glue set, but he's still oiling the bookcases. I'm washing curtains, and need to go start some bread for him, and prep some stuff for my week. Have a good Sunday evening everyone.
Shannon,
Glad to hear you are starting to feel better. Hope you get "regulated" soon. Since you have your mom's help and she is a nurse, it couldn't hurt to try her suggestions. My friend was also shocked at how "high" hers were but they did go down some.
please! He sure sounds like a keeper!
It's certainly counterintuitive that the low number means hyperthyroid. 
