Day 23 - Happy Friday!!

Yesterday turned out to be a roller coaster but it proved to me how far I've already come.  I already said my blood work to recheck my thyroid came back out of range but my doctor didn't want to change it.  So, because leaving it like this is going to continue to mess with my sleep, I had to call my other doctor to try to get help from him.  They're both with the same group so he had access to my blood work and agreed with me that it was not where it should be.  But, instead of changing up the meds that help me sleep, he decided the best course of action was to take me off my antidepressant because it could be revving me up.  First of all, I take it in the morning ( and I have done so for years) and it has never caused me to have a problem with my sleep.  Second, I have severe depression and it's dangerous to mess with the meds that keep me balanced. After trying to get them to listen to me (you know - the one that has to live with this), I finally just gave up.  I'm scared to do this because of the terrible things I've gone through in the past because of the depression.  Now, I have to wait for a month and a half to see either one of these people to legitimately fix this problem. 

Now, for the positive part of this cluster, I ate according to my plan and I still got all my exercise in, including the strength training. So, all in all, I was pretty proud of myself. I'm very sore this morning but it's a good sore.  It's an "I finally did it" kind of sore.  I was surprised too.  I haven't lost as much of my upper body strength as I thought.  I did seem to lose about all of my core strength though. I accomplished maybe half of the 20 minute core strength video (TurboFire for anyone who's interested).

AND, last but not least, today is Friday, which is the only day I allow myself to weigh in and I am down another 2.2 pounds.  I got to move another 2 pebbles from the weight to lose jar to the weight lost jar.  That visual really does help.  Thanks again to whoever shared that.

So, that's all for today.  My food plan is:

Breakfast:  Greek yogurt with GF granola and chia seeds

Lunch:  leftover chili verde

Dinner:  leftover enchilada casserole ( we have a lot of leftovers right now, so we're working our way through those)

Snacks: cherries or melon

Exercise: the cul-de-sac loops and 5 rounds of the elliptical (7 minutes each)

 Day 20 of the Emotional Eating 30 Day Journal Challenge

Write down everything in life that gives me pleasure or joy.  What in my life makes me feel alive and energized?

Well, first off, I already mentioned my dogs and cats.  They are my joy because they stick with me on good days and bad.  Reading and learning also gives me pleasure.  I love learning new things (I'm a perpetual student).  I do, actually, like exercise.  It makes me feel strong and I feel proud of myself, especially on days I really don't want to do it.  I love hanging out with my husband and my son.  They're my favorite people  I love a good adventure.  I haven't had one in a long time.  I definitely need to schedule that.  I don't know if that's everything in live that brings me joy but those are the most significant ones.

So, that's all for today.  I have to get moving.  I hope you all have a happy Friday and always remember...They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”