As most of you have guessed, I never ran that 1/2 marathon. After running the 9.5 miles my body completely shut down. I tried running shortly after and it felt like I had a 40lb kid strapped to both my legs. I could barely walk around the block. After that I knew there was something wrong with my body. I haven't been feeling right for about 2 years now. I made an appointment with a Dr. who specializes in the thyroid. I had to wait 2 months to get into him. I didn't really want there to be anything wrong with me, but it would be nice to have an answer to how I was feeling, and a solution. Lab results showed that all 3 of my thyroid levels were off. So I started thyroid medicine last Tuesday. I don't feel much different right now, so I think I'm going to up the dose per Dr.'s instruction.
While waiting to see this Dr. and to find out the results, we're talking a total of 3 months, I gave up on everything. I gave up on trying to be nutritious, I gave up on exercise, I pretty much gave up on hope. I had worked so hard over the summer to shed some lbs and nothing was working. I am hoping and praying that I will be granted a small miracle in these thyroid pills. Not that I want to be super thin, I just want to be able to get my life back. I want to be able to exercise and have more energy, not be drained of it. I want to be able to get my hair back, I want to be able to lose a few lbs. Is that so much to ask?
This week I started up with exercise again. I am dedicating myself in the morning to exercising at 30-60 minutes. In addition to this I am eliminating candy from my weekly intake and restricting it to the weekends. From past experience I know that if I eliminate it completely that I'm setting myself up for failure. No good. There are a lot of other things that I am trying to eliminate as well. But I am taking it slow. Candy is the most detrimental to my health right now.
The other thing that I am trying to focus my efforts on is adding a lot of vegetables to my life. I know that vegetables are the food of life. In addition to that I wont be eliminating fruits. I feel that if the Earth grows it, it's good for me. I don't care if the body can't tell the difference between the sugar in fruit or the sugar in a twinkie. Fruit HAS to be a far superior choice of sweet treat! I have been buying more vegetable then I ever have before and I am making my family eat them as well. Just the other day for breakfast I had roasted butternut squash and roasted beet for breakfast. Crazy, but it was crazy good.
I am certain that incorporating more vegetables and eliminating candy to and from my life, that my quality of life will improve. It has to. I also know that I need to give it time. Giving it time is a necessary strategy for this to work. Patience is something that I have always struggled with.
And really in the end, if I don't lose any weight at least I'll be a healthier person. And healthier is the goal.
I am hoping to post healthy veggie recipes here on this blog. I ate a kick butt juevos rancheros for both lunch and dinner today. I wish i would have taken a picture of it. But man it was so good I ate it twice. The best thing about it, was the oinions, bell peppers and mushrooms that I sauteed up and cooked with lawry's fajita seasoning. All I could think about was my sister and how she would LOVE this. I am going to have to share it with her the next time I get to fix something for her.
Life is good. My life is only going to get better from here.
