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Now that I'm not being as strict, I haven't really felt the need to take a break. If that makes sense. Is it going to take longer to get to my goal?.... Yeah, probably...
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Or not. Remember the turtle and the hare. Ok, that story makes no kind of sense in the real world but in your case the speeds are much closer together so the metaphor holds.
Also: very curious about the terrible birthday story if it´s not too personal!
 
Hi Jen, I too am heartily sick of counting calories & can't see myself doing so for the rest of my life. Since I stopped counting calories I feel like being stricter. It feels really liberating! I am going to weigh myself more often, & adjust accordingly. My birthday is May 18th :D This year surely must be a better one than last! xoC
 
Thanks, guys!

Mystic and LaMa: On my last birthday just after midnight, I was getting ready to go to bed and took the dog outside. I started feeling really nauseated all of a sudden. I came back inside, and started to feel even worse. I went to the bathroom to throw up, but instead of throwing up I started to feel more like I was going to pass out. So I turned around and started walking back out into the kitchen to get help, but ended up passing out face first on the kitchen floor. Everyone was asleep, luckily my daughter is a light sleeper, but unfortunately that also means she was the one that found me. I woke up when she came out and had her go wake Chef up. He called 911 and my first present of the day was an ambulance ride to the hospital. It ended up that I had a blood clot in my leg that had broken off and traveled to my lungs. I had multiple bilateral pulmonary embolisms and a large saddle clot right in the middle of both lungs. The next day they also found a clot in my other leg that ran the whole length of my thigh.

I didn't have any of the typical symptoms of blood clots in the legs, or any symptoms at all really. Before I went to take the dog out I was sitting on the couch watching tv and felt perfectly fine. So it was some unexpected scary shit. lol. After testing, the doctors are pretty much positive that they were caused by my birth control.

So yeah... it was a fun birthday in the hospital... and for several days after that too. So I'm very happy to be seeing this next birthday coming up. :)
 
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Wow that´s one hell of a way to start a year! Glad you made it to the other side and I hope your daughter wasn´t too shocked by it all.
 
This year should be better. It has to be!

My daughter was obviously shaken up, but she handled herself very well while it was going on. She was clingy for a while after, and questioned every little ache and pain I had like something bad was about to happen, but she's fine now. Well, as fine as a preteen girl can be. lol. :)


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The good news: Today was an ok day, food wise. There were a few aggravating parts, but I did pretty good with my food today. So I'm happy about that.

The Bad: I think I've developed an unhealthy obsession for this song and video. The more I watch it, the more I want to get married in a pair of Chucks by a guy in an elephant mask, or whatever the hell that is. haha!

[video=youtube;6JCLY0Rlx6Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCLY0Rlx6Q[/video]

This video makes me smile. Reminds me of Chef and I in a really weird way that I can't really describe. haha. I think it's the "we were bound to get together" part. :) And that's my sappy moment of the day. :beating:
 
jen_renee said:
This video makes me smile. Reminds me of Chef and I in a really weird way that I can't really describe. haha. I think it's the "we were bound to get together" part. :) And that's my sappy moment of the day. :beating:
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It's the ugly faces the dude makes. That, and the cheesey comedy.

With that being said, I see your video and raise you this...

[video=youtube;4wBx_2dluD4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wBx_2dluD4[/video]

You are the peanut butter to my jelly :blush5:
 
ChefChiTown said:
You are the peanut butter to my jelly :blush5:
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Awww. :)


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Ok, so today is Monday. I weighed in at 211 again this morning, but I had several salty things over the weekend, so I'm positive I'm retaining water. Going to drink lots of water today and hopefully I'll have a drop tomorrow or Wednesday.

Today is also the day I'm starting my exercise plan. I've been debating it for a while, but I think I may give the Couch to 5k program a try. I need structure, some sort of plan or challenge, or I won't stick with it. I might die, but I want to give it a try anyway. I'll be doing it on my treadmill though, because I'm not jogging or running in public. Nope. Not happening. lol. I downloaded the app on my phone, so I'll be starting that today. I also be doing some stretching. I know my hips are going to hate me if I don't.

I was walking back to my car this morning after dropping the kids off at school and realized that my pants felt a bit more loose. That's always a nice feeling. :)




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Week 1 day 1 of C25K done. Didn't die! But holy crap. haha. Did some stretching before and after, so we'll see how my hips feel later. The only thing that really bothered me was my lungs, which is probably from the from the leftovers of my embolisms. It's kind of hard to describe, but it's kind of like a sharp, shooting, snap, crackle, pop feeling. Hopefully that gets better, but as long as it doesn't get any worse I think it'll be fine. Anyways.... I did it! :)
 
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Wow, Jen! GO YOU!! I might give that a try when I get my treadmill (& new running shoes?) Snap Crackle, pop? Like a Rice Bubble? Sounds slightly scary to me. Should you check with a doc? You & Chef are sweet, btw & funny (funny ha ha, not funny weird.) xo Cate
 
LaMa: Thanks! :)
Cate: From what I've been told and heard from other people that have had the same experience, it's pretty normal. If it gets worse, I'll for sure talk to the doctor about it though. And thanks! :) We ARE kinda weird though... but we embrace it. haha.
Mystic: Thanks! :)

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I'm not as sore today as I thought I'd be. Don't get me wrong... I hurt.. haha. But It's not horrible. My hips are tight, so I'll get some stretching in at some point today. I'm going to do the week 1 day 2 workout tomorrow. There's 3 workouts for the week. So I'm going to try to do them on Mon, Wed, Fri, and then do something else on Sat or Sun. I don't know what...but I'll figure it out. lol.

Food yesterday was really good. Had some eggs for breakfast this morning. Not really sure about food for the rest of the day yet.
 
I'm pretty sure someone is adding more steps to the stairs in our apartment. They seem so much longer today. haha. The kids might have to drag me up them by the end of the week.
 
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How many stairs are there? Ouch!
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Too many, Cate. Too many! haha. We live in an upstairs apartment. So we're constantly going up and down these bad boys....

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After the c25k workout number 2... it's taking a wee bit longer to get up them. haha.


Now that all the diaries are working. I'll be back later to post more later.

Edit: the pic is sideways... but I'm too lazy to edit it. So it's going to stay that way. lol.
 
So today I did the C25k Week 1 day 2 workout. My hips were kind of hurting towards the end, but it wasn't too bad. I'm going to try to do the 3rd one on Friday.

Food today has been good and pretty low carb.

I was down to 209.8 this morning. So that's a nice little drop. Now starts the race to get rid of these pounds that are keeping me in the 200s. Can't wait to see Onederland again!
 
It's cool that you are doing the C2K again. Stretch after you run to try to keep your hips feeling good. That has always been a struggle for me, but lately with the stretching and yoga they haven't been bad.
 
You just gave me a cricked neck Jen! Serious steps. Go, you & the C2K. I am tempted, very tempted......now to pick up that treadmill!
 
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