Do you think they would let me exchange this thing?

Man, talk about kicking a girl while she's down. I got a call from my new doctor's office today to let me know that I have high thyroid levels. So I guess this is one more thing that I can add to the list of things wrong with me. I wish there was some sort of option for body exchange. This one is defective, can I have another? Maybe a robot body? That would be sweet. Okay the one pictured might be too creepy.

So they sent me a prescription for Levothyroxine. I really should quit reading the pamphlets that Walgreens provides with the medication. All those pamphlets seem to do is freak me out about what this crazy stuff is that they want me to take.

Switching topics, I was really excited because I weighed myself Monday and I lost 2 pounds. Woo-Hoo! I was starting to think I would never lose another pound with the weight loss drought I was having. I've been going to the gym at work this week. I am missing the usual faces from my gym but I've also been early for work everyday this week and I've already saved money on gas considerably. It is going to be a tough decision whether I will go back to 24 hour fitness. I've met some really great people there and they have more equipment and amenities than the work gym but the work gym is free. It's a place I'm already going to and it saves me time and money and I can even sleep a little longer in the morning. I don't know, I might have to make one of those pro and con lists cause this one is a toughie.

I am a week a way from my trip home. I am getting pretty excited to see family and friends and to see my little sister get married. It's really weird to see your younger siblings get married. It makes you feel old. Seriously, you guys gotta quit doing that. I'll probably start catching myself saying things like, "Back in my day we didn't have the Internets" or "We had to walk to school in the snow, up hill, both ways." It's really only a matter of time.

Second Opinion

I know I'm horribly behind on my blogging, as usual, so here it goes...

I've been in a bit of slump. I was down to 207 at my lowest weight. Then I went back up to 210 and I was pretty mad at myself. I told myself I was not going to let myself go back up. I'm now back down to 208 so I'm back on the right track but I have to say the first 40 pounds I lost wasn't that hard but I've really been struggling to lose every pound since then. I feel like I've just been in a bit of a funk.

I've been having a really hard time waking up early again. For a while I had no problem going to bed at 9 and getting up at 4. I'm still going to bed at the same time but for some reason I struggle to be awake by 4:30. This has cut my workouts from 1 1/2 - 2 hours every morning to 1 - 1 1/4 hours. I am feeling like I'm in a bit of a rut with my workouts. When I get back from my trip this month I'm going to start Kickboxing for a month to change things up a little. After that I'm going to do Cross-fit for a month to try that out and then figure out what I'm going to do from there. I just feel like I do better when I have someone telling me what to do when I work out. I can't really afford a personal trainer either though I got a free session recently and it was awesome.

On another topic I had a visit to the doctor this week. My lady doctor told me she thought I had PCOS but I wanted to get a second opinion. I took my test results to another doctor this week and it was very informative. He read through all of my tests and talked to me about the results. He confirmed that I do indeed have PCOS, which sucks because, if you don't know, it can come with some really crappy symptoms;

• Irregular menstrual periods
• Decreased breast size
• Deepening of the voice
• Increased body hair on the chest, abdomen, and face, as well as around the nipples
• Thinning of the hair on the head, called male-pattern baldness
• Infertility
• Dark or thick skin markings and creases around the armpits, groin, neck, and breasts
• Insulin Resistence
• Obesity

The doctor also confirmed that I do have an insulin resistance, vitamin D deficiency, and Anemia. It really put a damper on my week but I'm trying to not let it get me down too much. It's not the worse thing ever and I just need to treat it like another challenge. The doctor was very proud of my weight loss and suggested I at least try to lose another 30. So I have a new goal and I just need to put my mind to it and do my best to achieve it.