Teddie tries again.

[teddie.bare]

Well my hubby and I had a major blowout this weekend. We're working through all of the residuals from that, now. But I think it'll be good.

 

I'm just going to update until now:

 

DIet: This could be better. I had a small bag of cheetos and a rum ball for dinner. I am under a tremendous amount of stress right now. But I've been tracking, and making conscious decisions. I did have one thing at work yesterday that I didn't bring, but if I hadn't have purchased a coffee, I wouldn't have gotten one. Which would not have worked for me since I hadn't slept in like 6 nights. Little one is growing, giving her ibuprofen before bed last night helped keep her in her own room all night and I FINALLY got some rest. I'm trying to do good, but I don't have an appetite really with all this drama going on in my life. But I'm trying.

 

Strength: today is the first day I got to the gym this week. My body REALLY didn't want me to be there. As soon as I walked into the locker room my non-injured shoulder started nagging. But I got deadlift day done. I did sumo deadlifts with resistance band pull aparts, rack pulls with overhead press, and then I got to the last sets... i could not do a one arm kettle bell swing. There is nothing on this earth that could have made me do it today. So I listened to my body and instead of doing 2 sets of 2 exercise super sets, I did weighted hip thrusts, weighted crunches, and bent over barbell rows. I was wrecked at the end, and I'm glad I went, but I never really wanted to be there.

 

Decluttering: I'm doing very well keeping up on the kitchen so far. And my hubby is helping (this is one of the things we fought about). We have a lot going on, which I might talk about when I have more time. But we're working through some pretty big stuff, and having him re-focused and helping has been a great start. We have a long road ahead of us, and keeping the kitchen from turning into a disaster area is just the tip of the ice burg. Hopefully he got to the dishes today.

 

I'm super busy at work but wanted to check in while I had a second. Thank you for checking on me

[Alexandrite]

Communication can break down so subtly it's hard to know exactly when it happened, and blowouts are (for me and the Dr) just the symptom of that happening. Usually once the dust settles we are able to figure out what happened and enjoy the new communication lines. For a while, haha. It seems to happen in a regular cycle every few months when we get too busy, and don't take time to do maintenance on our relationship or communication in general. You remind me it's time for us to do another date night!

Here's to keeping on keeping on. You're doing great showing up, doing the work, and celebrating the victories that you do have (deadlift day sounded intense).

Sent by my Navi-powered device!

[Alexandrite]

Challenge end, how'd it go?

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[Lightning]

Yup, yup. Looking forward to reading your wrap up!

[teddie.bare]

I have a LOT going on. Let me see if I can do a week 4, and then I'll do a wrap up.

 

Week 4

 

Diet: This week good, i think? I mean, i tracked every single day. That was good. I'm still having a hard time with macros and those kind of suffered towards the end. Which is ok. I still tracked. And i was still aware of what I was eating. and hey, I'm down some weight!

 

Weight Check: Challenge start weight: 184.8  Current weight: 179.8

 

Strength: I got hosed in the strength department last week. I had appointments and work and life and grr. I did lift on Wednesday. And then on Thursday I did a 4 hour photoshoot, which required me to be on my feet and in weird positions. So I'm totally counting it. Saturday I starting hooping and then my boss called to ask a favor. Sigh. But i DID get some headstand practice in after that, and I'm totally counting it as well. And man, am I rusty in that dept. I haven't had a chance to check what my lifting weights are again, but maybe I can do that tomorrow.

 

Decluttering: I donated a box of household goods and a box of toys. And i almost have a bag of clothes ready to go. I kept up on my clean corners. But it's hard. I have a shiny sink, and tons of newfound counter space.

 

Overall, not a bad week.

[teddie.bare]

Challenge Summary

 

Diet: This went very well. I am down 5 lbs. Woot. I've been doing good tracking my food and making overall better choices. I like the new diet protocol I've been following, but found out on Friday that I need to get extensive allergy testing done to find out what I'm intolerant to. So the results of that could very well change my diet strategy.

 

Strength: I REALLY like my Unapologetically Powerful program. Well, maybe like is putting it strongly. I enjoy the results and I feel like I'm seeing progress, both to my body and with my strength. I'm going to continue with this program for a while.

 

Decluttering: I got all three of my corners of my kitchen 95% done. That's a big deal. I can tell that upkeep is going to be the biggest issue, but so far I've been doing well with it. I know it's going to be an ongoing battle, but it's totally worth it.

 

Overall: Life handed me a big old bag of crap this week. My husband had major oral surgery. The Chef had minor outpatient surgery (vasectomy). My sister had emergency surgery for a hemorrhaging ovary (!) during a giant city-closing snow storm. I have to have follow up tests done about possible food intolerances. I also had my OB ultrasound today. I have three cysts. Two of them are whatever. But my doctor doesn't like the look of the third one, especially after my sister's massive hemorrhage this week.

 

So, I'm basically waiting on the pathology from my sister's surgery. Where I go from there will depend on her results. I am armed with 3-months of a very low dose of birth control and a follow up appointment if everything turns out OK with pathology. If not... well I'll be having at least one ovary and my uterus removed tout suit. So I'm in the hurry up and wait phase of a possible stress shit-storm. I really shouldn't take birth control, but I don't have many options (estrogen gave my sister breast cancer and my mother a stroke). So really it's like, take my chances with a very low dose of meds since all of my genetic tests came back negative, or have major surgery and remove all of my reproductive organs. So, not a lot of positive there. I do have an official endometriosis diagnosis now, and hopefully it's as simple as that. Best case, I take low dose meds, cysts go away, live happily ever after. Worst case, I lose both ovaries and uterus and get chemo/radiation for cancer and be thrown into medical menopause because I can't take high-strength hormone replacement. Yay life.

[Alexandrite]

Holy crap in a bag is right. Thank God your sister is okay, and your husband and Chef. That's a lot of support team demand all at once. And yeah, the timing with your ultrasound.

 

The hurry up and wait game sucks. I tend to fill it with unnecessary eating and/or baking. Take care of yourself, and prayers for quick recoveries for your family!

 

Otherwise, you pretty much rocked your challenge, and it was solid all 4 weeks through. That's a good trend!

[Lightning]

Thanks for sharing everything with us. You are so strong, inside and out. When I started reading your wrap up I was like, Yeah- down 5 pounds! Then I kept reading and realized how silly that really is. You did fantastic on all goals and I have zero doubt that you will handle whatever life brings.

Endometriosis causes some serious pain, really sorry you have to deal with that. But, like you said, maybe that is all it is. if you end up have to contend with early menopause feel free to chat me up. I have personal experience although mine is not via surgery. Still, it's always nice to talk to someone that 'gets it'.