It's been awhile...

I know, I know... It's been awhile since I last posted. I've been exhausted. Physically and mentally. And every time I sat down to write a post... nothing came out. So here goes.

I began a new job on Monday. It's retail, so I'm standing constantly. That's good for my health, I keep telling myself, as my feet and lower back are screaming at me to sit down.

Tuesday I had the long-awaited appointment with Dr. Posner's office. I found out some not-so-good news while I was there, which is probably why I have waited so long for this blog post. I have hypothyroidism, which is where the thyroid isn't working as hard as it's supposed to. I've known this for years, and have been on and off medication for it. Unfortunately, I'm currently off medication for it, and if my thyroid levels are off when they do blood testing, I'm going to need 2 acceptable readings, 3 MONTHS APART, for them to schedule surgery. So that was kinda a bummer, because it postpones everything. I guess I just had it in my head that I was going to go in there, get all the tests done, get the surgery scheduled, and go... not quite. Oh well.

Anyway, other than that, the meeting went well. I begin South Beach hard core starting on Sunday. I'm going to have some problems with that too though. Dr. Posner requires a food log. It's Breakfast, Morning Snack, Lunch, Mid-Day Snack, Dinner, and Night Snack. My problem is that I'm now working 9:45-3:30 pretty much M-F, I believe. I don't get a break, and I can't eat in the store. So breakfast isn't a problem, but there's no way to do the morning snack or lunch. I'm essentially going breakfast to mid-day snack or even breakfast to dinner, because I go to the gym right after work...

Oh yeah, I've also been going to the gym right after work every day. That's pretty good. I'm going to be switching trainers I think, just because of scheduling conflicts. But I'm switching to Bill, who is awesome because he has lost 100+ pounds. I'll miss Kim, she was also awesome, but so is Bill. I think he'll be exactly what I need.

GO SABRES!