Diane

Have family in Maine and Colorado.  They’re getting a ton of snow.  I want some!  Winter season is so depressing without snow.  I never would have told my husband about the job posting in Ohio if I’d known what “winters” were like here.  I expected 60’s in Dallas, not Cincinnati.  I could handle that temp there.  Here?  I just want some freakin’ snow!

Okay, that is out of my system now.  Things have been going pretty well, I think.  Figuring out that I actually get a cardio workout in every time I do my weights was a pleasant surprise.  It takes me 45 minutes for the full circuit and my heart rate is in the training zone for most of that.  If there is time before I have to get the kiddies out of Child Watch, I use the elliptical or treadmill for 35 minutes as well.  Still trying to get in 45-60 minutes of cardio a day, not including the weights, but if I don’t on those days, I’m much less self condemning if I can’t fit in 2 hours that day.

I think some many have been mislead by my last blog - I’m actually not feeling bad.  I went to the endocrinologist because I’m tired all the time (partly because of having 2 small kids) and because I haven’t lost weight in months no matter what I do.  I do need to watch my diet a bit more, but, aside from the tiredness, I don’t feel bad.  The test results do answer a couple of questions.  One being why my joints ache more than I think they should and why they hurt worse after having icing.  Doesn’t even take much, just one small spoon, and the next day I ache.  I always thought it was the fat, but the doctor said it was probably the sugar.  Nice to know.  Oh, I decorate cakes - that’s why there is icing around occasionally.  And the second question is - Why does caffine make me tired?  It raises blood sugar levels in people who have elevated sugar to begin with.  I was the only person I knew who used Moxie to get to sleep!

Hubby worked for almost 30 hours straight and is now sleeping.  Has to go back in for another 12-24 plus 4 hours of driving time some time today.  You’d think I was married to a doctor, not an engineer.  Oh, well.  Gotta get the kids out of the house for a bit.  They’re getting cabin fever and the volume level is going up.  Besides, we need milk.