Random Thoughts

I meant to post this after black Friday but forgot about it.  I have to be the first to say I used to HATE shopping and would NOT go black Friday shopping to save my life.

I still would rather do other things than shopping but don’t hate it anymore, just would rather be somewhere else.  I have noticed that my outlook on people and myself has changed my attitude towards many things.  I used to get pretty anxious and almost angry when I would think of going Christmas shopping at anytime.  I have not felt that way all season long and I have done a lot of shopping this past 2 weeks.

I did not go black Friday shopping but for the first time since the mid 1990’s I actually told my friend I would go and did not get all anxious about it.  I got up, made my coffee, and was ready to go and she called and cancelled due to her child being sick.  Was I mad at her since it was 6am and I had been awake for an hour?  NO I was not and past me would have been a little ticked off.  I saw the positive IMMEDIATELY and I am not kidding.  I said, “cool, this means I have a couple hours of me time with lifetime TV and my coffee.”  She seemed taken back that I was not upset, and I really was not upset.  I was not even relieved, I was simply, “OK” with it.  This is a big deal for me and I am loving this new me.  I still have a long way to go but am on the right track getting there!

Got 1 more gift to take back and I am done!  Bring it on Christmas 2011 I am already ready for you!

FYI:  I meant to post this yesterday but ended up christmas shopping so I am a day off! P90X day 2 will be today!

Wow day 1 of P90X was a little brutal.  It was arms and chest so my butt was safe from being sore after surgery but I can feel a burn.  I do not have bands or a pull up bar so I used weights instead.  Here are my little weight friends. lol

I can’t afford to buy the bands a pull up bar so close to Christmas but since I can feel the burn pretty good I know that these will work!

I will do this again tomorrow!

Measurements:
Well I have definitely gained some inches due to the surgery.  Even though I knew this was a possibility (a good possibility) it is still a bit depressing to see the numbers.  Here they are.

November 19                   December 14           Loss or Gain
Bust:  41                           41                            0
Under bust:  35 1/2           35 3/4                      G-1/4
Waist:  40 3/4                   41 1/2                      G-3/4
C-section:  42                   42 1/2                      G-1/2
Hips:  44 1/2                     45                            G-1/2
Thigh:  25                          25 1/4                      G-1/4
Arm:  12                            11 3/4                      L-1/4

My first instinc is to freak out and be depressed and go eat something!  i can’t do that, that is a step backwards I can’t afford to take.  I just went through surgery and a slump with feeling good so what did I expect.  I have to keep my attitude strong and take this as a learning experience.  I can reverse this back to loss real quick. I feel good now and I am back on the saddle.

What I learned?  Well, see how fast we can get out of shape and how long it takes to get into shape.  Don’t stop!!!!

Cool!  Just found these on amazon and they are more affordable now so have these here to remind me to get these come the new year!  This will pump up my work out and not too shabby on price, yay!

Iron Gym Total Upper Body Workout Bar $27

I used to go to the bathroom minutes before working out, again a few minutes into it, and once or twice more before the work out was done.  Most my work outs were between 20-60 minutes and this was very frustrating. 

It has been a week since my stage 2 InterStim surgery and I did day 1 of P90X today.  It did not hurt and I did not have to take a bathroom break once.  in fact it has been 45 minutes since I did the work out and I am just thinkning “hm I think I need to go to the restroom.”  This is so cool!  I am so excited to be able to do the work out and then some and not have to take the breaks.  This will allow me to burn more calories and maybe even attend a work out class again away from home.

All I can say is YAY!!!

As I was sitting in the living room the other day I could hear the cutest little laugh in the kitchen.  I just sat there and listened for a while and wondered what was making my 15 month old laugh so hard.  I walked into the kitchen and this is what I saw…my little boy having a ball playing a new game.  The game was kick the sippie cup over and laugh then pick it back up and kick it over again.  It is amazing to me how the littlest things can entertain kids so well and I could not help but smile and laugh too and of course take video. 

Here is a video of it.  Kids…I swear…they are too cute sometimes.  I think God made them this cute so we would not kill them on their bad days! Ha ha!

Well I borrowed P90X from a friend as it is pretty expensive and am wondering if my body can handle starting it this week.  I want to try the first work out today and see if my sore surgery butt can handle it.  I tried to get it from the library but could not get it at our local library and found a ton of people that I know have it and are not using it and were very willing to let me try it.
I will try it today or tomorrow and give you an update to see if it is too soon after surgery to be doing something so brutal.  The doctor said I have no restraints so I guess I can see how much I can do!  I have heard awesome things about this work out but have yet to find someone I know that actually finished the entire work out regiment.  Most of them lost weight with it but stopped anywhere after the first 2 weeks and one friend actually did all bu the last 2 weeks.

Hopefully I can do the whole thing.  OK that is not very positive is it.  I WILL do the every work out!  can’t get anywhere if I am not positive right? LOL

So I have been seeing on my FB page and have been complaining myself about the snow we have had over the last couple of days.  We got oh about 2-4 inches or something like that.  I feel like I should shut-up and stop complaining after I received this photo in the mail from my aunt in Canada.  A picture of my Grandma and Grandpa on the roof of their house while they try to dig their car out.  Uh, I see no way in hell that they even have reason to dig the car out, where are they going to go?  Wow, this is a ton of snow!  I am from Canada, and I am sure I saw many horrible snow storms but do not recall anything like this!  Check it out!

I am not complaining of our snow anymore!!!  I just had to share.

I have had to turn up my InterStim every day for the past 3 days.  It is working and things are much better but I am still suffering more than I should be with the OAB (overactive bladder).  As far as any leaking, that is gone after yesterdays turn up.

It will take some time to fine tune the settings but so far this seems to be working great.  I only want to turn it up one setting per day because I want this to work on its lowest possible setting for me.  If I turn it up too much it may be able to work at a lower setting and I don’t want to start out too high.

I can’t feel it at all.  The pain in the hip/butt is going away and I actually sat through a movie yesterday.  I had to shift about 5-6 times but I did manage to sit.  At the end of the day I was a bit sore but nothing I needed a big pain killers for.  Took a little ibuprofen and went to bed and slept great.

Overall I am happy with it.