Slacking Off!!!

 A lot has been going on the last few weeks. My son graduated high school, that last 2 weeks was very busy! Then, my sister came for a visit, she was suppose to be here while I had surgery, but since it was cancelled she stayed for a week. Henry was off for vacation, he kept me very busy. We did something I really love, but wore me totally out. We went to watch a SF Giants game. We stayed in a town close to San Fran, then took the BART to San Fran, then had to walk about 30 minutes to AT&T Park, walked down a ton of stairs to get to our seats (they were great seats!!!), then back up the stairs, back to the BART station (the walk seemed much longer), then back to the truck, and a 3 hour ride home. That was Thursday, Friday we spent the day shopping, the Saturday we went to Henry's family reunion, it was a very nice day, but yet again on my feet a lot and long car rides. It took me days to get over this. Then, I got the bright idea that I needed to paint the kitchen cabinets and the bathroom. If I would have known how much a little painting would give me so much pain, I wouldn't have done it. I am still painting the bathroom, but will finish tonight or in the morning.

 I realize some of you may think I am making an excuse for not working out, but with everything I did I feel like I have worked out harder than normal. However, I haven't been eating all that great lately. So, now I have a new plan. It is getting way to hot here to be working out in the early evening and I am so worn out by the end of the night. I am going to start getting up at 7:30 am and will be working out by 8 am. I think this plan will workout for me much better, because I am having problems dealing with the heat.

 Overall, I have only gained 2 lbs. I know, I am shocked too...lol It could have been much worse! Tonight I joined a support group with a lot of lovely ladies with the same goal in mind, to lose weight and get healthier. I am glad there is more people willing to support me, unlike some people around me.

Steak, Potatoes, and Salad

 I know I haven't posted in a while, but we have been very busy and haven't really been cooking much. Last night I cooked some chicken, rice, and veggies. Tonight it was Jake's turn to cook. He decided on steak (we got it for $3.50 in the reduce for quick sale) it was a top sirloin, some red potatoes, and I made myself a salad.

 For the steak he used a dry rub, A-1 sweet mesquite, then he seared it in the cast iron skillet until it medium. In separate skillet he sauteed 1 medium sliced yellow onion, mushrooms, and garlic, in olive oil.

 For the potatoes he took some red potatoes, placed them in a medium sized pot, added oil, butter, sliced garlic, basil, oregano, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper. He let those brown, then added some turkey stock. He then covered them, and let them steam. However he let them go to far, so they ended up like mashed potatoes with the skin, he added Parmesan cheese to them and stirred. They tasted great!

Rough Week

 Last Friday, my doctor started me on a new medication, diamox, to help my headaches. It was the worse thing I could have done. I had so many side effects from it. It caused me to drink a lot more water, 15+ bottles of water a day. The medication is used as a diuretic, so along with the drinking all that water I was running to the bathroom, that caused me to get dehydrated. It also caused a lack of appetite, I was eating maybe 500 calories a day, it also caused me to throw up every day, and be nauseous all day long. This caused my energy to go away. I was actually taking naps and laying on the couch a lot, probably because I was up half the night going to the bathroom. It also caused my blood sugar to go way up, higher than it had ever been, in fact before I started taking this medication I hadn't taken any blood sugar meds in a month. I couldn't concentrate at all. At work my student was explaining his word problems to me because I was having issues figuring them out. The worst thing is that I couldn't even follow the SF Giants play, or even read a book. One thing that really killed me was when I first tasted a diet pepsi after taking the medication, it tasted like dirt. I found out later that day that it was any carbonated drink. Each day I was feeling worse.

 I started the diamox on Thursday, I gave it a week. The following Thursday I decided to stop taking it. I just couldn't take the side effects any longer. That night I told my son what I had decided to do, he told me if I wouldn't have said that, he was going to tell me that I should stop it. I think that is pretty bad when your son notices what a medication is doing to you. It has been 3 days since I have stopped taking it and I am still not back to my "normal" self, whatever it may be. I am hoping that by tomorrow I will be back at working out and feeling better.

  As far as my weight it is the same as it was the last time I checked in, I hope to get back on track.