Happy GOOD FRIDAY! Brad is lucky because his work gets off for every holiday, including today! He’s currently still piled up sleeping. So, Brad and I drove my birth Mom back to the bus stop Tuesday. It was good to meet her and she said she’ll try to come visit again in a few weeks, since she found megabus, which has really low bus prices.

So, everyone has been discussing marriage equality lately. I basically think people should be able to do as they wish, but my own belief is that only a man and woman should marry. Does that mean I’m gonna go crazy and protest against gay marriage? No, again people should have the right to marry whoever they wish and I do not pass judgement at all. I have gay friends and I want them to be happy too. We all have different opinions and beliefs and that’s how it is. So, I’m stuck inbetween… while I do believe marriage SHOULD be only between a man and woman – I also believe that other couples should be able to do as they please as far as marriage. Some people say you have to be either for it or against it, but I guess I’m against it in my OWN BELIEFS, but for it as far as society? That’s the best way I can put it. Ehhhhhhhhh. I just want everyone to be happy… simple as that.

So, I ordered more items from my Naturopath yesterday and she said she is gonna change the thyroid support supplement that I’ve been on and I’ve read this new one is one of the most powerful thyroid supporting supplements. Hopefully it’ll do something good for me… if not, then I know that the Armour combined with the thyroid support supplement will prob do wonders for me. I go back April 11th to see my Naturopath and then her MD to get the Armour! My neighbor usually drives me, but she wasn’t willing to go at my appt time, so Brad is gonna take time off and drive me! YAY. Excited to go back because I’m finally on my way to feeling “normal”! It’s so nice to feel slimmer too. Only 11 more days on the HCG round 1! Then I will get to eat more food again, WOOOHOOOO.

Katie’s been sick the last few days… fever, starting to sniffle, but children’s Tylenol has seemed to help. They are having an Easter egg hunt tomorrow at church, so we may take her, if shes well enough. If not, then she’ll prob do something with Granny on Easter Sunday like she did last year. It’s supposed to be warmer this weekend, but chance of rain Saturday and storms Sunday… BOOO.

Well, the area GNC’s have been out of my lovely amino energy blue raspberry, so I got the fruit fusion flavor, but I guess it didn’t mix with this HCG program because I gained a pound the morning after I had some of it… grrr. I gave the fruit fusion to Brad and ordered my blue raspberry on Amazon with the Amazon Prime 2-day shipping then paid a few more dollars for ONE day shipping and tada … it was here yesterday, so that one day shipping is awesome! I got to enjoy my blue raspberry again yesterday and it doesn’t seem to interfere with the HCG.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend!!! Today’s agenda: work on college paper and eventually go out for groceries!

I went with my cousin and hubby Tuesday evening to drive to the bus stop to pick up my birth Mom. When she got in the car, she said I was so big and so beautiful then after a few minutes, she said she needed to get her senses because she felt a bit overwhelmed. She’s staying for a week with my Mom (until next Tuesday evening) and so far it has been good. I’ve went over to Mom’s every evening to spend time and we’ve played cards. I guess we’ll just see what comes about with it!

Today was my Naturopath appointment / weigh-in and she is really happy with the weight I’ve lost! I told her what I wanted to do… finish this round of the program, go on reset for 3 weeks then go for another round of HCG. She was fine with that. Told I still don’t feel a big difference in energy and diff areas, as usual and it always goes back to the fact that my body has trouble converting T4 to T3, so she suggested that if we try diff supplements and still nothing then I should see the MD that sees over her and get on the right dosage of Armour. At this point I’m just ready to get that Armour and boost my thyroid to get my energy/health and everything else back. I thought about doing an expensive test that would give an overall look at my “energy/metabolism” and I might still do that in the future, but I think right now the plan is to try the supplements I’ve had, but haven’t used a lot – use them for a week and see how I feel and if the same then when I go back in 3 weeks for another weigh-in (and the end of the first HCG program) then I will see the MD and get Armour. I may or may not need to continue the Armour the rest of my life, I just need to get the T3 levels normal and staying up there to keep my health/energy and everything. I got some more detox protein powder, HCG drops, and protein bars. I’m good to go for another 3 weeks!

I’m excited and I will get this right and be as lean and fit as I knew I always would and could be!!! Can’t believe tomorrow is Friday! Enjoy your weekend.

Friday was my birthday! It was a nice day, even though I was still sick. I still sniffle a little bit, but for the most part I’m better. Just a few more years until I’m 30… yikes. Well, I gained a pound Sunday because I did too much Saturday. Lesson learned… I can’t exert myself too much or I won’t lose. Otherwise, the program is still going well. If I keep losing I will be right under 130, but I deffo wanna lose more than that, so I’ll end the HCG part, go into the reset mode for a few weeks to let my body readjust then go on another round of HCG to hopefully get to my ultimate goal!!!!

Brad has been eating out for lunch with his co-workers the last few weeks and it’s starting to catch up with him! He told me that he can feel all that fast food making him feel blah and feeling a bit of extra weight, so he said he wants to start back to the gym today and I hope he goes! That will be great for him. I would go too but I’m too focused on taking it easy and getting through this program. However, when I go into the reset part then I will start slow exercise and wanna work on my tan too, since I’m as pale as a ghost. Spring is Wednesday and it’s supposed to just get colder and colder…….. booooooo. Speaking of Brad, he also redid and fixed my awesome shell necklace! YAY. I’ve had that necklace for years and it broke, but now it’s back! Same beads/shells, but he put it on new thread.

If everything goes as planned…. I have a big event coming up Tuesday evening. I get to meet and see my birth Mother for the first time since I was 5. Yea. I have no idea how I’m gonna feel in the moment. I guess we’ll see.

RAH. Apparently it was not a good choice to not add my oil to my lunch shake last Thursday. It was also not a good choice to over work myself Saturday and not rest….. because by Saturday evening I started to feel drowsy and a little off. By the time I woke up Sunday? TERRIBLE. I felt like I didn’t want to move, stuffed up, and terribly drowsy. Brad woke me up normal time to get up for church, but by the time I got up and moved around a little I said no way. I woke Brad up and told him I just did not feel like I could go, so he slept for the majority of the day. I got Katie up, fed, and she went potty then I did not feel like doing anything, so we watched The Lorax (which I loved!) and then she went to play in her room while I just made it through the day. It’s not a sinus infection, thank goodness but just a really bad cold, I guess. My taste and smell went away somewhat, but it starting to come back now – yippeeeeee!

I HAVE NOW LOST 10 POUNDS thanks to the HCG program! I would have lost more by now, but I actually gained a pound then stalled for a few days, so yesterday I started the so-called “apple day”, where I eat nothing but apples from lunch of that day, until just before lunch the next day (which would be today) and IT WORKED to get the weight moving again. I’m so thankful for my Naturopath suggesting this program. It’s perfect for me and I know I’m starting to clear up other health issues, along with the weight. EXCITED!!!!!!!!!! Next mile stone will be getting back into the 140’s, which I haven’t seen since I did the juice fast in June 2011, but I didn’t stay in the 140’s very long after that because the weight came back. Not this time and I will make suuuuuuure of it. This is it – this program and my current food plan is the one that is going to give me my full health back to where I can accomplish the goals I want to accomplish and be that athlete, to be super happy, spiritual, and feeling epic.

Gulp… I found out the area elementary schools have Kindergarten registration at the end of this month! YIKES. I gotta get everything ready so we can get her all signed up. Seems so weird and I can’t believe 5 years have already almost went by since I had Katie. I’m really, really excited for her to go to school, learn, and interact.

Other exciting news? Hubby called me yesterday at work and said they did his work review and he will be getting his *AWESOME* bonus TOMORROW, plus a little raise!!!!! I’m so excited for him and PROUD of the hard work he has accomplished at his job.

I feel so blessed.

Today has really been awesome thus far !!!
First, I finally attended to my site a bit. I updated my pages, found a twitter plugin, displayed my archives in a dropdown, and added the rest of my blog links I’ve been meaning to add for months and months – but have just been unmotivated or too busy/tired, but I got it done!

I feel very accomplished about today! We got up early, got everything done then headed out the door to drop Katie off at Mom’s, while we went to help clean our church! It lasted about two hours and Brad and I chose to clean the classrooms. Brad vacuumed the floors, while I emptied and replaced the trash bins, cleaned the chalkboards and windowsills. I ended up with chalky hands, but a grateful heart for helping out. We left and went across town to Petsmart to browse and get our rat some new bedding. We got a HUUUUUGE bag and saved $2… awesome! Came back to pick up Katie and came home to clean our own house. Katie played, ate lunch, and eventually went down for nap. I finished cleaning, cut Brad’s hair on the porch, spent some ALONE time with him and then we sat down together to do our “marriage homework” for our strengthening the marriage class at church. Lastly, I sat down to work on my last college assignment AND I AM DONE!!!!!!!

I’ve added a few natural detox methods to help my body out in this process. Not only am I taking a liver detox supplement twice a day that my Naturopath gave me, but I recently started doing Epsom salt baths at night (and THEY DO HELP!) and we bought fresh ginger and lemons yesterday, so I made homemade ginger water and add a bit of fresh lemon to it. I had a little glass this morning and that should help fight inflammation and help with detox. I’m still tugging along with the HCG program and I am super excited because I’m starting to feel a *little* lighter and a *little* better overall. However, day before yesterday I didn’t add my MCT oil to my lunch shake and that only made the detox symptoms WORSE because it made me detox TOO fast and so now I’m paying for it with a stuffy nose and drowsy-ness. I am praying it will go away quickly.

I’m stoked because I got allllllll the to-do’s checked off my list for today, so all that is left to do is check out the NEW TOMB RAIDER GAME that I have on my computer!!!!!! And probably watch more Parenthood on Netflix! OFF I go to eat my dinner and I can’t wait!!!!! Have a wonderful night and know that you are worth it! You can do anything you set your mind to. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Stay positive and love one another.

HAPPY MARCH !!!!!!!!!!!!! It is one of my favorite months because of:
– hubby’s birthday
– MY BIRTHDAY
– daylight savings time begins, WOOT
– START OF SPRING
– greeeeeeeen & st. patrick’s day

The HCG program has been going very well, but the first day was kindof tough, then the 2nd and 3rd day were easier and so far I feel pretty good today. I really love the detox/protein shake I have for breakfast and the protein bars my Naturopath gave me are really yummy! I’m gonna try the lemon zinger for dinner tonight. I feel slimmer already!!! So exciting. I went ahead and bought 2 supplements that support my cellular activity and fat burning process – l-carnitine and coq10, so I just started those this morning. My Naturopath just ordered a new supplement that helps with cellular energy as well and she’s gonna send it to me when it comes in and I will switch to that once it comes instead, but might take the others too.

It is REALLY cold outside and we’re under a freeze warning, bah. I looked at my entries from the beginning of March last year and it was nearly 80 degrees! I want that!!!!! Brad just left to run an errand with my cousin and then later today we’re gonna go to Microcenter, so Brad can look for a new keyboard and then maybe a new little computer desk for him. Thought about going to see Warm Bodies today, but we’ll see I guess. I’m gonna finish cleaning then sit down to study my scriptures and do my last college assignment for the week! If I have time I will go ahead and get my lesson ready for the kids at church tomorrow.

Off to drink lots of water and clean! Have a wonderful Saturday!!!