Busy, busy

Well, it's been about a week since I last blogged. This week at school has been so busy, and really nothing major has happened, so I didn't feel the need to write. But, now that it's the weekend, and I have a little more time so I thought I'd update everyone!

I am down 28.4 pounds. One exciting thing that happened this week is that my cycle is regulated! I had gotten a period in the hospital, as I mentioned in previous blogs, but the true test would be--Will it happen again? (Chris wants me to be quick about this topic, I presume for all you guys out there, so I will try to be to the point ;) Well, it did. This is very exciting, because of course, this is one of the main reasons I had the surgery--to be able to get pregnant someday. I had thought maybe 6 months down the road I'd resume to a normal cycle, but to see it happening so soon is very promising. Ok...I'm done on that topic. :)

School has been good, but so busy. I have report cards next week, and so while I normally like to start on them 2 weeks ahead of time, so I can do a few each day, last week was filled with planning, and catching up on all of the things I missed from the week before. So, now I'll have to work on them at home this weekend. I'm going to try to get about half done tomorrow, and then work on the rest after school this week. I try to stay later at school and get everything done so I don't have to bring anything home, but sometimes that's unavoidable. I have been a little tired, but honestly not more than normal. The food thing at work has been working pretty well. Except for one day at lunch when I think I didn't chew well enough, things have been smooth. I keep setting my alarms to make sure I take my pills, and drink and stop drinking at the correct times. All in all, I am glad to be back. I'm still journaling what I eat, and I'm also entering it into a weight loss calculator on my iphone. In that app, it also calculates my calories, fat, protein, etc. and I can add my exercise and weight daily. Both of those things have kept me on track.

I am a little worried about two things. One--I'm not sure I'm getting enough liquids. I am calculating that I'm on the low end of the 48-64 ounces they want me to consume in a day. I have a bottle of water with me at all times, but I think it's just harder to stop and sip, when I'm teaching a lesson. I carry it with me all throughout the room, but I still don't feel at the end of the day that I've had enough. One cause for concern about this would be kidney stones. Since I've had two in the past, I definitely don't want that to happen again. So, I will keep doing my best to get lots of liquids down. I've started using my water bottles again, that have measurements on the side, so I can count the ounces daily.

The other is--exercise. Since my bad jogging experience last Sunday, I have not done any exercise. For Monday, I had already decided not to do anything to give my body a rest. But there is no real GOOD excuse for not doing it the rest of the week. My BAD excuses are--it was raining, I forgot my shoes for the gym, I was so tired from work, Chris was at the game on Tues and Wed and I didn't want to go alone.........i know......waaaaaahhh. So...no excuses...I'm going to come up with an exercise plan for this week, and I'm sticking to it. I've seen my weight loss slow a little from a week or so ago, and this could be because of my cycle, or because I need to step it up in the exercise area, so I see more results.

Well, I didn't think I had that much to write about, but once I get going it pours out of me. Have a great night everyone! :)