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Happy Friday! The work week is over...in a few hours :) and I'm so excited! Do you all have any special plans this weekend? We don't, well not that I know of. I know we'll have our date but other than that it should be pretty relaxing :) I did not lose any weight on Wednesday, but I did lose .2 pounds yesterday! I am 277.9! I'm really hoping to lose, or at least not gain, any weight this weekend. I'm ready to be done with these numbers , come on body! Let's get to 275 and below!
I am still doing TTapp every other day, and just added doing light weights for my arms. I know some people have said to change up the work outs, but when you're doing TTapp, you're only supposed to do TTapp. It said you may do light walking if you want...but it's 100+ degrees here....no thanks.
How are you doing with your diets? healthy eating? or just living with your thyroid problems? Let me know and have a great weekend!

Until next time :)

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AHH HAPPY WEDNESDAY! I hope these next three days FLY by for everyone. Okay I have to apologize, so Monday I didn't go to work and not being at work left me thinking it was Sunday! So I didn't write a post, and decided to skip it all together until today. Sorry if you were wondering where I disappeared to, but I'm back!
I had a wonderful 2nd Anniversary with the hubbs! He is just too sweet, he took me out to lunch at BJ's (I didn't understand until then why he wouldn't let me eat my treat all weekend. haha) and later we went and saw The Other Guys, let me tell you that movie was funny. So thanks to everyone who wished us well, it was wonderful :)
Also! Thanks for all the positive feedback for Thankful Friday (seriously, I'm going to think of a new name) I'm glad you all enjoyed it, and I just want to let you all know I don't think I'm amazing because I was able to find the bright side of things, it took me YEARS to find it. Trust me I love to throw pity parties for myself (and I still do every now and then) but life is so much easier and happier when you have an optimistic view of it. So that's how I live my life...I've kind of always been like that though. You know those bubbly people who smile a lot and get kind of annoying because they're always really happy (that is SO me.)
Okay weight loss news......I didn't gain ANY weight this weekend! WOO! But I didn't lose either haha. Since Friday though I have lost .3 pounds, I am at 278.1, it's still going down, that's all I'm happy about. I got some really good tips on how to jump off the plateau and I just began doing them Tuesday, so hopefully we see some big results soon!
How are all of you doing? Love to hear from you! Hope you're having an amazing day! Until next time :)

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IT'S THANKFUL FRIDAY! okay...so maybe thankful Thursday works so much better; but I don't write posts on Thursday.....so there. Haha! Well happy Friday everyone, we made it through another wonderful week, and it's one week closer to Fall/Winter! Yay :) I am 278.4 pounds right now, so I've lost another .3 pounds since Wednesday...slow...very slow. But I'm okay with that. It's such a relief when you're losing, no matter how much; when all you are familiar with is gaining huge amounts...am I right? My husband and I have our two year Anniversary this coming Monday, so I'm sure we're celebrating it this weekend and some point and I'm very excited :) These last two years have flown by, and I'm excited to see what happens from here! What do you have going on this weekend?

Okay so Thankful Friday: (This is only somewhat blog/weight loss related) Okay, so just a small background on me first: I grew up in California and always said, "I'm not going to end up here!" haha well I'm in Texas now, so I guess I was right! But my family is all in California, and even though we've seen each other a lot the last couple of years; it's really hard sometimes. My parents are the most amazing parents and couple you'll ever meet, and ever since I left for college five years ago my Mom and I have become really close friends. I talk to her every day, sometimes four times a day (I'm amazing at forgetting what I called her to talk about...so I just keep calling. Haha!) and she is the only person I know who understands everything I'm going through. I was really lucky that she was a stay at home Mom, because she was able to take me to every single Dr appointment I had, so she was there for the emotional news and lab results to help me through it all. As for my Dad, nothing can put a smile on my face like he can. I am such a Daddy's girl, and he's always been there to help me understand the good in every situation. Also, thanks to them for changing church's and leading my family to Christ, without that change I would definitely not be where I am today. I also have two older sisters, both have two little kids and the oldest is pregnant again! :) We fought a lot growing up (like all sisters close in age do haha), but I don't know what I'd do without them now, they're amazing and very important in my life. Unfortunately, moving away has led me to not even meet my youngest nephew yet, and he's almost a year old. So as you can tell, my family and I are really close, and I love and miss them dearly. (that was all the background haha)
Today I was driving to work and thinking about the picture of my niece and youngest nephew my sister sent me yesterday, and how I felt like I was missing out; but then it hit me...Texas is where I need to be. First of all, I love it here (take away the heat and it would be perfect haha) second, my husband is here; and I'd follow him anywhere. Also, my Endocrinologist here in Austin, is the best one I've seen in the last 10 years. If my cousin here, who was a size 0 even when she was 9 months pregnant, hadn't wanted to go to the mall; I would have never found the Thyroid diet. Well, maybe I would have eventually somehow. But if I wasn't in Texas, I would have never started my blog so my family could see how I was doing; and none of the things happening in my life through this blog would be happening.

Okay that was really long...but this is basically what I'm getting at.
We all have Thyroid problems, and most of us have weight problems because of it. I left my family to be here in Texas with my amazing husband. But without the thyroid/ weight problems, and without being away from my family, the amazing things going on in my life through this blog wouldn't have ever happened.
A lot of times crappy situations can seem like the biggest and only thing going on in your life. I love when God shows me how even the worst times, are also the best for my life; and it drastically changes my perspective on everything going on.
SO for Thankful Friday:
-I am very thankful for the diseases/illnesses I've had in my life. It has made me a stronger person.
-I am very thankful for gaining so much weight. I was a really mean person growing up, especially to overweight people. Gaining weight changed me for the better.
-I am very thankful for my move to Texas. I miss my family horribly, but Texas was the best decision I could have made.
-I am very thankful for all the support I have. All of you reading my blog, my family in California, and my husband and cousin here in Texas. I wouldn't be able to do any of this without you guys :)


OKAY! That was a long post. Thankful Friday done :) Until next time.

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It's half way to Fridaayyyyy :) How are y'all doing this fine day? It's supposed to storm today so I'm getting all excited! Okay since Monday, I have lost .5 lbs, isn't a lot but at least it's down right? I'm doing extremely well on my diet, and I added up all of my calories yesterday and I'm eating 1100! Yay me! Okay so I've been noticing the last two months that I can eat any amount of food, it doesn't matter if it's a couple bites or a huge meal that leaves me unable to move. I will be incredibly hungry within the next 10-15 minutes. (It is not me wanting more food, my stomach will begin growling and it feels like I haven't eaten in the last day.) So I'm not really eating a lot more, I'm eating my same foods, just smaller and more often. I also added a little more with the foods I'm already eating, making sure I get all my fats in and that's how I've been able to add more calories! So it's worked really well the last two days, and hopefully it will continue to do so! I'm not having any cravings for other foods which is really great since they're covering our kitchen! And I don't know I just feel really great right now :) How are you guys? What's going on with all of you?

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Happy Monday! :) I think we should all decide right now that this week is going to be amazing! How did your weekends go? Mine was a lot of fun! But weird, and EXTREMELY helpful to me with my diet. It's going to be hard to explain, just keep in mind that I'm a little weird with the ways I get ready for certain things and that it was very beneficial for me on the Thyroid Diet. So I got my motivation back two weeks ago, and then I got really sick so I was on soup and bananas only, and then once I was feeling better I started my time of the month again (rolls eyes) and my cravings were through the roof! I mean, worse than I've had in a very long time. Every day I was craving chocolate so much I seriously started to cry, it was ridiculous. As the weekend started getting closer my cravings for other foods started getting worse, I haven't craved foods off the diet this bad at all in the last four months.  Now, there's something you need to know about me... If I want something....I want it now. So here's what I did. Friday night (which I surprisingly still lost weight after) Saturday and Sunday, I let myself eat whatever I wanted. I only ate when I was hungry, but I had fries (Fri), chips, salsa and tortillas with my fajitas (Sat), a cookie (Sat), two slices of pizza (Sun) and split a small piece of cake with my hubby (Sun) this weekend. With eating all of that I had a bunch of different feelings: 1. I do not want those foods anymore, because I don't like the way they make me feel 2. I bet I'm going to have gained 4 pounds when I get on the scale Monday 3. This is exactly what I needed.

See when I started the Thyroid Diet, my "treats" on the weekend was a cup of frozen yogurt, and sharing a plate a french fries with the hubbs; and even when that was it, I still felt like it was too much the majority of the time. Over the last month I have been eating more and more and craving more and more on the weekends. Now after this weekend of careless eating, I know that when the next weekend comes up (and many after that) I'm not going to be wanting those things anymore. I'm -mentally- back where I was at the beginning of the Thyroid Diet, and that's what I've been trying to do! I can feel it, and I'm already seeing it in how I view foods. I baked a cake for the husband yesterday (that was the piece I shared) and of course the rest of it is sitting on the counter. When we were cleaning up last night I was thinking, that's going to be hard having there this next week. But this morning I woke up, worked out, weighed and went to the kitchen to get breakfast and guess what! I gagged when I saw the cake! We also have soups, crackers, pasta and many other things that I love in the house and I can't imagine forcing those foods down my throat. I'm so excited this is what I've been trying to get at for the last three weeks! :) Oh and also, I didn't gain 4 pounds; but from Friday (278.2) I gained exactly 1 pound. This morning I weighed 279.2, normally I would be really annoyed with that, but let me tell you I am THRILLED! Because I can't wait to shake it off, and I can't wait for next weekend to come when I know I won't be worried about gaining weight.

So like I said, it's weird but so awesome for me. I can't wait to see where this takes me with the thyroid diet and how the weight comes off. Oh also! I'm going to be eating more calories, I was eating around 600 and starting today I will be back between 1000 and 1200 every day. I think the small amount I've been eating has also been really bad for me, and my body has been holding on to every little thing I've put in my mouth. So hopefully eating a little bit more will change everything! Okay, well this is long enough and I'm sure it's a little confusing haha! I hope you guys had a great weekend, and that you have a great day! Until next time :)  

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HAPPY FRIDAY!!! I am so excited it is actually here! I woke up yesterday thinking it was Saturday, and when I finally realized it wasn't, I thought it was Friday all day. Haha I hate those kind of weeks! Okay well it's Friday now and I'm excited :) Thank you all for your feedback, I really needed it :) And I appreciate the suggestions! I've lost an additional .3 lbs since Wednesday so I'm 278.2 now. It's frustrating because it's going SO slow lately, but I'm waiting for something to jump past this point while still using the Thyroid Diet. This diet works really well for me and I want to keep with it. A few people have said that I might not be eating enough each day, and I think they're right. There are some days where I only eat 600 calories, and with TTapp and going up and down stairs at work and home I really don't think that's enough. So I'm slowly trying to incorporate more calories each day, at the beginning of the Thyroid Diet I was eating anywhere from 1000-1200 calories a day, and i want to get back up there without jumping back up there. Does that make sense, or does that seem just weird? Anyway, so I'm going to try to change my food plan again and get some new things, and more things this weekend at the store! We'll see how next week goes, hopefully there is more weight loss than this week. ;-)

What do you have going on this weekend? We have a party tomorrow with my hubby's co-workers so that should be fun and then Sunday is my parent's Anniversary :) They're the best and I hope they have a great weekend  Love you guys! Alright you all have a great weekend, until next time ;-)

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Happy Wednesday everyone! Halfway through the work week, it's all down hill from here! Okay, so I've lost .5 pounds since Monday and I'm at 278.5 right now :) Yay! Things are still going really slow right now, but I'm working hard to get past this point. I've gotten motivated all over again, but there still isn't a lot happening, does anyone have any other ideas? Also, since there isn't a lot going on, I was considering going down to only 1-2 posts a week? Maybe until things start picking up? What do you guys think? I could really use some suggestions and thoughts right now! I hope you are all doing amazing, and I really hope to get past this point soon! I'm not happy staying here...I want to keep moving forward! So with all my motivation and the right foods there, what would you guys suggest to get a jump on things? I just need something, whatever it may be, that pushes me past this point and I know I'll be off again! Anyway, can't wait to hear from you! Have a great day :)

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Happy Happy Monday! I hope you all had amazing weekends! Mine was really busy. I was out with my cousin all day Saturday and then Sunday we did groceries and a little kids Birthday party. Okay now that I'm saying it, it really doesn't seem like I did a lot, but it was intense at the time haha! I'm sorry if this post isn't long or very interesting, I have not been getting any sleep lately and my eyes keep closing while I'm typing this! I'm just a liiiiiittle out of it :) So, I was 278.4 on Friday and I'm 279 this morning, so I gained a little bit of weight this weekend, but I'm ready to shed it off! (As soon as I sleep for more than 2 hours, haha) So I've been trying to do TTapp every day, and of course my muscles start getting tired, but I've been getting really intense pain in my legs. I know this is a symptom of Thyroid problems, so I'm really used to it (and who knows, I might have fibromyalgia) BUT it's as if I just ran up and down stairs for an hour, no matter what I'm doing. My legs are always shaking and it hurts to stand up on them, I feel like they're about to give out! Does anyone have any ideas for how to make it go away? Hope you all have a wonderful day :) Until next time!

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ALRIGHT ALRIGHT IT'S FRIDAY! Yay :) I'm definitely ready for this weekend! Okay so I wrote my blog on Wednesday and you'll never guess. I threw up twice after that! I ended up having to leave work early again, and it just hasn't been fun! So since that started up again I've only been eating a banana and some soup the last couple days. (Obviously not on my diet, but I had to heal my body first...and my diet foods were definitely not helping my stomach!) I've still lost some weight though since Wednesday! :) I weigh 278.4 this morning, so I lost an addition .6 lbs. I'm really afraid to jinx anything...but I'm feeling pretty good this morning haha! And like I said on Wednesday, I'm hoping that now I can really get focused on my diet and losing weight. Hopefully this weekend/next week I'm just feeling amazing and I can blow past this 277-280 plateau! I always tell everyone who gets sick or anything like that to focus on your body and getting yourself better, don't worry if you have to eat things not on your diet for a few days. You'd rather take a few days to heal than just ruin your body right? So I'm taking my own advice and doing just that. Although I'm feeling better today, I'm still on soup. And, God willing, I hope to be back to my diet foods tomorrow! Thank you everyone SO SO much for the sweet words and thoughts about the hard time the hubbs and I just went through. You are all amazing :) I know I say that a lot...but you really are! You guys help me through so much and knowing you are standing there with me on this journey helps so so much!

Okay now this is definitely not thyroid/diet related but I had to give a little shout out to my niece Ava Marie :) My sister entered her in a Shirley Temple look-alike contest last night and she ended up winning! Ever since her hair started growing, we've always said she had that "curly top" and now that's she's almost 5 years old she definitely has that Shirley Temple look to her! Here are just two pictures of both of them, I think they are so dang cute! (And yes, I promise I got permission from my sis to post the pics, haha!)

Well anyway! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I'm looking forward to mine! Until next time :)

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Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope you are all having a great week! Mine hasn't been the best so far :( I had to leave work early Monday because I felt awful; and I knew if I stayed that extra hour, I would not have been able to make it home! Not even an hour after I got home I was throwing up and had the worst migraine. I didn't sleep much that night and threw up a few times on Tuesday. (I definitely stayed home and on the couch yesterday) Then last night I wasn't able to go to sleep until 3am and had to wake up at 6! Grossssssss. To make yesterday even better it was exactly one year from when I had my miscarriage from my only pregnancy. I threw up again this morning, but am feeling mostly better and I'm going to work.

Wow! Okay, now that that's all out I'm hoping the rest of the week goes well! Hahah. I don't know if you all remember, I said in one of my previous posts about how I gain weight when I throw up, and I was thinking "NO! I just got all my motivation back!" I have lost a pound since Monday though, so that's really good! I can just feel that I'm doing really well, but I know getting sick had to have made it's mark these last couple days. Anyway so I'm now 279.0 again, I've been there so many times and I'm excited to get away from it. Now that I'm feeling better I can't wait to see how this new motivational kick goes :) How are you all doing? I hope well :) Well I gotta get going, so until next time!!

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Happy Monday everyone! Hope you are all doing fabulous and had great weekends! Mine was good but definitely had a lot going on! So over the course of last week and especially this weekend, I found my motivation again :) Yay! But I'm also really weird about being motivated for diets. Once I hit that YEAH! LET'S DO THIS state of mind, I have to take 1-2 days of eating things that definitely will not be on my diet, or eating more than normal. I didn't over-do it this weekend; I just wasn't thinking about my diet at all! And as weird as that might sound, it helped me get so pumped for this morning! So I did gain 1 pound this weekend and am back at 280.0 but I'm not worried about it. I have a feeling this plateau is over starting today; so I'm sure that 280 is gonna peace out soon! I feel like this is the very first day of the Thyroid Diet, and that's really what I needed! I'm so excited!!! Actually, shopping with my size 0 and XS cousin AGAIN was what helped me get motivated. I was thinking, "I've lost over 40 pounds, but I can still only shop in two stores! I want to be able to shop in this store again!" And that's what did it! (For those of you new to my blog, shopping with her was what made me start the Thyroid Diet in the first place! haha) So I made a new menu, made a workout chart; and along with the goals I've always had, I made a bunch of small goals in between now and Christmas. And speaking of my menu, I don't post my menu on here, because I think everyone needs their own. No one has the same body/metabolism and so my menu can't work for everyone. And plus, not everyone likes the same foods. That's why Mary gives a list of foods to choose from. Also, there are three different types of the Thyroid Diet, so I might not be doing the one that is right for you. Anyway, I hope that makes sense. I just feel like the best thing to do, if you want to do the Thyroid Diet, is buy the book and make your own personalized menu off the list of foods Mary gives. Okay well I hope you all have a wonderful day! And I can't wait to see how this week goes and report it back to you guys! Thanks for the encouragement, I definitely needed it so much!! Until next time :)