I got these workout dvds a long time ago and I don’t even remember how I first heard of them. I decided to give them another go since I remember all those years ago I really enjoyed them.
So I started doing it again and it’s so much fun. One thing important I find about workout videos is A. you need to not feel like it’s a chore and B. the moves can’t be so complicated that you can’t keep up. This isn’t the case with Turbo Jam, it’s really fun, a really good workout I think and the moves are easy.
I needed something to kick my butt this winter but not something I would get sick of and I hope that Turbo Jam gets the job done.
I keep saying it all doesn’t make sense, well, finally it’s starting to make sense. This past year has been particularly hard because more and more symptoms keep popping up with no real explanation. Nothing I ever do seems to help anything other than taking medications, which I really don’t want to do.
I kept assuming all my problems were from my weight and I assume some are but what really annoyed me was that I haven’t been able to budge my weight in about 5 years, no matter what I’ve done. This is the kind of thing that just makes you lose hope but now that things are starting to make some sense I feel hopeful again.
Here are some of the symptoms (the ones highlighted I have):
I am gaining weight inappropriately I'm unable to lose weight with diet/exercise I have hypothermia/low body temperature (I feel cold when others feel hot, I need extra sweaters, etc.) I feel fatigued, exhausted Feeling run down, sluggish, lethargic My hair is coarse and dry, breaking, brittle, falling out My skin is coarse, dry, scaly, and thick I have a hoarse or gravely voice I have puffiness and swelling around the eyes and face I have pains, aches in joints, hands and feet I have developed carpal-tunnel syndrome, or it's getting worse I am having irregular menstrual cycles (longer, or heavier, or more frequent) I am having trouble conceiving a baby I feel depressed I feel restless My moods change easily I have feelings of worthlessness I have difficulty concentrating I have more feelings of sadness I seem to be losing interest in normal daily activities I'm more forgetful lately My hair is falling out I can't seem to remember things I am getting more frequent infections, that last longer I'm snoring more lately I have/may have sleep apnea I feel shortness of breath and tightness in the chest I feel the need to yawn to get oxygen My eyes feel gritty and dry My eyes feel sensitive to light My eyes get jumpy/tics in eyes, which makes me dizzy/vertigo and have headaches I have strange feelings in neck or throat I have tinnitus (ringing in ears) I get recurrent sinus infections I have vertigo I feel some lightheadedness I have severe menstrual cramps
I am starting new medication this weekend, that I hope will help. I hope this isn’t just another medical problem I have to add to all the others that really can’t be repaired. I ordered a book from the library to help me understand it all.
(me after a workout, I thought I looked much worse)
So I was chatting with a buddy on Twitter the other day because she said she’d lost 70lbs. I was impressed and asked her what she did differently. Basically she said she cut down on carbohydrates and ate more protein. That’s when I had basically a WTF moment: I do all that already and I gain weight.
For the past year or more I’ve been choosing whole grains about 80% of the time, in fact we only keep whole grains in our house anymore. I gave up soda several years ago, I never even drink diet. In the last year I’ve been eating a lot more protein, I consciously try to include protein in every meal. I know I don’t eat perfect but something just doesn’t add up.
Ok, rant done. Next…
My food from yesterday, overall I guess not too bad but the calories were way higher than I would have thought. I really want to drink less beer, that’s the one thing in our house we tend to be indulgent with. We don’t keep soda in the house or any white bread, we rarely have sweets but we almost always have beer.
I don’t know how true these amounts are since the hamburger I had was from a local grill and I had to guess although I didn’t eat the whole thing, it was just too big. I miss grilling my buffalo burgers outside on the grill, stupid snow ruins everything.
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