Monday, September 16th, Cardio & Cafe

Good Morning Botts:

I hope each of you had a great weekend.  I was lazy on Saturday and spent the day doing absolutely nothing!!!  On Sunday, I took my son to meet the Yale University Director of Admissions in Memphis to see if we might be interested in what they have to offer us.  I ran into my plastic surgeon of all people with his daughter, we sat together and had a very nice visit.  Now I want more plastics.  Anybody got $20,000 lying around that they don't need.....That's what I thought...My eats for today are:

Breakfast:  Coffee & Miralax

Snack:  Pure Protein Bar

Lunch:  Lite Hot Pocket (Something with chicken in it)

Snack:  Banana

Dinner:  Veggie Burger

Snack:  NSA Ice Cream

Exercise:  Riding my Bike

I hope everybody has a great start to their week.  Remember those vits and fluids, they keep up healthy and wise.

Will Monopoly money work?

I've been in a particularly foul mood this weekend. It was so bad I didn't even like me. Poor David made the mistake of asking if it was Menopause...I explained (in quite graphic sailor language) that this would be my general outlook for the rest of my life if that was the case. Oh the joys of coming off the estrogen. My sons' always called my HRT my Anti-***** pills. They may have been on to something there with that line of thought. Knock on wood that the hotflashes have stayed at bay -  Either by luck or A/C.

Commute:  Coffee

Breakfast:   Coffee

snack:   Oatmeal

Lunch:    Chef Salad w/ ranch

snack:   Celery and peanut butter

Dinner:  Steak fajitas

I totally forgot my gym bag for this afternoon. It's packed and everything. I was going to head back to the YMCA 3 afternoons a week. Guess I'll have to start that another afternoon this week. I think I may try and catch the Weigh****chers meeting tomorrow afterwork. It's time to get serious, serious, serious about getting this 50 pounds off. My plan is to refocus my raging hormones toward something productive!!!!!! Take that fat cells. Thankfully our Y doesn't offer kickboxing classes. I might just hurt someone.

Hope yall are off to a better start than I am this week.

- Iris 

Iris if Monopoly money worked, I be rich.  I even bought a lottery ticket for the past Saturday drawing.  Did not hit a number.. Boo!  I understand those moods swings, I have been up and down for the pass 3 months and have finally decided that mother nature made have left the building.  I have not had a visit from TOM since July.  Ahhhh!  The glorious things to look forward to.....I hope you have a better start tomorrow.  Take care.

I could not deal with all the hormonal issues when I got menopause.  I am on HRT - bio-identical. They are not cheap but I rather keep my sanity, hot flashes away (they were horrible) and pay for that.  So far so good... 

Right now I have not become a "MAD" woman yet.  Probably because of my Lexapro.  I had hot flashes probably over 1 year ago and dealt with them the best I could.  I really have not had any of them since.  Knock on Wood!  I hope they don't hear me talking about them.....

You asked about the chemicals - I saw a message but I don't see your post?  

I don't think the chemicals will reach into the walls and into the insulation. (but the smell shure would) . 

But they spray just at the wall-carpet edge - where the moisture was probably the longest. 

They think that they got all the water from insulation and that since we contacted them right away (2-3 days after the flood) that there most likely will not be black mold.. But I do plan to have that inspected in 3-6 months by a mold specialist.  We do plan to rip off some wall paper and paint the walls (the bottom parts) in my office... I want to wait to make sure the wall is dry and no mold is there.. 

 

 

She's doubled my Lexapro (my HAPPY pills) and given me the Xanax as a Pacifier.  She also pointed out that maybe this wasn't the medicines effects on my personality but possibly my "true self" coming to the forefront. God help us all. :-[

 

Iris.  I got on to my son the other day about not studying for a test and making a low grade.  I hardly ever have a cross word with him and the first thing he asked me was if I forgot to take my Lexapro that morning.  Little snitch!!!!

How long have you been on the bio-identical?  I am off the hormone patch and recently went off the over-the-counter Estroven.  Thx.

I have been on them for 3-4 years. I am on bio identical estrogen patch, progesterone pill every evening and testosterone cream. I think my menopause was more severe due to adrenal insufficiency.