Well, my eye is getting better, although not totally healed yet. I can at least wear my contacts again and feel normal, haha.
I have been super busy this week with work and school, so I have been reading all of your blogs on my phone, but it is a pain in the butt to comment from there, so I apologize for not leaving more comments lately...I have been trying to stay caught up with all of you and appreciate reading your blogs.
This term is keeping me busy, so I will have to see if I can fit more time in for commenting or not....time will tell :)
I am working this morning and then heading over to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life today. Hubs and I are on the schedule to be walking the track from 5-6pm (and maybe 6-7 with a friend) and then again 10-11pm (and again maybe 11-12 with a friend).
I will post an update and hopefully picks of it tomorrow :)
Enjoy your weekend!
I went up to Seattle for the 4th of July weekend. It was nice, warm weather, visited with friends and saw the sights. Hubs was meeting some friends to go to the Gold Cup (soccer game) up at Qwest Field, so we got a hotel nearby, right in downtown Seattle. My good friends live in Tacoma, about 30 miles south of Tacoma so I got to visit with them.
We drove up Friday morning and had lunch with my friends, then went up to Seattle and checked into our hotel and had a nice workout in the fitness center there. The fitness center is on the top - 28th - floor and had a nice view towards the stadiums and dock area. I wish we would have had a chance to use the pool there as it had an even better view!
After our workout we went back to Tacoma to meet up with my friends and go to a city water park for a couple of hours. The water park had a zero-depth entry, sprayers and water sprinkler things, a lazy river tube loop and a water slide along with the regular deep & shallow ends of the pool. It was all outdoors and a nice way to spend the evening (5:30-7:30) in the heat of the day - it was high 80's which is warm for us :)
(I did get water trapped in my ear though which made me pretty deaf for the rest of the day and the next morning until I could pick up some drops to clear it out. )
After our water time hubs and I went back to Seattle and got cleaned up and then walked down to the pier for dinner at a nice seafood place with a view of the ferries coming in. Our hotel was about 7 blocks up from the waterfront, and it was all uphill. So going to dinner was a nice, steep downhill, and then coming home was a very, very steep uphill. But it was ok, it helped to work off our dinner and dessert (they made their own blueberry icecream! Yum!).
Overall we walked 5 miles the first day :)
The next morning was the 4th, we got up and walked around the downtown area until we found a nice, little breakfast place open. Hubs did really good and ordered an oatmeal, while I had a roasted veggie & egg sandwich (they used homemade english muffin bread and it had tomato, bell pepper, and eggplant in it). Then we walked around a bit before going back to the hotel. Once we got back we waited a bit until hubs friends got there, then we all went for a little drive around the area and to a lunch place. We went to a sandwich shop which was pretty good. It was located about halfway between the field for hubs game and the hotel where I was headed. So after lunch we split up and walked our separate ways. I did go down a few extra blocks so the walk wasn't quite so steep. But it was a great walk :)
Then while hubs was at the game (it was actually a double header so he was there a while) I drove back to Tacoma and met up with my friends. We drover closer to the waterfront in Tacoma and parked, but it was still quite a ways away from the Freedom Fair at the Waterfront - and all down hill. So we walked down here (and should I mention I had decided to wear my high wedge sandals instead of tennis shoes today...) and then walked up and down a bit. They had all kinds of booths for people selling crafts and food and some pie eating contests, etc. We ended up taking a break at the kid game area so the older boy could use up some of his energy (he is going down the slide in the pick above). Then to get some relief from the heat we got sno-cones - which were delicious and refreshing! The baby (he just turned one) is looking for more sno-cone in the pic above :)
Then we walked back up hill to the car and went back to their house. I visited for a bit more before heading back into Seattle to meet up with hubs. Hubs and I walked back down town (I put my tennies on by now) and had a quick dinner, then went up to the hotel lounge (again on the 28th floor) because we were told we would be able to see the fireworks from there. We could see some, but barely, so when our drinks were gone we headed back to the room. Our room actually was facing the fireworks so we got to see the second half of the show right out of our window which was pretty cool. Too bad there wasn't a balcony :)
Overall I walked 7-1/2 miles for the day!
The next morning we got up and packed our stuff. Drove over to Pike Place Market and walked around a bit. We got a couple of croissants from a French bakery and then some fresh blueberries from the market for breakfast. Then we went to get on the ferry. We don't usually take the ferry, but hubs likes them and has been wanting to take it every time we go up there so we did this time. We took it from Seattle to Bremerton and then were going to head south from there.
Unfortunately, once we crossed and were heading south the highway was so backed up. The 45 minute with traffic that mapquest advised us turned out to be 2+ hours of barely moving traffic...and it had a toll bridge we weren't expecting too. Instead of just driving from Seattle to Tacome - about a 40 minute drive with traffic, we spent a 40 minutes waiting to get on the ferry, an hour on the ferry ride, and 2 hours getting back to Tacoma.....if we would have skipped the ferry and just gone down I-5 we would have been home by that time, haha...oh well it was an experience for us :)
So, we stopped in Tacoma and had some lunch and then drove home. We made good time and got there about 2-1/2 hours later. So it was a very long day, and almost no walking for the day.
Today, it was back at work and back into routine. We did skip our workout today as I have a horrible sty in my eye and it is about swollen half shut and throbs a bit and I didn't want to be more miserable with it, but tomorrow I am planning on getting back into that routine.
I hope you all had a great 4th of July holiday weekend :)
Just a quick post today....
First off, my new weight-loss goal for this month is 4lbs.
I really struggled to lose the last 9 pounds for well over 6 months. While I lost inches I didn't lose pounds, so I am setting a goal which I hope will be attainable this month...just 1 pound a week on average this month for a total of 4 pounds gone.
Also, I am really getting into the C25k program. It took me a while to get past week 1, I wasn't that consistent and I was really wanting hubs to join me in it. He really hasn't gotten into it at all. So I have started doing it on the treadmill. I moved up to week 2 yesterday and that went pretty well for me. I still need to stretch more but I am doing much better with it.
And finally, a NSV (non scale victory)...I tried on a bridesmaid dress I wore 2 years ago that I barely fit into. I was seriously worried that the zipper was going to bust out of the side of it on me and wasn't that comfortable. Today it fit quite nicely and looked really good on me, so I am very happy about that. Also, I have probably the world's ugliest belt and it isn't even made right as the buckle is actually attached backwards....but it is the only one I have that fits me and I haven't found any that do. But today I tried on some other belts I have, you now the ones that come with a cute pair of jeans that you buy, and they have never fit me before...well today they do :)
I hope everyone enjoys a great 4th of July holiday weekend :)
I finally made it to onederland!!!
I weighed in today, at the end of my month long mini-plan and YAY I was down 3 more pounds to my new low of 199!!!!!
I am so happy about this :)
I have been my workouts more consistently, and even eating better, especially with hubs help since he is so motivated lately and it has really helped.
By the way, hubs is completely fine now and will see a new doctor next week to make sure he is taking the correct blood pressure meds for his current weight, etc.
Also, we are reading up on foods to naturally help raise your good cholesterol and lower your blood pressure too.
I finally am ready to move from week one to week 2 on my c25k program. I did my oh 5th day of week 1 yesterday, haha and I now feel ready to move up a level. So that is good.
I have really been working on stretching before and after and that has helped a lot.
Well, this was just a quick post for today. I am going to think up a new goal for myself for the Month of July and post it later this week.
Have a great week! :)
Well, we did not get in a weekend walk this time. We were just too exhausted after our all-night trip to the ER on Friday.
Here's what happened:
A while back hubs went to the doctor for a physical and his doctor told him he had high blood pressure and high cholesterol. So she put him on some blood pressure medication. After about 3 months he went back for a follow up and as he hadn't been taking the meds consistently she wanted him to and to also start a medication (Niaspan - a form of Nicacin) because his good cholesterol was too low.
He took it twice and for those two days when he went from sitting to standing he would feel a bit faint so she told him to stop and to just consistently take the blood pressure medicine.
Since then hubs and I have been working out quite a bit and eating healthier and he has been really good about taking his pill. So, he went in for another follow up last week. The doctor said that he had lost 30 pounds and was doing really good and that his current blood pressure was probably too strong due to the weight loss. She said she would call him in a couple days with the results of his blood work and let him know if he needed a lower dose blood pressure pill.
She called on Friday and said that for now he should still continue to take the blood pressure medicine he was originally prescribe (although I am not sure why since it was too strong for his current weight) and that in addition he needed to start taking the Niaspan again right away because his good cholesterol levels were too low and he could have a heart attack at any time (she seriously said this in a deadly serious tone). So, like a good patient he took a low-dose aspirin and then half an hour later took the Niaspan (about 10pm) with a low-fat snack.
Things were fine, we went to bed around 11 or 11:30 as I had to get up early to work on Saturday morning. As we went to bed I told him that I really felt he needed to talk to his doctor because I think she might not have paid attention or wasn't listening to him about the blood pressure medicine needing to be a lower dose as he had began feeling a bit weak lately like he wasn't getting enough oxygen.
At 12:50 hubs got up to use the restroom, which woke me up as he never gets out of bed once he goes down for the night. I glanced over and instead of seeing him go into the bathroom I saw him run into the wall. As I saw this I turned over to get out of bed and check on him and by this time he had fell back into the bedroom door and fell onto the floor. (I beleive the he hit the wall and then fainted for a second and fell).
I jumped out of bed and he sat up and I turned the light on and was asking if he was ok. He said he was ok, he had just gotten up to use the bathroom and he was really hot (flushing is a common symptom of the niacin) and he was really red and sweating and hot to the touch. I calmed down and was telling him I was sorry to freak out but he never gets up and then he fell and it scared me. I tried to look at the clock and when I looked back his eyes had a blank expression and were looking in two different directions and one eye looked really droopy and he was making this really wierd face and smacking his lips. I asked what he was doing and got no response. I asked if he was alright and got no response. I said I am going to call 911 and he didn't respond so I jumped up and grabbed my phone and started calling 911.
As I got connected to the 911 operator he lost consciousness and fell over and began to spasm for a moment. This caused him to also hit his head again on the wall/door frame. So, I was trying to tell the 911 operator what is happening and give my address and to also try and get hubs away from the wall. It was scary. He began relaxing and coming too. The operator tole me to make him lie on his side and not give him anything to eat or drink. He said he was feeling better but not great so he was ok with laying there. He was starting to cool down a bit and not quite as flushed. I hurriedly got dressed and unlocked the door for the paramedics and grabbed some clothes for hubs and everything.
Then 2 fire fighters and 2 paramedics showed up. They evaluated him and talked to me and then decided to take him into the hospital ER to get an exam since he lost consciousness. I followed the ambulance to the hospital, while at the same time calling my work and telling them I would probably not be there at 8am, and to call hubs parents to let them know what was going on.
The ER was pretty full so we ended up having to wait for about 2 hours before we could get a room, which I thought was both good and bad. Good because he wasn't so life threatening that he needed to see that doctor right away, and bad that he had to wait so long to see a doctor. Hubs mom showed up with his brother and his wife. After a while they left since it was obviously going to be a long wait and he wasn't in immediate danger.
2 hours later we got into a room, the nurse quickly checked his vitals and asked about what happened, etc. A few minutes later the doctor came in and did an examination. They took some blood and ran some tests to make sure there wasn't anything more imminent, than just a reaction from the medication.
A while later they confirmed it was a reaction to the medication and decided to give him an IV to hydrate him and then check his blood pressure again in a laying, then sitting, then standing position to make sure he would be ok.
The final diagnosis from the doctor was to never take the Niaspan again. That in conjuction with the blood pressure medicine (which contained a diuretic which helped to dehydrate him) was too much and was lowering his blood pressure too much which caused him to faint and then to lose consciousness.
Needless to say it was a very long and scary night. Hubs is now looking for a new doctor who will listen to him and take his concerns more seriously (he has had the other doctor since he was a kid - and he is only 29 and this happened).
We got home around am and tried to get a few hours sleep but didn't get too much. Later on Saturday we went out for sandwiches and then relaxed some more for the rest of the day. Today he is completely back to normal - we were even able to work out and then go swimming later. So everything is fine for now. But it was quite a scary night on Friday. I never expected to see my husband collapse like that, especially at such a young age. We are trying so hard to get healthier and this just makes us both want to try even harder and be more consistent.
I hope you all had a good and uneventful weekend :)
The race results are in :)
There were 558 people that completed the race.
I was #360th at 52:53 (a 17.01min/mile).
Hubs was #328th at 49.05 ( a 15.48 min/mile).
I am proud of what we did, and to be honest, I am quite happy that there were nearly 200 people still behind me when I crossed the finish line :)
I was right in the middle which is where I had hoped to be for my first 5k!
Ok, well maybe nothing ugly, haha....
The good: I woke up early (it's my day off) ate a banana and did my 3 fast miles walking workout video.
The bad: I was still really hungry afterwards so I ate a 90 calorie quaker peanut butter snack bar and got ready for the day.
The good: I took the cat into the vet to get her nails trimmed and I made it to my appointment with my advisor at school to make sure I am on track to graduate next June (I am!).
The bad: I was still hungry, so I went and got a bagel with cream cheese.
The good: I had a $10 off anything coupon for Kohl's that came in the mail, so I went to the store and tried on a bunch of stuff and ended up getting a new top, new jeans, and new capri's....total cost after discounts and coupon $35....and even better I am now officially in a size 14 jean :)
ok, maybe there is some ugly today....it is now 2:30 pm and I am still hungry so I went to taco bell and went all out. I tried to talk my self out of it....I have apples at home, salad, yogurt, blueberries, carrots & snap peas, etc...but I was just craving taco bell and couldn't get it out of my head. So I cracked and let myself go and had a burrito, taco, and an enchirito. I am stuffed now, and couldn't finish it al (but I did eat most of it)....
now, back to the good: I am pretty sure I am over that taco bell craving and I have a nice healthy dinner planned for tonight: grilled tilapia with cajun seasoning, roasted green beans, and brown rice.
Now, it is time to do some homework and get myself back on track...oh, and hubs and I are going to go to the gym later so maybe I can work off a bit of the bell.
I hope you're having a great week :)
