Yes, it is

a hernia. At least that's what my internal medicine doc told me. Nothing like a little "turn your head and cough" to make an afternoon complete. I know that women have it bad when they go to the woman doctor, but having your boys jiggled by another dude is just not one of life's best events. Anyway, they did a physical on me at the same time. My blood pressure was up (duh! - I have not been to the gym regularly in over a year). So, he put me on some blood pressure meds - which basically mean that I get to go pee a lot. On the other hand, my blood work came back normal - whew - no blood sugar issues.
So, what to do now. I have an appointment with the surgeon next Tuesday to see how and when to get this hernia thingy taken care of. In the mean time, I really need to start eating right. I need to find new morning food besides breakfast burritos and diet coke ( and throw in a donut for good measure). I want to exercise, but what I can and can't do will be dictated by the doc next week.

Hold on a minute...

Just when I was getting all fired up last week about getting fit again, I began to also look into why I was having pain in my lower abdomen. I believe that I have developed an inguinal hernia. This is only by my own diagnosis, with the help of web MD. I have an appointment for this afternoon with my doctor to get a professional opinion. If I'm right, I may have to have surgery to fix it. That would suck. I would be out of commission for at least 4 weeks. I hate getting old.

I'll post tomorrow about what the doc says. Sigh....

It's time

It's time to get back to the gym.
It's time to be accountable for what goes in my mouth.
It's time to keep track of what I weigh.
It's time to stop feeling like crap.
It's time to quit making excuses.
It's time to say good-bye to the donuts, candy, sweets, muffins, and ice cream.
It's time to be an example to my family again.
It's time to quit being lazy.

It's just plain damn time.

Being out of a job for 7 months is no excuse for gaining back almost all of the weight I lost in 2008. It makes me ill to think that I have gone backward so much. I have kept telling myself that I would get back to the gym when I had a more stable 'routine', you know - with a full time job, etc. Well, I'm working full time, but the job is not permanent, and things are still in a state of flux. Doesn't matter. I'm at that point again where I was at the end of 2007, where I knew something had to change or else!

If you don't see an update from me within a week as to what I've been doing to get back on track, plz text me or call me and ask me why not.