The Good Year Blimp

No - The Good Year Blimp hasn't been flying over Bloomfield, it's the way I've been feeling lately.
It doesn't seem to matter what I eat or how much I eat, I can't lose weight. I gain a few pounds and lose a few pounds. But, I always seem to gain more then I lose. I hate this crap. I'm tired of not being able to lose weight.

Some of this is because of my medications. The one med that makes it the hardest for me to lose weight is the one that I tried to start to tapper down a little over a month ago and had to increase the dose again.

The other thing that makes it harder is the Hypothyroidism. I've been reading up on this. I actually went to the book store today and got a couple of books. It seems that if I intake too few calories, I could actually gain some weight but I definitely won't lose. I have to watch what I eat. They recommend the Mediterranean Diet. So, I'm going to try to read up on that and see what I can do. I am going on a mandatory exercise program at work. They changed where we park starting on Monday and now instead of a shuttle to bring us to work, we will be walking. It is probably a 10 min walk each way. I am also going to have to try to get myself to add some exercise in, in addition to that.

It seems there is a number of conditions that can be attributed to Hypothyroidism and as my luck would have it, some of those same conditions can be caused by some of my medications. Of which one of the side effects can be Hypothroidism. Isn't it just wonderful?!?!?!

So, is my lack of energy and motivation from my meds or Hypothyroidism? Is my high Cholesterol from medication or Hypothyroidism or just because it's high? I'm sure the list could go on and on.
The weight is a combination of both. No one ever said life was fair but I would settle for a little fairness in my life.

Hypothyroidism is something that I have to live with for the rest of my life. That means watching what I eat, getting my thyroid levels tested and all that fun stuff. Of course, I'll probably be on a lot of my meds for a very long time.

I am going to attempt to quit smoking shortly. I have 8 packs of cigs left and I'm going to give it a shot. I've been trying to cut back these past few weeks. Oh yeah, smoking and caffine can affect the hypothyroidism also. I'm not sure now is a good time to quit but is it ever a good time to quit????


To date, I still don't have a copy of the commitment letter in hand from my sisters' lawyer. I left my lawyer a message Friday morning and he hasn't returned my call. There could be multiple reasons for this. I will call him again on Monday morning. If we don't have any information and he can't get any, I will call the other lawyer back and set up an appointment and meet with him.
I can't believe my sister would still try to play games after her lawyer told her to get moving on this stuff or find a new lawyer. Oh well, I guess she's going to play games with her lawyer and see how serious she is.

All in all, I'm handling everything okay. But I'm not sure how long that will last since there is lots of frustration and anger. So far I've been managing to keep myself busy and not dwell on things. How long can that last?