Everything is bigger in Texas....even me.

Last summer my husband's job was relocated and we moved from Iowas to Texas.  The process was overhwhelming to say the least.  I sort of just ran on adrenalin trying to keep it all together.  I started having fainting spells 2 months before we moved.  I would get tingly and then just black out.  I never got hurt but it was alarming.  I had one of these spells while in the check out lane at Target and drove straight to the Urgent Care to get checked out.  I had a consistent pain/ pressure under my left rib so they ran an x-ray of my abdomen.   Diagnosis: My colon was slow and at that point it was 100% full.  so essentially I was told that I was full of sh**. 

The tingling continued after we moved and a new doctor in Texas believed that it was due to anxiety.  She ran several tests and through an ultrasound I learned that I had a small nodule on my thyroid.  In the 9 years since my Hashimotos thyroidistis diagnosis, I had never been offered an ultrasound so this was interesting but no one knows how long I have had the nodule or if it was impacting my health.  My new doctor continues to run ultrasounds to watch for growth and luckily ther haven't been any changes.

A few months after moving I began to gain weight at a rapid pace.  Some weeks I was gaining 1lb per week.  I didn't excercise a lot but I could run 4 miles on a weekend so I was in decent shape.  I was already depressed from the move so this weight gain was a huge blow.  After months of visting my doctor and being told I should 'watch my portions', the solution fell in my lap....well, ok...my email box.  I received a Groupon for Texas Fit Chicks Bootcamp.  this is a 5 week program that was started by a woman who was hypothyroid.  If that wasn't a sign, I don't know what it.

I am in week 4 of my program and am beginning to see some definition in my arms again.  My face is a bit less puffy.  So far, my scale reports that I have lost 5 lbs.  This is HUGE for me as I haven't seen the scale go down for nearly 5 years.  I am relieved that my weight has stopped going up.

I have my official weigh-in and measurement next week so I will keep you posted.