So with the help of my Costco membered friend I purchased a gym membership at 24 Hour Fitness. Last night was my first night activating my membership and actually working out. Troy and Joe came with me with my "bring a friend for 7 days" pass. Today I am starting to feel my work out from last night. I did 1 mile on the Elliptical and 40 flights of stairs which took me 20 minutes on the old school Stair Master. I am hoping to stay motivated enough to go several times a week and to eat healthier.
On Monday Troy came to my work to meet with the financial advisor and me. Since he was here he went and got us lunch from Burger King and brought it back to us. I must admit that I felt ILL after eating it. After not eating fast food for nearly 3 weeks and then downing a steak burger thing and french fries I felt like crap. I am going to try to remind myself of how I felt each time going through a drive through sounds like a good idea.
My goal is to lose 30 lbs. I need to lose some weight before my next Dr.'s appointment or she is really going to yell at me. The closer Troy and I get to wanting to actively and more aggressively TTC the more important it is for me to lose the weight. I want to have a healthy pregnancy and with the extra weight I am already carrying getting pregnant now would only push me into the danger zone. Since I will probably already be a higher risk pregnancy than the average person I want to try to do as much preparation for my pregnancy and my baby as possible.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
PCOS
Ever since my very first period I have never been regular. Most girls would find this a blessing when they don't get a period for 6 months at a time, but when you are trying to get a grasp on your own reproductive system it becomes quite frustrating and even discouraging.
At my last Dr.'s appointment in September I was diagnosed with PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome) in which my body's hormones are out of whack causing an egg not to be released on the normal 28 day cycle. This is what causes my lack of period. I have been taking a medication called Metformin to see if it will stabilize my system and get me back on track. This medication was designed to treat diabetics but I guess it was discovered that it can help PCOS victims as well.
One of the side effects of PCOS is excessive weight gain. After graduating high school, moving out, getting a desk job, and no longer dieting to fit into my perfect wedding dress for my perfect wedding day, it has been easy to put on the extra weight. Since weight gain is a side effect it is pretty obvious that one of the at home treatments of PCOS is to lose weight. Since it is the beginning of the year it is also a good time to reaffirm my goal to lose weight and get my health under control. I am feeling support from my family and co-workers since most of them are on their New Year Resolution highs. I am hoping to continue to stay focused and continue to stay motivated to get fit. This will not only help myself and my personal health but will hopefully get my gynecologically challenged body moving in the right direction.
For someone who only wanted to grow up and be a mom when she grew up it has been very difficult to face the reality that it is likely that getting pregnant will be a challenging adventure. As a little girl you are told that you grow up, get married, and because the two of you loved each other so much you make a baby. Unfortunately for me I may be looking at months or even years of testing, experimentation, and medication. I dreamed of the "it just happened" or even the "oops" baby. I could go with the ebb and flow of life but now with the complications looming we will have to be more prepared and intentional with our timing and our decisions. Which leads me to my biggest concern of all, will we ever be able to afford it? I have heard time and time again that if you wait until you can afford to have kids or wait until you are ready and prepared, you will never have kids. I look at the checkbook every month and am amazed at our ability to pay everything that we need to and still be able to stay afloat. I fear that adding a child into the current equation would not only be crazy but irresponsible. I want my future baby to have a good life. I want them to have every opportunity possible within their grasps. I don't want my financial situation to prevent him or her from being able to play soccer, take a dance class or go to college.
Will I ever be ready? Will I ever just get pregnant? Will I always be counting the days on the calendar? Will I ever be a mom?
Hopefully yes,
Melissa
At my last Dr.'s appointment in September I was diagnosed with PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome) in which my body's hormones are out of whack causing an egg not to be released on the normal 28 day cycle. This is what causes my lack of period. I have been taking a medication called Metformin to see if it will stabilize my system and get me back on track. This medication was designed to treat diabetics but I guess it was discovered that it can help PCOS victims as well.
One of the side effects of PCOS is excessive weight gain. After graduating high school, moving out, getting a desk job, and no longer dieting to fit into my perfect wedding dress for my perfect wedding day, it has been easy to put on the extra weight. Since weight gain is a side effect it is pretty obvious that one of the at home treatments of PCOS is to lose weight. Since it is the beginning of the year it is also a good time to reaffirm my goal to lose weight and get my health under control. I am feeling support from my family and co-workers since most of them are on their New Year Resolution highs. I am hoping to continue to stay focused and continue to stay motivated to get fit. This will not only help myself and my personal health but will hopefully get my gynecologically challenged body moving in the right direction.
For someone who only wanted to grow up and be a mom when she grew up it has been very difficult to face the reality that it is likely that getting pregnant will be a challenging adventure. As a little girl you are told that you grow up, get married, and because the two of you loved each other so much you make a baby. Unfortunately for me I may be looking at months or even years of testing, experimentation, and medication. I dreamed of the "it just happened" or even the "oops" baby. I could go with the ebb and flow of life but now with the complications looming we will have to be more prepared and intentional with our timing and our decisions. Which leads me to my biggest concern of all, will we ever be able to afford it? I have heard time and time again that if you wait until you can afford to have kids or wait until you are ready and prepared, you will never have kids. I look at the checkbook every month and am amazed at our ability to pay everything that we need to and still be able to stay afloat. I fear that adding a child into the current equation would not only be crazy but irresponsible. I want my future baby to have a good life. I want them to have every opportunity possible within their grasps. I don't want my financial situation to prevent him or her from being able to play soccer, take a dance class or go to college.
Will I ever be ready? Will I ever just get pregnant? Will I always be counting the days on the calendar? Will I ever be a mom?
Hopefully yes,
Melissa
Friday, October 22, 2010
Wedding Season is over... on to Holiday Season!
On Sept 4th Jared and Mallory finally tied the knot. They have been together for 7 years now and like us it was just time to do it! Their wedding was beautiful in the backyard of Mallory’s grandparents. At first glance I didn’t think it was going to be possible to fit all their guests into that backyard but it actually worked out quite nice. I had an assigned seat on the grooms side about mid way back and in the shade, thank goodness! It was like 100 degrees outside with all those people and no air flow. She was beautiful and everything went smoothly. They had a moment of silence for her all those who couldn’t be there with them that day and the tears streamed down Mallory’s face as her dad passed away several years ago. I know he was on her mind that day for sure as her step-father, Steve, walked her down the aisle.
The reception was outside and it got kind of chilly as the sun set but once the dancing got started we warmed right up. Troy and I brought flasks and with a little convincing got Cathleen to agree to pick up my car from the reception and come back to get us once the reception was over.
Towards the end of the night Troy requested Jared and my song and we danced to Good Riddance by Green Day. It was a good ending to the night.
Then on October 17th Cassandra and Andrew wed in Dana Point. The ceremony was beautiful and was officiated by her long time best friend from high school Tracy. It was short, sweet, and very personalize. Tracy did a great job. And praise God that it didn’t rain through the ceremony although there was a mist that was blowing on shore.
One of the most memorable parts of Cassandrew’s wedding was the faux-to-booth. It was so quite and it turned out great! Now I kind of wish I had done something like that for our reception.
The reception was outside and it got kind of chilly as the sun set but once the dancing got started we warmed right up. Troy and I brought flasks and with a little convincing got Cathleen to agree to pick up my car from the reception and come back to get us once the reception was over.
Towards the end of the night Troy requested Jared and my song and we danced to Good Riddance by Green Day. It was a good ending to the night.
Then on October 17th Cassandra and Andrew wed in Dana Point. The ceremony was beautiful and was officiated by her long time best friend from high school Tracy. It was short, sweet, and very personalize. Tracy did a great job. And praise God that it didn’t rain through the ceremony although there was a mist that was blowing on shore.
One of the most memorable parts of Cassandrew’s wedding was the faux-to-booth. It was so quite and it turned out great! Now I kind of wish I had done something like that for our reception.
Sisters and Me
Me and the hubby
I was nervous about being a good MOH but I think that I did a pretty good job. I tried to keep the Bride calm, make sure all the things got done that needed to be, and helped things flow. Then I did a MOH speech and I think it was pretty good. I always have to remember to slow down when talking because I become speed demon and no one can understand me.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Bridal Shower
The shower was a success. I think that it turned out super cute! Since Cassandra is not having a bachelorette party and I would not be able to embarass her there I decided to combine her shower and a bachelorette party with a lingerie shower!
In the invitation it said to bring a pair of panties in Cassandra's size but in your personality for a "guess who" game. Cassandra had no idea that I was planning this game as I cut this part out of the invitation that I gave her. The results of the game were hysterical!
Before we played the guess who game we played Celebrity Couples where you had to write down the corresponding spouse. For instance it said Romeo and you had to write in Juliet. We also had the memory game which you had to write down in as great of detail as possible all the items Cassandra was wearing after she snuck out of the shower. We had the thank you card envelope drawing and the guessing game to see how many Hersey Kisses were in the jar. The answer sheets said "How many times do you think Andrew and Cassandra will kiss on their honeymoon?"
Between the games I read Cassandra a little poem identifying all the stages of her life in which she would need a special pair of underwear. While reading the poem Heather pulled out the panties and hung them on our boa clothes line. Immediately Cassandra got red in the face and started to drink her wine must faster. Here are the results:
Congrats Cassandra on your upcoming wedding and congrats to Andrew who gets to see Cassandra model all of her new gifts :-)
I decorated the backyard of my parents house pink and black.
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| Here I am preparing the backyard! |
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| I catered the event with help from my friend Albertsons. |
In the invitation it said to bring a pair of panties in Cassandra's size but in your personality for a "guess who" game. Cassandra had no idea that I was planning this game as I cut this part out of the invitation that I gave her. The results of the game were hysterical!
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| The Bride has arrived! |
Before we played the guess who game we played Celebrity Couples where you had to write down the corresponding spouse. For instance it said Romeo and you had to write in Juliet. We also had the memory game which you had to write down in as great of detail as possible all the items Cassandra was wearing after she snuck out of the shower. We had the thank you card envelope drawing and the guessing game to see how many Hersey Kisses were in the jar. The answer sheets said "How many times do you think Andrew and Cassandra will kiss on their honeymoon?"
Between the games I read Cassandra a little poem identifying all the stages of her life in which she would need a special pair of underwear. While reading the poem Heather pulled out the panties and hung them on our boa clothes line. Immediately Cassandra got red in the face and started to drink her wine must faster. Here are the results:
After all the games Cassandra opened all her gifts and she got an array of gifts from naughty gifts from ConRev to sexy lingerie to good ol' cotton PJs.
Between the "Guess Who" panty game, my panty party line, and her gifts she probably ended up with 30+ pairs of panties. She is definatley stocked up for her honeymoon!
Here we are all holding the panties we gave her for our guess who game!
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| Cassandra's Gma had the best pair!! And here is a picture for the scrapbook of all the ladies that gathered to honor Cassandra as the bride to be!  |
Monday, August 9, 2010
Styx and the OC Fair
Classic rock and I mean classic . Troy and I saw Styx in concert at the Pacific Ampatheater at the Orange County Fair. We had so much fun!
When we first got there we were on a mission to just eat. We had already accepted that the fair food was completely unhealthy and outrageously expensive but we were there on a mission. First we got the Austrian Fried Potatoes with ranch dressing. They were to DIE for! Then we headed further down food row and Troy got the turkey leg and I got the 16” weiner with peppers and onions. This thing was huge and I didn’t end up finishing it.
After dinner we walked around and window shopped. We bought some candy from one of the vendors to munch on at the concert. After window shopping we rested our feet and our bellies and sat on a bench by the bathroom and watched all the people go by. The fair is second best for people watching next to Disneyland. We had so much fun just sitting there.
When we first got there we were on a mission to just eat. We had already accepted that the fair food was completely unhealthy and outrageously expensive but we were there on a mission. First we got the Austrian Fried Potatoes with ranch dressing. They were to DIE for! Then we headed further down food row and Troy got the turkey leg and I got the 16” weiner with peppers and onions. This thing was huge and I didn’t end up finishing it.
After dinner we walked around and window shopped. We bought some candy from one of the vendors to munch on at the concert. After window shopping we rested our feet and our bellies and sat on a bench by the bathroom and watched all the people go by. The fair is second best for people watching next to Disneyland. We had so much fun just sitting there.
Then it was off to the concert. Styx came out and did an awesome show. It was great because there was no boring opening band. It was straight to the main event. It was funny because the lead singer announced one of the songs as a hit in 1976… clearly before our parents even graduated high school. We were surrounded by a mix of ages, to my surprise, but mostly they were all old people.
Picture from Our SeatWe have another set of tickets to go to the fair again. I think we are going to hold off going until Heather and Joe go so we can have another fun fair feast and all share greasy, yummy, and delicious food! I still want to try the deep fried butter which evidently is shoved into something that resembles a chirro.
All in all it was an awesome night with my awesome hubby!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Debbie Downer - No Excitement in Life
It is time for new goals in my life. Every day seems daunting and such a downer. The routine has become so routine and the spice of life is slowly being lost by the moment. Work is a bummer and with little to no fun spending money the spice of life in my social life is slim to none. So it is time to set some new goals. When we got engaged my goal and focus was on the wedding. I spent hours of endlessly researching details for the wedding. With the wedding and honeymoon over the excited balloon has been popped. I need new goals with new things to look forward to.
So some new goals that I want to accomplish. I want to start scrapbooking again. It is very therapeutic for me and I have all the supplies to do it with the exception of the actual photos that I would like to memorialize. My scrapbook is only done through June 2005 after high school graduation. Now that I am over 5 years behind in my scrapping I am going to go through the events that are in line to scrap and choose only the important big events to add. That way I can catch up faster. I want to be up to date through the year 2005 by the end of August. If I set dates for myself than maybe I will actually get around to doing it.
Troy and I need to decide how we are going to celebrate our first anniversary as a married couple! I am pretty excited about it actually. First I was thinking about recreating our honeymoon. The hotel that we stayed at gives 1 free night if you go back to celebrate your anniversary. Then I thought that that is too expensive and if we travel big again that I want to go on a new adventure somewhere else where we haven’t been.
Then my next idea was to go on a cruise! I have heard mixed reviews on the whole idea since you are “trapped” on a boat and you don’t get to do as much exploring as if you stayed at a resort and the time that you are actually docked is pretty short. Then others say that it is great and it is like a hotel with an awesome view of the water, LOL. So that is still an option.
Then the frugal house-envious me wants to do something even smaller and use all the money to be spent on a vacation toward a down payment for our first house. Now I realize that I can not be so stingy with our money that we do not allow ourselves to go out and have a good time and enjoy life. At the same time I really want to own our own place, whether it is a condo or a house or whatever we can find but I really want to move into a place, plant some roots, start a family, have as many pets as I want and be able to decorate, renovate or destroy as I please without worrying about what anyone else wants.
So I am left between all kinds of options so it is also a goal and an exciting thing to look forward to is the celebration of our 1 year anniversary in 3 months and 5 days!!
Jared and Mallory are getting married in September and I am very excited for them. They are going to be surrounded by family, friends, and love. I can’t wait to celebrate with them and actually have a drink at this wedding. Since I didn’t even drink at my own it will be nice to be out the outside this time and be able to take pictures and enjoy all the festivities without being pulled in a million different directions.
We also are looking forward to the Brad Paisley concert in September. It is on my bucket list to see him in concert and if we are really lucky then he might just sing our wedding song. Now that would just be absolutely awesome and would be a night I would never forget. I still need to find a hotel for that night and scoop out the area since it is all the way down in the San Diego area. It will be a nice weekend away.
After that we have Cassandra and Andrew’s wedding. I’m excited about this one too! I got my dress and shoes and now all I need are some bomb accessories and I will be ready to rock it. Their wedding is going to be very different from Jared and Mallory’s with a totally different feel but I think it is going to be just as pretty and full of love.
I guess I have more to look forward to than I realized now that I actually wrote some of the things down. The daily grind is just really grinding on me these days and the positive, upbeat, and eager Melissa has disappeared. Work used to be fun and interesting and I actually enjoyed myself. These days it is a total drag and I miss the more family oriented, less corporate commercial, office environment that we used to work in. So with that daily grind and then being broke all the time I am starting to just get worn out.
On a positive note, Troy and I are really hitting the grind on paying off debt. We are trying to put as much extra money towards credit card debt as possible to get them paid down and eventually off. That way we can really start putting money into savings. When the stupid Nissan is paid off (last payment on 9/18 whoot whoot!!) then that extra money will go to paying off even more debt faster and eventually will be put into savings. We are used to living “without it” so it won’t be as hard not to spend it on frivolous things.
Adulthood – who would have thought it would be like this? I rushed to grow up and look where I am at? After spending some time with Amy we were talking about how old we are and how her kid is about to go into kindergarten. Where did the time go?
So some new goals that I want to accomplish. I want to start scrapbooking again. It is very therapeutic for me and I have all the supplies to do it with the exception of the actual photos that I would like to memorialize. My scrapbook is only done through June 2005 after high school graduation. Now that I am over 5 years behind in my scrapping I am going to go through the events that are in line to scrap and choose only the important big events to add. That way I can catch up faster. I want to be up to date through the year 2005 by the end of August. If I set dates for myself than maybe I will actually get around to doing it.
Troy and I need to decide how we are going to celebrate our first anniversary as a married couple! I am pretty excited about it actually. First I was thinking about recreating our honeymoon. The hotel that we stayed at gives 1 free night if you go back to celebrate your anniversary. Then I thought that that is too expensive and if we travel big again that I want to go on a new adventure somewhere else where we haven’t been.
Then my next idea was to go on a cruise! I have heard mixed reviews on the whole idea since you are “trapped” on a boat and you don’t get to do as much exploring as if you stayed at a resort and the time that you are actually docked is pretty short. Then others say that it is great and it is like a hotel with an awesome view of the water, LOL. So that is still an option.
Then the frugal house-envious me wants to do something even smaller and use all the money to be spent on a vacation toward a down payment for our first house. Now I realize that I can not be so stingy with our money that we do not allow ourselves to go out and have a good time and enjoy life. At the same time I really want to own our own place, whether it is a condo or a house or whatever we can find but I really want to move into a place, plant some roots, start a family, have as many pets as I want and be able to decorate, renovate or destroy as I please without worrying about what anyone else wants.
So I am left between all kinds of options so it is also a goal and an exciting thing to look forward to is the celebration of our 1 year anniversary in 3 months and 5 days!!
Jared and Mallory are getting married in September and I am very excited for them. They are going to be surrounded by family, friends, and love. I can’t wait to celebrate with them and actually have a drink at this wedding. Since I didn’t even drink at my own it will be nice to be out the outside this time and be able to take pictures and enjoy all the festivities without being pulled in a million different directions.
We also are looking forward to the Brad Paisley concert in September. It is on my bucket list to see him in concert and if we are really lucky then he might just sing our wedding song. Now that would just be absolutely awesome and would be a night I would never forget. I still need to find a hotel for that night and scoop out the area since it is all the way down in the San Diego area. It will be a nice weekend away.
After that we have Cassandra and Andrew’s wedding. I’m excited about this one too! I got my dress and shoes and now all I need are some bomb accessories and I will be ready to rock it. Their wedding is going to be very different from Jared and Mallory’s with a totally different feel but I think it is going to be just as pretty and full of love.
I guess I have more to look forward to than I realized now that I actually wrote some of the things down. The daily grind is just really grinding on me these days and the positive, upbeat, and eager Melissa has disappeared. Work used to be fun and interesting and I actually enjoyed myself. These days it is a total drag and I miss the more family oriented, less corporate commercial, office environment that we used to work in. So with that daily grind and then being broke all the time I am starting to just get worn out.
On a positive note, Troy and I are really hitting the grind on paying off debt. We are trying to put as much extra money towards credit card debt as possible to get them paid down and eventually off. That way we can really start putting money into savings. When the stupid Nissan is paid off (last payment on 9/18 whoot whoot!!) then that extra money will go to paying off even more debt faster and eventually will be put into savings. We are used to living “without it” so it won’t be as hard not to spend it on frivolous things.
Adulthood – who would have thought it would be like this? I rushed to grow up and look where I am at? After spending some time with Amy we were talking about how old we are and how her kid is about to go into kindergarten. Where did the time go?
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Bridal Showers
A few Saturdays ago I went to Mallory's bridal shower. It is surreal to think that soon both of us will soon be married to our high school sweethearts. It is crazy to think that once apon a long time ago all 4 of us marched on the same field together in highschool. Who would have known that the girl that I nicked name Booger would be marrying one of my oldest and dearest friends in nearly 4 weeks? I am so happy for them and I hope that they have a long and happy journey in life together.
They are getting married at Mallory's grandparents home in their backyard. The house and the setting is beautiful but a little bit on the small side. I overheard one of the bridesmaids who said that there is going to be assigned seating for the ceremony and 20-30 guests will need to stand. At first I was a little shocked to hear the idea but thinking about it more it makes total sense. I am just hoping that I am one of the honored guests to get a seat. I am the best man's wife and one of the original 3.
After leaving the bridal shower it is starting to make me more excited and a little anxious for the shower that I putting on in 4 weeks. I thought I had the whole plan all figured out but I've come across a couple of kinks that I still need to work out. One big kink was the location. I was not really excited about a lingerie shower in a park or a resturant. I would rather have it in someone's backyard like mine was. I was a little worried about the games too but after Mallory's shower with only one participating game, one necklace "don't say the word" game and one raffle it seemed perfect. It wasn't very dragged out and the majority of the people knew each other (except me) so they didn't need a bunch of break the ice games.
My shower plans are coming right along. I am getting very excited for Cassandra's wedding. I have my dress and shoes and now just need some bomb accessories. I am looking for some great earrings and a great bangle of some sort.
They are getting married at Mallory's grandparents home in their backyard. The house and the setting is beautiful but a little bit on the small side. I overheard one of the bridesmaids who said that there is going to be assigned seating for the ceremony and 20-30 guests will need to stand. At first I was a little shocked to hear the idea but thinking about it more it makes total sense. I am just hoping that I am one of the honored guests to get a seat. I am the best man's wife and one of the original 3.
After leaving the bridal shower it is starting to make me more excited and a little anxious for the shower that I putting on in 4 weeks. I thought I had the whole plan all figured out but I've come across a couple of kinks that I still need to work out. One big kink was the location. I was not really excited about a lingerie shower in a park or a resturant. I would rather have it in someone's backyard like mine was. I was a little worried about the games too but after Mallory's shower with only one participating game, one necklace "don't say the word" game and one raffle it seemed perfect. It wasn't very dragged out and the majority of the people knew each other (except me) so they didn't need a bunch of break the ice games.
My shower plans are coming right along. I am getting very excited for Cassandra's wedding. I have my dress and shoes and now just need some bomb accessories. I am looking for some great earrings and a great bangle of some sort.
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