yes, I post in there every once in awhile. I’d rather post my progress here though 
Worlds gym is awesome…they have all sorts of cool toys…I talked about it before but they just became crossfit affiliated…they even have tires!!!
Ct- a plan you say? do tell…
Hey Sarah…thanks!!
Good hard work in here. I also really like the TRX for a change of pace. Boy do I envy the cool toys at your gym!
Phew, all caught up! Looking good Betty. I just read the whole log in one go, so sorry if bits seem irrelevant now.
Love the dress, I actually have the shirt version of the dress. Same print, wrap around. There’s something appealing about the oddness of bw giraffe, huh. It looks great on you. What a wonderful hour glass. I like the hair up with lipstick or hair down with out lips. I love the hair, but have you thought about some face framing layers? They won’t be hard to manage and I think will look good on you. Just a thought.
Ok now science! Woo Hoo!
Broccli and thyroid
Don’t worry about it. There’s a chemical in the Brassica family that can reduce/interfere with the thyroid glands iodine uptake. Light steaming (you don’t have to cook it to death) inactivates this chemical though, so cooking broccli even a little bit makes it a non issue. Also if you prefer raw, just make sure you’re getting salt with iodine in it. I think a few hard core raw eaters only use sea salt and it can be an isse for them since that isn’t supplemented.
Speaking of Supplements
You’ve gotta be careful with the herbs. Since I’m a lab geek, not a physician. I’ll just give infos I think you should have.
5HTP - facilitates increasing levels of serotonin primarily, but increases in dopamine, melatonin and norepinephrine have been found. There was a swiss study comparing 5htp to an SSRI (fluvoxamine) that showed similar effectiveness for treatment of depression. I read a review, and not the primary article, though so I don’t know how reliable that is. It does show 5HTP is no joke though. ( http://www.altmedrev.com/publications/3/4/271.pdf )
St. Johns Wort - dude… so it’s got a mix of stuff in it, but the primary concern is with hypericin and hyperforin. They are phytochemicals (a la phytoestrogen) that are bascially MAOIs. They prevent your brain from uptaking monoamines, which include serotonin, dopamine, melatonin and norepinephrine (note this is pretty much what 5htp increases levels of). Just going off chemistry, I wouldn’t put them together. Also, MAOIs are usually a last ditch depression treatment, so I think it shouldn’t be on your list at all (opinion of course).
Rhodiola - I was actually surprised to find that it’s another MAOI; it’s so heavily pimped. I might have to do more reading on it, but at this point I’d throw it into the no pile.
I got a lot of my information from this article: Herbal medicine for depression, anxiety and insomnia: A review of psychopharmacology and clinical evidence Herbal medicine for depression, anxiety and insomnia: A review of psychopharmacology and clinical evidence - ScienceDirect
If you want it, I can email you a pdf, there are some helpful charts that I can’t figure out how to post on here.
I’m sorry for the long ass post. I just read your list of random supps and thought “oh noes!”
Oh, and the sexy time pics in SAMA are lovely. (speaking of which, I whole heartedly agree with whoever recommended getting laid more. Orgasms do wonders for brain chemistry!)
Hey thanks a bunch lady!!
This is what I’m taking right now and I’m satisfied. I think it’s enough pills anyway, sheesh!
multi
fish oil
Move free
Super B complex…all kinds of crap in it. call it a placebo effect but it got me through three hours of shopping! 
Bcaa’s
I take l-carnitine and I’m looking into chromium I think that’s what it is.
Oh, and I’ve been taken melatonin the last 2 nights. I’m sleeping further into the morning but still not as restful as I could be until then. this morning I made it all the way through til 445am!
Back to the shopping. I tried on dresses!!! I’ve never bothered looking before until recently, let alone try them on. Its fun! Accept, none of them look good on me. 
The high empire waist, with all the fabric that just hangs there does absolutely nothing for me. Can you wear belts with those?? I’m not on the fashion radar, so excuse me.
Yes, I really liked that black/white giraffe number. It just spoke to me. Kind of retro/pin-uppy too.
Being more of an hourglass shape myself, I’ll definitely say no to empire line dresses - they hide your main asset (your waist) and are often mistaken for maternity wear. Do not want! Also avoid drop-waisted dresses (20s style - I gather these have become more popular due to Boardwalk Empire) since they are best on boyish figures. Anything with a nipped in waist is good. Halters are good (if you don’t mind showing off your shoulders - I personally love to). You can also easily do crop tops and hipsters with your figure. Apparently they’re coming back into fashion and with your waist and shapely legs you can totally pull this off.
@pch2 - lots of fantastic info there. Perhaps I can persuade my mother to eat broccoli again.
Interesting about the MAOIs - I had to wiki that - and apparently other popular supplements like resveratrol, ginko and curcumin also fall into this category.
Best night of sleep, yet! Still feel tired of course, but not so brain dead.
Yes, GREAT news about my precious brassica family!!! Funny thing, I can’t eat vegetables raw. My throat gets all itchy and my voice hoarse. Same goes for melons, tomatos, avacado. Weird, right??
@Cal- you know, I tried on halters yesterday and loved them…accept I would have to spend extra money on a good strapless bra. Not sure if that would work with my girls.
I rather stick to little tank tops to feel more secure.
I felt out of place browsing the juniors section, but they have cuter stuff!!
The ‘womens,’ sections is for plus size and old wannabe stylish mom’s. It’s like if your a Mom, you can’t look cute. Unless there is somewhere in between I’m missing…
The boys went off to a cub scout camping thing. Our son just became a Webelo(s)(we’ll be loyal scouts). It’s a two year stage they made up in between cub scouts and boy scouts, since they were losing a lot of boys that way.
so it’s just Julia and I. We’re gonna go check out the farmers market and do more cloths shopping!
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
it still gives you the freedom to do whatever else you want. I especially like the prescription of repping the heavy weights. That’s the part I’d usually get lazy about.
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wow, where have I heard this before? 
Cal’s got some good dress advice. x2 on avoiding anything that didn’t have a waist around your natural waist. Since you’ve got it, flaunt it. There seems to be a trend where loose dresses have, like, an elastic waist aat the natural waist and you could definitely belt them. (for example http://www.express.com/racerback-smocked-waist-dress-35882-590/control/show/3/sort/Price-Ascending/index.pro?relatedItem=true&showBreadcrumb=false ) You might like that style, but I’ve found its hard to get one where everything hits where it needs to.
Wrap dresses tend to be universally flattering, but when you actually have an hourglass shape its even better. I also like the slimmer, more structured dresses in heavy, stretchy knits.
As for the shopping in the jr section. Go for it. If its cute, its cute. And I don’t know where you’ve been looking, but Ann Taylor Loft usually has good stuff that’s pretty classic but not old. And they always have great sales.
lol, I shop sporadically and on a budget. $20-30 here and there…
The closest mall is almost an hour away! …pre-kids when we had nothing to spend our money on, we’d shop at the Gap or Pac sun…my goodness!
We have Kohls, Ross, Marshalls, Dress Barn, Fashion Bug, Target and Old Navy.
I’m an overgrown tomboy who spent most of her twenties overweight. I’m only now starting to pay attention to cloths other than gym garb.
KOHLS FTW! I kinda just discovered it, they got some great stuff for guys too! Im going their on sunday as I had to retire some work clothes, they were begging me to pull the plug on em Kevorkian style!
Last night I read through your log and got really motivated to start tracking my food in addition to workouts… so thank you! Its always good to remember there are women out there who love to powerlift, enjoy strongman, and balance healthy eating with recovery eating. I am pretty much the only woman in my gym who likes strongman events, powerlifting, and cares as much about recovery and strength as healthy and fit. Scrolling through your journal got me fired up again to stick to it. Your shared process and you… rock!
^ really? thanks!!!
I like that stuff and I like to mix it up…your the PL’er!!
Actually, I have been meaning to log my foods now that hubby is back and my thyroid is being retarded. Gotta stay on track. Kinda just in limbo right now and I could easily get lazy, stop caring and gain a bunch of weight. But my attitude towards food really has changed this time!
Looking good and feeling confident feels way better than crap tastes and how I feel after eating it.
We went to the local farmers market and it was really dinky. oh well…there are others out there.
Went and browsed the clothing stores, etc…Only saw one dress that met my criteria but it wasn’t an everyday casual dress…it was a Im gonna go on a date with my hubby kind of dress. Still want it though. so if its still there tomorrow I might get it.
Get the dress.
Get a sitter and go out.
Make him feel special.
i’m not on any meds. apparently hyper and hypo thyroidism is diagnosed on the basis of abnormally high and low T3/T4 respectively because the physical symptoms are correlated with those levels. My free T3/T4 are normal. But my TSH is low (so my body is telling my thyroid to produce less T3/T4 but my thyroid isn’t listening - it is producing independently from the TSH signal. That means my T3/T4 regulation system is fucked. Possibly some kind of (probably benign) tumor to the hippothalamus / pituatary resulting in low TSH signal. Possibly my thyroid will overproduce eventually and then I’ll develop hyperthyroidism. Meh.)
I do wonder a bit, though…
Irritability. Check. Wound-upness. Check. ‘Fast’ metabolism (trouble putting on muscle). Check. General fatigue / lethargy. Check. Weakness. Check.
Hmm…
Hmmm…
HRRRm…
Someone suggested to me once that I get proper hormone panels done a few times a day or something like that… Cortisol etc. I probably should look into it at some point…
Hormones are crazy things indeed. I’m still amazed at how much of a difference they can potentially make to pretty much everything…
Hope your shopping went well. Clothes shopping is a funny one for me… I’m either extatic that I found something I think is awesome, massively depressed that nothing seemed awesome, or kinda pissy that i needed to get something and had to make do with something I’m not totally happy with. Luck!!
Alex- that totally sounds like my shopping experiences every time!
Wow, sounds like you need the same lecture I got regarding your insides…I know how hard it is to get a Dr to just listen and do the damn tests. Drs treat thyroid care as if its an alien.
2busy- Dressing up has nothing to do with the man, does it? I’m new here. I mean he says he doesn’t care what I wear, but has been perking up a bit more with the discussion of me wearing dresses,
I get what your saying though…thanks.
your little girl has a prob and its WHOOSH WHOOSH to the dr.
YOU have a prob, and you’re still hemming and hawing about it. treat yourself as well as you treat her. hell, she deserves it, if for some reason you don’t think you do.
make a list, print the studies, organize them, pack them in a folder (or two) so that when any doc tries to argue with you, WHOOSH WHOOSH with your info and INSIST that the tests be done.
[quote]gregron wrote:
Yeah I did 5/3/1 for a few months and liked it but I ended up stopping because my OHP sucks cause of my shoulder surgery. I can’t really press a barbell for jacksquat [/quote]
Yep. Me too. OHPing strength has not come back.
MiMsie: Found you on FB and looked at all the beautiful pics of you and your family. Damn, you’re a beauty.
oh im bad i just read the last page and didn’t catch all the way up.
WHOOPSIE!!
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
your little girl has a prob and its WHOOSH WHOOSH to the dr.
YOU have a prob, and you’re still hemming and hawing about it. treat yourself as well as you treat her. hell, she deserves it, if for some reason you don’t think you do.
make a list, print the studies, organize them, pack them in a folder (or two) so that when any doc tries to argue with you, WHOOSH WHOOSH with your info and INSIST that the tests be done. [/quote]
This, do this. If you need any help on the finding studies side, let me know.
Cal and Buckeye x 2 on the dresses advice. I hope you kept the giraffe print because it’s super cute. It’s hot and humid in summer there, right? For the hot days, you’ll probably want something sleeveless.
So many of the tops now don’t have a waist either. Just boxy, flowy empire stuff. Since when do women NOT want to show an hourglass? I look pregnant or just square in that stuff. Just because it’s in style, doesn’t mean it works for my body type, or yours. I have some luck in the Jr. section since I’m so short. I like dresses and skirts that come just above my knee, so the little sundresses that are meant to be minis are actually not too short on me.