Sleep study and more...

Sorry guys, it's been awhile since I updated. It has been a little crazy the past week. Katie went home on Friday (I SOOOOOOOO.... miss her) this weekend I went to a concert and Sunday my head was pounding! So needless to say, its been awhile and I am sorry.

To update on the sleep study, this one went better than the last. I was able to take a sleeping pill that whisked me off to sleep very quickly, thank God! Before I knew it, it was morning and it was all over! Of course the nurse that watched over me wasn't able to tell me anything. I did get out of her that she had to go up pretty high with the air flow. Not sure what "pretty high" means, but I guess I will find out in a couple weeks. My mom was so funny, the day after the sleep study she asks me "So, what did the doctor say"? Of course my follow up visit isn't until September 10th. She asked me, "What happens if you die between now and then"? Well, I guess I am dead, right? LOL...she is so funny. Just like a mom to worry. I have survived this long, I guess a couple more weeks wouldn't matter, right?

Well, today was my first day back to school. I am still working towards my degree, I will finish one of these days. I, hopefully, have one more semester at FCC and then I get to transfer to Hood. I can't wait! The sad thing is I am so used to taking night classes, that this is the first semester that I have taken a morning class. WOW the dynamics are VERY different. I am used to being the youngest, or at least in the bottom 3, where now I am the oldest. I DO NOT like that! My fear is everyone will look to me for the answer since I am "older and wiser", totally NOT true. Although, one class I am taking is complete "BS"....teaching mathematics....this means sitting through a class "teaching" me how to "teach" basic math. I swear, who ever comes up with the curriculum has two things in mind, money, and wasting my time (of course this latter of the two only pertains to me since the world revolves around me, right?)

Anyhow, as soon as I meet with my doctor I will have more info on what happens next with the CPAP machine and all. I just want to get on the damn machine and start having a good night sleep. If any of you follow my body bug updates on Facebook, you know that my sleep is in need of some serious work!

Next week I go for MORE blood work to check on my liver and have a sonogram done. Here is to hoping that nothing has changed since the last one 6 months ago so I won't have to do it again in 6 months. If I get a good report I won't have to have it done again in a year or so. So here is to hoping!

Have a happy week and I hope to update again before the weekend. I weigh in tomorrow since I forgot to do it this morning. Lets hope I am down 2 more pounds. Cross your fingers for me!

A New Sleep Study...

Well, tonight I have another sleep study to do. The last one was horrible, hopefully this one will be a little better since my doctor gave me a sleeping pill to take before I got to bed. I had such a hard time the last go round that she wanted to make sure to get a full night sleep study. This is also where the doctor will be fitting me for a CPAP machine. Lets hope that all goes well. I hate having to do this, but if it means that I will get a good night sleep, and help me lose weight, well I guess I have to do it. As most of you know, I don't sleep very well.

I will blog tomorrow about my wonderful experience and maybe, just MAYBE, I might put a picture on here to show you guys what I look like when they attach all the wires and machines up to me. I also said in one of my posts that I would try to up load the results from my last sleep study, but I have yet to figure that out. If anyone knows, please let me know. I tried taking pictures of the information, but its not large enough to read.

Anyhow, wish me luck and I will fill you in tomorrow.

Good night, all!

I DID IT....

I did it, I made it 10552 steps!!!!

New goals and new heights!!!

Soooo.... EXCITED!!!!

New Goal...

I just plugged in my body bugg and realized that I am 200 steps away from 10000 steps, which would be a new goal for me with the body bugg. So, Katie and I are off to walk the dog and make my goal of 10000 steps for today! I am SOOOOOO..... EXCITED!!!! Reaching new goals and new heights in weight loss!

AWESOME day today!!!!

Oh, I just had to share I had a FANTASTIC day today according to my body bugg, here is the low down....

Calories burned.............3151
Calories consumed........1726
Physical Activity...........1:31
Steps Taken..................9107

Yes! A great day if I may say so myself, and it is only 8:08pm.

Neurologist Appointment...

The Neurologist appointment was kind of bittersweet...

I went there wanting to talk the doctor out of the suggestion of a CPAP machine. Come to find out, my sleep apnea is so bad, that it's my ONLY option. To make matters worse, this apnea that I have is so severe that I will probably have to stay on a machine for the rest of my life. Apparently, my apnea is so severe that I stop breathing 117 times in one hour. Which to think of that in an hour span, there is only 60 minutes in an hour. So, that is like 2 times in one minute. How many breaths do you think we take in one minute?

Anyhow, here is the low down that she gave me. My oxygen level over all is at about 68% when I am sleeping. They would like to see it at 90% for at least 40% of my sleep time. They also found that I do not go into a REM sleep. I actually only made it to the first 2 levels of sleep when I did my sleep study. To kind of make all of this make sense, the average person has an average of >5 apnea's in one hour. A mild case of apnea would be 5-15 apnea's in one hour. A moderate case of apnea would be 15-30 apnea's in one hour and a severe case would be <30 apnea's in one hour. For me, I had 117 apnea's in one hour.

So, with all that said, I am getting sh*ty sleep every night. My body is not getting the energy source that it needs from my sleep, so my body needs to get this energy from somewhere. Well where else does our bodies get energy from? Yup, FOOD!!!

So, this is where the bittersweet comes into play. I am crossing my fingers and hoping, I get on this AWFUL machine, get a good nights sleep for once in my life, and drop the pounds like Van Dam! Not to mention, that maybe I would be able to get off some of this medication that I am on. I hate the fact that I take so many medications. I am 29 years old for goodness sakes and I take as many pills as my 89 year old grandfather (well maybe that is stretching it a bit, but it feels that way). How sad is that?

I get fitted for the CPAP machine next Wednesday, August 18th, and then I have to find out where my insurance company wants me to go to purchase one. YAY, I get to deal with the insurance company, that ought to be fun!

I think that is all, I will keep everyone posted as the days tick by!

Oh, that was GOOD!

I just had to let everyone know, I just consumed the BEST lunch EVER!!! I made the best thing since a side salad! Here is what you do.

1. Take a ripe tomato and slice 2 thick slices off of the tomato (try to get center pieces of the tomato, they taste the best and are the largest portion of the tomato)

2. Add salt and pepper to taste.

3. Add 1/4 cup of avocado on top of the tomato slices.

4. Add crumbled feta cheese (I used low fat, plain feta)

5. Add 2 tablespoons of real bacon bits (you can get these in the salad dressing section of the grocery store).

ENJOY!!!

Oh my, it was DELICIOUS! I just had to share this with you all right away.

Now back to work!