why??

Hi friends,

I know it's been a long time since I checked in here. If you read my regular blog, you'll know that we were traveling for about a month, and then spent a week or so getting over jet lag.

Tonight, after being home from our trip for nearly two weeks, I was finally able to go to the gym again. When we left on our trip, I was down 7.5 lbs from my starting point and hoped to keep it all off. While on the trip, I went to the gym several times with my mother-in-law, usually for 1.5 - 2 hours at a time. I went to an aerobics class with my sister-in-law once. I went running with my sister and brother-in-law almost every morning for 2 weeks, and managed to run 2 miles straight a few times. I thought I was doing pretty well even though I knew I wasn't doing so well with the food side of things. (I tried to make good choices, but I didn't always have control over what was available, and let's face it... I was on vacation!)

So tonight when I went to the gym, I was hoping that my weight was still around the same as before. I could have accepted a couple of pounds gained, especially since the last two weeks I have mostly been sitting on my bum and snacking way too much. But I was pretty shocked to see that I had gained most of the weight back again.

I am really frustrated by this. I know I can do better, but I didn't think I was doing bad enough to gain back 6.5 pounds! That just seems insane to me.

Anyway, I've decided to go get my thyroid tested. Several of my family members have to take medication for hypothyroidism, and I feel like that might be part of my problem. On top of my weight issues, I'm also losing a lot of hair, (my sister was actually shocked by how much hair I was losing just by running my hand through it), and I'm tired all the time. I guess if my thyroid is not an issue, I'm just going to have to work that much harder to get rid of this darn weight.