Period Underwear - Part Two

Day One - Sunday
If my period were to come every 28 days, like it sometimes, but not always does - then Sunday is the day I should have got it.  Judging by my mood last week though, I'm predicting it will come on Wednesday.... we will see.  But since you just never know and I wasn't going to be home all day, I put on my new underwear.  I wore the sport pair first and I wore them with yoga type pants over to Amanda's to watch the Steelers lose.  They were very comfortable!  My period did not start, but it was nice to not have to worry about it.

Day Two - Monday
Monday morning I put on the lacy hiphuggers with jeans for work.  Also very comfortable.  They really feel like swimsuit bottoms, so I was a little nervous about how they would be with jeans, but no issues! 

Monday evening I went to the bathroom at home and I had got my period.  So I was left to figure out if the underwear were really THAT MAGICAL or if I had just started my period at that moment..... hmmmmm....   So I rinsed and washed my underwear in preparation to wear them later in the week.

Day Three - Tuesday
The first full day of my period... I wasn't trying to mess around.  I used my tampons as I always would.

Day Four - Wednesday
When I got dressed in the morning I put on my period magic underwear.  I also used tampons all day at work.  In the evening when I got home I took the tampon out.  I was still bleeding (although not crazy like on Tuesday).  I just really wanted to see if the underwear do what they say they do. 

Days Five & Six - Thursday & Friday
I did repeats of Wednesday - tampons during the day, then I took them out when I got home until after my shower the next morning when I put one in. 

Afterthoughts:
I think I'm going to have to day a Part Three to this next month.  I really want to just wear the underwear all day on a day that I'm home and bleeding with no tampon and see what happens.  I need to have my period on a weekend, I'm not brave enough to do it at work in case they really aren't magical....  I very much enjoyed having them this month and it was wonderful to not be stressed about "when" it was going to start.  Stay tuned for Part Three....
 

WLW 2016 - Week #3

Starting Weight:  135.0 lbs
Last Week's Weight:  133.2 lbs
Today's Weight:  133.8 lbs
Total Loss:   1.2 lbs

We went out to eat Thursday night for hoagies and pizza.  After that I told myself no more eating out for a while.  So I got serious, planned out dinners for a couple weeks and made a huge shopping trip.  I didn't eat perfect, BUT loads better than I have been!  I have things already figured out so I won't be going out to eat at all this coming week either.

I keep trying to remind myself how successful I was a year ago when I really buckled down and worked hard.  I'm just having a really hard time getting the same motivation right now to lose 4 pounds....  I'm trying though.  At least I'm not gaining.  But I'm not losing either. 

Best Friends Forever

The first couple times we got Lyla and Becca together after Lyla started kindergarten it was rough.  Amanda and I were so sad thinking that it was possible that we had come to the end of an era.  That maybe this was when they would go their separate ways.  

Thankfully we were wrong!  The girls got through the transition and it was business as usual!  

Amanda offered to let Lyla sleepover over Sunday night and spend the day with her and the girls Monday since she was off and there wasn't any school for MLK day.  I knew Lyla would enjoy being there so much more than at daycare.  

I got fun picture updates all day while I was at work:

Eating pancakes for breakfast - all smiles!

Hard at work... in dress up clothes ... obviously!

There were all sorts of warnings to stay inside today.  The wind chills were in the negatives.  Becca loves to be out in the cold.  Gary says its because she is a winter baby so it doesn't bother her... I don't know how true that is.  I do know that Lyla doesn't like the cold that much!  But Becca wanted to go out, so her BFF toughed it out for a little bit.

Back inside cuddled up to watch a movie after drinking their hot chocolate!  I think this is my new favorite picture of these two.  Such little sweethearts when they want to be!

WLW 2016 - Week #2

I'd really like to thank Facebook Memories for the added boost in the right direction!  This came up in my newsfeed Monday morning:

They thought I would like to look back on this post from 7 years ago.  Why yes Facebook, thank you for reminding me how fat I was!!  I refuse to go back to that.  REFUSE.  So, here is where I'm at today and a look at how the last week went:

Starting Weight:  135.0 lbs
Today's Weight:  133.2 lbs
Total Loss:   1.8 lbs

Diet
I didn't do awful.... didn't do great either.  Friday night and Saturday night I ate out.  And Saturday night we ate A LOT.  But I did pretty well the rest of the week.  I actually logged back on to My Fitness Pal on Sunday and plotted out all of my calories for Monday - Friday.  I'm not staying at the 1200 calorie a day goal, but I'm not going crazy either.  I would say I'm right around 1500 on a normal day. 

Exercise
Does shopping count?  What about cleaning snow off of the car?  Shivering to keep warm?  No?  Then no... no exercise this week.....

Lifestyle
I know that its simple math and more calories in than out equals weight gain, less equals weight loss.  That is the major reality.  I do believe though that stress and lack of sleep can make it even harder to lose.  So I'm working on trying to stay calm and trying to get to bed at a decent time also.  Its not easy when there already aren't enough hours in the day, but I'm trying to prioritize my health over everything else.

WLW 2016 - Week #1

I said if I felt like I needed to start being accountable again I would start back up on my Weight Loss Wednesdays....  Well I feel like I need to check in after the last week.

I'm going to use my weight from Monday morning as my Starting Weight.  The first Monday after the New Year seems a reasonable place to start to me!  My goal is to get to 130 pounds.  I haven't actually done that yet.  I bounce around between 131 and 135 like a pinball.  My weight fluctuates a lot in that four pound range.  But I generally don't get all the way up to 135.  So when I saw that number Monday morning it was an eye opener.  135 pounds is MY NUMBER now that I refuse to go over.  I'm not going back to that.  NOT DOING IT!

Starting Weight:  135.0 lbs
Today's Weight:  135.2 lbs
Total Loss:   0

Diet
I haven't started counting calories again... yet....  If I can't seem to get it back on track in the next week though, I absolutely will start counting again.  I will give it until next Wednesday then go from there. 

Exercise
I REALLY want to start doing the kettlebell weights again.  I have to figure out a time of day that I can do it.  Its so hard because I already feel like I don't have enough hours in the day without taking at least a half hour to do some exercise.... but I'm going to try. 

Lifestyle
I didn't do terrible over the holidays.  I really kept it pretty under control... up until this past weekend.  My schedule got crazy and I ended up eating out a lot.  I was exhausted and to the point where I just didn't care.  But now I do care so I'm going to do something about it!

Period Underwear - Part One

I'm so spoiled. Gary got me everything I asked for for Christmas. Including the gift certificate for Thinx aka period underwear!

If you missed my first mention of these you can find it here. 

I was so excited to order them!  And even more excited when I got home late Saturday & saw they had been delivered!!

Since I'm not due to get my period for two more weeks this has to be part one of my review. 

They make a good first impression. But what really matters is if they work or not!

They arrived regular mail in a very hippie/nature lover sort of envelope. Inside each pair was individually packaged much like a pair of panty hose. 

I ordered two different styles, sport & hiphugger. The sport I could VERY easily mix up with my swimsuit bottoms!

The hiphugger feel like swimsuit bottoms but the lace at the top totally makes them fancier than my normal underwear!

The packaging includes care instructions and information on their mission to take the shame out of periods. 

 

I have no intention of not using tampons with these...  BUT I'm thinking they will be wonderful for those couple days where you know your period is going to start at anytime, but you don't know WHEN exactly.  And I'm always so torn on what to do those days... I usually just go to the bathroom every half hour and check on things.  Or if I have to go out and about somewhere I put in a tampon "just in case" which I know is really not healthy. 

 

I'm also thinking they will be good to sleep in.  I hate leaving a tampon in long enough to sleep.  But I do it anyways.... 

 

And I think they will be nice at the end of your period where its not really there anymore... but it is... just a little.  You know what I'm talking about!  That just real annoying last two days...

 

And I know my mom is reading this and just thinking why can't you use a panty liner or pad??  I just hate them.  Panty liners I can't ever seem to stick in the right spot.  I have it on and I bleed wherever it is not in my underwear!  And pads... they are just the worst.

 

Stay tuned for Part Two where I let you know if they actually work or not!  ;)

Happy New Year - Five Things Friday

Looking back on the last year I think of all the changes we made.  It was definitely a year full of transitions!  And since New Years Day is a Friday, I give you the Five Things Friday – Biggest Changes in 2015:

1.      I lost 20 pounds!  This was huge for me this year!  I lost the weight the first half of 2015.  And that wasn’t easy for me.  I worked very hard to get it off.  And I have been maintaining it ever since, which isn’t as hard, BUT I still have to be conscious of it.  I still have to think things out every day.  I keep telling myself that its much easier not to gain it in the first place than it is to get it back off. 

 

2.      We went from one car to two cars.  Looking back I’m really proud of us for sharing a car for four years.  We saved a lot of money and I think we grew closer as a family only having one car.  But life is much less stressful with two cars.  There is a lot less planning and a lot less time wasted now that we have two cars. 

 

 

3.      Lyla started school.  I knew this was coming.  I knew it was going to be a big transition for all of us.  What I didn’t know was how quickly Lyla would grow up!  I didn’t realize that starting school would so quickly catapult her into a much more mature version of herself!  Its been lovely!  Not that she wasn’t great before, but things are really wonderful now!  She still has her moments, but for the most part things are much simpler.  She sleeps so much better at night.  She can be reasoned with.  She wants to try to do things on her own instead of always asking for help.  

 

 

 

4.      Carter Arrived!  Having Carter as the latest addition to our family has been fantastic!  Gary and I are simply over the moon for our new nephew and Lyla loves him to pieces!

 

 

 

5.      I'm at peace.  That sounds strange to put in a list of big things that have changed, but its true.  I feel very calm going into 2016.  I'm in a great place in my marriage right now.  Lyla is doing great and I'm so excited to see her grow this next year.  At this very moment, everything seems right in my world and if we are being honest here, that is a BIG change!