I broke down and went to the chiropractor yesterday. As my luck would have it, the one I usually use is on vacation all week, so I had to try a different one. One phone call later and I was on my way in. Of course there is the mandatory stack of paperwork. I don't know why they need me to repeat my address, phone number, and employment information on every single page... but 10 minutes later I was done with it. He asked what work I've had in the past and what treatments have worked. He did ultrasound therapy combined with an electric current therapy. It. Was. Amazing.
Until he told me to roll over.
I had instant tears when I tried moving. When I finally got situated, he did the first adjustment. Then I very carefully - and tearfully - rolled to my other side so he could do another adjustment. After that I just laid on my back for a few minutes while I caught my breath. The pain literally knocked the wind out of me. The doc was hopeful, though, because he said he felt and heard my back move. I'd still have a bit of pain for a couple days, but he assured me it would be better.
Today I actually managed to walk more than a few steps without almost collapsing from pain! I was actually able to get out of bed without tremendous effort also! I felt well enough that I went to my TOPS meeting. I was quite worried that, with the lack of activity this week, I would have gained. I was almost ecstatic to find out I actually lost half a pound. That really made my day!!
But my joy was short lived.
I picked Scrappy up from the sitter and came home. We had 1 hour to make and eat lunch before we had to leave for preschool. We ended up not going to preschool. Again. We had leftovers. Scrappy picked what he wanted, then refused to eat any of it. When I asked him to at least try a few bite, he began fake-coughing and gagging, then yelling that his throat hurt and his head hurt and said he was choking. It turned into an all-out temper tantrum by the time he was done. I was about ready to have my own tantrum after about 15 minutes of it!
About half an hour into the tantrum, he finally wore himself out and fell asleep. I let him sleep until we had to get ready to pick Beau up from school. Unfortunately the tantrum picked up right where it had left off.
It was just one of those days where I had to remind myself: I chose to stay home with the kids. And I love being a mom!
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Monday, September 10, 2012
Surviving
I survived the weekend. It was very difficult though! At TOPS I was down 3 pounds this week, which is encouraging. When I see progress on the scale, I have more motivation to keep it up. I've been trying to push myself to get more motivated and exercise more too.
And now that I have the motivation to go to the gym, I can't. They are closed for remodeling until Wednesday :( And I've also found out that a friend of mine goes to the same gym, and we've been missing each other just by an hour out there. We're going to try coordinating to go together for accountability and motivational purposes.
I have a confession to make. I had been down a total of 27 pounds not too long after we had lost Baden. But because of the stress and depression I've been fighting with, I have gained almost all of it back. As of last weigh in, I am a total of 5 pounds below my starting weight at TOPS, which is my highest weight ever. And I'm not happy about it. I do know that being on the 'diabetic diet' does have significant weight loss effects just from when I was on it when I was pregnant. However, unlike when I was pregnant, I have been able to incorporate exercise into the mix.
Hitting the gym has also helped to deal with more of my stress too. All the pent-up energy from being angry or frustrated I redirect to my workout. Since the weather is a bit cooler now, I'm going to try to get out walking in the neighborhood. Unfortunately I won't be able to multitask and do my reading while I'm walking, so I'll have to make up for that somehow.
I've been trying to plan out my meals to help with keeping my carbs in check. Saturday I had class and packed a lunch of stir-fried veggies and a little rice to take with me. For supper we were invited to the campground to eat with my parents and family. Unfortunately most of what was being served was not on my menu. I brought my own pork chops and a summer squash since, in addition to the low carbs, the dietitian said "low salt and low fat." They were serving ribs, corn, potatoes, and cornbread. I can have potatoes, but I didn't realize they were being served in a creamy gravy. I took some anyway and scraped most of the sauce off and also had a half ear of corn. I did take a little bite off of my husband's cornbread, just so I could have a taste.
I'm very proud of myself for not giving in and breaking down. I did it again on Sunday for lunch when we went to the family reunion too. I'm still amazed I was able to peel off and give up my crispy chicken skin (my FAVE!!) to my husband. A few tablespoons of tater tot hotdish, some applesauce, some musk melon. Like I said, I'm surviving. It's amazing how easily I've been saying no to some of the things I really love.
The hard thing to give up is my Coke. If I don't have any, I end up with a horrid migraine. So I've allowed a compromise: I use one meal's carbs toward one can of Coke, usually in the morning because I have that and some eggs for breakfast. My doc has suggested that giving up caffeine will help with my fluid retention problem. But fall is coming and I love my coffee. I just can't bring myself to drinking decaf. I think I should be OK as long as I don't add a bunch of carbs in sweeteners/creamers to it. I'll have to check my Coffeemate, since I have 2 bottles of it.
I suppose - I need to try to get motivated for the day. Scrappy has preschool orientation tonight and starts preschool on Thursday. I need to get some laundry done, maybe throw him in the tub, and I really should get my house cleaned up and catch up on dishes. I can't wait until we start (and finish!) construction so I have a place to actually PUT things! And I can't wait to get my new office since our contractor has decided to put another room on the 2nd floor!! This just isn't moving fast enough for me :( Oh well, good things come to those who wait, right? Right?
And now that I have the motivation to go to the gym, I can't. They are closed for remodeling until Wednesday :( And I've also found out that a friend of mine goes to the same gym, and we've been missing each other just by an hour out there. We're going to try coordinating to go together for accountability and motivational purposes.
I have a confession to make. I had been down a total of 27 pounds not too long after we had lost Baden. But because of the stress and depression I've been fighting with, I have gained almost all of it back. As of last weigh in, I am a total of 5 pounds below my starting weight at TOPS, which is my highest weight ever. And I'm not happy about it. I do know that being on the 'diabetic diet' does have significant weight loss effects just from when I was on it when I was pregnant. However, unlike when I was pregnant, I have been able to incorporate exercise into the mix.
Hitting the gym has also helped to deal with more of my stress too. All the pent-up energy from being angry or frustrated I redirect to my workout. Since the weather is a bit cooler now, I'm going to try to get out walking in the neighborhood. Unfortunately I won't be able to multitask and do my reading while I'm walking, so I'll have to make up for that somehow.
I've been trying to plan out my meals to help with keeping my carbs in check. Saturday I had class and packed a lunch of stir-fried veggies and a little rice to take with me. For supper we were invited to the campground to eat with my parents and family. Unfortunately most of what was being served was not on my menu. I brought my own pork chops and a summer squash since, in addition to the low carbs, the dietitian said "low salt and low fat." They were serving ribs, corn, potatoes, and cornbread. I can have potatoes, but I didn't realize they were being served in a creamy gravy. I took some anyway and scraped most of the sauce off and also had a half ear of corn. I did take a little bite off of my husband's cornbread, just so I could have a taste.
I'm very proud of myself for not giving in and breaking down. I did it again on Sunday for lunch when we went to the family reunion too. I'm still amazed I was able to peel off and give up my crispy chicken skin (my FAVE!!) to my husband. A few tablespoons of tater tot hotdish, some applesauce, some musk melon. Like I said, I'm surviving. It's amazing how easily I've been saying no to some of the things I really love.
The hard thing to give up is my Coke. If I don't have any, I end up with a horrid migraine. So I've allowed a compromise: I use one meal's carbs toward one can of Coke, usually in the morning because I have that and some eggs for breakfast. My doc has suggested that giving up caffeine will help with my fluid retention problem. But fall is coming and I love my coffee. I just can't bring myself to drinking decaf. I think I should be OK as long as I don't add a bunch of carbs in sweeteners/creamers to it. I'll have to check my Coffeemate, since I have 2 bottles of it.
I suppose - I need to try to get motivated for the day. Scrappy has preschool orientation tonight and starts preschool on Thursday. I need to get some laundry done, maybe throw him in the tub, and I really should get my house cleaned up and catch up on dishes. I can't wait until we start (and finish!) construction so I have a place to actually PUT things! And I can't wait to get my new office since our contractor has decided to put another room on the 2nd floor!! This just isn't moving fast enough for me :( Oh well, good things come to those who wait, right? Right?
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