Sorry I didn't get back last week. I spent every free minute off my feet and on the couch. About 10 days ago I felt like I might have re-pulled a groin muscle like I did last year. It wasn't too bad, so I just tried to stay off my feet as much as possible. By Halloween my knee was hurting too, but again it wasn't excrutiating so I just took Aleeve and stayed on the couch with my leg stretched out every moment I had. Friday it was hurting worse, but then seemed to get better, so I ignored John's pleas to call the doctor. Dumb idea. My Saturday afternoon I really couldn't stand on it for more than a minute, so I spent the entire rest of the weekend on the couch. To make it even more fun, I had a stomach bug as well. I guess, though, it's a good thing to lose your appetite when you're doing nothing but literally lying around all weekend. Yesterday I saw my doctor. He thinks I injured my hip/pulled the muscle and then to protect it changed my walking gait and ended up spraining my knee. He has me on Naproxen, which worked well last time and sent me for x-rays. I thought the x-rays were going to kill me and between them and his various manipulations, my leg and knee really hurt yesterday, even lying down. I've had a rough night's sleep, but it should be better today.
On the bright side, I lost a few pounds since my last dr.'s visit in late September, so that's good!
Oh Carla - what a week! I hope that your hip and knee feel better soon. Although I have experience that should have taught be better, I too will often put off going to the doctor even when I know something "just isn't right." It doesn't make us smart, but we're not alone!! ;-) The stomach bug on top of it was just insult to injury! On the bright side, congratulations on losing some weight since your last visit to the doctor in late September. I hope that with everything that's been happening, you've taken a few minutes to pat yourself on the back for that!
As I posted late last week, I lost 1 pound (of the 1.4 I gained the week before and the 3.23 total gained since the summer.) I'm doing another week on Core and may stick with it, at least through Thanksgiving. I was getting burned out on points and eating too many empty calories. I have about 2 weeks before the wedding and my mini-goal is to be back to where I was in the summer when I bought the dress. I have the Spanx to smooth out a couple of bumps so that should work well. I also want to get back to where I was this summer because of Thanksgiving. I have to admit that I *loved* all the compliments last year and although I won't have lost more, I don't want to be heavier than I was.
The last couple of days have not been fun. On Saturday, after feeling a little achy in my lower back, I had a not-so-nice surprise - TOM and after EIGHT MONTHS of not getting it - grrrrrrrrrrrrrr! The menopause count starts again. Needless to say, it was a bad one - horrible cramps (bent over, feeling nauseous kind of cramps) making up for not having it for 8 months. Today I finally feel closer to normal. The cramps were so bad that I was up half the night Sunday and called in sick yesterday. Saturday night, crampy and miserable, I ate through the whole evening - not that it had any effect on the cramps, of course. I counted it all though and still have enough weekly points to make it through the week. Last night, I reminded myself how many days 'till the wedding and did well on the snacking front (just had an orange.)
I had a decent night's sleep last night though, got up and did some exercise and am getting ready to go into work soon. I just have to watch out for lunch today. It's parent-taecher conferences and I went in on a lunch that's being brought in - I think it's one of the big heroes. I've brought some fruit and carrots with me though so I'll have a little of whatever, and then have some of what I've brought.
Judy - I'm sorry that you had a miserable weekend too. Menopause just bites - that's all you can say about it.
Good for you for getting that pound off! I know you can get some more off before the wedding, especially since you've put your mind to it. I have to get back to either counting points or going to CORE. I'm losing weight small bit by small bit, but I really have to be more disciplined about it. Good for you for brining fruit and veggies to go with the hero sandwich.
I'm at work today. My doc wasn't keen on me being here, but I promised him I"ll just be at my desk and I won't do any lifting. Sore here, sore at home - not much difference. The Naproxen kicked in sometime after my shower, so I'm sore but not in excrutiating pain.
Carla - I hope the day at work went OK and that the pain was manageable.
It's been a crazy kind of day and will likely be a crazy few days through the weekend and into next week. It's work related and I am determined NOT to eat through it like I did at the end of the summer. More about it tomorrow or the next day (it depends on how much crazier things get). So far tonight I had an orange and had some cereal (not a Core snack) with milk (Core) but I counted the cereal and I've been fighting off the temptation to eat more as I am not hungry and I know eating won't help the stress. I decided my best course of action was to come here and post and then get into bed with the book I am reading (and that I am enjoying) and try to get to bed early-ish so I can get up and do some work before I go to work.
Have a good night - I'm sure going to try my best,
Judy
I hope the craziness settles down soon for you and that the school year gets to some kind of normal. Good for youfor stopping the snacking. What are you reading? I'm reading Water for Elephants and loving it.
It's been awhile since I've weighed myself and a longer while since I bothered to record anything. I know that sometime after my last doctor's appointment in late September I weighed in at 266. Today I weighed 262. So I've lost 4 pounds since the end of September and 8.2 pounds since August 23rd. So progress is good. I've been having pretty good eating days. Of course, it helps that my appetite isn't back to normal yet. Although, I did enjoy a hamburger and fries last night. And I did indeed enjoy them.
Carla - congratulations on your great losses! Yes, your progress is not just good, it's great, especially since you haven't been recording anything! Although I know it's helpful to weight loss, I hope your appetite is better soon since that means that you are all better! I'm reading The Memory Keeper's Daughter and am enjoying it a lot.
Work craziness continues - I'm incredibly stressed from work. Again, long story but I'm at the point where any second I feel as if I'm going to burst into tears! Of course, the fact that I am physically tired from not enough sleep makes the whole situation worse. I stress-ate some last night after the end of an awful week - that showed up as a maintain this morning (I weighed in but didn't stay for the meeting - too much to do this weekend.) I had a little discussion with myself this morning though and am determined to do *something else* about the stress because eating doesn't help and it doesn't make me feel better but makes me feel worse in the end.
Off to do some progress reports - I hope to check in later this weekend.
Weigh in at Home 11/5 - 11/11
