This week has been a bit rough. Mars felt better Sunday, but Monday brought on the IBS again. He's still having issues with it. He was able to work yesterday, with some discomfort but it's back again today. I'm having some real trouble figuring out what he can eat without it upsetting his delicate stomach. Plus, today he has a migraine.
I, with my ongoing sinus issues, have not felt well all week, and with the time change, I've been napping after work because I'm so exhausted and have a constant headache. Monday I made the mistake of taking my prescription cough syrup (with codeine) on an empty stomach. By dinner time time, I of course was nauseous and dizzy so I didn't eat. I just went back to bed. When I awoke on Tuesday, I still had a headache, but I went in to work anyway, and as soon as I got there, I started throwing up! Stupid. I know better than to take medicine on an empty stomach.
So anyway, I'm still having sinus headaches, and can't sleep because I'm so stopped up. I will be really glad when our new eating plan takes effect on these things the way I'm hoping and the way I know it will.
But, on the brighter side....one positive thing - so far, being paleo hasn't affected me the way I expected this time. I've had some cravings for sugary snacks and salty goodness, but nothing I couldn't handle. So that's a positive thing too. It's hard to say what effects I'm having from the so called "carb flu" (the detox stage where you literally feel like you have the flu from not having carbs) or if what I'm feeling is just from the sinus infection I have. Either way, I had to finally decide to get back on the medication I was prescribed for this sinus infection because I just can't handle it anymore. I don't want it to turn into pneumonia like it normally does. This summer I actually want to be well!
Another good thing is that even with all this going on, even with the fact that I haven't walked (for exercise) or done yoga in about three weeks, something strange and wonderful has happened...
I can't say when it happened, all I know is I finally noticed it yesterday evening. At the beginning of this year, I started a challenge through work, an 8-Week fitness challenge. Nothing specific, just increasing steps per day, increasing water intake, avoiding sodas, just general positive healthy steps. I did all the challenges (except being a vegetarian for a week, didn't even accept that challenge!) but I walked more, I ate lunches from home, I increased my water intake, avoided sodas, etc. During the challenge, I was weighing myself every day and seeing no results. So I decided since I felt differently, and clothes were feeling differently on me, I wouldn't be obsessed with the number on the scale, and I wouldn't weigh myself again. So I didn't.
But as I said, it's been three weeks since I've done any form of exercise, and I didn't start being fully Paleo till last weekend. But last night, I decided to get on the scale. I'm down 8 pounds from where I started at the beginning of the year! And I actually got comfortably into a pair of denim shorts and a pair of old Levi's I haven't worn in about five years!!! I was super stoked!! I couldn't believe it. It doesn't even feel like I've done anything to get there, and yet, there I was. I still have a long way to go but at least I'm actually seeing progress, and that in itself is encouraging to keep at it!
So that's what's been going on so far this week. I sure hope next week is better for us, as far as health is concerned.
I will be posting some of the recipes I've used this week, probably this weekend when I have more time.
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