Holy Cow

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

I fell on my face a few weeks ago. I displaced my front tooth - which meant only soft food for a couple of weeks.

It completely derailed my progress. I even stopped walking every day - which I have to do because I have a beautiful purple heeler puppy who needs her exercise! My diet got even worse than normal.

I have issues with some 'healthy' foods yes - I cannot eat most legumes. I don't know why it just causes a gagging reaction. You think a lentil burger is the best thing ever invented? I don't. I have the same problem with brown rice. I don't know why. I wish I did. Then I could work on getting over it and could say "Sure" when my vegetarian brother is cooking something for dinner.

But, it has stunned me how much falling on my face has set me back. It wasn't something I set out to do. It just stunned me that it happened after so many false starts with getting my health into gear.

It's funny. I woke up today and I had the drive back that I've been missing. It's hot here at the moment (although not like yesterday when it was almost 40 (110f) thank goodness.) I was sitting playing with my phone when I finally did wake up. Every night I promise Flame 630 we will get up and go for a walk. It's happened once in the 3 days. The other 2 days I found it impossible to fall asleep. It's so frustrating.

I had an apnea test a couple of months ago and apparently I only stop breathing when I'm laying on my back dreaming. I'm fine at all other times. (Probably explains how whacky my dreams are.) So, I don't have apnea.

I *do* have PCOS along with the insulin resistance. I must find my meds and get back on them again. That helps me to feel less tired all the time.

I'm heading off to Japan and China in just a few weeks. My friend wants to go to Disneyland. I would like to be able to fit in the rides. So, I need to actually start getting serious. I know it's about the rest of my life but I'm wondering if I can just trick myself into 'it's just until the trip.'

I am really looking forward to the trip. It will be good to get away with my friends and make a lot of memories. I want to be able to put together a photo essay showing how much she got up and actually lived her life. Which I hope will be a bit longer yet. (She has secondary cancer in her liver and lungs. But chemo has stopped the growth we're just hoping for shrinkage now.)

So, I am back and I am going to take this bull by the horns and I look forward to being half the woman I am. I just wish I had a walking partner who lived nearby again. (I miss my old neighbour. We were great together.)

I must ring the woman who runs the Red Cross walking group I want to take my dog to.

Food

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Well, saw the dentist today.

She said I need to eat soft foods for about a month because my front tooth is loose *but* everything is still connected. I've got to go back for a check up in a week to see how it's doing.
I hope that it will stop feeling that weird loose feeling. It's funny it takes you back to childhood when you get excited for that 20c the tooth fairy is going to leave under your pillow.

Of course inflation hit and I'm pretty sure it's about $1 if not more now.

So, I need suggestions for soft foods I can eat. I start a new plan next week. I bought a $2 scoopon that sets out my weekday cooking for the next 3 months (well I upgraded and paid $9 for the next 9). So, it will be interesting to see how things go. Will I find stuff I love and stuff I hate? I'm sure I will.

But, I'm going to give everything a go. If I don't eat it I know there are other people who will.

I saw my 'lifestyle consultant' today. She gave me fliers for a few courses I'm going to do with my friend Shirl. I'm sad the food one was all booked up. I'm annoyed that two of them were on at the same time too. I really wanted to do both.

Reminds me of 3rd year uni when I really really wanted to do puppetry. I'd saved it for my third year and when was it on? When I had a core component that I had no choice not to do if I wanted to graduate. I was so sad.

I'm going to look into volunteering at the RSB when I get home. My grandfather was legally blind. My mother is legally blind. Some friends are legally blind. It's something I'd really like to give back to. Every since I was a kid if I saw a money box guide dog I'd be popping some money in to help raise funds for the guide dogs.

I think I'll be good to get back on the horse and start walking again tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it.

I've fallen off the wagon foodwise since the fall because of the soft foods thing. But, I'm getting back on and screaming YEEEHAAA! I've got about 6 weeks before I go away - that's a chance to lose 6kgs. If only I could find a scale to see what I do weigh now so I could know where I am actually starting from.

Still, I have a measuring tape and I measured the other day. I think it'll be a Saturday thing. I'm going to start using the exercise videos on here as well. I have a fit ball to pump up. I only have .5kg weights but it's a start. I need to get a resistance band as well. Then I should be right.

Maybe I should jump on the wii fit... but I don't trust that thing. It will tell me I gained 1 kg one day and that I've lost 4 the next.

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Betterish

Sunday, February 03, 2013

Just to clear up some confusion from my last post... I had the migraine and vomiting the day before I hit my head so I very much doubt that I was concussed... well, unless I did it backwards. Got the concussion and THEN the fall. I didn't black out at all. Just a touch of shock with the tears. But nothing major.

I feel better today... only it appears I've jarred my foot somehow. I'm going to have to find in chair exercises. I was thinking to myself that my god I've gone far out of my way to sabotage myself.

My lip is all bruised up on the inside. It looks pretty! I still need to sort out seeing a dentist but that can wait a few days I think. When I woke up my tooth felt almost normal - and then I started testing it... I think that was a mistake.

I'm off to Japan and China in a few weeks. I hope this is the last of the silly things I'm going to do. The friend who's taking me has cancer and I need to be fit and healthy to help her. Not limping along.

I will see how my foot goes today and if it's not any better then I'll go see the doctor tomorrow. Gee, I'm having a great time. I'm so annoyed. I was doing so well with my walking and dancing too. (I love Just Dance. But I've now failed the 7 day challenge again *sigh*. Back on that horse when I can put proper weight on my foot.)

Still, it's a lesson to me... not to introduce myself to the ground with a great amount of force. If I really want to get down low do it slowly so I don't end up with a split lip, grazed palms and a front tooth that isn't sure what it wants to do.

Ouch. Face Planting is NOT as much fun as it sounds.

Sunday, February 03, 2013

I was about to head into the pet shop when I tripped... and landed on my nose.

I don't recommend it. I had a day of a pounding head and throwing up yesterday. It was the first day since I joined spark people that I didn't do any exercise. I've been doing great at doing at least 10 minutes.

I was all set to get back on the horse today... and then this.



I rang health access and they said the tooth sounds as if it's just displaced and it should go back to normal within a few weeks. I will see how it feels tomorrow before I decide to call the dentist. What a pain.

She said just make sure I don't eat anything too hot or too cold. Does that mean only eat things at room temperature? I'm a bit shaken up still but I'm not bursting into tears any more.

So that's something! I'm also not in pain when she asked if I was in pain I said on a scale of 1-10 it's probably about 1/2. It's just the tooth that worries me.

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Frustration and Momentum

Thursday, January 31, 2013

I had spent about 15 minutes writing away non stop yesterday when my computer crashed. It's done that a few times lately. Sigh.

So, no epic entry for you to read.

I'm wondering about the spark points are they only good for the 'virtual' prizes I found the other day? There are no tangible prizes?

I've had a good day exercise-wise. I didn't think I'd be able to get out when it was pouring this morning so I thought right, I can't do the walk so I'll do just dance instead. Did my 3 songs. Got to my 500 points and went yay. Apparently it's meant to be the equivelant of 30 minutes of walking. I can't do a lot of the leg stuff because of my knee. But, I still built up a sweat.

Then I got home from running my bro down to the bus stop - half way there I mentioned it was Thursday and he realised he didn't actually need to go into town. He agreed to take Flame for a walk if I set up the printer. Went to do so and my niece was on the computer so I decided to take her out for a walk instead.

My knee that has been giving me grief for the past few days didn't hurt at all! I know it's there. It's twinging but I'm just working through it. I had yesterday off from the walk because I read on here about having a day off to let muscles repair. (and I danced instead.)

So, I think I might recruit my bro once a week to take Flame out for her walk and I'll have that as my day off.

Challenges really do make a difference don't they? I told a couple of my friends about sparkpeople yesterday. I know they downloaded myfitnesspal but I don't know if they've joined up here.

Yes, one day I'll get around to putting my own stuff into the nutrition tracker and using it. But, right now I'm juggling enough. One step at a time.

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