Wednesday Weigh in Week 26

Ok. So I amazingly pulled that one out of my hat? 4.4 pounds lost last week. I started back on my gluten free/sugar free/yeast free diet. I have kept mainly cheese in my diet just because I need some protein in my life. I went back to watching calories and I exercised every day....until Thursday.

Wednesday I did this new workout video that we have. Kettlebell training with Bob Harper. It was a half hour and you basically do squats moving the kettlebell around. I made it through--(I HATE squats). And the next day felt like I couldn't move. So I made it through Thursday. I went for a walk/run when my mom got home from work to try to loosen up. It kind of made me hurt more. I then proceeded to not work out Fri/Sat/Sun. I was getting ready to work out on Monday when I had this intense pain in my back. Like I was locked up, I could barely walk or sit and I didn't know if I was going to be able to take the boys to swim lessons. I spent most of Monday icing my back. Yesterday I felt a little better, and currently the ice pack is back on my lower back as I type.

I obviously need to work on strengthening my lower back. If I sit for too long it starts hurting. And since I need to be working out, I am gonna keep it low key for a while and stick to the Airofit and going for walks at night I think. Unless I can find some good back strengthening things I can do.

This is one of those things that would normally cause me to throw my hands up in the air and say I'm done. But I can't be! I'm halfway through the year, and nowhere near where I wanted to be. I spent 3 months cheating, and now I'm playing catch up. Week 1 of catch was great :0) Until I hurt my back :( Now I have to keep going.

I finally got an appointment made with a local doctor to figure out if I have food allergies/gluten allergies/candida. Well ok. I called yesterday and got bloodwork scheduled. But they are calling me back today to schedule the appointment. With just the perfect timing, it's hopefully going to be the day before I get my wisdom teeth out. Oh. Joy. This is going to be quite the summer. I just decided I needed to actually find out before I go still doing all of this on my own whether it's even a problem or not. So. That's my plan. I hate getting my blood drawn though :( So I'm not looking forward to that part of it.

4.4 pounds :0) That was a good week!

Happy New Year

I decided today that I was going to be like every other person in the world today that is starting a diet. I am going to stuff myself full of all the foods that I am going to swear of eating tomorrow.

Ha.

Not quite. Almost though. I woke up today and immediately started drinking my water. Because I knew that it's going to be that one last night. That one last night where I am going to have cheese. That one last night where I am going to have pizza. And a root beer float for crying out loud. Because tomorrow is when I will be getting serious about getting rid of this yeast that seems to be in my body. And honestly, I haven't really pigged out today. I kinda feel like it because I haven't had cheese and bread in a couple of days, so by the time I had a late lunch (2 small bowls of velveeta dip with some tortilla chips and fritos) it was 2:30 and we ended up eating dinner super early at 4:30 today. So I wasn't quite hungry, but that pizza was hot. And dang it all if my sister wasn't being good and got the thin crust. So I figured if I got the water going early enough that I wouldn't feel so bloated later today or tomorrow. I mean it seems logical right?

I don't know how long I will be not eating dairy or gluten or yeast. It's really going to depend on how my body feels and if my feet start to clear up. If my feet show that they are clearing up then I will probably continue on the diet. I already know that I have an intolerance to gluten. I went off it for about 3 weeks earlier this year and I felt great after about the 1st week. I wasn't so bloated and gassy. It was great. So the sugar and the dairy are next.

It's going to be quite life-changing. I am going to have to learn to like new foods, since essentially this cuts out almost everything that I eat. I will be continuing to drink my latte in the morning with a little bit of milk. So I am not cutting milk out entirely, but pretty dang close. But if I have to stop that for a while I will do that too. I am here to get my body healthy.

So my goal is to blog every day that I am able in 2012. I know realistically there might be days when I am traveling and away from a computer. But for the most part, for my accountability, I want to blog every day.

Farewell 2011, Welcome 2012. It's going to be quite the year :)