Well the good news is I really liked the new doctor. She is young, has an English accent and is I think Chinese. Her mother is a holistic doctor, and she is a more western with holistic bend.
Bad news...I got weighed today. I have refused to get on the scale and acknowledge the number. I am horrified. It is as bad as I thought when I finally actually looked at myself in the mirror. This is absoluely the LARGEST I have EVER been in my entire life! Including both preganancies! GAH I am really disappointed AND really feel shame about this. I have never had body issues before. So this is all new to me, and I am some what floundering about how to deal with this. The emotional part of being fat, is what I am talking about. So I am in uncharted territory for myself. And it is a little scary.
I am a little sore from all the moving my right leg around and what not. But I feel good that I am on the right track. She wants me to back off from one of the meds I am on because it is addictive. Only use it if I have spasms but not every night like I have been doing.
Good news...I was pretty good at 121 over 72 and pulse of 72. Not bad for a short fat woman! : ) AND she likes the idea of what I have been doing, Massage, Stretching and starting the yoga stretching...
She said to monitor myself...and if it starts to get worse, that the possibility is an MRI will be more likely, because she does think it may be a bulging disk. So working on my core, with yoga and Pilate's I should strengthen my back and I have to loose some weight or this will aggravate the nerve. Kinda all common sense stuff...but that is what it comes down to sometimes...eat less since you can't move more...try to move more as you and then I will start to feel better.
"has an English accent and is I think Chinese."--I'm trying to picture her in my mind; a chinese woman with an English accent!
I've been on the South Beach Diet for almost 3 weeks now. I started out wanting to lose about 10 pounds and already I've lost 12! I highly recommend it. You can buy the book The South Beach Diet in any bookstore. Email me if ya wants ta. :D
Posted by: Tina B. | Wednesday, July 06, 2005 at 01:43 PM