Oy Vey! of Chiropractic Fun & 90 Day Fitness Challenge Update #11

Sometimes The Business of Life includes… GETTING INJURED.

Working out can mean injuries.

Now, I’ve also been dealing with stress (the husbands company was sold, a process that took a couple of really, really stressful months,) so that could also be a contributing factor to my back issues. Friday found me cancelling my training with Laura the super trainer, which I hate doing, and making a beeline to a chiropractor.

Since college volleyball, I’ve dealt with back issues, sometimes chronically, but this was new and different pain, traveling up and down my back and neck, and shooting down my legs.

Fun.

A couple of X-rays, and back I was in Saturday morning to listen to the diagnoses: muscle spasms in my right side, my left hip is higher than my right, my spine, rather than straight, veers to the left. The good news is that  it all can be treated quickly. The tricky wicket is my neck. Seems rather than a natural curve, it is straight up and down, and actually starting to curving the wrong way.

And some arthritis is starting to show.

Great, just great.

So off I will be going to the chiropractor at least 3x a week for the next few weeks to get this back and neck treated. I don’t know how I’m going to swing this with three kids, but then again, the business of life is messy isn’t it?

Now for a dose of honesty.

I don’t know what my numbers will be looking like this week, first off I’ll be measuring myself (my official “measurer” is off on a business trip,) and I’ve done less cardio the past couple of weeks to rest my back in hopes that it will heal itself. Another wrinkle: I’ve been babying myself with food and drink. Not proud of it for sure, but I’ve had more wine and pizza than I should have and just tonight (Sunday) tucked into some ice cream.  Looks like I soothe myself with food.  I’m totally not proud of it, but there you have it. Good news is, the wine and ice cream have made me feel a whole lot better, but probably not after tomorrow’s numbers roll in!

So my numbers might go up. I take them bright and early tomorrow AM.

So as of 8/09/10 :

• Bust: 36.5 inches (No change from last week, -2.5″ total)
• Waist: 30.0 inches (+0.50″,  -3.0″ total
• Hips: 37.75 inches (-0.25″, -4.75″ total, Still losing)
• Upper arm: 11.0inches (+0.50″, -1.00″ total)
• Upper thigh: 22.0 inches (+1.0, -3.75″ total)

Total inches lost this week:  , total 15.00″ since starting. Oh jeez I gained. Well I expected as much, didn’t I?  Put treats in, get treated to bigger numbers. Hopefully, now that I am more aware of my desire to soothe my pain with food, the less ice cream and pizza will go go in!

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One Response to “Oy Vey! of Chiropractic Fun & 90 Day Fitness Challenge Update #11”

1. Joni N. says:

   August 9, 2010 at 8:08 AM

   I feel ya! I hurt my tailbone while trying to do a Pilates teaser and have been going to the chiro 3x week since mid-June. Oy vey all right!

   I hope the chiro helps and your back is feeling better in no time. Hang in there! And I’m with you on the “soothing with food” thing. Not good for the waistline but whatcha gonna do? )