#badmigraine

[kptgrbs]

Now I feel like Kafka with a bad migraine, wake up tomorrow and my room's the same.....

[craftygal65]

#badmigraine day. https://www.instagram.com/p/B8zotB5p_Z6/?igshid=1j2dnfdr1dczf

[dontlickme4benefit]

Ahh, it's Jan 5!

So, in my last post I said I'd post again on the 2nd. Well, that didn't happen because I was suffering from migraines. I figure it's linked to the stress of the holidays. I wasn't as busy as usual. But I still felt bogged down so it's got to be a belated bodily response. Though I do suffer migraines. I'm doing great today. More energy. Not tired. Strange for not sleeping as well as I'd wanted.

So, let's get to the nitty gritty. I have stayed on a 2500 cal daily goal. It does go up depending on how active I am and with having migraines, I've slept a ton. Last night I managed to cook dinner when some energy returned. I had chicken, red pepper, and onion kebabs with a honey sauce that reminded me of teriyaki. And a salad with milk. For the days since the second I've had a warm breakfast. It's cold out so warm food is my friend. I had a Great Grains cereal with raisins and nuts in milk. Heated in the micro wave. And Nature's Way Protein Chocolate granola added in with coffee. I can't do without my coffee. Two days it was decaf and I do wonder if it contributed to my head pain. As with many migraine sufferers, caffeine fends off pain. For others, it makes it worse. Lunch has bean a spinach and arugula salad with a guacamole dressing and two egg yolks with parmasean shavings and apple juice. My snacks have been blueberry coconut smoothies with protein powder. I bought Body Fortress from Walmart. It had a decent amount of protein per scoop. But the vanilla flavor is very strong and sweet. Oddly it doesn't have a lot of sugar in it, so I think it's the no cal sweetener they add. I hadn't noticed it until after purchase. Next month I'm going back to my EAS Protein powders. They aren't too strong on flavor, aren't sweet and make my mouth sticky, and they don't have a crap load of cholestoral. Not good if you have bad cholestoral. I don't have bad cholestoral. Never have and I'm not about to change it. I've had to cut down to half a scoop per day. Making it more difficult to get protein in. I add milk to my smoothies. About a third cup. And yogurt. I bought Greek Goddess and it seems too sweet to me now. I'll go back to Dannon after it's all out. They have a great zero sugar with high protein line. It's artificially sweetened. But when you add your fruits it balances out. I also have for snacks wheat toast that is low in sugar. Read your labels people. They trick you with fancy labels. With a guacamole spread, mild; two tomato slices, shredded egg yolk, and parmasean flakes. It's pretty good. I do it twice a day with my shakes. Dinners are generally chicken dishes. With veggies. Tonight I'm having a white bean chicken chili. Great source of fiber and protein. I'm using a protein broth I found at Walmart. A great find. And of course 130 oz of water because I go with my body weight plus five oz. You'll use the bathroom a lot. Now if you have extra sodium over 2000 I'd do 1.5oz for every pound. To help flush out what you don't want. For me it helps with bloating. I also have to be on a high fiber diet so I tend to get 35g in. With more calories you need fiber especially if you eat a lot of fat. Did you know that a lot of dairy constipated you because of the amount of fat in it? I try to stay within a healthy limit of fat. You need it for bodily function and brain health but there's good fat and bad fat.

I've posted a pic of what I look like. Honestly even though I'm told I'm still thin, I look better than I did 20 lbs before. Most of it went to my stomach and legs. I'd like to get a butt for once and work on my arms. Which will be hard because I was born with Rubella Syndrome. Not the rash. The syndrome. It's rare to meet anyone in person with it but we are out there. Among the things it affected in my body is my pectoral muscles and the muscles in my wrists. It's hard to do a push up because my muscles are underdeveloped from birth. I can still do things but when it comes to weight it gets hard. But I'd like to go for it anyway. Any disability shouldn't stop anyone from doing what they want. So to start working on my arms I'll have to get wrist braces and a personal trainer who can help me with alternative exercises. I can't afford it right now but I can surely look through what options I can find on Google.

Which brings me to another subject. I also have costochrondritis. It's a condition in which inflammation of the ribs and sternums cartilage cause severe pain. It can be a temporary condition or chronic and the amount of flares can vary person to person. Some of us have it so bad it's a daily basis. I am lucky in that it happens about twice a year. Unfortunately it happens without full warning and over something dumb like the position I slept in the night before. And baths. I have a messed up back between my shoulder blades. A degenerative disc. It doesn't hurt often but the only way I can make it go away is with a warm Saltzer bath. But it causes my costo to flare up and then I need ice packs. Still I want to do cross training. I'm determined to do it. I'm going to see a gym this month that's in town because they have an amazing list of classes and also my son wants to do wrestling and they have a program to teach young kids as well as a cross training program. I used to do a milder form of cross training in high school. I liked it. It's what caused my costo because I apparently fractured my sternum, which, I didn't even know I did until a few years ago. But I miss weight training. It was fun. I was kick a$$ at anything involving the legs.ive chatted long enough. I'll post again tomorrow, when I get back to my at-home workout routine. It's been a while so I'm starting small. And remember, no matter what goals you have: to gain weight and build muscle, too lose weight and get fit, or to just get healthy, keep going. And watch some YouTube videos. They really inspire going at it.