Yeah, so I let another weekend go by with no journalling. I really need to stop doing that.
In my defense, I've been having trouble breathing for about 3 days, and a lot of my energy during this time has been used, you know, keeping myself alive. I'm not really sure what I did to my poor body, but about 4 days ago, I noticed that I was not able to complete a yawn. Rob swore that he had never heard of that--either you yawn or you don't. I disagree, and a quick google search revealed that other people have the same problem. It also revealed that science doesn't know a whole helluva lot about yawning, and couldn't tell me why this was happening or how to fix it.
By Saturday, it had progressed into inability to take a deep breath. My chest feels tight all the time. However, if I bent over and twisted to one side, I could sometimes get a good breath in. Rob suggested this, saying that it is a technique that is sometimes used by people with bruised or broken ribs, but I know that I have neither of those things. I think it might be side effects from trying to do that f---ing pilates breathing the other day, or from my unusually heavy chest workout a few days ago. Those muscles are tight, or sore, or something. Anyway, it sucks, and I find myself breathing more shallowly than I normally would, and trying to yawn a lot. Hopefully it'll heal soon...whatever it is.
Anyway...my eating was a little more than usual this weekend, but nothing extreme. I didn't write anything down, but I kept track loosely. I've calculated the points for Saturday and Sunday at about 36 and 35 per day, I think (have to go back and look at my eTools, where I entered them this morning). I put in the numbers as just "food", but I'm hoping that will keep me from falling into the trap of re-using flex points in the next two days that I've already used this weekend.
My weight has gone up to 186.5 again, from a new low of 184.5 (Saturday), but I'm not too worried about it. I've been drinking almost no water in the last few days, food has been high, and I kept forgetting to take my pills until nighttime, which jacked with my hormones. I've started taking them in the morning now, and am working to correct the food thing, so things should go back to normal. I'm hoping for 184 at weigh-in time, but who knows?
Other than that, it's your typical Monday. My breakfast was not what it could have been, so I'm soo hungry that it's either go get my box lunch cooking, or consider gnawing off my own hand. A girl can work with one hand, right?
Posted by Joy at November 10, 2003 11:12 AM