This Weeks Check In

 Lets just start with what the scale said. I lost another 2 lbs this week. That's 6 lbs. in almost a month. Now lets see what I can do without the slimfast. Today was my first day without it and I think I did pretty good, so far.

 I haven't done very well with the working out this week. I got in 2 days of Sweatin to the Oldies 4. It was a very long week between my lovely student, no pain meds, and all the sneezing.

  Because of the unseasonable weather, all the trees and plants think it's spring and are all in full bloom. It's driving me crazy. For a person without chiari this can be very bothersome, but for us chiarians it 10 times worse. Any amount of sneezing or coughing makes our headaches a lot worse. This weeks it's been even harder for me due to the doctor's office not getting back to the pharmacy about my tramadol refill. My whole body aches. Tomorrow I am going to make an appointment to get into the doctor for a depo medrol shot to hopefully help my allergies. I will also talk to her about my pain med. I think it might be easier to get it refilled rather than keep calling, it's not getting me anywhere.

Very Long Week

 Between the weather and my student I didn't think this week would ever end. The  clouds and stress have had me in a lot of pain. My head feel like it will soon explode and I kind of wish it would. Why do short weeks fell like they are a lot longer? I got in one night of aerobics. I the sweatin to the oldies 2 dvd but I do not like it. They do mostly floor exercises and I cannot do them. I have ordered my favorite one, number 3 (When I had it on vhs I used it so much I broke it) and I also ordered number 4. I can't wait til they come in. Jake and I have been very busy shopping this week, so I got a lot of exercise by walking around the mall, stores, and grocery stores.

 Next, I have some thing that has made me very happy today, I lost 3 lbs. I know it's not much, but it is to me. I have been doing the slimfast diet and it's working! I plan on doing this for another couple of weeks, then starting back on a normal diet again.

Painful Week

 I know we really need the rain here in California, but the rain and cold makes for a horrible time for me. The increased pressure in the air increases my horrible headaches. It also makes pain throughout my body unbearable. There is a lot of people out there that just doesn't understand this. So when I post on facebook I really hate the clouds and rain, it tends to get rude comments from some of the people who live here in CA. I end up deleting the post so it makes it easier to deal with. Believe me I am not saying I hate the rain because it's wet, it's because I can hardly function during this time. Any way, enough of that complaint.

 Even though I have been in a lot of pain, I have managed to lose 1 whole pound. I am hoping the slimfast diet is helping me get my metabolism back on track. I found out that I can't drink the shakes though. I am not sure what in them makes me sick, but I drank one for breakfast, then one for lunch, then threw up for the rest of the afternoon. I was fine by dinner time. I didn't chance drinking another one, I will stick with their meal time bars.

Frustrated

 Today my body wanted to play lets drop everything you touch. I just didn't have any grip what so ever. Sometimes this really pisses me off because it makes me look like an idiot. I have also had around 5 dizzy spells while at work. This really scares me. I don't want to pass out and scare a bunch of little kids. I have never passed out before and hope it never happens.

Any how, my plan to do the slimfast diet is annoying but I am hopeful. In the few days since I started this I have lost 1 lb. I haven't been able to do much of any exercise. My left hip is still really killing me. Between work and running around by the end of the night I am in a lot of pain. I have been doing my sit ups though. I am hoping this pain will go away and I can get back to doing some cardio.

Trying Something New

 Today I am trying the slimfast thing. I thought if I do this for a week or so it might jump start this weight loss thing again. I have been at a total stand point. I am at the point I am getting very frustrated. No amount of exercise is helping. So, I am thinking that if I do something different with might diet it may help. This brilliant idea came to me while walking through Grocery Outlet. I saw that they had the meal bars and snack bars cheap. I am really hoping it will help because I so just feel like giving up, and I really don't want to do that. I am afraid if I give up I will end up weighing 600 lbs. I will also continuing to do some sort of exercise, whether it be walking, riding my bike, sit ups, or maybe use the Richard Simmons CD I have. I wish I could find Sweating to the Oldies 3 on disc, I loved that video.

 Today I feel like I have over done it. All I did was do grocery shopping and finished picking up the leaves. I tried doing my bike tonight but the pain I am having is just too much. I am having a lot of pain in my left hip and have had for a week now.

 Early this morning, I had something very weird happen. I got up to use the restroom, sat back on the side of the bed to get a drink of water. For some reason I could not swallow the water. The water ended up all over my bedroom floor and down the front of my pjs. No matter how I tried I couldn't swallow, nothing was going past the back of my throat. I am hoping it is just a chiari thing and not something else.