About a year and a half ago, I was very ill, and had been for most of a year. I weighed about 100 lbs, was taking a lot of headache meds, not eating very well--well, what I ate was healthy, because it was mostly cooked by my son-in-law, but I didn't eat much. I just could only eat so much before I felt slightly nauseous. After nearly crashing, as a result of a different doctor's take on a headache med, I hooked up with a wonderful naturopath in Portland who, through slow but effective means, got me healthy again. It took a long, long time. Months and months passed, while I gradually was able to sleep at night more than 1 in 4 nights, and could walk from one end of the house to the other without sitting down and breathing hard. Gradually Vic and I could take walks, carefully and slowly around the neighborhood. Natural healing takes way longer, but it sticks, and lasts.
Fast forward to here in Arizona. Health is recovered, and I find I can actually eat without feeling sick.
So I did.
Imagine my surprise when I go to a doctor's appointment and find I weigh 140 lbs!!! I had a flash of gratitude that I was healthy, and not mostly dead, as I had been not that long ago. Then it hit---140 lbs!! Trouble is, I can still eat! I'm all over thicker, so I look better, but I'm embarrassed to admit I have an upper-belly problem.
Anyway, I started having some abdominal discomfort, and realized that some of the organs in that area had shifted and were no longer where they oughta' be. Thousands of jumping jacks back in our Kentucky karate class had probably taken their toll.
So I talked to our new doc about it, and, long story short, the physical therapy people gave me some exercises to do. NOT Kegels, as I expected, and dreaded, because I know Kegels require hundreds upon hundreds for several months in order to have any effect. The new exercises seem simpler, but are supposed to be effective in only 2-3 weeks. I'm jazzed!
Plus, I picked up a tummy-trimming video on sale at the library, and those exercises are fairly simple as well, and somewhat challenging. Not depressing, frustrating challenging, just "Ouch, that feels like a good exercise" challenging.
So, I've had 4 days of exercises, missing one day cause I had a tooth extracted, and didn't want to get on the floor. I'm going to track myself here for getting healthier. I will eat better, eat less, and get more exercise. I downloaded a walk/run tracking sheet that I'm going to implement, besides tracking the tummy stuff. It's nearly a new year--at least, it is for me, so here we go!