We left for Lake Powell on the 31st after work, and got home on Monday night. We had a great trip! Highlights: Swimming under an arch that's 15' under water; lots of kayaking, swimming & hiking; Brian and I cut down a tree that was about 15' under water; jet skiing at 70mph. Pictures are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/Steph635/LakePowell808.
Now that I'm back in town, and back to work, I wanted to get re-focused on my weight loss program. It hasn't been a great week so far; I've been struggling to get back on track. Tuesday was interesting at work... I really just didn't want to work that day. But I can't take anymore unpaid days off! I was really feeling lethargic and exhausted. But I made it through the day, and even went to visit Jennifer in the hospital, then grocery shopping. I got home at 8:00 and wanted to crash. I was so tired.
I woke up on Wednesday morning with a headache. It was not a good nights sleep. It took me a while to get going, and I made it to work on time. Sandra and I kept working on getting things under control in our office, and I tried and tried to "wake up" from vacation mode. I was still feeling lethargic. My headache was still there; it lingered for most of the day. I figured with a good nights sleep, I would be OK.
I was mistaken. I woke up this morning with the headache still there. Sandra is in Phoenix today and tomorrow, so I had the office to myself. It was hard... I struggled to get focused and pay attention. I really didn't want to work. My head hurt and I felt tired. But I made it through the day. I was supposed to go to a MRC meeting tonight, but by 4:30, my head was aching badly. I just came home and layed down.
The headache is based at the base of my neck. When I move around, it spreads to the top and sides of my head, but when I'm laying down, it's in my neck. I can't honestly say I've never been this uncomfortable in my head before. Since this has been going on for 2 days now, I'm not sure if I should call the doctor or not. Tuesday was OK, Wednesday was bad, today (Thursday) was worse, and I'm worried what tomorrow is going to be. I was trying to concentrate on driving, but I kept having this daymare (nightmare in the day) that tomorrow is going to involve me passing out and an ambulance coming to pick me up. Funny, the thing I was most worried about in my daymare was making sure the front door to the office was locked.
Moving on from my health problems, I have decided that I want to go back to school for my Masters. I've been trying to decide whether I want a MBA, or a MS. Right now, I'm leaning towards the MS in Information Systems. There is a MBA with specialization in Information Systems program available, so now I need to decide if I want to focus more on business or Information Systems. That's a surprisingly hard decision!
So, I have goals for the week. Sharon at MRC helped me come up with these weight loss goals. (BTW, my goal for vacation was to maintain, but I actually lost 0.2lbs. Wahoo!) My goals for this week are to start keeping a regular food diary, and take my vitamins and minerals regularly. So far, honestly, it's not going well. I'm glad I did start a food diary, but I've been bad about my vitamins.
Keep your fingers crossed that my headache will go away soon! I can't handle much more of this!
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Boo to headaches! I would get headaches when waking up and they said it was mild sleep apnea. Were you diagnosed with it when you did the study? Could be the lack of oxygen you're getting at night which is due to weight. My oxygen levels are low when sleeping so they have me on oxygen till they get up to 90%!
As for getting back into the dieting, YAY! You go girl! Logs definitely help! They say an individual who tracks their food intake and exercise is more likely to succeed then someone who doesn't. Lots of people THINK they're eating well and THINK they can add up the calories or carbs in their head, but when they actually write the stuff down, they realize what is going in their mouth is WAY more then what they thought.
Where are you tracking your stuff? Mydailyplate.com is a great place! I kind of switched from Sparkpeople to there since I found a better community for WLS peeps, but since you're doing normal dieting Sparkpeople would definitely give you the greatest support!
*HUGS* Hope your headache goes away! Make someone give you a head massage!
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