Sorry to write a skeleton diary here, I realized I could walk this morning and dashed out to play the piano. More on that later! So for now... OPEN THREAD!
WHEE (Weight, Health, Eating and Exercise) is a community support diary for Kossacks who are currently or planning to start losing, gaining or maintaining their weight through diet and exercise or fitness. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive distractions are appreciated. If you are working on your weight or fitness, please -- join us! You can also click the WHEE tag to view all diary posts.
I got my diagnosis of CAH 11-beta, a truly rare and terrible endocrine disease, confirmed Friday, and went in for a lumbar MRI for the shooting pains in my back caused by my back injuries in my November auto accident.
And I relogged in to the 100-pounds-to-lose group so that I can try to work on the last 30 or so pounds of extreme bloating that I have to sweat off or take diuretics to do, along with a low-fat, gluten-free,low-sugar and LOW SODIUM diet.
If you think that's fun... I'd rather be diabetic sometimes, than low sodium!
But the great news is that I was accepted into a study in Bethesda at the NIH on androgen disorders which will provide a lot more advise and diagnostic information for rare birds like me.
And on that note, this is an open thread! How are you coping with your physical challenges? What do you use for support and inspiration? How do you deal with pain and frustration? Those issues are constant ones for me, and I would like to hear how others deal with it and stay on their fitness plan.
Scheduled WHEE diaries:
March 14
Sun PM - WHEE Open
March 15
Mon AM - NC Dem
Mon PM - WHEE Open
March 16
Tues AM - WHEE Open
Tues PM - WHEE Open
March 17
Weds AM - WHEE Open
Weds PM - Edward Spurlock (Kolata, Ch. 6)
March 18
Thur AM - WHEE Open
Thur PM - WHEE Open
March 19
Fri AM - WHEE Open
Fri PM - WHEE Open (Wee Mama on hiatus)
March 20
Sat AM - bloomin (weekly diary)
Sat PM - Edward Spurlock (Wansink, Ch. 4)
March 14
Sun AM - louisev (weekly diary)
Sun PM - WHEE Open