Back Fat and Paleo Diet - Day 2

I'm at some stage most of you that have a chronic illness or a zest for wellbeing would have at least heard of the Paleo Diet.
It actually really became cemented in my head on the weekend. I actually felt well enough to go out and you all know what a challenge trying clothes on is....when your out shopping...In particular if your like me and tend to pacrastanate alittle....there may sometimes be several shop stops and trying on.this particular day my energy level was up some and I felt pretty good...for me anyway...I was pretty excited....so off I went with loaded enthusiasm that I was actually going to do  a little retail therapy....

With excitement within. Me....and a baby spring in my step....I headed to the shops as I was in desperate need of some new bras this was definitely a need!
The changing wasn't so fun as my limps felt like concrete weights as I tried on several bras....the effort was slow and tedious...It was then it really struck me as I looked at my body's profile...in an enormous mirror  which made it seem so much more unsightly...Im talking about what I call "back fat"hideous amount of fat bulging from underneath my brain straps...It saddened me to see for the first time my fibro ridden body.....revealed in all its glory.... In that unnecessary... oversized mirror!  Had also accumulated this....over time...Thanks Fibro for for the inability to do enough cardiovascular to drop off the
weight....I think that we eat very well,eating fresh things from garden and being a coeliac with IBS.

Concious of
what goes in my mouth and that I need to move my body each day....these gentle ball exercises are more my style with stretching exercises...walking...10min sessions on the exercise bike.As you can see these arnt the type to drop any access weight.
So....this was the straw that broke the camels back..."back Fat"and I have now started the Paleo Diet.


Day one and Immediently missed my GF rice porridge with cows milk...and the other many cups of tea that get me through the day....even if they are caffeine free....well that was just the beginning.ng the milk was difficult...and so I swapped to some herbal tea...no sugar...no milk...and for brief moments felt proud....but still craved my milk.


I do like to indulge in my dairyproducts and decided that I would purchase Coconut milk as a substitute..so i used it as a substitute in my evening cup of tea....it wasn't distasteful and I actually could get used to it.


I was thinking about how I had progressed through day 1 and just kept thinking of health and wellbeing in particular for my weight and Chronic Fatigue.

It was 2am in the morning and I became horrifically sick....I felt like if I moved I would vomit, at one point passed out and the whole night became a blur of naseaus,dizziness and pain throughout my body...

I tried to do some positive self talk when I fell out of bed to get ready for work...I didn't even make it to the kitchen...with sickness throughout my body...the dizziness overwhelming me...I fell to the closest couch...and stayed there for some time..


Today after slightly recovering I made my way back to bed with assistance from my hubby.In bed now have stayed for the duration of the day....day 2 paleo diet....and the hope of future well being....and a reduction in back fat...
AM hoping the significant change in diet did not bring on an upheval of sorts...
I hope tomorow is a better day...less pain....and fatigue...and overall feeling of unwellness....



F is for....Fibromyalgia.....and of coarse....back "Fat"

Uncertainty....

Each day recently has brought with it the shadow of uncertainty....

The Fatigue has been extremely high  and just  falling out of bed has been an enormous struggle.
Showering has been so difficult I have again resorted back to using my shower chair...the standing and effort taken to wash my body is enormous...and just so exhausting.....my arms have felt like concrete weights and by the time I step out of the shower....it's time to rest....some days I don't  dry myself and just prey the heater does it quickly for me....my arms and legs feel like  large old rusy anchors....slidding deeper down into the depths as I try  sometimes to lightly brush my  body with my towell after showering.

So several weeks have passed since last blogging....Things have been a bigger challenge than the normal...
I have since been refered by my neurologist to a Dr who practices Accupuncture.
So that was an interesting experience,I had to provide him with a written response to heaps of questions in relation to my health...after seven pages later....

Upon my first visit he said after reading my document he thought he should refer me to a vet....to get put down out of my misery....
Interesting....given I only provide factual information with nothing emotive in the content....
Anyway....that was my welcome...I am typically freaked out by injections so I would have to say I was a little anxious.
He only put about ten in....the only uncomfortable one was the inside of my wrist,although I was a little concerned when he was going to place one in my heart surgery scar....as he said...Stay very still...this is sitting at the top of your aorta and can pierce it....so.....lay still I did....but the overall experience with needles did not hurt...but at times felt a little strange at the point but not painfull.
My pain has been incredibly high all week....so I guess only time will tell.
It's been a week since first treatment and I have noticed a slight change with fatigue decreasing slightly.

Things have now become so difficult I have made the decision to reduce my working hours...in  hope this will allow some rest and provide some energy for myself and my family.I feel like I need to have some time when I can do something I would like to do....to improve my quality of life...i have been feeling as though the job that I love so much......  Infact  Has actually taken it all from me...after I return home I don't even have the stamina to cook tea or function properly....its difficult to even engage in conversation.
 I plan to continue with Accupuncture At this stage and am   following up with my pain specialist about the possibility of accessing the "Myers Cocktail"...I  have read it is practiced in other countries but am not sure about here so I have made an appointment with him for July and have sent him some links to information with research /trial data.The side effects look minimum and it seems like there are some positive results....although it is not clear how often you would need to have the treatment that I imagine would be an individual thing.

Anyway....I feel with the everyday uncertainly of how I will manage my sunshine that helps to guide me is my will to continue to research....and hope that there will eventually be something that will be effective for me. My hope at this stage is the Accupuncture....and then my other hope is in my great pain specialist...who is allways open and receptive to open discussion  and ideas ..so I hope that he knows  of and will approve of the "Myers Cocktail" treatment....

This is  my near future sunshine...Accupuncture.....Myers Cocktail.....  And the ever knowledgeable DR. Handsome Khan...  They are my possible  rays of hope.

F is for.....Fibromyalgia...