Wow, what a difference a day makes! I feel so much better today, mainly because my 2-day headache is gone! I am not a fun person to be around when I get one of my sinus headaches. I'm starting to think that that's what it was, not so much from any type of food withdrawal. We had rainy, humid weather for the past 2 days, and that's what usually brings them on for me. As an aside, I once read that what people refer to as "sinus headaches" are actually a type of migraine (unless you have a sinus infection.) I think I will start referring to them as such...sounds worse and may get me more sympathy ;)
Today I met my WW friend Gail for breakfast. I call her my "WW friend" to remind you where we met, but she has become much more than that. As an example: I bought a new couch and loveseat on Sunday, but will not be off from work and available to wait for delivery until June 11th. My old couch has been moved, so my living room looks like a flop house right now, with the old couch cushions on the floor for the dogs (God forbid my dogs lay on the FLOOR!) Anyway, I asked Gail if she would come over on Saturday and wait for the delivery for me, because I trust her to keep my dogs safe and out of the way when the guys are moving stuff in. She said yes! What makes it even more awesome is that I got a delivery time of 8am - 11am, which means that she has to be here at 7:45 on a Saturday. She just keeps saying how excited she is to hang out with Fred, Annie and Marty. So grateful!
Anyway, at breakfast we were talking about my weird "hunger pains." I also mentioned that I've been taking Advil, Alleve, Tylenol, etc. for my shoulder pain. She suggested that the medicines might be causing the stomach pain. I used to take TONS of pain relievers to deal with undiagnosed endometriosis. That's been under control for a few years so, aside from the occasional MIGRAINE ;), I rarely take them. It makes sense since the pains didn't feel like regular hunger pains, and they would persist after I ate. I am going to try to lay off the pain medicine, and I have an appointment with my doctor on Monday to find out what's going on. A friend who is a physical therapist started using terms like "cervical radiculopathy", which freaked me out! It's not nearly as bad as it sounds, but it got me to call the doctor, which is a good thing.
I have to say that my friends really do rock. From waiting for couches and babysitting my dogs, to giving me advice on my shoulder, everything is just easier and better because of them. And for anyone who is reluctant to join Facebook: the physical therapist friend is someone I haven't seen in 20 years. We reconnected on Facebook, and I feel like I know her better than I ever did back in high school. The friend from whose blog I stole all those recipes? A very good high school friend, whom I also haven't seen in about 15 years. She now lives thousands of miles away, but we talk each other through our W30 ups and downs. Finally, a friend whom I met through blogs when we were both in the process of adopting from Kazahkstan, and whom I've met in person ONCE, is now on Day 10 of her first W30. She says that I inspired her to start, but her words of encouragement are what are helping me to keep going! My support network is so much larger than it would be if I were not on Facebook, and the more support I have, the more I can accomplish :)
One quick food note: For dinner I had Applegate Farms sausage, which were delicious, easy, and a nice change from my quick hamburger and hotdog meal. The other cool thing is that Applegate Farms is located in Bridgewater, NJ, which is where I work.
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