Most of the visitors here know that my main passion is my writing. If you didn’t know that, go check out the Links page, it’s pretty self-explanatory. But what you may not know is that, during the last few weeks, my writing has taken a serious back-seat to my desire to eat and behave healthier.
Well, with the pain coming back, rather than be discouraged, I am choosing to make the most of being stuck on the couch by taking the time to get some writing done! I have my third novel to work on, and I am determined to finish it this year, along with my goals of losing the weight and getting healthier.
I am taking control of all aspects of my life. I will not let my pain control what I do any longer. I have this year to get things in order — until the end of November, really — and I want these behaviors to become habits well before then. I want to be up and moving around when I am able, eating better, fresher foods when I am capable of preparing them, and writing when I am not.
It’s the best way to maximize my time. I have a 10-day window currently to be up and active. Then it’s more blood tests to look for other autoimmune disorders that we haven’t checked for yet, but until then… I have 10 days of prednisone to help with the inflammation and the pain. They couldn’t prescribe longer, it’s just my regular doctor’s office, not a pain specialist. I get it — longer prescriptions of steroids cause nasty side effects and really nasty withdrawals at the end. I don’t want that. My doctors don’t want that. Nobody wants that.
So I have 10 days to be up, to be active, to be even a little tiny bit manic so I can kick-start my weight loss again. I was doing so well on the Methyl Prednisolone treatment, I dropped 11 lbs in a week! It just goes to show, a fair amount of the excess weight I’m dealing with is inflammation. Not all, mind you, but it’s like dropping water weight at the beginning of a journey. It’s so rewarding to see that number drop so quickly at the beginning! Very encouraging. In my case, it’s inflammation, and the steroids reduce it. When I go off the steroids, some of the inflammation comes back, and so does some of the weight. I’m back up to 368, where I got as low as 361. It’s frustrating, but at least I understand why it’s happening.
So here we go again, we’re testing my theory to see if salad kits and prednisone will help reduce my inflammation and therefore my weight. I think they will. And when I have to go off the steroid and the inflammation and pain come back, I can sit here on my comfy couch and write. I’ll still have my salads!