No Budging

AARRGHHHH, my scale is not budging. I haven't lost an ounce yet. I have followed my diet to the LETTER. I am measuring and weighing all my food and I haven't even eaten one tiny morsel of food that is not authorized by my Doc. It is frustrating to say the least. I am showing a small loss from the weight at my Doc's and my weight at home first thing in the morning. But my 189 lbs. that I weighed day one at home is still the same. I am going to try to up my water intake and see if I get the scale to move a bit in the morning.

I am beginning to realize that much of my day used to revolve around food. Planning, making and enjoying eating. I need to develop some new habits or hobbies to fill the time and space in my life that food has taken.

I had my first visit at the pain clinic today. A two hour evaluation left with three possibilites as to the source of my pain. The doc is pretty interesting. He literally wrote the book on spinal pain and is very proud. He is also of Korean descent and has a southern accent....... I go next tuesday for my first diagnostic injections. It sounds fairly painful, but finding the source of my pain and "fixing" it are a priority. I am supposed to do things that make me sore between now and then so I show a good relief from the injections if he hits the right area. I hope he finds the problem on this first try (injecting my spinal facet joints) or I will have to do the same thing with the other structures that could be causing the problem.

Normally this visit would have sent me out for a scone and latte and a bunch of self pity. I resisted and ate my lunch protien bar and got a black coffee...... Not nearly as comforting as eating the scone, but I am determined to learn new habits.