My body sucks!

Needless to say, I am extremely frustrated with my back! I wish I could just rip out my spine and get a replacement! (wouldn't that be nice!) I have been walking 6 days a week, doing my PT(physical therapy) stretches 6-7 days a week and my PT exercises 3 days a week. Now here is the frustrating part, in the 6 weeks that I have been totally dedicated to this, my physical therapist has only been able to add 2 lame exercises to be plan. And due to my high pain level my doctor has now told me NOT to walk 6 days a week! He wants me to walk no more that 3 days a week, and do non impact for the other 3 days. That wouldn't be too bad if my back would allow me to bike, but NOOOOOOOOO! And going to the pool to swim 3 days a week is just not going to happen. So looks like I have to do my elliptical machine, which kicks my trash, 3 days a week.

I do have to tell this funny story though. Last Saturday I decided to go swimming at BYU with Steve and the boys. But, I just couldn't help myself! Eric wanted to see if he is faster than me. And I really really couldn't let him win, even if it did hurt my back. So we raced and I totally won! Oh Yea, I've still got it baby!!! Of course, I could barely even walk the following Sunday and my back was a real problem for 2-3 days, but I really couldn't stop myself! :-D

Now here is the more disturbing part of the whole back problem, I have gained weight. The weight gain was really annoying, but I still fit into my clothes. Then my doc put me on a nerve medication to help me get some sleep. Prior to this new medication, I had gone 7 months without a decent night's sleep! Now that I am sleeping and working out, I was SHOCKED when I got on the scale and saw that it went up another 8 pounds! I knew I hadn't been pigging out on my favorite food (CHOCOLATE) or anything, so I did some research and found that the medication that I'm on is notorious for making people gain weight really fast. Not Good! So I talked my doc into lowering the dose from 25mg to 10mg. I hope it will still work, and I'll be able to lose this weight. Cross your fingers everyone.

WHY??????????

Why, OH WHY!!!!! Do my kids take such bad school pictures... This is why I never spend the big bucks on school pictures. Now, granted, they aren't terrible, but those are not their normal smiles at all, not even close. Allen looks like he got into my pain meds, and Ryan..... well, maybe he just needs to wait until more of his permanent teeth come in.