Stress

I never really knew how much stress was affecting until just recently.

Up until about two or three weeks ago I was living a stressful but not stressful life. Yes, I had the stress of Diabetes and weight loss, but I was coping with it and everything else seemed a little inconsequential. Then things started to pile up at work and the stress started multiplying. Earlier this week I could almost feel the stress in my body grabbing on to anything it could. The tremendous weight loss this month? Weight gain the past few days. I have been drinking the same amount of water, but it definitely hasn't been leaving my system!

This has been affecting me in other ways. I recently pulled a muscle in my back, one of the only injuries I have had since I started walking more. I was short on steps and decided to go for a longer walk on Wednesday, right before dinner. I came back, had some scrambled eggs and then watched a couple of shows with the family. (Bones and Castle). When I got up I felt a twinge in my back. I went to the washroom and when I turned to leave ... BAM.

My back felt like the Hulk was trying to squeeze the last drops out of an orange. Two Robax later and after a full night of sleep my back is still bothering me. To be honest, I blame it on the stress of the past few days. I need to get bak my zen state of peacefulness that I had last week.

I need to get back to the good stress: counting calories and wondering if it is going to be too cold for my nightly walk.