Healthy Makes You Sick?

As I've mentioned before, I had serious stomach issues over Winter break. I went to two doctors back home in Indiana, and both told me it was probably gastritis or IBS. The second doctor, my parent's physician, prescribed taking Prilosec every day to keep the acid at bay, but there was really nothing he could do about. I'm not one to take pills every day to dull the problem, but when I don't take the pills, it's literally hell.

Basically, my parent's doctor told me to try Prilosec for two weeks and if the symptoms came back, to call him. Well, I did and they did. I called him again, and since I am in Denver now, he told me to start a 2 month regimen of Prilosec, but if things didn't get completely better in a week or so, to go see a doctor here.

Well, again, they didn't, so I made an appointment to see the Wellness Center doctor here at DU. Basically, she said the same things the other two doctors did. She did take more time to explain things to me and printed me off sheets to explain both diseases. She listed some foods that I should avoid because they can cause more acid to build up in the stomach, and here is where my title comes from. She told me to not drink alcohol (psh!), eat chocolate (uhm...), raw vegetables particularly tomatoes, green peppers and onions, go easy on the dairy and the caffeine and the spicy foods, and perhaps try avoiding gluten. WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO EAT!? I am a goddamn vegetarian--you just took out my whole diet there princess. This started making me wonder if becoming a vegetarian is what caused this problem in the first place; eating healthy foods causes too much acid and apparently my stomach can't handle that. EFF.

The doctor at the Wellness Center did give me a referral to a GI specialist if I decided to actually have things checked out. She said since the Prilosec helps, it probably means it is nothing too serious, but just in case. I am going to give it a few weeks, TRYING to avoid the problem foods (even though Valentines was filled with wine, chocolate and tomatos...) and then decide if I want to go to a doctor and have them stick a camera tube down my throat. Ugh. It's just annoying that there isn't a solution and I just have to deal with this--I'm 23; that's a lot of years of Prilosec in my future.

Good news is that the Wellness Center can get me Prilosec FOR FREE instead of $50 for a 2 month supply. That's a good thing to know.

Anyways, send good thoughts to my stomach.

02/02/12 Weigh-In

Still plowing through 30 Day Shred. I'm halfway through Level 2, though I'm taking today off from working out. Today's weigh-in wasn't anything exciting, only down 0.4 lbs but it's progress!

Weight: 183.2 lbs

BMI: 27.05 (Overweight)

Body Fat: 26.18% (Acceptable)

01/26/12 Weigh-In

Thursday weigh-in results

Weight: 183.6 lbs

BMI: 27.11 (Overweight)

Body Fat: 26.18% (Acceptable)

Also, started Level 2 of 30 Day Shred yesterday. My least favorite level, but two days done--eight more to go! Whooo?

I'm Back!

It's 2012, and I'm back at school. I actually survived Christmas break and even LOST weight during that time (though I had a nasty stomach bug that didn't allow me to eat). Because of that sickness, I couldn't really work out either so I'm slowly getting back into a routine. I started my second round of 30 Day Shred instead of running. I also found out that I am 5'9 instead of 5'10 like I always thought, which means another 10-15lbs to get inside the healthly BMI range. Blah.

Anyways, here are my stats for yesterday's weigh-in:

Weight=185.4 lbs; BMI=27.38 (Overweight); Body Fat=26.19% (Acceptable)

Does my timer have a stutter?

Since, once again, it was pouring down rain all over the city, I went to the Y to get my run in. Instead of the treadmill though, I tried the indoor track. 13 laps = 1 mile. I don't whether it is because I've been eating more (not really counting calories) or because of the oxygen level or because I haven't run in a few days, but I KICKED THIS RUN'S ASS.

My average lap time was about 52 seconds so I knew I was running less than a 13 minute mile, but I had no idea HOW fast I was really going. (Let's keep in mind here that my notion of fast and every other runner's notion are completely different.) My first goal was 30 minutes. Then 3 miles. Then 3.1 because I wasn't exhausted. I ran 3.12 mile (40.5 laps) in 35 minutes and 10 seconds. I double and triple checked my lap times. I did the math. Everything checked out. I cut FIVE MINUTES off my 5K time. HOLY COW.

Last night I got some really depressing news so maybe I was running off my lack of sleep and anger and disappointment, but whatever it was, AWESOME. Overall, I ran a 11.5 minute mile, which is 5.2 mph. If only this could keep up once I get back to Denver...

Happy Sunday, ya'll! :)

Turkey Trot 2011 Results

Yes, I just posted but I checked the race website and the official results were up [x]. Final race time was 40 minutes and 27 seconds! 13:02 pace. 71/73 in my age division (ouch!) but 1231/1553 overall. It's only the second whole 5K I've ran, so I'd say getting faster is better--I shaved almost a whole minute off my Fit 4 Fire 5K time! :)

PLUS, I shaved almost 2.5 minutes off my last Turkey Trot time! Progress is progress, man.

One Positive Thing About the Midwest...

Oxygen.

Seriously, God bless oxygen. I have been kicking some serious ass on my runs. I have to make this entry quick since I need to shower and meet a friend for lunch, but since I haven't blogged on here in a while, I thought I would update.

I came home to Indiana before Thanksgiving and haven't really been tracking my calories, but I've been working out and running still. Who knows (and who cares) if I'm still losing or whatever. A little break from dieting never killed anyone...well, that may not be true. REGARDLESS, I did another 5K on Thanksgiving (Turkey Trot) in unofficially 40:30. Plus, I ran 3 miles on the treadmill at the YMCA at at 4.7 pace AND I just ran 2.09 miles around my neighborhood at a 12:30minute pace. GO ME!

I'm probably going to get my ass handed to me when I go back to Denver and can't breathe again, but for now, I'm thriving! :)