Day 32.... I'm in pain!

Thursday 25th August 2022

Be kind to yourself.

Oh man can I just say Sciatica Sucks and mine which lingers constantly has flared up seriously!  I went swimming yesterday morning, did my 40 lengths, got out feeling good.  I then nipped to the shops to get the makings of a curry, couldn't get a beef bone but it appears to have worked out okay without it.  

I went to work and within the next hour my sciatica started to flare up really bad and as the day went on it got worse.  I had to sit down to chop the onions for the curry, cooking was painful, then I picked up a big pack of pasta out the cupboard to find my spices and the bag split and it went all over the floor.  Well we all know I'm not really, very dramatic much, so I screamed in frustration, then started crying as I picked it all up in horrible pain.  

On a positive, at least my cars an automatic these days because I wouldn't be able to drive a manual this morning.  I've also managed to sleep because thankfully it wasn't painful when I went to bed and didn't hurt when I was lying down, the wine helped to dull the pain too, not gonna lie!

Foodwise, I tried this because it only took 3 minutes to cook, I only ate half, found it quite filling but to be honest, I hadn't got much of an appetite and it wasn't delicious but it would've probably been nice in a bit of a sauce.   It's vegan and gluten free, so if you're either, it's definitely worth a try.

I also had a bit of chicken and later, enjoyed a crisp sandwich, but even the crisps didn't taste as good as I expected them too, so maybe my taste buds were off yesterday.

I went to bed at 7 and it wasn't long before I was asleep either, woke a couple of times but slept till 5 this morning so I'm feeling well rested thankfully, I've just had a lovely mug of tea too.

I haven't even thought about food for today yet, probably something out the freezer, or something on toast.  I didn't get anything done yesterday afternoon either, my pain preoccupied me so I watched tele once I'd got the curry on to cook, that's for the weekend.

Whilst shopping yesterday I bought their cheapest loaf of brown bread 36p, it's alright, still think I preferred the Lidl cheapest one but I'd have to have them both at same time to compare properly. 

 I'm just not spending well over £1 for a loaf anymore when everything else has gone up too, bloody ridiculous the price of food right now.  I was going to treat myself to lamb chops, they've gone from £5 to £6.20, not paying it, especially as I could eat the whole tray, even though it should be shared of course.

Anyway that's my food price whinge for today, I might have egg on toast for breakfast, fill me up to stop me being tempted, that's a good start to the day isn't it, add a tomato for one of my five a day - sorted.  What you gonna have?  Here's to starting my Day 32 of tracking honestly even when the days aren't amazing!

Mwah, luv ya 

Love me xx