Adjustments and Medications

With any new weight-loss plan, a person would just start eating right and work out.  Not going to cut it in my book!  For years I've had back pain...oh the pains of labor that stay with you forever, that and having to pee all the time.  Not that I struggle with that one, but some women do.  

Rudy, my loving hubby, found us a Chiropractor to see as a family.  I must admit, going faithfully our family was the healthiest we had ever been.  

Of course, our Chiropractor told me that getting adjusted should help me lose weight.  I would eat better, and work out for a stretch of time and nothing!  
It can be really discouraging. 

On top of all that yummy goodness...After I had Grace, I had a lot of anxiety, and as that probably was baby blues and a little bit of post-partum, I was put on zoloft, just a low dose, a small little bit of candy.  As Grace got older my anxiousness grew, there were no words to describe how I felt to my psychiatrist but other than I was tired and emotionally drained.  Her response was to "up" my dose of the "happy pill" and send me on my way.  
In November of last year I was stopped at red light and fell asleep at the wheel, my foot came off the brake and I woke up as I rear-ended the car in front of me.  I would constantly nap and was just drained even on my "happy pill".  I finally went to my primary doctor...she said I think you aren't sleeping.  
Sure enough I had a sleep study done, and it showed I stop breathing hundreds of times a night and never actually sleep!  YAY!  What does a mom of three young kids need more than anything...even wine?!  S-L-E-E-P!!!!

ANSWERS!!!  

 My sleep doctor enlightened me more than anyone or any pill ever could!  Without sleep, your metabolism shuts down, the nerves from your brain to your stomach don't work...that's why I never feel full!!!

He has promised me, sleeping will help me lose weight...oh and guess what?!  I probably don't have post-partum and just need to sleep!

HALLELUJAH!   

I'm on a CPAP machine, pressured air, I'm in my third week of using it and I'm getting some sleep, some nights I get two to three hours of sound sleep and others like last night I get six hours!  
I cry and have cried sharing this with people because I finally feel like we are at the root to some of these problems.  When a person builds a house, you start with the foundation!  Thank You God for these answers!  

Pills be Gone!

I've taken myself off of my little happy pill...hopefully the weight can come off just as easy. hahaha.  It will eventually.