13 weeks

I'm on a soft food diet for my TMJ. All I can think of is:

• eggs
• soup
• yoghurt
• cottage cheese
• porridge
  
• soft fruits (pureed apple, canned peaches, bananas etc)
• coffee ;)

Seriously, I can't think of anything else. I was only told to avoid hard/chewy foods yesterday afternoon, but with what I've planned today I'm going to end on <1000 calories. That's with porridge/latte/2 hard boiled eggs with mixed lettuce and a bit of dressing/tub of apple puree/tub of jalna yoghurt/curried pumpkin & lentil soup. Which is really yummy by the way. http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/8572/curried+lentil+and+pumpkin+soup
Make it. Now.

The calories might be low but at least it's better than how I've been eating lately. Ugh.

I'm seeing a Bowen therapist for my TMJ. And I'm starting meditation for stress relief. Although a new job would probably do the trick there.

I am hoping that fixing TMJ will help with my ear as they appear to be linked. Oh, and I'm only allowed to walk for the few days after Bowen treatments. Again, probably better than what I've been doing lately (that would be nothing).

I don't want to go back and read it but if I recall correctly, my last post was full of whinging and self-pity. My apologies!

I've finally stopped eating shit and started exercising again! Well I'm starting off very slow, because I do not want to go all hardcore for a week and then drop off again. My ear is still giving me the absolute shits, but I've found that the stationary bike doesn't usually trigger it, so I've been using that and walking on the treadmill. My goal is to do that 4 times this week (done 2 so far). I'm just going to stick to stuff at home for now, so that if the ear does go, I can just lie down straight away (the quickest remedy).

There's evidence to suggest that a Patulous Eustachian Tube is related to TMJ issues, which I have. I know I clench my teeth a lot, especially when I'm stressed (and my ear gets worse during times of stress) but my dentist said my teeth are worn down from grinding, which I didn't know I did. This morning I got myself a little nightguard thing which is supposed to stop me from grinding/clenching in my sleep. I hope this will help with my TMJ symptoms (sore jaw, headaches, dizziness, earaches) AND I hope that it will help just a little with my ear. Sigh.

Anyway my weight is somewhere around the 85kg mark at the moment...it may have almost hit 89 not too long ago though. So now I'm around 4kgs off what I was pre-NZ freakout.

I'd like to drop 20kgs before the wedding - that's doable, I've got til March 27th next year!

Thinking about Vietnam/Laos/Thailand for the honeymoon... I think I'm more excited about planning that, than planning the wedding :D

I'm going to try using this thing a bit more. I get so self-conscious about blogging though!