Shiatsu and a Bagel

Yoga: 60 minute Rodney Yee Slow Burn DVD
Other:  acupuncture/shiatsu treatment
Bloating:  5
Cramping:  5
BM satisfaction:  5 (sluggish, incomplete, took forever.  I have been taking Ultra Inflamx to calm down the irritation and spasm, but it contains rice protein which makes me a bit C.  So I think I will cut my dose in half.)

I am not comfortable right now.   I didn't really have proper dinner foods so I ate a tomato-bocconcini-basil salad with a bagel and hummus.  I think the latter two are making me feel quite full and bloated.   Immdiately after dinner is the worst time of my day, when I am the most uncomfortable and antsy.   So I am finding it helpful to post in my blog at this time.  By the time I'm done writing, I am generally feeling a little better and calmer.   Just in time for some bedtime cookies.

Today was my second session with the acupuncture/shiatsu guy.     He is of Eastern European heritage, quite lovely, breath smells oniony but hey we can't all be perfect.    Today I tried to tell him a bit about my recent history - the weight gain from having been anorexic, etc.  He inquired, in his thick accent, "Why did you want to be skinny?"  Ah, the hours and hours in therapy I have spent discussing that very thing.  I answered, after some hemming and hawing, "Becuase I thought it looked better."   Doesn't really do an ED justice but it seemed the simplest answer.   He assured me that skinny doesn't look better, I look good now and so on.   Although he add that I don't need to gain any more weight.   Thanks for the reminder, shiatsu guy!

He said after working on my back that I have a lot of "balls" of energy trapped there.  Next time he is going to dispense with the acupuncture needles and just do lots of stretching and muscle work.     I love that stuff, so great in that good-sore way.   I will admit that it also just feels really good to be touched.   Even by an onion-breath.

I came home, did my yoga DVD - but a little more carefully this time, since I really wrenched my back on Wednesday.   Then realized I hadn't really thought out dinner very well.   Hence the bagel.   It's so contrary to my "rules" to have a floury bagel for dinner after a floury sandwhich for lunch, but that's almost a reason I did it.  I need to push against those rules every chance I get.   Not because it's ideal to eat floury things all day, but just because one day doesn't matter.  My body is not going to reject the bagel because I already ate a sandwich today.   My body is just happy to be fed. 

Oh yeah, AND they were giving out free ice cream samples at work today and I had one!  Chocolate-marshmallow swirl, kind of awesome actually.   

So all in all, not a bad day.