Here we go again, another diet bet. Over the past month i've been set back with Sciatic pain. At one point I felt like there was no way I was going to be able to move and do it all again. All of the hard work that I started 2015 off with was a waste due to this crippling pain.
Let's take this back to January 2015. My husband & I were actively participating in our first rounds of DietBet games. My husband had submitted his New Year's resolution to our local radio station and won a contest which included two 6 week packages to the "Life Change" program here in town. This package includes a complete nutrition plan and 6 weeks of exercising 4 days a week in a team based atmosphere. I was ecstatic that we had won this prize. I had thought this is exactly what we need to achieve our long term goals. Not even a week after we completed our diet bets I was then struck with this pain. The first doctor I saw told me it was just a strain and the pain should go away within a week. Two weeks later the pain is still there. I saw another doctor and the doctor tells me that I should take a multi-vitamin and then my pain will go away. So another few days had past and I still had this pain... I was telling my mother about this pain and then she told me, that is your Sciatic nerve. It's something all of us in the family suffer from.
Since then i've been researching online treatment options for sciatic pain. Over the counter anti-inflammatory medications and hot & cold compress have definitely made the pain go away to an extent.
This weekend I am going to enjoy a therapeutic massage to ease the pain, next week my husband & I start the Life Change program and another diet bet. I can't wait to face the challenges this program places in front of me with the back pain but nothing is going to stop me from reaching my goal.
Thanks for reading!