the start of a very busy week

Been a busy weekend getting the house sorted ready for my mother un law coming over tommorrow, shes staying till sunday which is my eldest birthday party, cant beleive shes gona be 6 its gone so fast.

I had my appointment today wth my neuro today so after getting blood test results back and them being all clear i did what my gp advised. I went with a list of symptons, how i feel each day and a list of other meds often used in treating iih. (which i got of iih uk). I told him about blood tests and what gp had said about not knowing much about iih or diamox so thats wht i had done the list. He actually took time to read it and listen to me, hes told me to take my diamox at night insted of morning, because pressure is higher when laying down so the diamox will be working at its best when needed the most and shud ease some of the side effects. He has started me on amittripline which is a antidepressant/relaxant, he sed this was sometimes used for headaches and to ease the muscle tension headaches can cause, also may help with my sleeping problems, so no diamox till tomorrow night then on thursday start taking my other med with it to, hoping it dont give me any more side effects cos i have enough of them already.

I was feeling a bit down last week because i had only lost a 1lb, then nicola jarmen who is also doing the challenge made me feel loads more possitively by showing me another way of looking at. Rather than seeing it as a weekly loss, look at in the long term, so this week after only loosing another lb i did just that and this is what i have realised.
If i only loose 1lb each week from now till 28 november i will have lost 33lb, which will bring be to just under to 10stone, and will have raised money along the way for iih uk. So altho i wud love to loose lots of weight each week, i think only loosing it as i am will hopefully mean i can keep it off because i have just cut down on portion size, cut out cake and choc.
I am going to start using some slimming world recipes to help me to start cooking more from scratch than stuff from freezer shop, i am a really hopeless cook, it usualy ends it disater and tasting no where near as good as it sounded, if im baking or trying to follow a recipe its easier when i havent got kids running in and out the kitchen stressing me out, but my eldest is in school full time and my youngest is at nursery in the mornings so i ave a bit more spare time to start baking, or preparing dinner ready to just cook or even precook it.
So will keep posted about how meds are working when i can got busy week and weekend ahead
thanks

start of 2nd week

I have a had lovely weekend with the family and friends, my ih has been behaving too so my headache hasnt been too bad.
I was saying all week that even if i only lost 1lb then thats ok at least its a start, well thats all i have lost and i feel very disappointed. i know its healthier to loose the weight slowly and i will be more likelt to keep it off so i suppose im heading in the right direction.
My exerciser is coming later today so i plan on doing 30 mins every other day on that, i have got some more dance games for the xbox kinect so will be doing some of that to, so hopefully will start to loose a bit more. because altho i walk alot it dont burn off many calouries.
I have not heard back from the emails i sent out last week yet so hope to hear something soon.
may not post much on here this week because its my little girls birthday party on the 17 april, which we booked room and entertainer for in feb and i thought i had loads of time left to send invites, sort food and outfits but blimey its come up so quick ive only got 2 weeks to go, so gona be busy this wk.  Have my mother in law coming to stay next wk which is gona lovely so need to organise the bedrooms to.
ok so for know good luck to everyone else on the challenge and will update u all soon

day 5

Got a better nights sleep last night with the help of nytol, so feel a bit better today.
Altho my stomach problems have flared up again, was on meds for inflamation of stomach lining but since ive finshed them ive constantly got heart burn and feel sick. So not really felt hungary or wanting to eat the last couple of days but i ave made my self eat, im hoping i ave lost at least a lb lol more would be good tho.
i have emailed some more people asking for help in raiseing awareness of iih and to promote our challenge so keeping fingers crossed with get some replies next wk.
im off to wheelgate park 2moro with my boyfriend and kids for a long over due family day out.