It's been a wild past 6 months for me! I have had a lot of setbacks with my health and low back. I was attacked by a dog and suffered my 4th TBI, vision damaged, teeth, etc. I did gain a few pounds in January from stress and eating junk but I have been working to get those few pounds off the past almost 2 weeks now and will continue to do so for at least 12 full weeks before I break for maintenance.
I have started an AB routine to hopefully build up my abdominal muscles better to support my low back issues and then I've also started some PT for my low back. I had to go almost 3 weeks without hiking due to hiking in the snow causing hypermobility in my SI joints that locked my back up and I'm still hurting despite rest. I'm hoping it fixes itself and I think maybe it is from all the stress too. I have never had a back flare last this long.
I started tracking with the Carbon Diet Coach app again but I don't like that it won't let me go below 90g of protein. I only need 72g of protein and need more carbs for hiking and I like to get a good amount of health fats as well, so it shows me "not compliant" a lot, which is annoying. However, I like everything else about the app.
My goals going forward are to build strong abdominal and glute muscles to better to support my degenerative SI joints and low back. I also want to eventually work towards less weight on my body in hopes it will help my joints/back.
