I just finished up the Velocity diet, and have started a new lifting and dietary program to combat my 6 year stint of migraines and continue to be strong and healthy. My diet consists of 100g Carb rule, with lots of vegetables (confined to a narrow spectrum, no nightshade veggies) and meats/fish (no shellfish).
I’m into day 3 of doing this, and figured this forum would be as good of place as any to keep a log. The goal of each workout is to get 20reps total, with minimal rest time, 10-20 seconds; I average 15 seconds or so.
I do not, unfortunately, have a handle on them. I typically get a migraine and/or headache once a day everyday, for the past six years. I’ve been to so many doctors and taken many different meds, but in the end I refuse to take the medication. If the side-effects are nausea and dizziness, then I’m not taking it; I already have those symptoms, I don’t need it medically induced… (I could rant for hours about it)
So after spending more money than I can count on copays and prescriptions, my fiance and I decided that I should try an elimination diet, and attempt to beat bad genetics (along with other factors) with a diet catered to me eating non-migraine triggering foods. We’ll see how it goes.
Plus, I like lifting and being healthy in general. This is just another step to the goal of fit, healthy, and strong (weightlifting competition soon!).
[quote]Seachel_25 wrote:
I typically get a migraine and/or headache once a day everyday, for the past six years.
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I can’t imagine how difficult that must be. I get a migraine on average every two weeks. A full-blown migraine is the worst pain I have ever experienced.
The seated rear delt raise can do with an increase, but I’ve never done the lift before, do I wanted to try lighter weights before going heavier. To be honest, a lot of these lifts are ones that I either haven’t done in a while, or never done at all. Seeing as how this is the first week of the program, I’m taking the time to figure out which weights work best for the rep total (20).
As of right now, the migraines/headache situation hasn’t really improve, but I really wasn’t expecting it to for a while. I figured I needed about a week of clean and controlled eating before I should even begin to see results.
Workout A again on Sunday, dunno how I feel about the every other days; I’m so used to going everyday, or close to it, with 6 weeks to superhero and the performance athlete workouts.
Squats felt a lot easier today, but so did most of the lifts. I could feel my arms start to wobble with seated shoulder press and again with the dips.
I’m almost a week into the elimination diet; it’s tough avoiding the foods that you love (spicy peppers, tomatoes). Still no success with the migraines, but carrying on like a baby won’t stop them either so I might as well move onward and upward.
I’ve been on the migraine train before. Definitely not fun. You’ve gone to doctors but have you ever tried a physio therapist? You could be getting migraines due to improper movement. I was getting headaches due to a couple vertebrae being locked up and all of the muscles in my neck having to compensate. A couple minor movements a day to help increase movement in the vertebrae, no pills needed, and I’m migraine free.
Not saying your situation is the same as mine at all but it’s worth the shot. A lot of us walk around with imbalances in our body that forces our muscles out of their normal functioning ranges.
In any case, good luck. I’d never wish a migraine on anybody.
[quote]PixieThrower wrote:
I’ve been on the migraine train before. Definitely not fun. You’ve gone to doctors but have you ever tried a physio therapist? You could be getting migraines due to improper movement. I was getting headaches due to a couple vertebrae being locked up and all of the muscles in my neck having to compensate. A couple minor movements a day to help increase movement in the vertebrae, no pills needed, and I’m migraine free.
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I’ve been to a chiropractor, who popped me back into place 6 times in three weeks. My bank account was not thrilled. I have wondered about that myself, and if I didn’t have to go back to college, I may have been able to complete the adjustments needed. Until then, I’m trying the diet.
Fair deal. Physio therapists are different from chiropracters, though. If your bank account can handle a session or two, I’d say try it and see what they give you for exercises. You can take what they give you and run with it without having to go back for constant adjustments.
The hammer curls and barbell rows could do with another increase. And the deadlift felt so much easier this week. Maybe it’s time for an increase, this has been the fourth time I’ve done the weight (2x40, 2x20)… We’ll see.
[quote]accidentalyogi wrote:
Nice work on your lifts!
How has the elimination diet been treating you and your head? Also - how’s post v-diet life?[/quote]
Thanks! Elimination diet is going well. I’m forced to be creative when I make food because I can’t eat a broad spectrum of foods and I can only use olive oil, salt, and pepper, so definitely forced to think up of new ways of preparing chicken and fish. My head is still mehr, but progress takes time, and so I will just have to be patient.
As for post v-diet life: I love being back to cooking and eating. Since I always drank my shakes with tons of ice or just out of the freezer, I now make sure my food is really hot (doesn’t help that Central New York is brutal during the winter).
Feels great that my lifts are either getting slightly easier each time or that I can keep going up with them! Really hoping that I will perform gloriously at the weightlifting competition in April, but since hoping doesn’t follow through, my lifting will.
The dead lift increase felt good, almost easy. It’s a sign! I can feel my biceps not wanting to move when I move arms; the workout was certainly a great challenge, and I left feeling more pumped than when I started this morning.
Her neurologist has her on a little Zoloft, and Mirgavent. Migravent is a combination of 3 or four vitamins/minerals. It has serious double blind studies showing effectiveness. He says the ratios are important…
Anyway, 1 drug free that is shown to work, and 1 that doesn’t cause noticeable side effects (dose is REAL low)…
[quote]Null wrote:
My Daughter has migraines pretty badly.
Her neurologist has her on a little Zoloft, and Mirgavent. Migravent is a combination of 3 or four vitamins/minerals. It has serious double blind studies showing effectiveness. He says the ratios are important…
Anyway, 1 drug free that is shown to work, and 1 that doesn’t cause noticeable side effects (dose is REAL low)…
Glad to see you logging over here!
