Shakey Solution

saw the chiro on Wednesday, who says that there’s nothing physically wrong with me that my back should be hurting the way it is. with my flexibility and muscle strength i should be able to do high kicks all day, he said. and as much as i want to go back to martial arts, my back has just been too painful.

he’s convinced that the problem is organic, that my body is incredibly toxic because of all the medications i’ve been on, which he’s been telling me all along. and because i’m constipated (again, due to the meds, he said), i’m not getting rid of all the waste that you’re supposed to get rid of. once again, he advocated drinking those damn nasty-tasting protein shakes. now, he wants me to drink them twice a day!

and for the last couple of days, i have been drinking them twice a day! instead of making my own (ok, Brian makes them), i buy a smoothie from the pizza place across the street and add the 2 scoops of protein mix. ok, Brian adds them and throws it all in the blender. you can’t just stir it in with a spoon because it’s so lumpy.

i don’t like using the blender because the noise scares me. stupid, i know. high maintenance, according to the chiro. well, when Brian was at work yesterday i used it all by myself after buying the smoothie. it was a near disaster. everything went fine until i went to pour the stuff back in the cup. then the lid fell off and the rest of the smoothie ended up on it and in the sink.

today, i marched over to the pizza place with the tub of protein mix tucked under my arm. the counter girl didn’t want to take responsibility for making a smoothie and adding the stuff in, but the owner’s son didn’t mind. and he said that any time i come in, just ask for him and he’ll make it for me. yay. their smoothies have ice cream in them (as opposed to just frozen fruit, milk, and ice in the homemade ones), which is probably why they taste so good. but at least i’m drinking the shakes!