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5 months post op - 20 weeks. (in one sentence that seems like such a long, but then short time) I am still being reminded by John to take it easy. I am feeling so good that I forget to take pause. I did try to start riding my spin bike again - I started with 20 minutes and then moved up to 30 and then 40 minutes. The way that bike is built, you lean forward and it is heavy on needing shoulder and neck muscles. Probably my weakest area. It didn't go as well as I hoped - i over did it and paid for it for a few days. I have since started walking the dogs more, trying for a fast couple laps around the park. But the Spring is when I like to get out and about and i am always trying to loose those 5-10lbs of what i put on over the winter. This year especially since I was spoiled with very decadent meals from everyone. Not one was low-fat, it was soul food, comfort, healing food. YUM.
ANYWAY, I figured if i couldn't exercise like I wanted I better change my diet. For 21 days I ate very simple. I had read parts of the Cinch diet and i tried the fast forward where you eat eggs, raspberries, almonds, spinach (salad) and yogurt. Then i added the proteins and i stayed away from the processed foods that i love. I can fall into such a bad food pattern that i can eat Eggo/nutragrain blueberry waffles for breakfast and lunch, for days... then what i have i had. no real food until dinner time. Especially when you add in my (almost) daily starbucks habit of soy chai's. Those had to be stopped also. It was a good reset for me and I lost 8lbs in those 3wks.
I am feeling better, healthier. I am sleeping good. Can you imagine - ME, getting a constant 7 hours each and every night??? and i realized that without my soy chai and caffine thru the day that I actually had more energy when I ate well. (go figure) I do love NATUAL energy - but i don't always prioritize it.
