PameW
17 months post op! WOW!
Sep 19, 2010
Well, it seems that I let that update wiz right past huh? Just livin' life basically! I've lost about 5lbs in the last month! Is it the best, probably not, but what I do know is lots of fat has been replaced by muscle! So that is a major plus for sure! Since my unfill I have no gone back in for a fill! I feel like I'm right where I need to be. Since I exercise for 6-8 hrs a week, I need to be able to eat a bit more for my body and having even a slight fill will not allow me to be able to do that! Since I majorly stepped up my workouts I did anticipate a bigger lose this month! But with being honest with myself, LOTS of liquid calories in the form of McDonald's Wild Berry Smoothies! Damn them for coming up with something so delicious and carb filled! I was actually rewarding myself after workouts with bad food choices. You know; "I've just worked out on the elliptical and burned 645 calories, what is wrong with a DQ Blizzard" mentality! Bad choices and of course the scale was not nice to me! So I'm learning to eat and fuel my body!Yesterday was an interesting test for me. Somehow I got thru 3 hrs in the gym. At 8:30am I did a kickboxing class, at 9:30am was my muscleworks strength training class and at 10:30 a new Hip Hop Zumba class I was dying to try! Between the last two classes I was able to eat some almonds & drink a protein drink to help me get thru it. The morning started with the right combination of carbs & protein too! That was the important part! The hard part was getting in the fuel I needed for the rest of the day! When it is 8pm at night and you enter in your dailyplate and the NET calorie count is 89, you know you are in trouble. I burned a little under what I had eaten. So yesterday became a 2000 calorie day for certain.
The best of all of this, I thought I'd be so very sore today, BUT eating the right food and refueling my body helped my muscles recover nicely and I feel AMAZING today! Am I going to do 3 hrs every Saturday, probably not! But it is AWESOME to know that I can!
The best part of the last 17 months is the fact that I feel amazing! I have not felt this good in so very long! Is that to say that everything is wonderful and fantastic in my life, nope; I just am more happy with myself and therefore can deal with things so much easier now! That in itself is the best gift of all!
