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Think Positive! That's my mantra today. As you may or may not know, I recently had surgery (always misspell that) on my foot on Dec 31st. So now my lifestyle has gone from "some activity" to "extremely sedentary". I basically walk 40 feet to the bathroom to pee every few hours, and take a shower, and that is it! The rest of the time I am on by hind-end sitting or laying with foot elevated. Two days ago I got really depressed about it, thinking about the next few weeks of doing the same. Today I am trying to "Think Positive"! I also need to take it easy on myself as I am not sleeping well at all.
I am finding this sedentary lifestyle mixed with my connection to fatsecret has me super mindful of what I am eating. And fortunately I have little appetite. I am VERY grateful today I am not emotionally eating, it would be so easy to sit on the sofa and have a pity party. Not gonna do it!
I originally had Euro style "Timmy Crutches" which was like a full upper body workout whenever I moved around, then I got the US style under-shoulder crutches, which are not much improvement. I almost think I like the Euro style crutches better. At this time I cannot imagine walking the few hundred yards/meters from the parking lot to work which I will have to do in a week or so. But I am sure I will be fine. Maybe today I will go out to practice in the yard. I have not been outside much at all in the past few days.
Tonight I am missing a birthday event for two colleagues because of this injury, but on the bright side, I am also missing a huge meal. I suppose today I my spike day. Sadly it is at a restaurant that I have always wanted to go to (Brazilian). No worries, plenty of time for celebrations later, and missing this one after all the holidays is no big deal.
I tried to weight myself yesterday, but I did not have crutches nearby and would have had to "hop" on scale which is bad for scale, and potentially dangerous to my one good leg, lol. Today I will bring it down and start weighing in. My boot is heavy, but my good friend Kingkeld say weigh in anyway, I am into it!
Anyway, thanks for listening and putting up with me. Today I am grateful for my family taking great care of me. My support system, particularly fatsecret. Having a good job with plenty of leave time. The sounds of the morning and the birds outside my window.
/Cheers, JP
Diet Calendar Entry for 06 January 2012:
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1029 kcal
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Fat: 51.71g | Prot: 80.01g | Carb: 54.96g.
Breakfast: Spiral Sliced Ham, scrambled eggs. Lunch: Ham Sub. Dinner: Hard Boiled Egg, Spiral Sliced Ham, Vegetable Stir Fry. more...
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it is always tough to be in a hospital, not be able to move how you wish you would, and lay around the whole time.... but i like you way of thinking.
i wish you a very quick recovery and hope you stay "think positive" for the rest of you stay in the hospital (and afterwards anyway)
wish you a wonderful day!
06 Jan 12 by member: joelae
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DEFINITELY stay positive. Sometimes it's hard to do, but try to "fake it 'till you make it" - it actually works. A positive energy takes us so much further than a negavite one. Oh, and I'm happy that you take the plunge and weigh in anyways. Sure, you're gonna take a hit right now, because of the boot, but you'll be able to track what is going on while you wear it (I assume the boot weight doesn't change) and you'll have a HUGE loss taking it off eventually. :)
06 Jan 12 by member: kingkeld
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Thanks for the support guys. Joelae, I am home now, which makes it a bit easier, but I am still very low key. I did get out and walk around our compound today, but did not weigh in. I was unable to get my scale downstairs until lunchtime. I will weigh in tomorrow AM at 1st light! XD King, I know what you mean. I have a few issues that I deal with by faking it until I make it. It has served me well.
06 Jan 12 by member: posterchild66
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