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I've been having a rocky time, even wrote an awful journal entry that I ended up deleting. I'm feeling better now, more positive, so I'm back.
I still hurt, it bothers me that my right ACL is gone, but I'm remembering that I CONQUER challenges. I overcome, I rise above. I'll do those short-arc quad set and strengthen my leg to help support that knee. I'll let my physical therapist tape my knee with that cool kinesio tape, and think of it as a fashion statement. Hey, the aqua stuff helped me dance a full 90 minutes of Zumba yesterday, do Pilates on Sunday, etc. I think I'll have her put on the bright pink stuff when I see her today. :o)
I'm still baking, but making half recipes and planning ahead on who to give things away to, or how much to freeze. I'll enter the recipes in my cookbook so I can't fool myself. I love cooking healthy meals; I've made a great chopped garbanzo/cucumber/tomato salad and an amazing pot of soup with chicken Italian sausage, ground turkey breast, whole wheat macaroni, and tons of veggies. I'll enjoy the challenge of creating healthy low-sodium meals for my partner's almost 94 year old mom.
The sunshine helps, too. I'm enjoying going to Pilates, Zumba, hanging out with my friends in and after class, and making new ones. People like me because I laugh and smile and enjoy the workout. I was next to one of my grumpier friends in Zumba yesterday, but the woman on the other side of me introduced herself (we'd seen each other on facebook and in other classes, but hadn't officially met). We had a great time dancing and laughing!
I've joined a new challenge, lowered my RDI, and am going to take care of myself, and by extension, my partner. Life is good; rough stuff happens, but there is always beauty and peaceful things to appreciate to help me through.
Diet Calendar Entries for 27 May 2014:
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2028 kcal
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Fat: 68.06g | Prot: 83.88g | Carb: 295.94g.
Breakfast: Water, Almond Meal and Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies, Coconut Cherry Granola, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), so delicious Unsweetened Coconut Milk (So Delicious), MiraLAX Miralax. Lunch: Trader Joe's Natural Turkey Jerky, Sugar, Strawberries, alpenrose Cottage Cheese (non-fat), Basil, Sbarro Cucumber & Tomato Salad, Garbanzo Beans, Water. Dinner: Watermelon, Garbanzo Beans, Au Bon Pain Pasta E Fagioli Soup (Medium). Snacks/Other: Jolly Time 100 Calorie Healthy Pop Butter, Water, Fresh Strawberry Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, Almond Meal and Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies, Fresh Strawberry Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies. more...
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1824 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Driving - 20 minutes, Sitting - 4 hours, Housework - 1 hour and 30 minutes, Desk Work - 1 hour, Resting - 9 hours and 10 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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