...and the loser keeps losing...
Good morning! I can't believe it, but I am down ANOTHER 1.5 kgs (3 lbs) since yesterday. That makes it 7.2 kgs the last 7 days or so. Damn. It's still not the 11 kgs that FatSecret boasts with, but I am more than happy to get all the extra fluids out of my body.
Again, this morning I could tell that I was lighter even before I got up. I can feel it in my body. I can feel it in my fingers. I can feel it in the way my skin sits on my cheeks. It's strange, but it takes very little for me to get a hint of whether I am light or heavy any particular morning.
I hope this will help me from gaining weight in the future. Of course, I will keep weighing myself always, but being able to tell like this - and being able to FEEL how much better I feel when I am lighter, has to be the kicker. I feel that I perform better, I feel happier, I feel that I have more energy, the whole package.
Now, if only I could go use some of that energy...
I am so ready to get the stitches out and hopefully get permission to NOT have to sit here all the time. I need permission to sit in other seats in the house, and permission to play my bass, and permission to go take a bike ride. I am slowly going stir crazy here.
I have set up a nice little nest, where I have room around me for all my stuff. Since I can't easily get up, I need everything within reach around me.
Last night, when I couldn't sleep, I took a picture for you guys to see how I am situated. Notice the tilted back seat on my recliner - do you see why I need an external keyboard to type? :)
I got it all pretty nicely setup, though, and I think this is the best way for me to spend the day, as I can't do a whole lot. It keeps me reasonably entertained, with music, movies, internet, phone, tablet, coffee and kitty cat, who is lying here with me again.
I promised to post a photo of her snuggling with the keyboard on her.
I took a bunch of photos of her doing it yesterday, and this is the best one. It's hard to take a good picture, just tried again, but it's too close to get a proper picture. I hope you get the idea, though. :)
Indifferent cat is indifferent!
It's so weird that she is okay with it. She has NEVER done this before, and now it's 2nd day in a row.
Today and tomorrow I have "booked" a couple of friends to stop by in the mornings to entertain me. I miss talking to people. As much as I love Wife and Daughter, I need interaction. At work I am quite the social butterfly (as I am sure you can imagine) and I really miss chit chatting with people.
Hopefully, this will help me a little.
Also, today I am checking out a bunch of music that I have been wanting to hear. I have a gazillion albums that I been putting off hearing, and I think today I will try to squeeze in a few. Also, I want to give the new RUSH album another chance. I listened to it a few times, but I wasn't all that impressed, however, something seems to have gotten stuck with me regardless. I think I need to hear it again to do another assessment. I don't want to miss out on a good album just because I didn't bother to actually hear it. :)
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I can really tell that the fluids are coming off. I get a little more sore here and there, that's for sure. I feel that I have some bumps and bruises on my butt cheeks that I didn't have before. There is no visible damage, but I think the hurting comes from me sitting or lying down more or less constantly.
I see the bruising on my back getting a little more purple, but I think that is okay. Other places it is LESS purple, so I think I will just let it run it's cause. I still haven't hear from the doctor, so I will assume there is nothing urgent that I need to do. She is pretty good at responding.
I gotta say I am amazed that I went from 84.0 kgs Monday to 78.8 kgs two days later. How is that even possible? Of course, I did gain all the fluid in a day or two also, so why not?
I did good on my food yesterday, I made sure to eat right to get some calories and nutrients in. I had my usual breakfast, lunch had a can of mackerel with breads, and dinner was whole wheat pasta, vegetables and a tomato/meat sauce. Also, I had two protein shakes with milk and frozen fruit throughout the day.
I made sure that most of what I ate had some protein in it, and weren't just high on carbs. I feel that I need this to recover. That is why my body is telling me that I want, and I think it's right. Protein IS for recovery, other than just post workout muscle building, right?
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I woke up at 2 AM last night, and couldn't sleep any longer. I hope to take a nap a little later.
Yesterday, I slept amazingly well, but I was tired all morning, until at 10 AM I decided to go take a nap. Turns out, a Tuesday nap takes about 3 hours! It was good though, and I felt refreshed. I think I needed it.
I'm not sure if this is what did it, but I had a hard time sleeping last night. So, at 2 AM I got up. I didn't want to keep being noisy, as I didn't want to wake up wife.
I was so tempted to go write my journal already, but I really didn't want to - I need things to do in the mornings already, and writing my journal can be fairly time consuming. This is a good thing. I love writing my journal.
All in all I got about 5 hours sleep last night. It's not horribly bad, but it is also not enough. I feel the sleepiness coming over me slowly, so I am thinking that within the hour I will head back to bed and see if I can catch some zzzzz's before my friend comes over.
So, today I am thankful for:
- More fluid coming off.
- New, nice weight-in. Lowest post-surgery weigh-in.
- Morning spent with kitty cat.
I hope you guys have an amazing day today. I hope to get out, just a little bit, and move around. I need a change of scenery.
Life is good!
