kingkeld's Journal, 25 June 2012

Good morning!

It's Monday, and I am now on my second week of sick leave.

I'm getting better at sleeping on my back, I got in a whopping 6 hours of sleep. Sure, still not really enough but much better than the 3-4 hours that I have had so many nights recently. I'm happy that the few times I woke up I was able to go back to sleep.

The healing process seem to be going as planned. My pains are still mainly from the "bathing suit area", and woe those pains. It's still a wonderful deep purple color, and hurts like a mother.

Yesterday my main gripes were those pains, and my sore back. Still no pains from the actual surgery, so I suppose I shouldn't be too whiny. :-)

I realized last night that I probably get some of my backaches from reaching my laptop. I have to shift my recliner kind of far back to sit right, and there is a limit to how close I can pull the laptop, as I have a bunch of external stuff attached to it.

I realized that we bought a little Bluetooth keyboard for Wife's tablet a while back. She could get used to the touch keyboard so we tried this instead. Now she is better off just using the tablet keyboard, so the external one is just sitting in a drawer, sad because it isn't being used.

I figured out to connect it to the laptop, so now I can put it on a dinner tray close to me, and not have to reach too far. It's good for shorter text entries, but not longer things like journaling. For this, I prefer the table, which I am using right now. I'm so used to this, it might actually be easier if I could connect it as a keyboard instead. Hmmm... That just dawned on me. I wonder if I can download an app that will turn my tablet (or phone) into a laptop keyboard? That'll be a good little mission for today, and an awesome tool.

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The fluctuation/excess fluids are slowly starting to come off me. I am down a full kg these last two days, weighing in at 84 kgs today. Nice. I csn see it getting better, especially on my inner thighs which looked like water balloons only yesterday.

Now if only the pain would go away.

I feel the pains MUCH more when I wear my support belt - which is constantly. I have to wear it for quite a while says the doctor. I really treasure the moments when I shower or change clothes and I get to take it off. It's sooo tedious. Then again, if this is my main gripes, then I probably shouldn't be griping at all, huh? :-)

So the plan for today? Sitting. Then sitting some more. Then lunch. Then sitting.

At least, that's how it feels. I have found a stack of movies that I'd like to watch, along with some tv shows. I have a few things to do online too, even more if I can connect Tabby as a keyboard, and a few other little tidbits.

Another clear mission is to make sure I get enough water. I excel at this when I'm at work, but I'm not too good at it when I spend an entire day at home. This is gonna be spending an entire WEEK at home, so I need to be on top of it. I have set my phone to beep ever hour, to remind me. Every hour I will drink a glass of water. As a matter of fact, it just beeped. I'll be right back...

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There. Water has been consumed. I'm not really sure what else to put in my journal this morning. Nothing exciting happened yesterday. I did okay on my food intake. I did have a few chocolates, but I don't go crazy on 'em. I felt that I had control when I needed it.

Today, I have prepared sugar free jell-o if I want snacks. I also have fresh pickles and baby carrots. I feel that I need to prepare myself a little for snack time, as I know it will be a boring day, and we all know how the snack monster starts calling our names when we're bored. I feel that I'm prepared for it.

I don't really REALLY concern myself with the whole weight loss part of the journey right now, while recovering from surgery. It's much more important that the body gets what it needs and what it's asking for. I am, however, pretty sure it isn't asking for chocolate ice cream! My goal when it comes to my food choices is to eat enough that my body feels happy and satisfied, without making stupid food choices and without eating too many calories either. It's a matter of finding that sweet spot, I think.

Anyways, I'll save you from more babbling...

Today I'm thankful for :
- Being able to stay home from work and recover.
- Feeling better every day.
- Kitty Cat, who'll keep me company all day.

Happy Monday, friends. Go explore the world outside for me! Life is good!

185.2 lb Lost so far: 156.5 lb.    Still to go: 0 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.