This was the longest weekend and not a great one. While most people were enjoying fun times and family for me there was pain and sadness and anxiety.
Thursday morning was my surgery and it went really well. I spend about 18 hours sleeping on and off Thursday and into Friday.
Friday I spent the day lounging on the couch and visiting with the couple of people who came to visit me. One brought me subway and the other hummus and ice cream. No I didn’t eat the hummus and ice cream together but both were very much appreciated. That evening I left the house thanks to my dad who took me to target, my dog thanks him too since she was the one that needed food.
Saturday I got up and went to walk with my dad. I was getting antsy not being able to exercise. We did a slow 2 miles. I then spent the day with friends. I think I might have over done it because I was exhausted and hurting.
Sunday morning I woke up in pain and canceled walking in the morning with my dad. I took it easy that day and by the evening I was feeling better and got in a 3 mile walk that felt good.
Monday morning I struggled thought 2 miles. I think this was mostly because it was humid and I was tired.
Over the course of those 5 days I went from eating very little to way to much and my tracking was sporadic at best. I emotionally ate all the feelings of being alone and unloved (I’m pretty sure these feelings were a result of the anesthesia, I foud that it is pretty common to have some mild depression as it works out of the body).
Today I am back on track. I am eating good foods, I am tracking 100%, I am exercising. This makes me happy.
Another thing that makes me happy is that I got those test results back. I am healthy, no further treatment needed at this time!! Thank you to everyone who was there for me during this stressful time.
Amanda said,
June 1, 2011 at 9:07 am
Woot! That’s awesome and you’re awesome, too!
Bambi said,
June 1, 2011 at 11:45 am
Thank you Amanda! <3
katieRUNSthis said,
June 1, 2011 at 11:49 am
Okay, I must be a complete dummy, but I didn’t know you had SURGERY last week? Sheesh, where have I been?
Hummus and ice cream? Okay, maybe you didn’t eat them together, but I would have. I LOVE sweet and savory together. It’s really nice you have good friends to bring you treats when you aren’t feeling well.
And look at you logging all those miles walking! That’s really great! Shoot, you’ve put more miles in in the last week than I have!
Don’t let yourself get down about not tracking your eating. You have a great attitude and you are right, all you have to do is get yourself back on track and get going again! How are you tracking your food? Are you using a program online or a journal? Are you tracking specific food stats or just calories?
Bambi said,
June 1, 2011 at 12:45 pm
It was just minor surgery but required general anesthesia (Yuck!)
I’m using myfitnesspal app for my iPhone to track calories. I’m trying to keep in mind all those good things I learned when I was on weight watchers though about getting in enough fruit/veggies, dairy, oils. Tracking just keeps me accountable so I can see what I have eaten in a day, I tend to nibble and snack and those things are easily forgotten especially if they aren’t eaten because I was hungry.