Radiant's Diary

Thanks, Mal! I didn't understand the "no" thing until they wrote "Yes" on my knee and I cracked a joke to the nurse doing it, haha. I don't think they're used to many people joking about things because they seemed kind of shocked at first that I was making jokes.. but I just couldn't stop.. it was my way of staying relaxed.

I tried to catch up on cals some tonight and ended up at around 1200... but I have to have a small snack every time I take my pills which is every three hours, so I'll get some more in me. My water intake has been great because all I can really do is read, drink water, and sleep... watch some TV if I can stay awake long enough, ha!
 
Cals at 1536.

I have a bunch of equipment that I strap into.. and have to keep my leg moving in one of them for 4 hours a day, then one thing that I have to stretch out my knee for half an hour in three intervals.. then the rest of my exercise is changing channels, gimping to the bathroom, and turning pages in books. I am so damn productive.
 
Cals today are 1451, which is about right considering I am not exercising at all. I may shoot for a few more tomorrow.. but as it's Christmas Eve, I don't think that'll be a problem!

Here's a picture of my leg!
 
ouch looks painful! u still at hspital or back home now. dont worry t much about the excercise. concentrate on getting better.

;-)

x x x
 
Happy Christmas Eve, everybody.

Cals: 1596.

Hopefully I'll be able to maintain about the same tomorrow! It was SO hard not to have seconds of the Swedish Meatballs that my mother made. We haven't had them in years and they are some of my favorites! I figure if I can say no to seconds of those, I can do just about anything, haha! Added some more pictures to my "photo diary" that I have decided to call it in the before/inbetween/after picture area. I thought Christmas time would be fair to take a picture as a mile marker type of thing.

It bothers me not being able to stand on a scale. Grr. I'll just have to rely on my eating not to gain any weight I suppose.
 
RadiantPebble said:
Well it was just an outpatient surgery.. so unless something went wrong, they usually get people out the same day.
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cool cool!!! don't worry you'll be able to hop back on the scale soon. keep at it and you might have a very nice surprise the next time you ar eon it.

HAVE A GOOD CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR!!!!

x
 
Thanks, guys!

Cals today: 1817.. okay for Christmas.

I got some weights, a yoga kit, a belly dancing DVD, and some other stuff that wasn't weight-loss related. I can't wait until I feel good enough to do some stuff again.
 
1817- that is brilliant for christmas!! :hurray:

you will soon be using all those new pressies. until then get better soon!!!

;-)

x
 
Ooops, haven't updated.

Still couch ridden.. cals today were 1416, so that was good.. didn't drink as much water as I would have liked, only around 70 ounces. I did some arm weights today but not very many. Hopefully I'll be able to do more soon.

Yesterday I tried to take a shower.. well I actually got it taken, but I blacked out four times before I could sit down and nearly passed out completely. But, no harm done to my knee, and I got clean hair! Yay! I guess it was just too much stress while on too many medications. I think I may give it another go tomorrow as I am feeling pretty good right now.
 

hey good to hear you are getting better. take it easy until you are 100% or near abouts. lol. no ones ever 100% are they? hehe. anyway i'm sure you know what you're doing. just dont rush yourself and your body.

good luck

;-)

x
 
Well, my knee hasn't been 100% for nine, almost ten years.. so I figure ti's at least going to be better than it was!

Cals today were 1624.. alright. Water was only 88 oz.. not as much as I would like, but it's such a huge deal to have to go to the bathroom with the brace and crutches and everything that it's annoying to make myself drink that much haha. I got out of the house for the first time in eight days and had a dinner in town. I got offered a waitressing job (worked as a waitress for YEARS) and I asked if they hired gimps. They said with a smile and attitude like mine, sure! So that made me feel pretty good :)

I can limp around a bit without my crutches or my brace.. but my doctor told me to keep it on, so unless I'm in the shower or something I'll try to keep it on most of the time.
 
RadiantPebble said:
I got out of the house for the first time in eight days and had a dinner in town. I got offered a waitressing job (worked as a waitress for YEARS) and I asked if they hired gimps. They said with a smile and attitude like mine, sure! So that made me feel pretty good :)
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AWWW bless!!! you should feel good!that's amazing!
must have been great getting out of the house.

take care

;-)

x
 
So I was able to stand today without my brace or crutches and kind of wobble around, it was so exciting. It also meant I could get on the scale. I'm excited to report that I have only gained ONE pounds after not exercising for nearly half a month by just watching what I ate. I feel so fantastic right now.

Didn't count my cals today, but as I didn't eat breakfast and didn't snack at all, I'm fine. Yay.
 

well done!!! thats amazing! i bet your knee is swollen aswell which adds a lot of weight. my bros was for ages.

good to hear you're having a great day. keep it up!

;-)

x
 
a-n-g-e-l said:

well done!!! thats amazing! i bet your knee is swollen aswell which adds a lot of weight. my bros was for ages.

good to hear you're having a great day. keep it up!

;-)

x
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My knee actually is barely swollen anymore :) But I did weight with sweats and a tshirt on unlike usual because it would have taken way too much effort to get dressed and stuff.

Cals today 1497, water 78 oz. I need to get my water intake back up.
 
Hi Radiant Pebble!
Thanks for your post in my diary.

I hope your knee will be perfectly ok soon. :) I know how annoying it is not to be able to move as much as you would like. It's great of you to take everything with such a positive attitude.
 
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