Well it has been a while since I've posted in my blog here. A lot has happened to me and my exercise has been very limited. Since my last post I have cut back on my lower body day and my pain level rose greatly to a 10 (you know those little smiley face charts in the hospital to gauge the pain level you have) and being a stay at home mom was very rough with this disease going on in my right femur. I had to cut out cardio and leg day which was hard for me because that cardio helped a lot with my weight loss and my stress level and hormones.
Since I stopped my cardio sessions my hormones have been going crazy! I've been breaking out more and my menstrual cycle has been way off and irregular. I have been feeling a lot more bloated and just blah. Not to mention my stress level has been high due to this whole operation.
So I talked with the surgeon and was scheduled right away for surgery for a core decompression. That was now 2 weeks ago today. I have no pain in my right hip and have a little limp when I walk (although I'm not suppose to put any weight on it though.... but shhh don't tell ;) ....) I still use my walker or crutches if I need to go out to a doctors appointment or something. But no weight bearing for 6-8 weeks (down to 5 weeks now).
As far as working out, I can do upper body and I've been doing some lower body that doesn't put any pressure on my right leg. Tube bands or deflated rubber/tire bands are a great, great way to get in a workout if you can't make it to the gym or are limited like I am. There are many variations to work your back, arms, chest and of course nutrition plays a huge part into weight loss or maintaining mass. And the weather has been amazing! Spring has sprung and the days have been in the 60's and it just makes you feel fresh and want to get outside and run and play and take in that fresh air.
So if you are reading this and are in a similar predicament and are scared about not being able to workout or think that if you are recovering from an operation, there's no excuse NOT to workout or eat healthy. Yea we all like to go to comfort food when we are injured or recovering from surgery or a fall because it makes us feel good and it does exactly what it is named; it comforts us. Put down those Oreos (those new limited time Oreos, the marshmellow creme, mmm omg those are good haha!! I only got one package and after that I was done with them. Moderation is key!!!) or ice cream or pizza and focus on eating clean, lean foods. As I said in a previous post, clean eating doesn't have to be boring. Play with flavors and expand with that. If you feel like you need to cheat have some small and in moderation. Have some dark chocolate 70% or more has great antioxidants and you won't have that guilt afterwards AND it'll cure that chocolate craving. If you are craving something salty, eat some homemade kale chips (I provided a recipe in a previous post).
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