I went to a second orthopedist for another opinion. Luckily, I am OUT of the wheelchair! 3 days off my feet was enough for sure (but I wouldn't change anything I did - I am glad I made the appropriate precautions when I thought I needed to). Back to work today & glad to get back to the swing of things!!!!
Plan is to go to work, no overtime, go home for dinner & to the gym for a little bit of weights and abs. Have a snack (protein drink) and go to bed. No cardio planned for today except walking to my car and from car to work. I still cannot walk much, but doc said I should do what I can. Physical Therapy is a must.
Breakfast: Pine nuts, fiber one, almond milk: 400
snack: almonds 160
snack: protein bar 210
lunch: chicken in wrap 300, tomatoes, slice mozzerella cheese 60 , tomatoes 40 tooo many pretzels, but was fun...!
EVEN though i can't walk much, I may go next door to the gym for some arm exercies?
snack: apple and tomatoes 150
dinner: lots of cooked veggies - maybe 250 or 300 and cottage cheese with some stevia (yes, doing it again!) around 400 :-)
2100 cal. not terrible & maybe less.
Progress as of today - 2 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
fasted for blood test in AM
snack: big apple
lunch: 450 salad with dad and grilled chicken, olive oil and vinegar
snack hour after lunch (not satisfied with lunch) some more chicken (2 wings) a tortilla, and pumpkin seeds salted 300
Snack: tortilla wrao 120, strawberries 80 or so
dinner: all healthy: salad with some dressing 60 or so, vegetable soup 100 at least, wrap with chicken 400 or so, and cottage cheese 110. 600-650
total: around 1750, good.
Progress as of today - 2 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
Big breakfast bc i wasn't getting satisfied at first. i skipped all artificial sweetners as well as the stevia/truvia. and boy was i craving sweets - from my tea to my cereal...so i ended up adding some cherry flavored protein powder with natural sugars (and, yes, too much sugar i can't believe i ever bought it - didn't look closely enough bc the front said "no refined sugars" but it has tons of sugar anyway, just not refined...ok!
8am Breakfast: hot fiber cereal with almond milk 200 and some egg white 25, protein powder 100, cottage cheese 110: 435, oh, and an everything flavored wrap 80: around 520 good.
10am snack: strawberries 80 at most
12pm lunch: 2 wraps 250, with lox 150 (leftover parents dropped it off yesterday), green beans 50, lots of grilled veggies (bought it on Saturday - i spend so much money on healthy prepared foods i must cook more after this injury...just a lil more...to save some money) i know of all the supermarkets where i can get good quality deli foods - from all sorts of cooked vegetables to tasty meats, even grains - on Long Island and even here in Queens! haha anyways, the veggies - 150 at most. total: 600 - healthy.
snack: fruit & seeds 140, almonds 160: 300
1500 so far
dinner: 400
total: 1900 (bit high for no exercise...)
tomorrow i am fasting in the morning for a blood test. going for a full checkup with my dad picking me up for it. he knows the people in the medical office i am going to as he works in the same building. they were able to get me an emergency appointment this week to get bloodwork, bone density, and a bunch of other exams bc of what has been going on with me.
Progress as of today - 2 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
thanks for all the well wishes ladies, it means a lot. To tell you the truth, at this beginning stage, I am praying things start to heal & fast. I just can't even fathom feeling better & it's frustrating to not really know how my progress will go until it happens. I hope to be able to walk to my car and go to work next week. If I can't, I obviously won't. I'll take another week vacation if I have to, but I surely hope that my tibias start to heal so i don't have to waste all sick days plus some of my vacation days (i get just 2 weeks starting tomorrow April 1 till next year April 1!) on this injury! Not a good way to start using all my days at once!!! I was planning to use days in the summer!!! to go to the beach & relax. I hope I get them...otherwise, I will only be taking vacation days to do priority things this year - mostly related to getting into the academy....at least these are my sick days so far & not vacation days.
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legs are doing bad - will be home in a wheelchair this week!!! stress fractures are not recovering.
8am breakfast: 200 hot cereal & almond milk, snacking on some mints before lunch 50 forgot i had a wrap, too. 80 more
12:30/1pm lunch: lots of grilled veggies (went to the store yesterday preparing to be home all day today & not realizing that all the walking did me in completely hopefully not past Friday this week!) and salad 160, chicken meatball big 150, wrap 120 430 good.
680.
dinner: wrap 100, lox 150, pumpkin seeds 50, pepper 50 400 or so
snack at 3am: extra wrap 80
1250 or so.
will try to be eating better and more moderate this week as i will be "bedridden" - i don't see binging in my near future....i will not get fat by continuing to eat 2250 cal-2600 cal a day with no movement (as much as i'd like to be eating that much & more!) lol. of course i'd rather go to work than lay in bed - as we know that at least sticking with a routine is better than laying down/not being able to walk all day. after this week, i plan to start up with physical therapy. just wanna get my bones healing ASAP right now, as little pressure on them as possible.
Progress as of today - 2 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
Friday Night: midnight snack: salted pumpkin seeds 120, fiber one and almond milk 160: 280, good.
SAturday: 2250 or so. good.
Progress as of today - 2 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
...definitely cheesed out from the past few days of mozzerella!! haha
breakfast: fiber one with 1/4 cup pine nuts and almond milk 360 or so. and tea with stevia and 1% cottage cheese with chocolate stevia and cinnamon 110 more
470, good.
snack: bar? 130 granola type
snack: 210, tea
lunch: same as past few days - good change, low cal. 1/2 avocado 160, tofu 100, and matza a different boss bought food for everyone 600
total before drive home: 1650
drive home: tomato small 30, big apple 130, pepper 30 = 200 or so.
home: veggie mix 30?, salad 70 at most, tofu and soup 200, 2 wraps 200 = 500
total today: 2350. not terrible, but NO exercise....having trouble cutting back, but i know i have to...
Progress as of today - 2 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
breakfast: 2 wraps, one plain 140, slice mozzerrella cheese 60, yogurt w. a few pine nuts 140: 340 or so, good.
snack: nuts 200
snack: bar, tea 200
lunch: avocado & tofu on matza
snack: apple..maybe a tomato too. 200
1550
dinner: wraps w cheese and maybe some spinach or soup. 260 for the 2 wraps with 2 slices mozzerella cheese, big salad 80, another type salad 40 around 500 and yogurt 100 600 total:
2150.......... :-) i forgot ihad some of my boss' food, so many around 2200-2250. good.
exercise: probably still taking off from it. none
breakfast: fiber one 140, almonds 160, almond milk 30: 330
snack:bar
snack:tea & bar
lunch: tofu and avocado on whole wheat matza
yes, a great time with family last night.
today's calories end at no exercise and 2200, better, better than the past two days!
2250....strawberries at 1am :-)
so we are getting there....i am gonna get used to eating lower calories...it shouldn't be so tough, actually, if i start going to bed early!
Progress as of today - 2 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
well, i did do better than yesterday. today was around 2500. ate some extra desserts/candy/chocolate. but it's all worth it for the fact that i am satisfied & craving nothing before bed. in bed a bit late as i got home late, too, from family & friends which was really nice tonight. good change of pace. for the next month & a half, i'll be eating less calories & going to bed very early. exercise will be put on the backburner for these next 6 weeks. i will get through this!
goodnight!
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Today's goal is to do better than yesterday. :-) it can be a challenge bc tonight i have a Passover seder (holiday dinner) with my folks and last night i was just home too many hours and ate the little stuff i actually had around in my new place that was edible enough to binge on. thank god there wasn't anything else in my apt!!!!!! tonight there'll be loads of good food, but i'll try to be moderate. i've prob gained around a pound, maybe less, since dealing with this injury. I need to be careful, bc i'm a person who can easily gain 10 lbs in 6 weeks...I know from experience!
so, at 30 yrs old, I need to make better choices than i once did in my teens, at 20, 25, and even 29. There is no reason that I should blow all my hard work these past couple years on 6-8 weeks of rest. so.....once again, i'm going to try to take advantage of getting more sleep. my goal will be to sleep 10 hours a night - going to bed around 8pm that means. before, and for the past 2 1/2 years, i would be lucky to get 7 and many nights far less. i know 8 hours is a good average, but maybe 10 hours will also help me along in recovery?
breakfast: almonds 160, cereal 150, almond milk 40: 350.
snack: maybe decaf coffee today instead of another bar (will save me around 150 cal) 60
snack: bar 210
lunch: tofu 80 and avocado 160 on whole wheat matzah 220? 460
1080
snack: large apple?? or a granola bar...
Progress as of today - 2 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
2900 cal...i promise not to do this for an entire 6 weeks...but it's hard not to fall into my old ways....eating since i got home from work...
breakfast: tea, water with choc stevia, fiber one 130 and almond milk 30, and almonds 160: 320. calcium supplement
snack: bar
snack:bar
lunch: chicken, carrots in mild spicy sauce, wrap and pretzels?? calcium supplement
snack: apple?
early dinner (bed after): chicken wrap? with avocado - maybe even a whole avocado if i want to. (not doing the matzah only for passover - only at work since i work with an Israeli boss and don't need anymore problems with his opinions)
Progress as of today - 2 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
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It is certainly good news. Take care and have a wonderful day.
grannyannie on 04/03/2013:
Excellent! I'm sure the physical therapist will give you great advice on what to do to build yourself back up.
OhioRaven on 04/03/2013:
Hope you're back to normal soon. Take care.
getmebackto150 on 04/03/2013:
Happy to hear you are walking again!!! Have a great day:)
legcramps on 04/03/2013:
Must feel great to be out of that wheelchair! I think you're right to back off on the cardio and maybe do some upper body work instead. Hope whatever you do today is a success!
V on 04/03/2013:
Thanks for the update, it sounds like you will be feeling 100% soon..And thank goodness you still have some vacay days for summer :)