Rest day
1 week tomorrow. I have been reading over other doctors protocol for this type of surgery and most are pretty much the same on rest and recovery and working out. I gather there are many athletes and fitness enthusiasts that do this type of surgery and want to rush back into working out. It may be 6 weeks before I can do much beyond just light cardio. 3 to 4 months seems to be the protocol to returning to full all out anything pretty much can be done. I will go along with my surgeon since I know he is one of the best. People come to him from out of state. He has lots of awards and voted best here. I am getting restless. I watched 3 movies yesterday. The BFG with my granddaughter before she left for work, A Walk in the Woods in the afternoon, and Miss Perigines House for Peculiar Children last night. The latter was odd to say the least. Would give children nightmares. Somewhat of a horror show without too much gore. I expected it to be a little lighter than it was. Reading a lot. Spending a lot of time with my tablet. I need to stretch at least my lower body some. Waiting though to check if it is okay since they are so afraid that if I climb the stairs I am elevating my blood pressure which slows healing and does not help the bruising to go away. Oddly all of the sitting is making my knees ache and the surgery one the most. I had my husband make a Turkey Pot Pie Soup recipe last night. I found it on Pinterest. I had it adjusted a bit because it had either a cup of heavy cream or coconut cream in it. I had him use coconut milk from a can along with the broth. Also subbed chicken breast that I had previously roasted. It was really good. It has sage and thyme in it. I had him increase the sage since I did not have fresh to add along with the amount of ground that they called for. It sort of reminded me of stuffing without the bread. ALso it was pretty simple. I had diced the onion and celery ahead and purchased carrot shreds so carrots did not have to be diced. So he did not have a lot to do.
Judy, I like Dr Axe. There are so many out there that just get carried away with advice etc.. I read up on his credentials and feel pretty confident in his articles and stuff. They are helpful. I have some of his free literature downloaded. He has good products but I don't buy unless there is a nice discount offer. I have some 10 minute solution workouts. No Jessica Smith though. She does have a lot of stuff. Most of what I have is Amy Bento. I gave away a pilates one and one Amy I sent to a friend that was getting back into workouts along with some figure 8 tubing and bands with a band workout as well. I like Amy's 5 Day one a lot. I like that you can pick and choose the workouts and string what you want together at a nice price.
Valerie, our son has the home we lived in when they were growing up. We had two live trees that we planted in front after Christmas. They got huge. He recently got rid of the smaller of the two. They filled up his whole front yard and grew into each other. I used to change the aquarium water and use the tank water with all of it's leavings in it on the ground around the trees. I guess it was good natural fertilizer. I did learn not to use it on house plants though. It stinks. We stayed at my brother in laws once and they had a potted tree of some sort in the corner of the room we were sleeping in. I saw their cat using it for a litter box. That is great that you got your recipes back on weight watchers. I track my workouts in my agenda book and on the workout manager. I like to see the workouts all laid out in the workout manager calendar. It is starting to look rather vacant right now. For me the only time I rip up on the rebounder is with the URX-metabolic training workouts from Urban Rebounding. This is because some of them have you jumping on and off and leaping across the rebounder. Mine has a "skirt around the edges" that I tend to get my feet caught in once in awhile. Amy Bento makes the comment in her Boot Camp one to get over the skirt (sort of a pun) Generally it is easy to not fall off. Some have a bit larger circumference than others and some like the Bellicon are a bit taller. I am sure last night's early anniversary dinner was pleasant. I watched A Walk in the Woods yesterday afternoon I enjoyed it. It is not a watch over and over movie but it was entertaining.
Carolyn, I am a week tomorrow from surgery. It is hard to sit still. They do not want me using my arms too much. That is very difficult for me as I do not feel bad. Yesterday I opened the refrigerator twice and had a box of butter come flying out of the upper part of the door where the butter compartment is. Finally I had my husband put it down in the bottom. I hit myself with my arm during the fast reflex of trying to catch the butter. I felt it for awhile. So, I know I have to be careful. I like the way my Fit Bit syncs with My Fitness Pal. I do wish Fit Bit had more workout types to use. I end up using the workout setting when I cannot come up with a reasonable setting. No step?? I have spin, circuit, yoga, and kickboxing on my settings. For Map My Fitness there are more settings. Oddly it gives me high calorie burns using the fit bit for yoga but if I use stretch and strength it goes down a bit. That is the one I use for Barre Amped Stretch and Strength. I do really like the Fit Bit and usage options. Weight Watchers sounds like a good program. Do they have settings for Paleo or low carb ? I never quite understood their point system.
Lorie, your Jump Sport sounds so nice
The pet that chewed up wires and furniture was my rabbit. He even chewed some of the seal around the refrigerator door while begging for a bit of fresh veggies. It took forever to break him. Sometimes I would feel safe and he would decide to gnaw on the woodwork or something. I remember last year my daughter's lab pup swallowed a Christmas bulb. At first she had said light bulb and I was envisioning something larger. She was okay, but you sure do not want to take those chances. I love your Christmas tree. The purple would be perfect for me. It is my favorite color. Ours is always a mixture of everything. I only used popcorn beads this year. We need to replace some garlands. Last year we had taped garlands across the upstairs landing and down the stair railing along with lights. Nothing elaborate this year. I have a couple of boxes of some wreaths and stuff sitting here but am not supposed to lift my arms so they are just sitting here. I may just have them put back in the garage at this point.
Deb, I saw last night on Facebook that someone had received their shipping notice. They did a screen shot of their phone. I guess I will have plenty of time to do the downloads and download the manual. Maybe in another week I will be able to do the Spin workout and get in some really light activity. Gertie, loves to have contact with people. She laid under the table when my granddaughter was studying with her head and paw on my granddaughter's foot. Even if she has to stick her nose up in the air when I am sitting on a barstool she will do it to have contact. If I rest my feet on her she is happy. Our dog Mudd had grass allergies. The vet had said that he saw it often because the seed would get embedded in the crevices of the dogs paws. I inspect Gerties paws and scrub them well when I bathe her. I am not sure what prompts the chewing . She licks her legs too. I have looked that area over but never seen anything to warrant the licking. I even moved the limbs around to see if something was maybe hurting. That was not a problem either. I set my morning supplements out at night and take care of them before coffee. I then set out the stuff for evening and put the other away. I take the evening supplements with a snack before bed. This has become a habit so I generally do not forget unless my routine gets messed up. If I leave stuff out after taking them I may find myself forgetting and taking another dose. I have to put it up.
