Seraphim Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 To add to Feb 16 bagel toasted with peanut butter chicken breast rice California mix veggies Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Feb 17 Wow I actually put some effort into breakfast and had some oatmeal with brown sugar. I really have not put much effort into breakfast for about 30 years........ Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Feb 21/11 tea home made hamburger 1 hour on the tread mill and 1 hour of weights. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 Part of yesterday's meal chicken breast rice peas and carrots Today Feb 22 oatmeal tea spoonful of peanut butter Link to comment
rocio Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 wow, you sound so healthy. Is it working? Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 I am trying UMA. I am trying to eat more, because I used to under eat. So I am really trying to eat more and exercise for better tone and strength. So far it is working. I have been spending about 5 hours a week in the gym. Phew. I have a really bad ACL though in my right knee which is KILLING me and my knee is swelling. So I am not sure if I can keep this pace. I only did half hour on the treadmill today and the rest was weights. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 The food today included oatmeal tea spoonful of peanut butter 2 pieces of whole wheat pitas and light hummus 1/3 of a steak mashed potatoes oriental mix veggies Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Gah my knee is so bad I can barely walk. I think I will slow a bit on the exercise. chicken Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 Well I spent all day in bed yesterday with my knee and finally went to the hospital last night. The knee is still stable thankfully but needs physio. So it is mostly good news. I guess I have to lighten up on that knee a bit and do less stressful exercise. Link to comment
rocio Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Oh, sorry about that! Let me know how the physio goes, maybe I can try some of the exercises myself. Is it feeling any better today? Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 It was eye popping pain yesterday. My eyes were actually twitching that is how bad the pain was. Today is bearable so I guess that is an improvement. I have increased mobility now that some muscles behind the knee are relaxing but it is still not fun that is for sure. I have to wait and see what my husband's insurance covers for physio. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 ](*,)Well I am pretty annoyed that I can not keep up with my exercise right now. It is also hard to just sit around or sit in bed and I can not drive either because it is my driving leg. I would really like to thank the person who attacked me 31 years ago and destroyed my knee, thank you so very much, JERK. Now I get to suffer for the rest of my life with a ruined knee. Well Monday we can call the insurance coverage people and find out how much money we have for physio. I am getting tired of the pain. I had to have physio 4 years ago on my elbows from over use injury and tore all the ligaments in both elbows. I could not even feed myself or anything. Man I hate having cruddy joints. I am double jointed and my ligaments easily get too stretched or torn. Then there is arthritis. I want to avoid being crippled like my mother so I am trying to keep up my exercise. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 tea a ginger snap pork roast rice yellow and green beans and carrots Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 brunch.....started having a big brunch on Sundays 2 eggs 3 pieces of bacon hash browns tea Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 I am in such horrible pain today. SO bad. I can not wait for physio. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Usually my knee feels a little better in the morning but not this morning. I guess it is ice and heat all day on this thing. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 I forgot to finish yesterday's food. So to add to yesterday, pork roast,mashed potatoes and baby carrots. Today Feb 28 yogourt and tea so far I am trying to eat breakfast more often. Link to comment
rocio Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Sorry about your knee! Does it hurt in the morning because of the way you sleep? I know if I sleep on my side with the other leg resting on the bad one, it's killing me by morning. Good for you for eating breakfast. It's so much easier to skip. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 It could be that I am reducing the amount of pain medication and the way I slept. It usually feels a little better in the morning. Maybe I am reducing the pain medication too fast. Yeah eating breakfast is a challenge for me. It is a 30 year habit to not eat breakfast and a 30 year relationship with mostly under eating with sporadic times of over eating. I am really trying hard to recover myself here. For me to have 3 meals a day is a miracle. I have lived off of one or 2 meals a day and sometimes none for most of my life. It is a long struggle. Link to comment
rocio Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 New habits are hard to develop and old ones hard to break. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Well last night I used mostly heat on the muscles at the back of the knee and around it. They were seizing up badly. They are a little better this morning and so is my knee. Yesterday I tried to go grocery shopping or I was probably going to pull my hair out with what my husband came home with, so I went. HUGE mistake. The muscles were so tight and there was crunching and cracking and stabbing pains. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 It has been better today, thanks to a dear friend with good suggestions. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 My knee is a little better than yesterday morning which is good. I have been deep massaging the muscles and applying ice and heat, this seems to be working well. I only had to take pain medication once yesterday....wooohooo. Maybe I can go back to the gym to do upper body this weekend. I forgot to add my food for a few days now I guess because I have been working on my knee. I will start again today. Next week is the start of Lent so I guess I better stuff all my food in now. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 Tea and a banana for breakfast small bowl of spaghetti for lunch I am still hungry right now though, maybe I will have a sandwich. Link to comment
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