Post-surgery

Today I had my surgery. I'm supposed to get up and walk around the house...using the bathroom, getting a snack, getting tea, etc. Been up a couple of times and I'm amazed how much less pain I'm expereincing. It could be the pain pills but I'm thinking it is a combination of the pain pills and the fixing of the knee. Hooray! Thank you Dr. Badger and the whole medical staff at OrthoWashington in Kirkland, WA.

I'm looking forward to getting back to my yoga classes and light exercise...it will be awhile for the yoga, but I should be doing the light exercises in a couple of weeks. I will hire a Brian as a personal trainer at the gym to help me get back into the swing of things. He is very good and will make sure I'm doing what I need to do correctly.

Now that I am back on track in my healthy eating I'm back losing weight. The week 1 weigh-in for the challenge at the gym, I lost 3 pounds. I haven't checked the weigh-in chart to see how everyone else is doing but I will when I'm back at the gym. I was very pleased. For this 3 month challenge my goal is to lose 30 pounds (or more), 3 is a good start. I know that this journey is my personal journey, but I'm just competative enough to want to kick butt and win.

My husband is back on track for now, but he is traveling in a couple of weeks and he has a hard time eating healthy while he's on the road. That is really a sad commentary on restaurants offerings. But then again, he's not really big on just eating salads.

I need to get a new dress for my daughter's graduation but I think I'll wait a couple of weeks, closer to the date, to make sure I get a dress that fits my ever smaller self.