Good week

I had a good week, exercise-wise anyhow.  I got to the gym Monday through Friday!  I'm so proud of myself.  I feel great.  I have so much more energy.  The only thing I am not happy about is how the scale hasn't moved.  I really need to watch my calorie intake better.  I can eat a whole lot more than I should be able to eat.  That just shows me I need another fill.  I have an appointment for my 2nd fill the first week of February.  I'm really looking forward to it.  I hope that my new gym routine combined with a 2nd fill will really start to give me some results.

I had a little concern this week.  On Tuesday I amped up my cardio and worked really hard.  It felt great.  The only problem is that Wednesday morning I was having pain in my abdomen.  I've been super careful not to do any abdominal work because I don't want to mess up the port.  I woke up with a lump on my abdominal wall that was hurting.  I just knew it was the port.  I mean, I can feel it if I push down.  So, I did the responsible thing and I called the doctor's office.  They said to come in and get it checked out.  I rushed out of work at the end of the day, grabbed the kids from daycare and dashed over to the doctor's office.  I made it just in time for my appointment.  The nurse felt around and every time she touched the port my abdomen just HURT.  The first thing she asked was about exercise.  She said that the exercise is what is causing the pain and to just tone it down.  She said to wear spanx or something tight to hold the port down when I move.  She said to be careful when getting up and to try and hold onto it when moving from lying to sitting.  She said that there is nothing I can do if it is going to flip, it will flip.  For right now, though, it still feels flat.  Since I have an appointment coming up she said she didn't want to cause more irritation and that she'll check it again at the next appointment.  She also said that she had her port flip.  She said that it was good that I came in and to not ignore things like this.

So, after that I darted off to the gym and did a grueling light workout.  It's really not easy to keep the workout light when you want to push yourself.  I had the same problem Thursday and Friday.  It's tough to hold back. I have also started adding in strength training to my workout.  I had an appointment with a personal trainer and made sure he knew that I couldn't use my abdominal muscles at all.  That meant no ab machines and no lumbar machine.

Like I said before, I really need to get better at what I eat.  It's the hardest thing right now.  I mean, I am better than pre-band but my calories have been hanging in the 1200 - 1500 range.  1200 I'm okay with.  It's the 1500 that is just too much.  I really wish I had more restriction.  It's a marathon, not a sprint.  I have to keep reminding myself that it's not going to be easy and that I'm going to have to try harder until I have better restriction.

In the mean time, I just finished eating 2 chocolates.  Not my finest moment.  I'm going to head upstairs and get myself and the kids dressed to go play in the snow.  I'm going to run around the yard with them and get some activity in to work off those darn chocolates.