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Yesterday, I was discouraged because I haven't really lost any weight in the past month. Same now as I was 5 weeks ago. BUT, today, I'm looking at it as, "I'm maintaining!" I've never maintained weight loss. I've always been losing or gaining. I got under 200 ONE day, but then snuck back up into the 200's. Calories have still been high this week, but less than last week, so far. Will report on that tomorrow.
SherryB (I think) suggested that I only do half of the knee exercises a day, and do the other half the next day. What's y'all's take on that? I haven't had physical therapy since 2017, so I can't remember what I did then. There are eleven exercises, and most of them require three sets of 10 repetitions. It takes over an hour to do them all. And, since I have increased from 3.5 to 4 miles of walking a day, that takes another two hours. Thankfully, the Lord has blessed me so that I don't have to work, so I have the time to do all that.
My knee has still been hurting more than "usual" since I got the Toradol shot in it. Almost had to take another pain pill yesterday, as the pain level got up to a #5 on the pain scale. But, I was able to make it through the day until bedtime. Once I go to sleep, I'm not aware of the pain. I thank God that it doesn't keep me awake. Before I got the shot, I had gone about a month, without having any pain pills, and only using the Voltaren once. When the PA asked about my Voltaren use, I told her that I only use it when the pain gets really bad, and she asked why, as if that was the wrong answer. So, I'm starting to use it more regularly now. It only helps a little, but a little is better than none at all.
Today will be my 4th day of walking 4 miles a day (194th of walking at least a mile EVERY day since October 23rd). I'm always hesitant to increase my target range, because I'm afraid that I'm not going to stick with it; but the increase to 4 miles hasn't really been that hard. I still only walk 1 mile at a time. If I ever want to try to walk in a 5K (which would be a MIRACLE!), I need to build up my stamina to be able to walk a long distance in each stint. My goal had been to get up to walking 5 miles a day by the end of the year. Now that I'm facing total knee replacement in the fall, I "have to" accelerate my walking schedule.
When I had my total left and partial right replacements in 2017, I wasn't very good about doing any strengthening exercises BEFORE surgery, and I quit the Physical Therapy before I was really fully recovered afterward. As a result, I haven't had a very good experience with my replacements. This time, I want to go into it totally prepared, and I'm hoping that the PT afterward will go much more smoothly since my supporting muscles will already be strengthened.
OK, better get to DOING my walking instead of just talking about it!
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91.4 kg
Lost so far: 26.0 kg.
Still to go: 23.4 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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2037 kcal
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Fat: 103.79g | Prot: 58.78g | Carbs: 240.30g.
Breakfast: Great Value Sun-Dried Raisins, A2 2% Milk, Butter, Quaker Old Fashioned Oats, Domino Sugar Granulated Sugar, Pecan Nuts, Land O'Lakes Salted Butter, Dave's Killer Bread Good Seed Bread. Lunch: Sunbeam Giant White Bread, Cheetos Crunchy Cheetos (1 oz), Duke's Mayonnaise, Nature's Place Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast. Dinner: Cooked Immature Lima Beans (from Fresh, Fat Added in Cooking). Snacks/Other: Butter (Salted) , Kellogg's Club Crackers, European Type Grapes, Land O'Lakes Salted Butter, Food Lion Club Rolls, M&M's Peanut M&M's (Fun Size), Cantaloupe Melons, Hershey's Kit Kat. more...
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Losing 1.3 kg a Week
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