The first wall is called Ankle Surgery...
This wall is annoying, frustrating, necessary, and about to be broken down. I only have about 2 more weeks of limited activity before I can get back to doing crazy things like walking and stairs.
Initially after surgery, I lost weight due to several factors. I was in too much pain to get up for anything more than a bathroom break, so that eliminated my knack for snacking. I was also too nauseated to keep much down. After the first couple of weeks, things slowly got back to normal and I got back to snacking. So what was an initial loss of 10lbs has still resulted in a loss, but now I'm only down 5lbs, which is fine with me because I lost it for the wrong reasons anyways!
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| In Niobrara for Mother's Day I like to refer to it as "Das Boot" |
If you're curious here are the multiple procedures that I went through to get myself stable.
Evans Procedure
Brostrom Surgery
Calcaneal Osteotomy
None of these are fun to go through, but neither was the pain I was in sometimes daily.
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My other wall is named THE LAST 15!
These last 15 lbs have weighed on me (PUN INTENDED) for far too long. The longer my weight stagnates, the farther and father that goal of 155-160 feels. I get comfortable with my fat and let it sit there while I sit there. Being laid up these past few weeks have made me more motivated to kick things into high gear once I'm medically cleared.
Another wall that we struggle with as a family is called Someday
Someday...
We'll add on to the house
We'll do major renovations
We'll have time to relax
We'll have more space
We'll travel more
It's so fun to dream, but we keep catching ourselves in the future and not enjoying the here and now. Sometimes I need to pull myself back here when I was just 20 years in the future. Time is flying and 20 years is going to be here in a flash. In the meantime, I want to focus on taking care of my body so that in 20 years I can still do all the things I'm dreaming about today!
***Congratulatory shout out to my dear friend who is kicking butt at weight loss! She ran the Lincoln 1/2 marathon earlier this month! Check out Amber's Story!
