ONE MORE WEEK

I admit I was nervous when I visited my surgeon yesterday. During the week I have been feeling slight discomforts and twinges in my abdominal area that I have never noticed before. Last weekend, I even started feeling (and/or imagining) pains and twinges on my left side (my surgery was on the right side!). When I met with my surgeon today, I immediately blurted out that I feared that I was suffering from a new hernia. It took him all of 30 seconds to assuage my fears.  There is no new hernia. The hernia surgery is healing precisely as it should. I have been advised to continue to not lift more than 15 pounds for one week more. After the third week, I was advised that I could physically do whatever I wanted whenever I wanted.  On Monday and Tuesday, I have appointments with customers who will be unoffended as I go back and forth into their stores to bring my samples in on multiple trips. On Wednesday, I fly to Salt Lake City for International Quilt Market. By the time that I return, I should be ship shape and ready to resume my life as it was before this unpleasantness started. The hernia surgery wasn't the worst thing that can happen to someone, but I am glad that this chapter in my life is soon to be concluded.

The surgeon had indicated that my bicycle ride last weekend was not my best idea. The reason that bicycle riding during week one of recovery was ill-advised was that if I had fallen down somehow, that would have been a problem. Nevertheless, I had no mishaps during the bike ride and caused no problems with my recovery. Most of my phantom pains, twitches and twinges ceased to be a nuisance after being assured that I had healed properly.  Once I returned home, I hopped onto my treadmill for a full 90 minute session.  This was the first time I had done any exercise in four days. I think now with a more serious effort to get back on track calorie-wise and the resumption of a daily calorie burn I will have a better shot at losing some of the excess pounds that have been creeping back on.

SATURDAY WEIGHT 239 LBS
better than last week, still much work to do

Your Food Diary For:

Friday, May 13, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker - Grits - Instant - Original	200	44	0	4	620	0
Butterball - Bacon Style Turkey, 4 slices	140	2	12	8	600	0
Egg, whole, cooked, poached, 3 large	215	1	14	19	446	1
	555	47	26	31	1,666	1
L U N C H
Nathan's Skinless Beef Franks	280	2	26	10	960	0
Campbells Soup Italian Wedding	200	26	5	12	820	8
	480	28	31	22	1,780	8
D I N N E R
Shrimp - Cooked, breaded and fried	400	19	20	35	569	0
Cream Corn	100	22	1	2	360	8
Codfish - Codfish	100	0	1	22	74	0
	600	41	22	59	1,003	8
S N A C K S
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium	190	50	1	1	4	38
Ghirardelli - Chocolate 86% Cacao	250	15	25	3	0	5
	440	65	26	4	4	43
Totals	2,075	181	105	116	4,452	59
Your Daily Goal	2,665	333	89	134	2,300	100
Remaining	590	151	-16	18	-2,152	40
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 735 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Friday, May 13, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
MATRIX TREADMILL	90	800
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-65
Daily Total / Goal	91 / 30	735 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	160 / 210	1,331 / 4,130

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