WORK IT OUT, GIRL!

monday is around the corner!  i’ve been keeping up with my light work outs at home, body weight only type of course and my stretching.  coming to this site and seeing what other people have accomplished really helps get me goin!  i’ve been putting together my playlists for when i start going to the gym on monday.  my vision improves by the day, but nothing drastic.  my left eye is blurry still, but i’m seeing about 20/40 still there and 20/30 in the right.  i have to remind myself that i had a pretty strong prescription and that it is normal to not see 20/15 right away.  i guess i’m so impatient because i’ve heard from so many other people that have had prk that they see better than ever, 20/15 so i’m expecting it more.  =P

i have my song i need for cardio, a playlist for stretching and a playlist for weights.  one song for cardio?? yea.  only one.  it’s over an hour long.  LOL  the only thing my ex bf was good for was introducing me to DNB (drum and bass).  yea.  i have a song from the sub bass reflex crew that uses a lot of my favorite dnb cuts, keeps me going. 

i find myself rather intrigued with the forums here on bb.  well, more intimidated is the word i really should be using.  since i’m new to working out and dieting, i find myself lurking mainly through the misc sections.  i don’t really feel right posting with anything work out related since i know nothing but what i try and read and what the mister tells me.  of course i feel that the best advice given is what’s worked for you, right?  not something you’ve read off an article because you don’t know if it really works.  and then of course everyone’s different.  being that i still need to test out my work out strategies and the routine that dan created for me (thanks babe), i’m still learning. 

anyway, i’m just rambling so i’ll end this post here.  can’t wait to write about my first day back in the gym on monday!

of resting and taking it easy and then i can hit the gym.  i can’t wait.  i’ve been doing workouts at home, but gotta follow the doc’s advice and not do anything that’ll get me to start sweating.  =/  hey, if it’ll help my eyes heal and my vision come back quicker, i’m all for it.  i just hate that i’m so ready to get to the gym and i have to wait.  it’s ok though.  gives me a chance to get my work out plan, put my playlist together.  =)  gotta have the right beats to keep me goin, right?

my vision is getting better each day, still blurry far away.  up close is great though.  it’s amazing how i can read thngs, see the keyboard, for example, without needing to put on glasses or anything.  i just can’t wait until i’m healed and can see FAR AWAY clearly.  =)

it’s been 3 days since i had PRK done on both eyes.  I went in monday morning for the procedure and have been taking it easy.  monday and tuesday i didn’t feel up to doing any kind of work out, but i still managed to stretch.  yesterday i did some leg lifts, crunches, squats, and stretched afterwards.

the eye surgery was quick, painless, and the results were instant.  my vision going in was about 20/400 and when i went in for my check up on tuesday, i was seeing 20/50.  once the inflammation goes down and they take off the contacts tomorrow, i should be seeing a lot better than that.  my right eye was under the laser for 27 seconds and the left eye for 30 seconds.  after the laser, the doc rinsed out my eye with cold saline solution and when he finished, i could see clearly!  it was amazing.  i will never forget that experince.

recovering has been up and down.  i don’t geel any discomfort like i did mon and tues, just my eye lids don’t want to open and feel heavy at times.  since i can’t drive anywhere myself, i’ve been chugging oj like crazy since vitamin c helps with the healing process.  i find out tomorrow if i can drive. 

can’t wait for this week to be over so i can slowly start getting back to working out.

it’s been a week since i started being dedicated to working out and dieting, and i figured i’d start writing about differences, progress, etc in here.  writing is one of my releases. 

for the first week, i’ve been doing my workouts at home and during my physical therapy sessions (i go 3xs a week for my knees) instead of hitting the gym.  why is that?  i have PRK tomorrow!  i’m excited and nervous about it.  i started wearing glasses when i was in the 5th grade for reading, and then started wearing contacts regularly in the 8th grade.  since i came into the military, my eyesight’s been going downhill due to a chair ranger job that requires me to be on the comp for about 97% of it.  =P  but that’s not about working out.  anyway, since i’ll need to take it easy for 2 weeks after i have the surgery done on my eyes, i didn’t want to hit the gym hard and then be out for 2 weeks and find it hard to get back into it.

i’d been doing a steady workout for my abs, biceps, triceps, calves and thighs at home.  every night, and then monday, wednesday and friday, i do thighs twice (in pt and at home).  my physical therapist really wants me to strengthen them up so they are my main work out in physical therapy.

i hope that i recover well from my eye surgery and able to get into the gym smoothly afterwards!!  can’t wait!!