bondgirl_1245’s BodyBlog

uggg….im not THAT patient, but im learning to be.  when i want results, i want them fast and work hard for it.  but my healing needs time, patience and me sitting STILL, which is hard to do for a busy body like me.  i over did it saturday.  we went to the store, cooked outside and i was busily tidying the house and i paid the next morning when i saw my blood drains were right under the 25 mark.  the doc wants them to be less than 15 (im assuming mililiters?) within 24 hours.  i did much better today.  i was still most of the day, church, my sunday school class (of first graders - well as still as i could be) and I took a nap when we go home.  woke up around 6:30 pm and i did tidy up a little to my husband’s dissaproving glances, but now im done and will promise not to move anymore.  he taped my arms up yesterday and that actually helped and felt good.  hmmmmmm.  anywayz.  going to try that again tonight and ice down my chest to help the swelling.  if it werent for the drains, though, doc said that the desired textured surface of the implant would become smooth (not good) because the fluid would not be able to escape and would create a smooth crystaline surface which may later cause capsular contraction around the implant - again not good.  Plus, there would be alot more bruising and swelling and so far, im doing pretty good in that department.  he said 8 days is average for the drains and since he went under the fascia and over the muscle the surgery certainly bothered some tiny blood vessles (to say the least) and what im "draining" is normal.  but still…..can i say "ugggggg".  yeah, i think i can.

you have made incredible progress. you should be very proud of that. what i can tell from your post is that you have quite an active lifestyle, but im not too sure what you are eating. im a believer that good carbs are good for you and you should not eliminate them but eat them at the right time of day to fuel your body and ultimately create a fat burning machine with your increased metabolism. That also means eating more often during the day. Everytime you eat clean, you turn on your engine. Break up a 1200 calorie a day diet (just a recommendation, but 1200 should be sufficient to help you lose some pounds) into 5-6 meals a day. Look toward about 300 average calories a meal…that might be a better way to look at it. You also want to increase you protein intake to about 20-25 grams of protein per meal. Thats a good low sugar protein shake, a breast of skinless chicken, 4 turkey meatballs…start looking at the lables and figuring out what 25 grams of protein "looks" like so you can eye-ball it on your own. Since you are pretty active, you cant forget your carb grams with your meals. Keep you carb grams even with your protein grams for now, so you can refuel the glycogen in your muscles and ultimately get more or a powerful (yes, sweaty!) workout. 20-25 grams of GOOD carbs looks like 2 slices of Ezekiel bread (the only bread i eat…and i take it with me to restaurants), 1/2 a cup of oatmeal (great with splenda and cinnamon), 1/2 a sweet potato (with fat free spray butter, spenda and cinnamon - super good! almost a desert!), 1/2 cup of whole wheat pasta…there are tons of options, just ditch white carbs for "brown" whole grain carbs and MOST IMPORTANTLY eat them for meals 1, 2, 3, only and 4 (none), 5 (if its post workout, have about 10 grams of carbs - a little bit of banana {only post workout} or a little sweet potato {you need to replace the glycogen in your muscle post workout}) and meal 6 is only Protein (like a low sugar shake or a slow digesting protein like non fat cottage cheese) that holds you over through the night. One more important note is to not go too many minutes without eating after your am workout. I tried something new that made a huge difference. If you workout at a gym in the morning, make a 1/2 of whole oats and keep it in your car while you work out and chow it down before you drive home. The sooner you eat riight after a workout, especially an am workout, the less likely hood of getting your body in a catabolic state (which means your body thinks its starving and will not "BUDGE" and release the unwanted fat while conserving you muscles. Muscle building is the cornerstone to burning fat and you will burn more calories on your own with a higher % of muscle, the fat will burn off. Calorie counting will still be key, and drink a 1/2 gallon to gallon of water a day. Dont forget a good multivitamin and you will be on to creating a Fat Burning Machine! PM Anytime if you have any other questions.