Exercise

One thing that I haven't really focused on is exercise.  Before my surgery, I was meeting with a personal trainer 2-3 times a week.  It was great.  I had $ in my flexible spending account at the end of last year, so this was a good way to prep for surgery. 

I also did a lot of walking, more than just with the dogs.  I did some tri training - biking and swimming along with walking.  So I was fairly active.

Since my surgery, not so much.  I wasn't even able to walk the dogs for almost 6 weeks!  That was really hard.  Once I was able to move, I had to be very careful.  Of course as soon as thought I was clear, I had some wound separation.  Basically I had a large open area that had to heal on its own.  I had to wear these surgical maxi pads (8x10) around my boobs - so much fun!  Basically, I felt like I was leaking when I moved and it was hard to stop the pads from moving around.  It was just really uncomfortable to exercise. 

Since August, things have gotten somewhat better the wound was actually over healing and the doc put some drugs on it to help the healing.  They really helped so my wound it now about an inch square. 

That being said, I started wearing my ActiveLink from WW.  When I first got it, I was working with the trainer so I was getting 2-6 additional points per day.  I redid the assessment and was shocked that with walking the dogs, I didn't earn any!  I know they are slow, but we walk almost 2 miles!

So I'm adding a new goal this week.  I need to get to 100% of my activity goal every day this week.  I'm at 86% so far today.  That means the dogs will get an extra walk tonight and I'm going to do some cleaning!

Hope everyone has a great week!

xxoo

Deb