Well, I said that I wasn't losing pounds, but thought that I was losing inches, right? Well, it turns out that apparently I was right. I'm comfortably in a size 20 now. It's been two months since I dropped a pants size, so, that's pretty cool. Since I started this journey in a 26/28, being down to a 20 already makes me feel pretty good.
I have several pants in the top of my closet that are 18's, that I'll hopefully be in soon, and after that, my mother-in-law has lots of 16's and 14's for me that a friend gave her. So, I'm set for a little while on clothes. Plus, I tend to wear my clothes a long time, even after I probably shouldn't because they're too big and baggy. Kind of like how last night I was in the kitchen making spaghetti for my husband (Can it PLEASE be Dec. 22 so that I can have some spaghetti sauce yet???), and I was wearing my favorite pair of lounge pants... even when I was at my heaviest, they were loose-ish on me. You can just imagine how they look now... my husband and I could probably BOTH fit in them. Oh well. They're still comfy, and they're not falling off yet. I'll eventually get rid of them...
So, I have my first complaint/issue since surgery. It's nothing to do with my surgeon's office, but instead my body. So, post-op, they closed my incisions with Dermabond... or something like it. Super glue, basically. I have a minor adhesive allergy... that is to say if I have medical tape or a bandaid or something on for too long, I'll break out in a rash. I have never had Dermabond before, so, I didn't know how my body would react to it. So, I warned them of it, and it looked like everything would be fine... Well, about that.
So, in addition to working for a heart surgeon's office, I sometimes help out at a Plastic Surgeon's office. When I was there yesterday, I was showing my RN friend my belly button incision, which was hurting a bit. Well, the reason it was hurting a bit was because the incision has healed, but the Dermabond was still in my belly button, all gross and such. So, she helped me get it out. Now I have a slight rash around my belly button where the Dermabond had been sitting. It's itchy, and red, and slightly painful, and annoying. It's the only incision I've thus had issues with, but it probably doesn't help that as you know, overweight people have skin folds. I have one right at my belly button area, so, that area rubs a bit too. Of course. Good news is that it's not horrible. It's just a little irritated, so, I'm hoping it will go away soon. :)
I've been thinking about what I can do to exercise right now, since walking is out. I want to start getting back in the habit of taking walks with my daughter on weekend mornings, but, as a good example, tonight, after 1am, we're supposed to get snow, and it's not supposed to stop until 1pm tomorrow. Walking? Not so much. Playing in the snow with the little one? Absolutely! We're only supposed to get an inch, but she's never really seen/played in snow before. Last year, she was too little to figure it out. I can't wait to play in the snow with her this year... but I digress. I think I'm going to start doing yoga again.
Before I got pregnant with my daughter, I was doing yoga almost daily, and I really enjoyed it. It relaxed me, I got more flexible, and I was working out to boot. As I'm recovering from surgery, I'm getting more and more energy (I feel better today than I have in a LONG time), and I need to expend it. Exercise is a great way of doing it! I'm going to have to take it easy at first, since I'm still not 100% healed, but, doing something is better than nothing. :)
~♥~
Lady D
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