Whining and body issues...fair warning
I am returned from the chiropractor and Ed the massage guy, he of the steel thumbs and cast iron elbows, worked on me for an hour. I can now pretty much turn my head to the right with almost as much ease as I can turn it to the left. I am also slamming water and taking aspirin.
Whatever wee teeny tiny abdominal muscle tone I had before the surgery is totally gone. Instead of losing any weight at all I have gained 5 pounds. There is still way too much soreness for crunches or leg lifts. I ordered size 16W (that's fat lady size) pants for school and they don't close comfortably. Last year I was wearing size 16 no W and they were comfortably loose in May before the surgery. So I now have this drooping loose fat belly that sort of drapes itself over my lovely foot-long purple scar.YUK
I have absolutely no motivation to exercise the hell out of myself because it doesn't seem to do any good. My rational self says it's only been 10 days since the start of estrogen and that new, higher hormone level may be at the root of this psychological slump. I just have to adjust. I am doing about an hour of stretching and weights every morning and I am still eating very VERY carefully. The whining is I AM making an effort and I have been making the effort and no good seems to come of it. It's not that I thought estrogen was some sort of "magic pill" but I did think it would help somewhat. So far it hasn't... at all!
Mama aint happy
Whatever wee teeny tiny abdominal muscle tone I had before the surgery is totally gone. Instead of losing any weight at all I have gained 5 pounds. There is still way too much soreness for crunches or leg lifts. I ordered size 16W (that's fat lady size) pants for school and they don't close comfortably. Last year I was wearing size 16 no W and they were comfortably loose in May before the surgery. So I now have this drooping loose fat belly that sort of drapes itself over my lovely foot-long purple scar.YUK
I have absolutely no motivation to exercise the hell out of myself because it doesn't seem to do any good. My rational self says it's only been 10 days since the start of estrogen and that new, higher hormone level may be at the root of this psychological slump. I just have to adjust. I am doing about an hour of stretching and weights every morning and I am still eating very VERY carefully. The whining is I AM making an effort and I have been making the effort and no good seems to come of it. It's not that I thought estrogen was some sort of "magic pill" but I did think it would help somewhat. So far it hasn't... at all!
Mama aint happy