1/22/11 - Cindalu

I have been doing pretty well! Since rejoining the gym, I have been going! For the most part, it has been yoga for me. Other things are questionable. I have tried climbing. I think it is OK, but still irritates the nerve. I try and take it easy with that. I don't rope climb much lately. I think that may have been part of what exasperbated some of this.

I have been doing a lot of yoga. I usually feel alight with that but sometimes not so well. Yesterday I think I must have done something that the nerve didn't like. I've been doing some bouldering and am getting stronger again. I've moved up a 'grade' and my calluses on my hands are coming back. Anyhow, I have been going to the gym twice a week for a few months now. Sometimes, I go three times week. My boyfriend thinks my stomach is getting a little better. Yay! I still have a ways to go. Progess is good though.

I have been eating much better since my last post. Other than the chocolate I had over this past week or so. And perhaps, I could go without the cookies I buy when I get my sandwiches at the deli.

I now live with the boyfriend and we have some fruit trees in the back yard. There are several that were added last weekend: Nectarine, pear, lime, pomagranite. We are also working on growing some more food in the garden. Last summer there were lots of tomatoes, peppers and some squash. This year there will be tomatoes, but I am hoping we can get some other stuff in there too. Some spinach or butter lettuce would be good. Maybe some radishes, onions, carrots, greenbeans, corn, sunflowers (for the seeds).

I have been cooking again since we have been living together. He does more cooking than me because I am exhausted during the week from work and commuting. Anyhow, its healthier.

I have maintained my weight. Kept about 10 pounds off since just after the surgery when I went completely sedentary.

It's really terrible what injury can do to a person, or anything that makes them immobile. I didn't gain a whole lot, but my body composition changed. I've looked at photos of me from before the surgery and my face was a lot thinner. I hate to look back and think about 'what could I had done differently.' But that is always something I do and worry about even though I can't go back and change the past.

Anyhow, the boyfriend and I may go for a hike tomorrow. That might be fun. Atleast, good exercise.