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Post-Op Week 94: Going to the Prom

Posted on April 27, 2015 | 2 comments

I won’t lie, I didn’t take a picture this week in my usual outfit. I am also up this week. Way up. I know what I did–grazed, and ate way more than I should have. I’ll pick up again next week and take care of business.

Next week will be better. It has to be. I did decide this week to continue on with more vegetables and fruits since I like the way I feel when I eat them. So today I had calabacitas (zucchini, corn and garlic cooked in a chicken broth with a little cheese), grapes, a mandarin orange, a green salad with strawberries and almonds, and some hummus on red leaf lettuce. Tomorrow I’m having almost the same stuff, just adding carrot chips to the mix.

So anyway…

Saturday night, my school had its senior prom. I’d chaperoned it before, and decided that I would do it again. The group of seniors that I teach this year and I are pretty close. I adore all of them, even the difficult ones, and so I wanted to share this milestone with them.

Not gonna lie, I was stylin’.

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Post-Op Week 91: What I Deserve

Funerals are a hell of a way to start a week. Mourning + ovulation + work stress + general IDGAFery = up this week. Thankfully, this week does not look to be terribly stressful, especially as side projects wind down and I can finally get back to the business of taking care of myself the way I deserve to.

This just keeping my head above water business isn’t cutting it, and I’m tired of just getting by. That’s what it feels like I’ve done this year so far. I deserve so much more than just getting by. I don’t “just get by” in other areas of my life, so why when it comes to me is it acceptable?

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My Body, My House

“Your body is the house you grew up in, how dare you try to burn it to the ground.” #effyourbeautystandards pic.twitter.com/Jg08HVnkwg

— Felisha (@felishacarolle) January 18, 2015

I did some maintenance on my house tonight. Went back to the gym and rode the bike on a hills program for 45 minutes and then (likely to the chagrin of my ortho guy) did light leg weights and some upper body. It felt good.

I think from now on, I will try to remember that my body is the house I grew up in. I need to take better care of it since it’s the house I’m going to live in the rest of my life.

Post-Op Week 71 Progress Report: Is This Real Life?

Surprised by this week’s progress. I traveled out of town for a conference, so planning for meals was tough because I didn’t know what would be available. I did work out two of the three mornings of the conference as my hotel had a fantastic gym in the bottom of it. I also ended up walking nearly 15000 steps each day I was away. I think that helped stave off any potential weight gain I could have had. Given how I did eat while I was away, I was shocked it didn’t show up more on the scale this morning. I dreaded stepping on it this morning but knew I needed to hold myself accountable, so I put on my big kid pants, sucked it up and weighed.

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