Congrats to everyone who is doing so well - good support plus good motivation is what it takes. Well, it all helps anyway.
I'm finally getting to report in, because things have been a bit topsy-turvy for me over the last week.
My torn muscle - it still hurts if I take big steps or stretch it much. difficult child 1 is concerned that I'm still walking around on it, but the physio said it's OK since it is a load-bearing muscle.
I had my second massage session with her today. I haven't booked another; she said to see how it goes from here.
She did say it was OK to get back onto the Wii Fit, but to stop what I'm doing if it hurts. So I got back on and was doing the balance exercises mostly. It said I had lost 900g in the five days since I last used it, so I'm pleased with that.
I've lost more weight somewhere - the new cord jeans that easy child bought me for my birthday (two weeks ago), now need a belt to keep them on.
I broke my diet yesterday (sort-of) - it was lunchtime, a very cold wintry day, we were at the train track (the miniature steam locomotive track) and I hadn't packed a lunch for me. I bought a hot dog for difficult child 3 to eat for lunch and was standing right next to an oven of pies (those shop ones with glass doors). So I asked for my old favourite - a potato pie. It's topped with mashed potato instead of pastry but otherwise it's a classic Aussie meat pie. Most important - it was hot! The potato would have made it lower in fat than if it had pastry on top, but overall calories were maybe a bit more than I usually allow for lunch. I just checked nutritional info on husband's stash of meat pies in the freezer, and the calorie count for my potato pie was probably about 300, so I guess it's not too bad, not when it was all I ate for lunch.
I did a fair bit of walking at the train track - more than I had intended, but slowly so I didn't aggravate the torn muscle too badly. I was very tired & sore by the time I got home.
As for "me" time - I did enjoy the day at the trains yesterday, plus I really enjoyed going out with my best friend on Friday night, to go see a play in the city. Very definitely ME time.
I'm also having fun finding favourite clothes that I had put aside because they were a bit too tight. Some that I'm looking for and can't find, I suspect I gave away. And the more weight I lose, the further back in time I am travelling, to rescue and revive my classic favourites from decades past.
On Friday evening when friend & I were strolling through the city past silent shops and admiring fashions in the window, I saw a dress which reminded me of my favourite nylon number that I wore back in the mid-70s. The dress in the window was a more subdued version of my old dress. My dress also had bright colours in garish swirls and splashes, and it could be worn anywhere, with that indestructible, dries-in-second fabric. A floor-length summer dress, to be worn to a pool party over a bikini, or even to a more formal occasion (except for the wild pattern). And I know exactly where it is!
I'm sure I won't fit into it - yet - but maybe in six months' time, by midsummer here...
Marg