It’s going to be a busy 2008. Here are my goals:
1. Continue rehabbing my knee. I saw my orthopedic surgeon last Friday. He says I’m doing well, but need to do better. He’s mostly concerned that I cannot straighten my leg all the way. This in turn affects my gait, which bothers my back, and explains why I haven’t been getting a good night’s sleep.
He recommended that I put my leg up to rest on a chair or a table and add weight to my knee. The goal is 20 lbs. for 20 minutes. Right now I’m using a 5 lb. ankle weight that friggin’ hurts to do more than a few minutes at a time. I also do an exercise where I lie on the bed on my stomach with my leg hanging over at just about over the knee. This isn’t fun either but gives me an excuse to cuddle under the sheets with my daughter and watch TV.
Starting next week, I’m going to physical therapy only once a week. I will check in with my doctor at the end of the month, too.
2. Work with a personal trainer. For Christmas, my husband bought me five sessions and a body composition assessment with one of the trainers at our local rec center along with a 20-punch card. Funny thing is that I know one of them – her daughter is in my daughter’s pre-K class. I’ll be giving her a call to see if her schedule fits around mine.
If not, I’ll try the other trainer. Either way I’m excited! I’m looking forward to having them help me fit my rehab exercises into my workout routine, too.
3. Work out three to five times a week. I really enjoyed doing it this summer, but once I hurt myself it was impossible to keep up. Still it’s a challenge for me with my business goals, my family’s schedule, and my volunteer obligations. I will use some of the suggestions in Zen Habits’ How to Make Exercise a Daily Habit to keep on track and my sessions with the personal trainer to keep me motivated.
4. Pick a diet plan that fits into my lifestyle better. I’ll be blogging about this soon, but the Extreme Fat Smash diet’s biggest downfall was that it was impossible to travel or eat out on it. Plus, it required that you buy the occasional special food item, like tofu or protein powder, to make the dishes. I’ll be looking into Weight Watchers and the Biggest Loser diets since both have big promotional pushes right now. And I’ll pick as my weight loss goal what they recommend. Stay tuned!
5. Keep on blogging. My plan is to keep sharing my exercise and weight loss ups and downs with my readers here at This Mama Cooks! On a Diet. I’ll also be reviewing food products and books like French Women Don’t Get Fat. (Vintage Books sent me the new edition that includes recipes.) And posting more 5 Ways/Things advice lists.
Of course, I’ll be focusing on recipes! My plan is to feature dishes that work for the whole family. That was another thing the Extreme Fat Smash diet lacked. You were cooking only for yourself and only one serving at a time. However, I’m a mommy on a diet and I have to cook my family as well as myself. I’d like to go back to cooking healthy meals for the entire gang and hope to find a diet plan that meets this requirement.
Here’s to a happy, healthy and thinner 2008!
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Have you looked at the regular Fat Smash diet? I love it! I don’t have to eat anything special. In fact, I can eat whatever I want to, as long as it is on the list. I lost 24lbs by the time I was done with all of the phases (but gained 12 back because over the holidays I didn’t follow any of the things I learned.) I am starting back this week, and my goal is 60 lbs. this year.
I bought the book and also got a lot of great info from the Fat Smash Forum.
Good luck with whatever you decide!
Happy New Year. I’m focusing on getting more exercise this year!
Hope you knee heals quickly.
Hi, that is so neat that you got a personal trainer for a Christmas present!! It sounds like it will really benefit you with your knee, besides your workout plan. Have fun with that, and all the best with your knee rehab!
Hi Anne-Marie,
I wish we knew each other back when I wrecked my knee (a car ran into me in a parking lot) It would have been nice to have known what to do….
I didn’t have any sort of therapy for it and it was 5 years before I could distance walk again.
At the time, walking 7 miles a day was my ONLY means of controlling my weight (when you walk 7 miles EVERY day you can eat pretty much whatever you want) So when BAM, I couldn’t walk my weight shot up.
That was nearly 20 years ago and I’m still trying to recover from that setback.
Hi,
It sounds like we’ve had a very similar past 6 mths! I hurt my knee last August, went to the surgeon and was booked to remove the tears in my cartilege. The surgery was Nov 23rd. I joined WW in September and so far have lost 25 lbs on it with 10 to go. I found out last week though, that I have to get my ACL re-done (I had it repaired when I was 18) as it is now stretched and causing more harm than good. That surgery is going to be in March.
Best of luck with your knee and weight loss goals. Stick to it.