Slowly getting rid of some of this pudge!

Since my surgery I have lost about 10-15 lbs! Not too shabby, considering most of my time has been spent on the couch with my leg propped up. I do try to be as active as I can, however I do tire easily and past experience has taught me to be very cautious when things start aching. The reason i'm not sure about how much weight I've lost is because I couldn't get an accurate reading on the scale when I was non-weight bearing. It's a bit hard to balance on the scale with one leg and the numbers bounced around a bit so I just guestimated.

It all started when I was in the hospital post surgery. The food was just gross and I didn't have much of an appetite so I didn't eat much. Not exactly the best way to lose weight and my husband started double checking and adding things to my hospital menu. I am not a picky eater... I will eat almost anything when i'm hungry. When I refuse to eat that is saying something about the food. After I got home from the hospital I still didn't have much of an appetite, thank you pain medication, and didn't want bread or pasta anymore. I had some serious vegetable and fruit cravings, which I think was my bodies way to counteract the pain medication (morphine is known to slow down the bowels). Then I found out about a Facebook Group that Jennifer Boudreau Clements started, called Lose to Live. Here is a link to her blog http://andsomefruit.blogspot.com/. Jennifer lost 200 lbs and is now a Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor who motivates everyone around her. I can't thank her enough for adding me to the group!

Several people in the group raved about the recipes in a certain cookbook so, of course, I had to go out and buy it.

So far, all of the recipes that I have made have been a hit. And the recipes are versatile. I made the Swiss Chard Frittata recipe, using Swiss Chard from our garden and a leftover red bell pepper. My husband made a frittata this morning using left over spinach and sun dried tomatoes.

Cast Iron Skillet

Ingredients

Saute

Add Egg

Finish in Oven

Breakfast is served!

The awesome thing is that I don't ever feel really full or really hungry. And I don't get major cravings anymore.  My strength levels are good too, in fact I'm strong enough to finally be able to buy this shirt. I could probably cut more calories and lose weight a bit faster. However I want to make sure that I continue to heal, grow bone and gain some muscle.