Jenscats Road to Recovery Log

[jenscats5]

Tuesday February 14



Weight: 145.6 (Think I'm carrying extra water this week)

**Making a concerted effort to walk "normally" which is very difficult with my knee being so swollen, so I really have to concentrate. I also look like I'm drunk!!

7:50am
2 Glucorell

8:00am
1 Travel Mug of coffee + 3 packets Splenda + 2 tblsp. FF French Vanilla Creamer

8:50am
6 hard boiled egg whites
2/3 cup dry oats + apple pie spice + 1 packet Splenda

3 Ibuprofen + Scrip


10:30am - Shower, exfoliate - applied YES

11:00am - Drove to gym
Shoulders, Abs & PT work
Lateral Raises: 15lb DBs - 3x8
Shrugs: 50lb DBs - 4x10
Machine Press: 50lbs - 1x12, 2x10
Reverse Pec Deck: 40lbs - 1x10; 50lbs - 2x8
Cable Upright Rows: 50lbs - 1x10, 1x12; 60lbs - 1x10

Ball Crunch: 3x20
Hanging Leg Raises: 3x15
Machine Crunch: 60lbs - 1x10, 2x12

Mini Squats/Calf Raise: 3x12
Leg Raises: 3x12
Foot/Gas Pedal Taps: 3x20
Knee Flexions: 3x15

Walk on Treadmill @ 1.0mph @ .5% incline - 10 mins
207 cals burned

12:30pm
Protein Shakes: 1/2 cup skim milk + water + 1 scoop Choc. Protein Powder

2:00pm
1 Turkey Burger Patty + mustard
Grilled Asparagus (about 3/4 cup or so)

1 Serving Glucosamine/Chondroiten/MSM blend + 2 Sesamax

5:50pm
2 Glucorell

~ 6:15pm - Got takeout for dinner - Thai/Chinese
Drank 3/4 of a 12 oz. bottle of beer
1 cup of Sticky white rice
1 order of Triple Delight (pork, chicken, shrimp + vegetables)

4 strawberries dipped in chocolate
1 serving (8 crackers) Graham crackers dipped in chocolate

7:00pm
2 Sesamax + B-Complex + Multi + 1 Vitamin E

**Drank just under 1.5 gallons of water today...

 

[nelmsjer]

Hey, would you mind sharing the details of the PT work? I've helped with 3 rehabs (and my own), but I'm curious about the pre-surgery work. I know they are working to keep ROM, but what else???

 

[iceprincess]

Hang in there Jen!! It is great to see you back in the gym!

 

[jenscats5]

Hey, would you mind sharing the details of the PT work? I've helped with 3 rehabs (and my own), but I'm curious about the pre-surgery work. I know they are working to keep ROM, but what else???

I sure can!! Go to PT today...

 

[jenscats5]

Wednesday Feb. 15

Weight: 144

8:00am
2 Glucorell

8:35am
6 hard boiled egg whites
2/3 cup dry oats + apple pie spice + 1 packet Splenda

9:30am - PT
**Was told NO hot tub & NO lower body work other than what she does with/to me as we need to get the knee swelling DOWN and anything else could inflame it. *SIGH*

Today she bent & stretched my leg & took measurements to see what amount of flex & straightening I have in it. She got me on a stationary bicycle & I was finally able to complete some full turns. She then massaged my knee to see if any of the swelling would disperse - which it didn't. Finished up with ice.

11:10am
1 oz. peanuts

 

[indyswife]

Hang in there Jen, you will be back in tip top shape before you know it.

 

[*Bunny*]

 

[jenscats5]

Wednesday Feb. 15

Weight: 144

8:00am
2 Glucorell

8:35am
6 hard boiled egg whites
2/3 cup dry oats + apple pie spice + 1 packet Splenda

9:30am - PT
**Was told NO hot tub & NO lower body work other than what she does with/to me as we need to get the knee swelling DOWN and anything else could inflame it. *SIGH*

Today she bent & stretched my leg & took measurements to see what amount of flex & straightening I have in it. She got me on a stationary bicycle & I was finally able to complete some full turns. She then massaged my knee to see if any of the swelling would disperse - which it didn't. Finished up with ice.

11:10am
1 oz. peanuts

11:30am
1 Serving Glucosamine/chondroiten/MSM blend

11:35am - Drove to gym
Biceps & Triceps
EZ Bar Curls: 20lbs Added - 3x10
D-Ring Cable Reverse Pulldowns: 30lbs - 1x10*, 1x10*, 1x10*
*each side
High Cable Curls: 30lbs Each Side - 2x10, 1x8
Cable Rack Pressdowns: 90lbs - 3x12
Tricep Extension Machine: 60lbs - 2x10, 1x12
Cable Hammer Curls w/Rope: 50lbs - 1x12; 60lbs - 2x8

Pool Work - Walked laps for 10 mins, rest, Walked laps for 10 mins

1:15pm
2 Glucorell

1:35pm
Leftover takeout salad with 3 tblsp. dressing thinned with vinegar
4 oz. baked chicken + 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce + 1 cup cooked Barilla Plus Penne
3 Hershey's Kisses

Scrip

2:15pm
1 Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper

2:40pm
2 Sesamax

6:00pm
PT work
Leg Raises, Wall Slides, Knee Flexion, Co-Contractions, Quad Squeezes

6:40pm
2 Glucorell

~7:00pm
4 oz. baked chicken
Grilled zucchini
1/2 bag Bird's Eye Potato/Broccoli/Carrot blend with extra broccoli added & 2 serving of Parkay "Butter" Spray

3 Hershey's Kisses + 2 caramel Hershey's Kisses

8:24pm
Multi + Calcium + B-Complex

9:35pm
3 Ibuprofen

10:30pm
1 scoop Choc. Protein Powder in water
1 tblsp ANPB

**1 gallon of water today....

 

[jenscats5]

Was watching the Olympics tonite & saw Lindsey Kildow's fall being shown again.....there's a spot in her fall where her ski hit the slopes like mine ('cept mine twisted) and she then laid on the slope crying....

Made me cry.......damn...

 

[nelmsjer]

Jens, are you icing after your pool work? I hate to say this, but you probably need to be, depending on how warm the water is. That swelling must get out of there...