"You're impatient"

Today is the start of 7 weeks for Frank-en Toe. It's not looking good. It's not feeling good. And I went to the Dr and he says "You're impatient". It's still amazingly swollen and the joint on top of the foot and on the bottom is painful when I run, which I did for about 10 minutes on a treadmill. The joint pain isn't from the surgery, but probably a by-product of the damn black boot I had to wear for 5 weeks. He says the joint just needs to work back into 'being a joint' and not 'being immobile". "You were very active so the joints were used to moving all the time. In the boot they can't move, be patient" Option one, the anti inflammatory cream. Alrighty then, I'll do that. Rub that on 4 times a day. I go back in 4 weeks. Option two is cortisone shots. Great.

In the meantime, I've been hitting my new stellar Gold's Gym on the weekends. love it !!! And currently cutting calories... including my favorite alcohol calories :(

This was interesting - the calorie count thingy says about me - and I do like they said cut out 500 calories, which in my pea brain is literally, don't eat 500 calories. But eat 200 fewer and burn 300 is a snazzy option !!

Your Results:

You need 1862 calories to maintain your current weight

You need to eliminate 500 calories a day to lose weight. We recommend you do that by a combination of diet and exercise, e.g., eat 200 fewer calories and burn 300 calories through exercise.

Healthy Habit: You Count Calories

The key to weight loss: Take in fewer calories than your body needs to maintain your current weight and you will drop pounds. But only 11% of Americans correctly estimate their ideal daily calorie requirements, according to a recent survey. The rest of us tend to overestimate, says Bonnie Taub-Dix, RD, a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, and that's what keeps you from losing weight. Let's say you assume that a target of 2,000 calories per day will allow you to get to your weight goal, but it really takes 1,800: Those extra 200 are enough to keep an additional 20 pounds on your frame.

Do It Better
Determine the right number of calories you need each day — and stick to it

Get Your Max Intake
Go to prevention.com/caloriecalculator and plug in the weight you want to be (as well as your height, age, and activity level) to get your daily calorie allowance.

Divvy it Up
Set limits on your meals and snacks. If 1,800 calories is your max, split it into three 500-calorie meals and one 300-calorie snack.

Create a Custom Meal
If your favorite frozen entre has 500 calories, that's all you get. Find one for 300, however, and you can have some fresh fruit and a small salad with it.