Bye Bye Thunder Thighs!

Haven't posted anything on here for a minute, just haven't had a reason to I guess. No complications, no complaints, nothing new to report, blah, blah, blah LOL. Well and I've been extremely busy teaching Krav and Fitness classes, so haven't had a bunch of time. Anyhoo, super stoked on how thin my scars are - give it some more time and I don't think you will be able to see them at all. Legs still feel good, I have noticed that sometimes when I do stuff (mainly when I do round kicks) that the incisions feel really tight. The doc says it's because the scars are at their peak of tightness and that it should resolve itself. If I get worried about it or it starts to bother me he said he can do some injections to help get rid of the scar tissue. But for the time being it isn't keeping me from doing anything so I think I'll just wait it out. Legs still swell a little sometimes - really just on the days I go running. And I think that is about it. Here are some updated pics. As always if you have questions ask :)

First let me start with this - none of what I'm about to say has anything to do with my thigh lift. Thighs are good - and not expecting that to change at this point. The middle finger remark is for my back. Or rather toward the girl who decided to hit me while I was driving down the freeway - which messed up my back. It's been a little over 2 months since she hit me and the back just keeps getting worse. It was so bad this morning that I could barely demonstrate some of the techniques in my morning fitness class. I've been soaking in Epsom salts 3x a day, seeing the chiropractor and a massage therapist on a daily basis. Nothing helps. The entire left side of my body hurts. I have stabbing, shooting nerve pain going from my shoulder to my ankle. I HATE this. Really I just want to curl in a ball and cry. I am depressed. I feel like the girl who hit me stole my life from me. The life where I could do any crazy exercise I wanted. The life where I could run, jump and roll around with someone who out weighed me by over 200 lbs and still come out ahead. Can I do that stuff now? Well yes. Yes I can. I can do all of that stuff. But it hurts like hell to do it and if I do, then I can barely move for 3 days after. So the question I have been asking myself is this - is it worth it? Do I push through the pain and keep doing what I do? Or do I accept the fact that my body now has limits and that if I push those limits I will pay for it after? And that is why I want to cry. That is why I am depressed. Because I am damned if I do and rammed if I don't. Let me make this clear - I DONT cry, I DONT get depressed and I DONT do limits. Those 3 character traits are just not in me. That's just give some insight on the gravity of those words. Anyway, I'm gong to quit my whining because it isn't going to make anything any better. Now I'm going to go to the gym and try to sweat the urge to cry and scream out of me. Maybe hit some [RS bleep] too, because well hitting stuff makes everything better. And to you my dear back... EFF YOU. That's all.

Legs are still doing good. All things considered I would say amazingly good really. Today I pushed some serious limits just to see what my new legs can do. Started off with a 10 mile run on the beach (mind you not a solid run, was going back and forth between running and jogging - I averaged a 9 minute mile). Then I ran up and down the stairs for 30 minutes. Did some interviews then went to the gym to further kill the legs. Did 4 sets of 25 of each of the following: squats w/300lbs across my shoulders, lunges with 150lbs across my shoulders, squats (on the machine) @ 450lbs, medicine ball tosses (ball on feet), step ups w/50 lbs in each hand. And in between each exercise I held a minute wall squat. So yeah a good 3 hours of all legs. I was in no pain or discomfort during any of what I did - although running still feels weird (a combination of numbness, tingling and jello is the best way I can describe it). So far I'm not unreasonably swollen, and not sore at all. I guess we will see what tomorrow brings LOL. You will notice I didn't do any box jumps, umm yeah. My shin is still swollen and pretty darn tender - maybe extremely tender. If I jump the pain is almost intolerable, so no jumping at least not for a hot minute. Hubby keeps telling me to go to the doctor, but I don't like doctors. They tell me what to do and what not to do and I don't like it. Besides what are they going to do? Tell me to stay off of it? Yeah that ain't gonna happen! So I'm just gonna keep on rockin it. Hope y'all are doing good. Happy Friday and enjoy your weekend :)