The long goodbye, which started two weeks ago, is coming to its end this week. I met with my boss for the first time since I gave notice. He's going the kumbaya route, all happy for me and subtly implying that it's better for me since I can't handle the stress of my job. Whatevs, dude. Believe what you will. There's going to be a long round of being taken out to lunch, after work "drinks" and taking my team out for a farewell dinner. My food has been so-so. I'm experimenting right now with going with just coffee with a few tablespoons of coconut milk first thing in the morning and delaying the first meal until 9 am. That went pretty well this morning. My first meal was protein and fat (egg salad) and coffee with coconut milk and protein powder. That held me pretty well until lunch where I had homemade chili, half an avocado and 1/4 c. mixed nuts and raisens. That held me until around 3:30 and then the afternoon hungries hit. I gave into pretzels and oreo cookies...so I've got some work to do figuring out what lunch will hold me until dinner. Dinner is going to be chicken breast, mashed sweet potato and salad.
The back is slowly getting better. I'm back to doing foam rolling along with gentle mobility. I added some stretching this evening for the hip flexors, hamstrings and glutes. I'll work on all of this twice a day until I feel totally back to normal. I still have pain in the morning after getting up but it was not as bad this morning and walking the dog was tolerable. Yesterday I got on the exercise bike yesterday for 20 minutes for some easy pedaling and that went well with no pain. I probably will do that every day until I can start walking again without pain.
Physical therapy on the shoulder starts tomorrow...soooo details to follow!
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