Week three of recovery from ACL surgery is MUCH easier. Of course, it’s all relative. I’ve been out and about more, started driving again, and kept up at the gym.
I’m notorious for my impatience, but I have to recognize that I’m only 18 days post-op. The week following my ACL surgery was almost intolerable. I laid in bed, cried, and took pain pills. Week two I was out of pain (mostly) and I’d started going to the gym with Vegas’ help.
Now, on week 3, I’ve been to the gym alone twice! Check out my “weighted” leg raises! I couldn’t even begin to think about doing this just 5 days ago.
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I have also been cooking more! Hence Monday’s blog post – healthy chocolate chip waffles with a #strangebutgood twist.
Shameless reposting of a pic because I was really proud of it:
The post below is the first #WIAW where I’ve made every meal in I don’t know how long. *pats back*
Breakfast
Vegas still brings me coffee to bed. Then I verrrry slowly walk down the stairs at the pace of an 80 year old to make our morning cocktail.
Some days breakfast is yogurt, but somedays you just need leftover steak and farm fresh eggs. Here’s our her’s and her’s concoctions. Vegas gets white potatoes with scramble cheesy eggs, I get sweet potatoes and yolk porn.
Lunch
We had a bigger breakfast, so my lunch was just my post-workout smoothie. I don’t know if you turmeric is making a big difference, but I’m going to keep eating it!
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Snack
Happy hour, party of one. I used my tray from this month’s Popsugar Must Have box to carry my goodies upstairs where I was working. Mini veggie and cheese plate with a blue cheese martini.
I recently became obsessed with blue cheese olive martinis. I think it’s the Chopin rye vodka. So. Good.
Dinner
Dinner was a homemade version of one of my favorites – nachos! I did these quick and easy with help from Whole Foods. I grilled some chicken while sautéing red bell peppers and onion, then piled it on the chips with canned beans and shredded cheese. After a couple mins under the broiler, I topped it with pico de gallo and hatch chili guacamole.
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I hope you enjoyed my day of self-sufficient post-surgery eats. Be sure to link up to Jenn’s WIAW baby below.
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I’m back to physical torture therapy today. Wish me luck.
Are you a steak and egg fan?
Do you like martinis? I’ve come a long way since my college cosmo days! 😉
im so glad that you are on the mend! nachos for dinner sound great to me right now. lately I crave Mexican food all of the time which is so not like me!
I could always eat either Mexican or sushi. It never gets old!
I’m so happy your doing better even if moving at 80 yr old pace! That waffle with the egg is on my must make list! You should be proud of that one. I’ve never had a martini but I love steak and eggs
YAY! I want pics when you make it!
Try a martini with your steak. It’s my favorite steak house order. 😉
WTF, I totally missed that you had this surgery . . . what happened? I laughed when you said you were impatient and already back in the gym, that’s so interesting about you said about working out one leg and the other getting a 25% benefit — it’s like when I’m in insomina mode and my husband says just lay in bed, even if you’re awake you get rest. And, of course, Im always like — eff this just laying here, I’m getting up. Hope you heal up fast!
Oh… I tore the other ACL. Couldn’t function with them both gone, so I caved to surgery. #fail
Yay for being back in the gym!
All your meals look so good – especially the steak and eggs. 🙂
Thank you! Can’t go wrong with that combo. 😉
I’m not a big martini fan. I’m more of an old fashioned cocktail fan–like manhattans, old fashioneds (imagine that) and margaritas. I did used to like cosmos, but not as much anymore.
Ohhhhh… and I thought we were drinking twins. Maybe we’ll just be fraternal twins. You I love all of the others you listed.
Glad to hear you’re doing better! And, um, holy crap, that chocolate chip waffle with the egg on top looks amazing—love combining chocolate with savory stuff.
Thank you! I’m a huge sweet ‘n savory fan.
So glad you’re able to start spending time in the kitchen! And making customized breakfasts for you and Vegas!
Those nachos look amazing! So glad to see you’re getting back to sort-of normal. I haven’t had a “regular” martini in forever, but I loooove espresso martinis. They are very dangerous, though, so I try to keep it to just one!
Espresso martinis are incredibly dangerous. And delicious. 😉
Nachos are one of my favorite snacks/meals/treats, I mean really, they’re not too different from tacos, right?
I mean… they rhyme. 😉
I’m so glad to see you getting back to your normal self and running (not literally) around again.
Homemade nachos for the win.
It’s only a matter of time… goal is to be running by Barcelona.
I am glad you are recovering okay, and I feel you on being impatient! Love the turmeric smoothie bowl too! 😉
I always think of you when I use turmeric now!
Good luck with the rest of your recovery!!
Haha college Cosmo days… Yup been there… Good times. I always went for a ‘sex on the beach’ – so sweet, defintiely not my jam now!
I would usually go for a gin martini but our friends bought us some amazing Icelandic vodka that is just screaming to be given the martini treatment.
LOL! I drank my share of Sex on the Beach too. And Long Islands. So gross.
I can’t do gin (one night in college…), but that vodka sounds amazing!
I’m glad your recovery is going well!!
I love martinis. There is nothing quite like a cheese platter and a martini or glass of wine 🙂 great snack choice.
Have a great Thursday!
I think we could be Happy Hour BFFs!
Wow, I cannot believe we are already 3 weeks post surgery. I’m so happy you’ve been to the gym, alone… twice! you are such a bad ass. Turmeric is a super spice, I need to start adding them to my smoothies. I love my PopSugar Tray! I haven’t used it yet, it’s just so cute. Ohhhh Chopin Vodka is crazy smooth, it always sneaks up one.
Do the turmeric smoothie for sure! I want to hear how you like it.
Have you used the candles yet? My sister’s birthday in September and I’m making her a cake just so I can use them. I mean… because I love her.
Yeaaaa girl! You are making some good progress!! Happy that you can get up & out more… I’m sure you were starting to go stir crazy.
And I love making homemade nachos! I usually get a craving for them once a month or so and make em healthier at home.
They’re so easy to make at home… and SO much healthier. I almost never order them out, despite my intense love for them. Ha!
Ohhhhh… nachos are like my favorite bare food ever.
Carbs + Cheese = Happiness
Glad you are recovering well and able to do a bit more every week.