I did it!!!

I finally have a good thing to post and share with you all. Yesterday was absolutely amazing. Since surgery I have been feeling like I'd lost the life I had. Feeling like I wasn't able to live anymore. I've had more energy since surgery, but I just never seemed to be able to really get going. When I had my surgery they told me in the hospital that I would have to get between 62 and 74 grams of protein a day. I need to drink 64 ounces of water or crystal light, something along those lines. I need to eat 3 meals a day, with 3 ounces per meal. I've been getting my water in for a while now, just about every day. Up until about two weeks ago, I couldn't eat but about 1 ounce at a meal, and would be perfectly content to only eat twice a day, and only then because I knew I had to. After some long talks with a very good friend, and being convinced that it was ok for me to eat, and that it wasn't going to hurt me to eat, I am now eating 3 meals a day, and 3 ounces for each one. The one thing I had not been able to do, was get in enough protein. Now there are so many protein shakes and things out there, but they just weren't agreeing with me. The shakes make me sick, the protein bars are almost all chocolate, and I don't really like chocolate anymore. I was just really struggling with that part. Now when I was only eating about 2 ounces a day, I was maybe getting 15 grams in, on a really good day. When I started eating that went up to about 40 grams because I found ways to incorporate more into my food. Yesterday, I had 73 grams of protein. For the first time ever, I got in all my fluids, all my meals with the right amount of food, AND ALL my protein. I finally did it. I finally got it everything my body requires. It took me 3 months, and its been a very long road, but I got there. I had so much energy yesterday. I woke up at 7:45 and started my day, and I went strong all day. At midnight last night, I was still full of energy. I went to the gym yesterday, and had one of the most amazing work outs. I told my trainer I wanted to push myself. She made sure I did. I did 20 minutes on the treadmill, with more then half of the time going at least 3.2 mph. I did the elliptical machine for the first time ever. My trainer told me not to be discouraged when I got on it, because most people can't do 2-5 minutes on it when they first start. I did a full 5 minutes on it. I did 8 machines, 2 of which were new. The weight on all of them was up 5 or 10 pounds from what I have been doing, and we normally do 3 sets of 25 on each machine, and yesterday I did 4 sets of 25 on each one. We did several kinds of stretches and working on balance. And then we did some things with the exercise bands. And then the bike for a cool down. I went for a 2 hour work out, going harder then I probably ever have, and it felt great. It was just an absolutely wonderful day. I felt truly alive. I felt the greatness that I have in me that so many have known was there all along, but I'd never been able to see myself. I not only have my life back, but I have so much more. No I may not have lost as much as I would have liked this month. But ultimately, I have gained so much more then I ever felt possible. I have a life, and the energy, health, and desire to enjoy and live it. I finally felt and lived the very reason I had this surgery. I know there will still be rough days along the way. But the other days, the days like yesterday, more than make up for it.