What does it look like to Get Healthy?!

Getting Healthy .... FINALLY!!

My Christmas Gift from my husband was a private BJJ lesson today. I did not know it was coming. He told me he was having a flexibility and health assessment and had scheduled one for me as well. I cried like a baby in the car and almost would not go in. I was unprepared both mentally and physically. I have not assessed myself for martial arts in almost a year. My surgeon said Motorcycle first. it is not as demanding and I can do anything I want except fall or hit my leg. It is still broken but now, after a full year, I am HEALING!! I have not even allowed myself to think on martial arts, because once I start, it's full on not going to stop. I spent over an hour training. I'm so weak and limited. I have no base, no balance, no strength and no stamina. I loved every moment.... what an amazing Christmas Gift.....

The family that plays together, stays together... My family enjoyed a 2 hour private lesson for Christmas.... There is NO better gift than the gift of health to include self defense skills.... counting my blessings this holiday season!!

My Niece.....

 My husband and his Mom.... I'm so proud of her for getting out there.....

6/13/16 New Tooth Root

Have you ever CREATED health for yourself?

I'm on my third run from a motorcycle accident. And yes the big girl in the photos is me and I CAN help.(message me for info) Creating Health is long term and NOT a diet. I got a new root drilled into my upper jaw today. 3 more months until I get the tooth, but it's one more step I the right direction. Leg still in 5 pieces. Put this together for fun while waiting for the meds to kick in.

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Freeeeeeeeedom! I can drive!

I met Stephanie today at Kwik Kar. She is so sweet! She made me fresh coffe and chatted with me while I wait. Haven't been able to drive since my accident. I have family arriving in from out of town today. Moving here. Not a lot I can do, but I have a Dually. A nice big Truck and that is ALWAYS needed during ANY move. So me and my crutches are getting the inside of my very dirty truck cleaned out so I can drive people and their stuff around. She is called BEAST for a reason. She ALWAYS gets the job done. It pretty much what I can do. Getting in and out is still a bit of a chore. Just because the Doc said I can bear weight doesn't mean my leg is allowing much yet. (At all) It is what it is.... But I'm healthier today than I was yesterday. I'm celebrating my small win. I can Drive!

Wires off my mouth!!

A car stopped traffic on the freeway. It was  wheels up and traffic had to exit. I was 45 minutes late for my apt and they still saw me. Great Docs!!

Those chop sticks are numbing my gums for extracting the metal on the x-ray. The Rabbit ears in front tighten the metal that was wrapped around the roots when I had surgery. After he used the chopsticks, he shot nova cane in my gums, but the metal in front and then ripped 8 different sections out one at a time. It felt like a razor blade slicing at my gum for just that split second and then it was gone. The damaged roots are stable,  6 more weeks and I get a titanium root for the tooth he extracted. Another 3 months after that, I get a new permanent tooth. My first day on crutches and I put "some" weight on every step. Slow and steady since the leg doc said I could. By the time I got here, they asked me to let them wheel me around in a chair for different rooms and x-rays and such. I was and am so very tired. But I am moving and I am happy. Just exhausted. 

Begin weight bearing!!!

Bone Doctor says he is VERY impressed with my progress.  Fibula still in 3 pieces. Tibia still not connected.  I need to add weight bearing to stimulate the healing process.  Consume nutrition to feed my body what it needs to build bone. 

All I have been allowed to do so far is come off the pain meds, Epsom Salt Bath therapy, and practice range of motion. I can almost get my left heel to my butt . I have lost some flexibility because i could not use pressure to assist until today. My left ankle almost flexes back as far as my right ankle unless i try to flex like a weight bearing front stance, then the added pressure tells me how far I truly have to go. He predicts 8 months till I can get back to full cardio and a full year before a can participate in anything full contact.  The ankle screws may require removal. He fired my referral to physical therapy.  He says I am doing so well I don't need it. 

Start with about 25% weight bearing and go from there.  Listen to my body and don't over do it.  If I fall down,  all bets are off. I am NOT to put myself in a fall risk situation.

The plan today was to take Nana to lunch. But every restaurant we pass we just don't want the food,  lol... So we are headed to Whole Foods. They have an excellent deli and I am going to select additional bone building nutrition. Hope is the most incredible motivator.

Monday night Habits Of Health

I used to teach these classes in a hotel every Thursday.  A 13 week series of introducing baby steps you can choose over time to support your goal of Optimal Health.  Then I recorded them and I have shared them via recording nationwide with my clients.  The interactive nature of the tools we have available today is amazing.  We can be across the country from each other,  yet share a cup of coffee in the same room. It's fun.  Hope you join.  See weekly Habits of Health Link above for more information. 

Alesia
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March 2016 It's Not a Diet - Volume 1 Issue 1 (It's Not a Diet Kickoff)

Typical results are 2-5 lbs per week for the first two weeks and 1-2 lbs per week thereafter

Typical results are 2-5 lbs per week for the first two weeks and 1-2 lbs per week thereafter

Typical results are 2-5 lbs per week for the first two weeks and 1-2 lbs per week thereafter

Typical results are 2-5 lbs per week for the first two weeks and 1-2 lbs per week thereafter

Habits of Health

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The quality of Optimal Health you live BEYOND Weight Loss is directly based on the number of Daily Micro Habits of Health you have adopted  WHILE you are losing the Weight

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Sunday 03/06/16 - My First Bath.

The incisions are healed enoughto be submerged.  I took my first Epsom Salt Bath today. some of the incisions inflamed.   Side effect of broken bones and coming off Narcotics is restless leg syndrome and inability to obtain recuperative sleep. And I'm rebuilding circulation in my leg.  It turns purple. Noticeably purple. I rub it tk increase circulation, but it's going to be awhile.  According to staff at the bone doctor,  4 benadryl will assist me to recalibrate my sleep. and I will be a little foggy in the morning.   Before I learned how to exercise,  I had restless legs syndrome. I know all I need to do is move my body and sweat, and run. Warm up those muscles and get them stretched and tired. And that will come but right now,  I need recuperative restful sleep. Ive been eating incredibly high nutrition, drinking tons of water, using medurma on my scars,  practicing range of motion.  One baby step at a time.  I was reminded today, we are only 9 or 10 weeks out from Taekwondo United Nationals.  I wanted to test for collar.  And I wanted to compete and watch my daughter compete and participate on the demo team.  We will see. ...

Wednesday 3/2/16- First Day No Meds!!!! Time to begin Exercise!!

So I have been on Narcotics......

First my surgery in December short lived then again after my accident, 1/29/16 every 4 hours until two days ago.

My mind has been so foggy I have been unable to focus at ALL. I forget. I have to write everything down. I know it is the anesthesia lingering (3 times in 2 months) and the narcotics.... In the Hospital they had me on 2 high dose pain pills, an IV Muscle relaxant and morphine PRN (as needed) and it could not keep up. It was awful. I was sent home with prescriptions for Antibiotic Once a day, An antibiotic mouth rinse that stained my teeth so much my Dentist thought my teeth were dying but my gums healed up FAST (they cleaned my teeth and it all came off but that was scary.... a 500mg tablet Methocarbamol (muscle relaxant) every 6 hours (ADDICTIVE- made me nauseous), Promethazine 25 MG tablet for the side effect of nausea that takes my ability to think and KNOCKED ME OUT!, And Oxycodone-Acetaminophen 10-325 up to 2 every 4 hours (Can we say ADDICTIVE and HIGH DOSE creates nausea- I only took 1 every 4 hours but Damn.... my leg hurt, I could not think, I slept all day every day and I forced myself to put a few habits into place..

 It took sheer will, but I made my bed every day, I took off my pajamas and got dressed every day and I took off my clothes and put on my PJ's every day. I kept my room clean and that was my best effort upon returning home. I needed to know I would  heal, I needed SOME sense of normal and it was a place to start.... They downgraded my Muscle relaxant to Cyclobenzaprine 5 mg just at bed time and my pain meds to Hydrocodone  Acetaminophen 5-325 (still very strong and very addictive) And now I am prescribed Acetaminophen-Cod #4, still very strong but at least they can call in the prescription and I didn't have to physically pick it up at the Dr office.

I could not put my leg down. Gravity would cause my toes to swell like little sausages and my leg below the knee would swell and ache. If I wrapped it in a bandage, it would have deep layers of where just a light wrap would indent into the swelling  and the path would circle up my leg. It was an interesting experience.

Sausage Toes... 

This is Why I have had to stay home and keep my leg up.... This is painful and I want OFF the Narcotics!!!!

One picture I wish I had taken but I forgot. So I iced and elevated the leg 24 hours per day, 7 days per week since 1/29/16 and today is March 2..... The journey continues.

2 days ago I turned off all of my alarms and slept through the night for the first time all year I think. And then yesterday, every time my alarm went off during the day, I reaccessed... and said NOPE! I got this. I can manage this and instead of taking a pill, I worked range of motion, evaluated my strength and drank some water, (hot tea), lol.. I have always believed water can heal almost anything. Providing the body the ability to transit what it needs to move inside my body so it can perform. And I have been consuming VERY HIGH nutrition without all the calories since the day of my accident. Creating health is a system of behaviors. Purposefully managed with a fully present Mind.  When I arrived home I had this huge cast like thing on my leg and a rod in my tibia and I wondered just how much I weighted. The day they removed my Cast I weighted in at 162, a number I haven't seen in years. But I was so swollen in my leg and face that I have actually watched my ankles slowly returning (not yet fully returned) and the swelling in my face and gums caused the lab to have to make my temporary tooth two times because it takes a week and the first one they made did not fit a week later after swelling went down.

 Yesterday I weighed in at 153. I almost cried. My ideal weight has always been between 138 and 143. Even at 138 I begin to lose a little energy. But 143 is my maximum ideal and I feel AMAZING and perform like a BOSS at that weight. And I can do pushups. My ultimate challenge has been building my upper body strength over the course of time. And I have to keep the weight off my body in order to improve quality push ups. Every day I reevaluate my goals. Today I am going to have someone get my pilates ball down and I will begin to set time aside to do "something" my favorite way to begin any habit is to do "something" and I have found that my "somethings" can become anything I want to achieve over time but it takes beginning to get there. So today will be my day 1 of getting back to exercising. So don't ever tell me you CAN'T do it. I know better. There are few people who become a health coach who have lived through such struggles. I come from a place of "Been THERE Done THAT", lol. And today I am very excited to begin to build my body. I will call my leg doctor and request they lift my driving restriction also. Exciting day.....

Thursday 2/24/17 - 3 more Weeks......

I went to the Dentist today....

He said 3 more weeks minimum I will wear the "Splint" on my Mouth... Fractured Jaw is still healing. 2 Teeth are still rerooting. Another 6 months until I have my permanent front tooth. 

I remind myself How LUCKY I am..... It could have been so much WORSE!!

Tuesday 2/23/16- These Boots are Made for Walking!

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Dress It UP!

Dress it DOWN!

Thursday 2/18/16 - The Cast comes off.....

Christmas Day!! And this is my leg, Broken in 4 places. Frakensteined from knee to ankle. This is where I begin my journey to health the 3rd time around. I got this!!

Staples EVERYWHERE That is where they put metal in my leg to Humpty Dumpty all the Broken Bone..... Dear Lord.....

 Dry Feet.... The first thing that has GOT to GO!! It hurts....

Still swollen and pooling. 

 Staples are being removed and strips are put in place of them......

 Ace Bandage wrapped from foot to knee to force fluid out. My body has to relearn how to send nutrition, blood, etc through this leg. Numb spots, Some spots where electricity is shooting through my pinky toe. Actually a good sign because it means my body is rebuilding pathways. I begin massaging the skin today. I work the ankle and knee and allow the knee to drop without pulling it. I can barely get to 90 degrees, but I know where I am and where I want to be.... 

 PT Questions. I have now basically fired 2 PT because I am outpacing them. THAT is a measurable result. My gal told me she has a reputation for pushing her patients, but I am to S...L...O...W... down. Protecting the healing leg is number one priority..... I journey along....

 This is where my leg is today. Tibia is beginning to come together just a touch and the Fibula is like a magnet looking for each end to come together. I am VERY excited to come back in a month and see the updated X-Ray... But for the next 4 weeks. ZERO weight bearing. Ice and Elevation are the number one priority.......

 Range of Motion....It is the only thing I can work on right now physically. Still on Heavy Narcotics. I am a Taekwondo Instructor and I LOVE my job and I LOVE the art. What is Taekwondo without the ability to kick?! or Spar?! I am GOING to become EXCELLENT at BOTH TKD and also BJJ... Mark my words, you heard it here first. It will not be luck but sheer will and the determination to succeed that will bring me success. I will work hard and I am going to have to step back into White Belt Mode.... But I WILL Persevere..... 

So I document... Where am I today and what do I want to !?BE?!... And I am going to help others. I am going to teach others how to be healthy. This is my dream..... 

 You can't see it and it did NOT want to register with me standing on one foot... But is says 161... Aurgh!!! I begin my journey to health, AGAIN!!