Rabbit's epic healing thread ;-) (feel free to ignore)

[alpinerabbit]

Hmmm.

things have been going so-so, running steadily anything between 30-60 minutes (PT said keep at it but only mentioned 45. the 60 was once).
Still the occasional "itch" around the old spots and massaging, I get the feeling of "hot spots" in the quads.
I've been good with core work - and stretching: some poses I have really made progress from being very tight&short.

Also I hurt my shoulder swimming (i think; ah what am I saying, of course I overdid that as well.) and I am inching my way back into using it.
Back's much better.

It suddenly occurred to me that I might not be eating enough protein. So the repair functions might just be slower than they could be.
some days are almost entirely protein free. I don't want to eat the low-quality cafeteria meat and I don't want to buy lots of meat. I do buy a nice (preferably organic) steak maybe once a week.
I also want to eat as little fish as I can for ecological reasons.
But otherwise its's a bit of milk or yoghurt with cereal, a bit more milk in my coffee and maybe a joghurt for a snack.
and I should be getting 1.5 grams/kg/day... right?

So Saturday's shopping list included whey powder, and omega 3 capsules (some ladies suggested it may help against inflammation?). Still need to find a branched chain amino acid supplement.
What shocked me is that the supermarket sells 2 kinds of whey: one actually contains 85% protein, that's ok (but it contains artificial sweetener) - the other contains only 15% protein and a whopping 90% carbs!

What a ripoff!!! Good thing I read the label!