progress!

Ok, so I haven't been on a scale in a while, but I don't care.  Progress is progress!  In ordere to lose weight I have to get back to where I was so I can move forward.  But since the injury 25 weeks ago, I haven't been able to do much.  Talking to my hubby about the pain level and trying to make sense of it all, he came up with the term muscle atrophy.  I researched it--google queen that I am--and while I don't have a clue if that is what I am dealing with I figured the fix was worth a try.  Moving.  That's what  you do.  The theory is that I have been still for so long that my muscles have shortened.  Keep in mind this is all supposition--I have no proof.  The pain that I have in certain spots hasn't made sense to me until I took this approach.  Those spots are where the muscles are attached.  So I decided it was time.  Jim bought me a gym membership months ago and it's time to use it.  The last time I was at the Dr he told me to swim and bike.  My other Dr told me to use weights and work my arms.  I went to the gym.  I have been there 4 times in the last 10 days or so.  When I go, I feel more limber.  The pain eases up.  When I don't go I get stiff and sore again.  I couldn't get there last night due to scheduling but I took a 10 minute "walk" on the gazelle-eliptical-thingy that is in the basement to make up for it.  At the gym I use the weight machines on my abs and arms.  Well, anything that doesn't require me to use pressure against my legs.  Then I ride a bike for 15-30 minutes on level 1.  The idea is not to push it and feel the burn, but to move it and stretch it back to where it should be.  I think it is working.  Progress!!!!  It feels good.