This is hard
Somehow I injured my foot so I’m having to take a break from my traditional workouts and I don’t like it. Not only do I love my cardio/weights I get grouchy when I don’t get them. I don’t really know how I hurt it; here’s what happened, see if any of you can figure it out.
Yesterday I was fine all day and then I went to the gym. I grabbed the wrong kind of socks, more of a fashion sock than sweat socks. As I was walking on the treadclimber the top of my left foot started to hurt, kind of like it does if you tie your shoes too tightly. I paused for a second, loosened the strings, straightened the tongue and kept walking. I had to stop one or two more times to repeat the process. All last night it bothered me if I had shoes on.
This morning I was getting dressed and since I was wearing a Pittsburgh sweatshirt (GO STEELERS!!!!) I threw on jeans and tennies. I knew I wouldn’t be able to walk if I wore them b/c my feet still hurt so I switched to a pair of slip-on shoes. They felt fine so I packed clothes for the gym, hoping that my foot would magically heal itself by 2:30. I tried on the shoe at the end of the day and realized that I wouldn’t be able to walk. My foot felt better and I could have probably used the recumbent bike but I thought another day or 2 of rest would be better.
Since I couldn’t workout I got a pedicure instead. I had considered going home and doing pilates but since I know I’ll be doing pilates tomorrow I figured I would take a day off. Within 20 minutes of arriving home I wanted to chuck the entire plan and eat fried chicken. Fortunately we didn’t have any and I was too lazy and tired to go to the store and buy some b/c it would have turned into a 3-day gluttonous feast. I am now full and am so happy that I made the healthy choice.
This is really hard. I’m allowing myself to get overwhelmed at how far I still have to go instead of just focusing on the next 5 pounds. For now I have my head back in the right place and I’m confident that I’ll stay on track until my weigh-in on Sunday. Oh, BTW, I was down to 237 this morning for my contest weigh-in. I turned down the pizza last night and was rewarded on the scale this morning.
Days on plan this month: 22
Progress toward workout goal: 170/250
I don’t want to go there…that’s exactly how my foot started hurting when I got into ankle injuries. It was hurting right on the top of my foot where I tied my shoes. The doctor said it was because I had injured the tendons and ligaments in my ankle, they had torn, and that allowed the bones in my foot to shift slightly. For me, it occured occasionally for a year or two, and then became chronic. Please, please, please don’t get into that! If it continues, be sure to see the doctor (meaning orthopedist).
Congrats on the weight loss! I’m sure you’ll be back to the exercise in a day or two.
go steelers and go YOU! You are doing a great job
See my LONG post in the previous day. I started rambling and didn’t realize it was in the wrong spot!
What patty mentions sounds right. I didn’t get it chronic though, just occasional.
In the meantime, you cuold work on your arms and abs
Hmmm, the top of my foot is hurting now… I must be feeling your pain!
brseay. I know what machine it is now. There’s two fo those at one of the gyms I frequent. I’ll have one of the trainers get me started on it. It’ll be interesting to try something new. Thanks for the link!