Still singing the injured ankle blues, unfortunately. I felt pretty good after the adjustment the podiatrist did. I I ran on it the next day, then that Sunday, and I was a little sore. I called her and her staff relayed messages back and forth between me and the doctor. She said it was normal to have soreness after the adjustment. So, why didn't she tell me I needed to rest for a week or something? Instead, she tells me it's ok to run, and I'm wondering if I'm hurting myself even more! After Sunday's run, I stayed off of it till Thursday. The funny thing is, I was having this little funny feeling in my ankle the day before and the day of my run. I decided to run Thursday anyways, then I ran Friday, did Zumba Saturday, and ran Sunday again. Four days in a row of physical activity. I think it was a little too much, lol. Today it was pretty sore behind the ankle. I'm hoping it will be a little better because I plan to run tomorrow morning. Here I am still wondering if I should just stay off of it for a while, but then I only have 11 weeks till the Charleston Distance Run. I may have to forget about this race this year, which is devastating for me to think about, but if I can't do it then there's no reason to push for a faster recovery than I'm capable of.
I went back to the physical therapist. The same guy who saw me free the first two times. I told him I wanted to be a paying customer this time, so he doesn't get in trouble. He said ok, and he did a full workup on me. He even had another physical therapist take a look at me. At this point, the other PT just starts ripping me to shreds, lol. My left hip is weaker than my right hip, and this is what's causing my ankle problem, because other muscles are trying to compensate for the weakness. My core is weak. All my leg muscles are tight, which prevents my running form from being at his full potential. My upper torso tightens up when I run. I arch my back and throw my hips back when I walk and run, and that is just wrong. At this point, I'm thinking holy cow, how do I even get through a day by myself, lol?? I had not one single problem last year and now I apparently don't know how to run or walk, haha. They gave me strengthening and stretching exercises to do, and I'm supposed to go back this coming Thursday. Apparently, the shoes may have been the culprit, but I would've eventually developed a problem sooner or later, according to the PT. I'm just really overwhelmed at the fact that these measley little exercises are supposed to transform me into a better runner and cure me. The last few days, I have really focused on keeping my hips forward when standing and walking. It's really hard teaching yourself to stand and walk differently. Something that you never had to think about, now you have to think about all day long.
I am just venting, lol. I am taking this seriously. I really love my physical therapist(s), and I understand what they are telling me. Under all the whining, I am determined to beat this and to get stronger. It's just really hard to hear that something you do so naturally has been wrong your whole life, lol. I just want my ankle to heal so I can run like everybody else. I miss it so much, it tears me up inside.
And all this because some new stinking Asics and a treadmill........
Monday, June 21, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Peroneal Tendon Subluxation??
I went in and gave all my history to Dr. Lakin's nurse. I explained where the pain was and how it began the day I ran in a new pair of shoes on a treadmill. I explained how it didn't hurt during running, but would kill me the next day. How if I rested, it seemed to get better, but was always bothering me. Dr. Lakin came in and listened to my story, watched me walk down the hall a few times, moved my foot around a little, then told me what she thought. She told me that when I walk, I come inward on my big toes. She said that I probably had peroneal tendon subluxation and that sometimes that tendon slips out of place. She also said that because of my mechanics, I was a little more prone for this to happen. I guess the new stiff shoes on the treadmill just pushed me over the edge. Then, she told me what she was going to do to fix it!
She said a colleague from another state told her about a manuever a few years ago, and then she saw it in a podiatry journal the next year. She told me she was going to push on my fibula, pull down on my foot, then dorsiflex my foot, and that if it worked we should hear a sound. It all happened so fast, I didn't know what to think! Sure enough, she did the 3-step move, and sure enough, there was the clunk sound! When we heard the sound, we looked at each other with wide eyes, lol, like we were shocked it worked. She told me I could run and see how it felt, and that if it happened again I could come back and she would fix me. She said she could make me an insert if I needed it. I saw the doctor for less than 10 minutes, I paid $120, and went home.
My ankle definitely felt weird the rest of the day. But, I could tell that the pressure and tightness in my ankle and along the tendon was gone. There is still a little soreness and tightness in my achilles, but I believe I am fixed! I ran with my best friend, Becca, yesterday. She is a Zumba instructor and just had a baby about 3 months ago. I talked her into starting a Couch to 5k program, although she is no couch potato! I started her off on week 3. She is doing so great! I decided that I should run with her so that I ease myself back into running and don't do too much too fast. I was a little sore today, so I took the day off. We are supposed to start on Week 4 tomorrow. I just need to be sure and stretch really well, and I think I will heal up nicely. I have heard of this being a recurring problem for some people. I hope that is not the case for me. Hopefully, my tendon will stay in its home and behave itself!
Picture courtesy of https://www.northcoastfootcare.com/footcare-info/tendonitis.html
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Back in the game!
I am happy to report that I am healed!! Well, for the most part. I did a test run Tuesday morning at the hotel on the treadmill. I did a warmup, then did intervals of 1/2 mile running with 1/4 mile walking, for a total of 2.3 miles. Then I tested it out the very next day, but did intervals of 1 mile running with 0.2 miles walking. I did notice a little twinge of something above my achilles after my run while I was getting ready for work. I don't know if it was the fact that I ran two days in a row, or it was the longer intervals. I iced it at work and stretched, and by the middle of my shift I felt better. I know it's going to take some strengthening and baby steps till I'm full out running 5 miles. Right now I need to be cautious because I don't want to reinjure it. I have come so far! I plan on working out today, so I will test it again. I might cut back and do 3/4 mile intervals.
I was trying to figure out the best way to repay the physical therapist that helped me. He saw me twice and didn't charge me a thing! He is a local runner, so I think he was just trying to help me out. He was so generous to provide me with therapy where he works and not charge me anything. I thought about getting him a giftcard to runningwarehouse.com. Then, I heard that he was thinking about running the Deckers Creek Trail Half Marathon, which is in Morgantown. I had registered to race it, but can't run it now. I emailed the race director to see if I could give my spot to somebody and she told me yes. So, I messaged him and told him he could run in my spot. I feel better that I can at least give him that. I can't remember how much I paid in registration, maybe $50 or so. I know that doesn't come close to paying him back, but at least it's something!
Next week it will be exactly 16 weeks to the Charleston Distance Run. This is the race that prompted me to create this blog last year! I took 16 weeks to train last year, so I'm cutting it close this year. I know I won't be able to jump right into running 15 miles next week, so my training plan might be cut short. I know I can do it though! I feel like I trained hard last year, but I can train harder. I just have to get over this injury completely. I need to be able to run everyday and not have any signs of an injury.
I was trying to figure out the best way to repay the physical therapist that helped me. He saw me twice and didn't charge me a thing! He is a local runner, so I think he was just trying to help me out. He was so generous to provide me with therapy where he works and not charge me anything. I thought about getting him a giftcard to runningwarehouse.com. Then, I heard that he was thinking about running the Deckers Creek Trail Half Marathon, which is in Morgantown. I had registered to race it, but can't run it now. I emailed the race director to see if I could give my spot to somebody and she told me yes. So, I messaged him and told him he could run in my spot. I feel better that I can at least give him that. I can't remember how much I paid in registration, maybe $50 or so. I know that doesn't come close to paying him back, but at least it's something!
Next week it will be exactly 16 weeks to the Charleston Distance Run. This is the race that prompted me to create this blog last year! I took 16 weeks to train last year, so I'm cutting it close this year. I know I won't be able to jump right into running 15 miles next week, so my training plan might be cut short. I know I can do it though! I feel like I trained hard last year, but I can train harder. I just have to get over this injury completely. I need to be able to run everyday and not have any signs of an injury.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
The Long Road to Recovery
This has been the most awful experience of my life! Well, that may be exaggerating, but it's a really close second. I haven't posted in a while because there's been pretty much nothing to post about. The injury thing leaves my life a little boring right now, and I'm generally in a depressed mood about it. I do have some updates, though, and I might be able to better explain what's going on and how it's going to affect my summer.
I don't know exactly what is wrong with me. I haven't seen a doctor to get a diagnosis. I believe I have an achilles tendonitis or tendonosis or something like that. Because I ran on this injury for over a month, long runs and all, I ended up making it a lot worse than it probably should've been. Instead of taking a little time off to heal, I kept running and now I have been off for about 6 weeks. I mean, I didn't even go that long during the winter without running, and I had a horrible winter of not running, lol. So, the achilles thing turned into an ankle thing, because well all those things are connected in there and I guess all that stress on my achilles affected my ankle. As soon as I started taking time off, the achilles pain went away, and I have just had this nagging sensation above my outer left ankle. Dorsiflexion makes it obvious that something is wrong, and my ankle and achilles have been very stiff, particularly in the morning.
The whole time I have been off, I have been cross training. Stationary bike and stairmaster. Well, I decided that since I was stuck at "almost better", I was going to stop cross training all together and see if I got any better. At the same time, I went to see a physical therapist, who is also a runner. His name is Craig, and he is about 45 minutes away, but he offered to take a look at it for me. He immediately told me I had really tight calves and that's not good for a healing achilles. He sent me home with several calve stretching exercises to do twice daily and told me to ice it. Withing 3 days, I felt 100% better...no pain in my achilles or my ankle! Craig is amazing and I was so happy! I decided to go for a test run, and I stretched really well, ran 1 mile, stretched again, and ran 1 more mile. I had absolutely no pain or sensation of an inury doing the run! I was healed!!!
Then, I went to sleep and woke up the next day. And what happened? I woke up with a pain in my achilles!! **!#$*$*#*!!! I was so heart-broken, it's ridiculous. On the good side, I didn't have any ankle pain. I left a message for Craig to call me back, and when he did I broke down wining and crying, lol. I hope he couldn't tell I was crying a little, but he probably did. He told me not to worry and at least I didn't have any pain during my run. He suggested that it may take a combination of doing a lot of little things to get me all better. He recommended some Sugoi compression socks, which I should get tomorrow. He also recommended me running 1/4 mile at a time and walking, and slowly building it, instead of running 1 or 2 entire miles at once. He told me not to give up and to be patient. I felt a little better.
Well, the very next day I woke up with absolutely no pain in my achilles! I was so excited again. At least I only hurt for one day, lol. Then, I made a mistake. I decided to workout, and did 30 minutes on the stationary bike and 15 minutes on the stairmaster. As soon as I finished the stairmaster, I realized what a mistake that machine was for me to use. Then I realized that I had been cross-training on that thing the entire time and that was probably the reason my ankle wouldn't heal! The stress of the stairmaster motion was hurting me the entire time and I didn't realize it until I was almost all the way healed and used it again, lol. This has been the most difficult thing to figure out!!!
So, here is where I am. I have another physical therapy appointment tomorrow. I am still stretching and icing. I'm going to wait till I have absolutely no pain for 3 consecutive days, then I'm going to do another test run, of 2 quarter-mile repeats with a walk in between. If I wake up the next day without any achilles pain, I'm going to do it again, adding on another 1/4 mile. I planned on starting my 16 week training plan for the CDR on May 17th, but I don't think it's going to happen, and my training plan may be cut short. Only time will tell.
I don't know exactly what is wrong with me. I haven't seen a doctor to get a diagnosis. I believe I have an achilles tendonitis or tendonosis or something like that. Because I ran on this injury for over a month, long runs and all, I ended up making it a lot worse than it probably should've been. Instead of taking a little time off to heal, I kept running and now I have been off for about 6 weeks. I mean, I didn't even go that long during the winter without running, and I had a horrible winter of not running, lol. So, the achilles thing turned into an ankle thing, because well all those things are connected in there and I guess all that stress on my achilles affected my ankle. As soon as I started taking time off, the achilles pain went away, and I have just had this nagging sensation above my outer left ankle. Dorsiflexion makes it obvious that something is wrong, and my ankle and achilles have been very stiff, particularly in the morning.
The whole time I have been off, I have been cross training. Stationary bike and stairmaster. Well, I decided that since I was stuck at "almost better", I was going to stop cross training all together and see if I got any better. At the same time, I went to see a physical therapist, who is also a runner. His name is Craig, and he is about 45 minutes away, but he offered to take a look at it for me. He immediately told me I had really tight calves and that's not good for a healing achilles. He sent me home with several calve stretching exercises to do twice daily and told me to ice it. Withing 3 days, I felt 100% better...no pain in my achilles or my ankle! Craig is amazing and I was so happy! I decided to go for a test run, and I stretched really well, ran 1 mile, stretched again, and ran 1 more mile. I had absolutely no pain or sensation of an inury doing the run! I was healed!!!
Then, I went to sleep and woke up the next day. And what happened? I woke up with a pain in my achilles!! **!#$*$*#*!!! I was so heart-broken, it's ridiculous. On the good side, I didn't have any ankle pain. I left a message for Craig to call me back, and when he did I broke down wining and crying, lol. I hope he couldn't tell I was crying a little, but he probably did. He told me not to worry and at least I didn't have any pain during my run. He suggested that it may take a combination of doing a lot of little things to get me all better. He recommended some Sugoi compression socks, which I should get tomorrow. He also recommended me running 1/4 mile at a time and walking, and slowly building it, instead of running 1 or 2 entire miles at once. He told me not to give up and to be patient. I felt a little better.
Well, the very next day I woke up with absolutely no pain in my achilles! I was so excited again. At least I only hurt for one day, lol. Then, I made a mistake. I decided to workout, and did 30 minutes on the stationary bike and 15 minutes on the stairmaster. As soon as I finished the stairmaster, I realized what a mistake that machine was for me to use. Then I realized that I had been cross-training on that thing the entire time and that was probably the reason my ankle wouldn't heal! The stress of the stairmaster motion was hurting me the entire time and I didn't realize it until I was almost all the way healed and used it again, lol. This has been the most difficult thing to figure out!!!
So, here is where I am. I have another physical therapy appointment tomorrow. I am still stretching and icing. I'm going to wait till I have absolutely no pain for 3 consecutive days, then I'm going to do another test run, of 2 quarter-mile repeats with a walk in between. If I wake up the next day without any achilles pain, I'm going to do it again, adding on another 1/4 mile. I planned on starting my 16 week training plan for the CDR on May 17th, but I don't think it's going to happen, and my training plan may be cut short. Only time will tell.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
My stubborn ankle!
Holy moly, it's been two weeks since my last post!! What have I been doing lately?? Well, I have found a really amazing awesome website, http://www.strands.com/ where I log my workouts and such, as well as follow some really talented local runners. Good luck to Jason Pyles, his wife Marian, and their friend Marshall, as they are tapering for Boston. It's so cool witnessing them train and prepare. I joined the site a little late, so I didn't get to see a lot of their training, but they are definitely very motivating and genuinely kind hearted. I am still using http://www.dailymile.com/ as well because I really love the running community on there. So, I am logging my runs on two websites! Strands provides better stats and feedback on running, but DM is fun, too.
Well, my ankle has been injured for a while now. It was injured a long time ago, but for some reason I was too stupid to rest and let it heal. I think it's because it never hurt during my runs, just afterwards, then by the time I had to run again the pain would subside enough for me not to worry about it. It finally bothered me enough to take time off. I took 12 days off and it still wasn't healed. Ran a mile on it on day 12, a little sore the next day. Day 15, I was so fed up, I wrapped it in a sports band and ran 2 miles. Still a little sore the next day, but nowhere near the pain I was in before. Then it dawned on me: I should probably be wrapping this ankle every day! Hell, I stand on it 10 hours a day working, so the time off isn't that great if I'm standing on it all day. I have been wrapping it for 4 days now, and I feel like it's almost completely healed. What a dummy, huh? Why didn't I think to wrap it for extra support before? Well, it feels great, and I'm hoping to be running again in about 5-7 days. Fingers are crossed!
I definitely haven't been slacking, though. In fear of losing my cardio, I have been doing the stationary bike and the stairmaster ever couple days. Those are two hard workouts, let me tell you! The stairmaster makes me sweat more than any activity I think I have ever done. The bike really works my quads and butt! I am hoping that it will make my running stronger. I'm going to try to keep these cross training activities in my training plan when I return to running.
I have been pretty bummed out about this ankle thing. I am missing races that I want to run on the weekends, and I am missing valuable long runs and speed workouts, so when I do return to the races I'm not going to have the speed I was hoping to have. So, I am going to be about a month behind on my training plan, but if my cross training is successful I can bounce back where I left off at the 8 mile long run, and still run my half marathon in June. I was hoping to have a great base built by June so I can train hard for the Charleston Distance Run in September. Looks like I'm going to have to really train hard when my ankle heals if I want to reach my goals. Last year I was starting from scratch in April for the September race. This year, I should have the half marathon distance under my belt in June and can have 3 great months of quality long runs and speed workouts. The year is not a total loss!
As far as the weightloss is going, I had a little setback the last couple of weeks, but got back on track for this week. I let a cheat weekend turn into cheating most days for a little bit. I gained 2 pounds back, but got those off, so I am still at 5 pounds lost. Still doing ediets and loving it, just strayed from the meal planning for a little bit. The point is, I am seriously back on track and it's ok that I stumbled. It's going to happen!
Well, my ankle has been injured for a while now. It was injured a long time ago, but for some reason I was too stupid to rest and let it heal. I think it's because it never hurt during my runs, just afterwards, then by the time I had to run again the pain would subside enough for me not to worry about it. It finally bothered me enough to take time off. I took 12 days off and it still wasn't healed. Ran a mile on it on day 12, a little sore the next day. Day 15, I was so fed up, I wrapped it in a sports band and ran 2 miles. Still a little sore the next day, but nowhere near the pain I was in before. Then it dawned on me: I should probably be wrapping this ankle every day! Hell, I stand on it 10 hours a day working, so the time off isn't that great if I'm standing on it all day. I have been wrapping it for 4 days now, and I feel like it's almost completely healed. What a dummy, huh? Why didn't I think to wrap it for extra support before? Well, it feels great, and I'm hoping to be running again in about 5-7 days. Fingers are crossed!
I definitely haven't been slacking, though. In fear of losing my cardio, I have been doing the stationary bike and the stairmaster ever couple days. Those are two hard workouts, let me tell you! The stairmaster makes me sweat more than any activity I think I have ever done. The bike really works my quads and butt! I am hoping that it will make my running stronger. I'm going to try to keep these cross training activities in my training plan when I return to running.
I have been pretty bummed out about this ankle thing. I am missing races that I want to run on the weekends, and I am missing valuable long runs and speed workouts, so when I do return to the races I'm not going to have the speed I was hoping to have. So, I am going to be about a month behind on my training plan, but if my cross training is successful I can bounce back where I left off at the 8 mile long run, and still run my half marathon in June. I was hoping to have a great base built by June so I can train hard for the Charleston Distance Run in September. Looks like I'm going to have to really train hard when my ankle heals if I want to reach my goals. Last year I was starting from scratch in April for the September race. This year, I should have the half marathon distance under my belt in June and can have 3 great months of quality long runs and speed workouts. The year is not a total loss!
As far as the weightloss is going, I had a little setback the last couple of weeks, but got back on track for this week. I let a cheat weekend turn into cheating most days for a little bit. I gained 2 pounds back, but got those off, so I am still at 5 pounds lost. Still doing ediets and loving it, just strayed from the meal planning for a little bit. The point is, I am seriously back on track and it's ok that I stumbled. It's going to happen!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
A weekend full of mistakes
I have been following ediets now for 3 weeks. I was doing very well following the meal plan and not cheating, then this weekend I ran into problems. Friday evening, I fought the urge to eat chocolate chip cookies for hours. For some reason the late night hunger got the best of me, and I ate several cookies. I went over my calories about 500 calories Friday because of that.
Saturday, I went to a baby shower, and did remarkable well. I ate a balanced plate and stayed away from the dessert. However, Saturday evening was the Mountaineer basketball game. We went to the usual sports bar and I ate a horrible horrible meal of wings and fries!! I am kind of glad I did it, because it reminded me of how uncomfortably bloated and full I was all the time before I started ediets. I felt awful. I don't even want to think about how many calories I ate!
Sunday actually wasn't too bad. I went to the Chinese buffet, but stuck to vegetables, and stayed away from the breaded chicken in sauce. I did eat some lo mein. I was full, but not miserable. Overall, it was a weekend full of mistakes, and I ended up gaining 2 pounds back for my weigh-in today. Monday I got right back on track with my diet, but I guess it wasn't enough time to at least break even!
I have learned a couple of things from this weekend. Yes, if I completely deprive myself of the things that I enjoy the most, I am probably going to have some serious cravings and end up bingeing. I think that if I want to have something to eat, I should allow myself to have it, but within the realms of my calorie intake. If I want a cookie, I will have 1, but it gets counted. I was able to find some neat things at the grocery store Friday. Edy's makes little tiny ice cream containers that have about 160 calories in them. It's 1 serving and doesn't put too much of a hurtin on my diet. It's premeasured, so I am not tempted to underestimate exactly how much I ate out of a gallon size carton. I also found mini Cadbury eggs, that are only 45 calories each. Eating one of those would definitely satisfy my sweet tooth. Hopefully, these small changes will prevent me from bingeing. I need to work really hard this week to make up for my weight gain. The good thing is I'm not discouraged, and I'm moving on!
On the running front, I took a week off this week to let my ankle heal. Today was the first day I woke up and it didn't hurt. It's not 100%, but it's almost there. Hopefully, it will be healed for the long run I have planned Sunday. Since, I haven't been able to run, I have been very diligent about cross training this week. My race was Saturday, then I went to the gym Tuesday night and biked 11 miles (45 minutes), then this morning I did the stairmaster for 25 minutes and biked 7 miles (25 minutes). I didn't want to lose any cardio that I had built up. I will probably take the day off tomorrow, then maybe try to run 2 miles Saturday to see how my ankle feels.
Saturday, I went to a baby shower, and did remarkable well. I ate a balanced plate and stayed away from the dessert. However, Saturday evening was the Mountaineer basketball game. We went to the usual sports bar and I ate a horrible horrible meal of wings and fries!! I am kind of glad I did it, because it reminded me of how uncomfortably bloated and full I was all the time before I started ediets. I felt awful. I don't even want to think about how many calories I ate!
Sunday actually wasn't too bad. I went to the Chinese buffet, but stuck to vegetables, and stayed away from the breaded chicken in sauce. I did eat some lo mein. I was full, but not miserable. Overall, it was a weekend full of mistakes, and I ended up gaining 2 pounds back for my weigh-in today. Monday I got right back on track with my diet, but I guess it wasn't enough time to at least break even!
I have learned a couple of things from this weekend. Yes, if I completely deprive myself of the things that I enjoy the most, I am probably going to have some serious cravings and end up bingeing. I think that if I want to have something to eat, I should allow myself to have it, but within the realms of my calorie intake. If I want a cookie, I will have 1, but it gets counted. I was able to find some neat things at the grocery store Friday. Edy's makes little tiny ice cream containers that have about 160 calories in them. It's 1 serving and doesn't put too much of a hurtin on my diet. It's premeasured, so I am not tempted to underestimate exactly how much I ate out of a gallon size carton. I also found mini Cadbury eggs, that are only 45 calories each. Eating one of those would definitely satisfy my sweet tooth. Hopefully, these small changes will prevent me from bingeing. I need to work really hard this week to make up for my weight gain. The good thing is I'm not discouraged, and I'm moving on!
On the running front, I took a week off this week to let my ankle heal. Today was the first day I woke up and it didn't hurt. It's not 100%, but it's almost there. Hopefully, it will be healed for the long run I have planned Sunday. Since, I haven't been able to run, I have been very diligent about cross training this week. My race was Saturday, then I went to the gym Tuesday night and biked 11 miles (45 minutes), then this morning I did the stairmaster for 25 minutes and biked 7 miles (25 minutes). I didn't want to lose any cardio that I had built up. I will probably take the day off tomorrow, then maybe try to run 2 miles Saturday to see how my ankle feels.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Fighting the sweet tooth cravings
I went to the gym this evening and used the stationary bike for 45 minutes, biking 11 miles. I usually don't bike, but it was a great workout. Since I am taking the week off from running to let my ankle/achilles heal, I have no choice but to do some other form of cardio. I can see why runners cross train with biking. It really gives the legs a good workout. My butt felt like a million bucks when I walked out of that gym, haha.
I will be heading out of town early in the morning to go work for 3 days. I have to do this every week now till they find another pharmacist. It's about a 90 minute drive to get there, which sucks, but they are paying me well to do it! The problem with being out of town for 3 days per week is that if I don't plan, it's easy to fall off the diet wagon. After the gym, I went to the grocery store to stock up on fruits and veggies and stuff to take with me to eat healthy. I will be eating 7 meals while I'm up there, so I am packing as much food as possible to cover them. It was a lot of preparation in the kitchen, chopping and bagging all the food, but I know it will be worth it. I do see how it is a hard thing to maintain, but I am so dedicated right now I am sticking with it!
I'm trying to use running as my motivation to lose this weight. I keep telling myself that if I can lose 10-15 pounds, then I will be a lot faster and be more competitive when racing. This is actually really good motivation for me because I am tired of being so slow, lol! I hope this motivation holds and I can see my times improve as I lose weight!
This past weekend, I had a few cheat moments. I was craving to cheat Friday evening, and it continued the whole weekend. I didn't binge at each meal all weekend, but I did have a few meals and snacks I shouldn't have. The good thing is I did it and immediately got back on track Monday. I have decided that the best thing for me to do is to allow myself to have things that I want, but in small quantities. That way, I'm not feeling like I'm depriving myself all week and want to binge on the weekend. I found the perfect "cheat" when looking at the Easter candy. Cadbury makes these mini Cadbury Eggs, and 4 of them is 180 calories. I mean, one of those eggs is rich enough to satisfy any sweet craving I'm having, and at 45 calories, that's not too bad! Of course, I will only limit myself to 1 or 2 and it will be counted in as part of my daily calorie intake, not as extra. I hope this works better than depriving myself all week till I cave in!
I will be heading out of town early in the morning to go work for 3 days. I have to do this every week now till they find another pharmacist. It's about a 90 minute drive to get there, which sucks, but they are paying me well to do it! The problem with being out of town for 3 days per week is that if I don't plan, it's easy to fall off the diet wagon. After the gym, I went to the grocery store to stock up on fruits and veggies and stuff to take with me to eat healthy. I will be eating 7 meals while I'm up there, so I am packing as much food as possible to cover them. It was a lot of preparation in the kitchen, chopping and bagging all the food, but I know it will be worth it. I do see how it is a hard thing to maintain, but I am so dedicated right now I am sticking with it!
I'm trying to use running as my motivation to lose this weight. I keep telling myself that if I can lose 10-15 pounds, then I will be a lot faster and be more competitive when racing. This is actually really good motivation for me because I am tired of being so slow, lol! I hope this motivation holds and I can see my times improve as I lose weight!
This past weekend, I had a few cheat moments. I was craving to cheat Friday evening, and it continued the whole weekend. I didn't binge at each meal all weekend, but I did have a few meals and snacks I shouldn't have. The good thing is I did it and immediately got back on track Monday. I have decided that the best thing for me to do is to allow myself to have things that I want, but in small quantities. That way, I'm not feeling like I'm depriving myself all week and want to binge on the weekend. I found the perfect "cheat" when looking at the Easter candy. Cadbury makes these mini Cadbury Eggs, and 4 of them is 180 calories. I mean, one of those eggs is rich enough to satisfy any sweet craving I'm having, and at 45 calories, that's not too bad! Of course, I will only limit myself to 1 or 2 and it will be counted in as part of my daily calorie intake, not as extra. I hope this works better than depriving myself all week till I cave in!
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