Apparently 3 weeks have gone by without a single workout. What's funny is I ate and drank anything I wanted in those three weeks. Guess how much weight I gained. As of this morning I weight 1/2 pound less. How is that possible? Annoying is what it is. I work my ass off for months and don't lose a pound. But I can eat anything in huge quantities and I don't gain a pound either. I'm going to have to figure out what the deal is with that. Sounds to me like my metabolism actually slows down during training. That's not supposed to happen! Now I have to admit that even though I weigh the same the body is changing. Legs are not as muscular and my tummy is not as tight, though it never was really. My arms are flabbier. So I guess I lost some muscle and gained some fat. Oh joy.
Well I still have a New Year's party to host but I have no other excuse not to get back in the game. So this week I will ease myself into exercise again. Today a nice slow run on the treadmill. No more than 4 miles. Have a feeling 4 will feel like 20. Tomorrow a nice slow bike ride on the trainer, maybe 10-15 miles. No swimming this week. I'll hold off until next Monday. That will be a sight no one wants to see. Back to being a fish out of water for a couple of weeks.
During my 3 week hiatus I was still going to PT. I have two more to go to this week then I'm on my own. My leg is still not healed but it's the best it's gonna get right now. I'm hoping that the 3 weeks of not pounding on it helped. But as I run my hand down my shin I can feel the pain at the bottom. Ready to rear it's ugly head within a week of exercising again. I'm just gonna have to grin and bear it and try to keep up on the PT exercises home. It will be mandatory that it is part of my training. Otherwise I may not make it to any start line this year.
So I'm back............not feeling all that strong but ready to kick some butt. The first run today will be the hardest mentally. After that I'll just mold back into the athlete I was in Nov.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Happy Holidays......right?
I am slacking in a big way. In a huge way actually. Everyday I'm loosing the fitness that I have worked so hard to keep. Even knowing this and acknowledging it doesn't make me lace up my shoes and hit the treadmill. I'm overwhelmed right now and something had to give.
I've been away from the gym for 2 1/2 weeks now and my last work out was almost 2 weeks ago. Instead I have been getting ready for the holidays. Decorating, shopping, getting ready for family to visit, the visit its self, celebrating a birthday, cleaning, baking, cooking, shoveling and the latest added to the list is caring for my son with pneumonia.
As of now I still have about 100 dozen cookies to make, another birthday to celebrate, all the wrapping. I still have to finish shopping, I have 6 boys torturing me Friday into what will be a not so much sleep sleepover. I host Christmas Eve dinner and will be hosting a small New Years Eve gathering too. I have cookie trays to make and deliver. I know there's more but I just can't think straight.
Something had to give and I chose the one thing that doesn't affect anyone but myself. Isn't that the motherly thing to do? Well maybe it does affect my father as I haven't seen him in awhile either. He's lost his training partner at the gym. He'll be way above me in the fitness department by the time I get back to the gym. Me and my 2 sizes bigger body will just have to play catch up before the real training begins in Feb. I chose to do this to myself. I chose to put the family first right now. I will struggle come Jan when I go back to the gym. But that has never stopped me before and it won't again. So until then. Happy Holidays!
I've been away from the gym for 2 1/2 weeks now and my last work out was almost 2 weeks ago. Instead I have been getting ready for the holidays. Decorating, shopping, getting ready for family to visit, the visit its self, celebrating a birthday, cleaning, baking, cooking, shoveling and the latest added to the list is caring for my son with pneumonia.
As of now I still have about 100 dozen cookies to make, another birthday to celebrate, all the wrapping. I still have to finish shopping, I have 6 boys torturing me Friday into what will be a not so much sleep sleepover. I host Christmas Eve dinner and will be hosting a small New Years Eve gathering too. I have cookie trays to make and deliver. I know there's more but I just can't think straight.
Something had to give and I chose the one thing that doesn't affect anyone but myself. Isn't that the motherly thing to do? Well maybe it does affect my father as I haven't seen him in awhile either. He's lost his training partner at the gym. He'll be way above me in the fitness department by the time I get back to the gym. Me and my 2 sizes bigger body will just have to play catch up before the real training begins in Feb. I chose to do this to myself. I chose to put the family first right now. I will struggle come Jan when I go back to the gym. But that has never stopped me before and it won't again. So until then. Happy Holidays!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Those Words
Maybe it was the way they were said to me. So matter of fact like. Maybe it was because it was something I already knew but wasn't ready to acknowledge. Maybe I'm just tired of thinking about it and now I will always have to. I just wanted it to go away and those words will forever be a part of me.
I am an injury prone athlete. I went to the doctor this morning for a second follow up for my shin. Yes I still have shin splints. Most centered near the bottom of the shin which also wraps around my ankle. The good news is that I would say I'm 75% better. If I can run 13 miles one day then bike 25 the next and still be able to walk without pain then yes it most definitely is better. But what about all the times that it still aches and the times it does act up when running. Or how about this morning as I was walking up the stairs I could feel it pulling. Or when I twist the wrong way and an instant jolt goes up the leg. What about all that? This injury is almost impossible to heal because there is no blood flow to the tissue that attaches to the bone. It's the tissue that is pulling away from the bone, which causes the pain. It's a long process to fully heal and the problem is that doing nothing doesn't make it better and doing too much will make it worse. So I'm stuck in limbo. Best solution I have is to finish PT this month and then forever continue to do all the same things at home in hopes with all my training that I can keep it under control, aka be able to withstand the pain.
I have dealt with many injuries, both knees, hip and groin area, heels of my feet and other more minor aches and pains. All of which I have battled and won. This time all is stacked against me.
After I left the doctors I got in the car with a heavy sigh and heavy heart. I had a pity party for myself with a few adjoining tears for the first 10-15 minutes then decided really there's nothing I can do about it but move forward and hope for the best. I may end up in more pain than before. I will find the strength to get through it. All I can do is what the doctor told me. Keep up with the exercises, back off when it gets worse, then get right back to it. Take days of rest when needed cause if I don't I may loose months of training.
I still have a goal to reach. I will do this 1/2 iron man. This injury will not stop me.
I am an injury prone athlete. I went to the doctor this morning for a second follow up for my shin. Yes I still have shin splints. Most centered near the bottom of the shin which also wraps around my ankle. The good news is that I would say I'm 75% better. If I can run 13 miles one day then bike 25 the next and still be able to walk without pain then yes it most definitely is better. But what about all the times that it still aches and the times it does act up when running. Or how about this morning as I was walking up the stairs I could feel it pulling. Or when I twist the wrong way and an instant jolt goes up the leg. What about all that? This injury is almost impossible to heal because there is no blood flow to the tissue that attaches to the bone. It's the tissue that is pulling away from the bone, which causes the pain. It's a long process to fully heal and the problem is that doing nothing doesn't make it better and doing too much will make it worse. So I'm stuck in limbo. Best solution I have is to finish PT this month and then forever continue to do all the same things at home in hopes with all my training that I can keep it under control, aka be able to withstand the pain.
I have dealt with many injuries, both knees, hip and groin area, heels of my feet and other more minor aches and pains. All of which I have battled and won. This time all is stacked against me.
After I left the doctors I got in the car with a heavy sigh and heavy heart. I had a pity party for myself with a few adjoining tears for the first 10-15 minutes then decided really there's nothing I can do about it but move forward and hope for the best. I may end up in more pain than before. I will find the strength to get through it. All I can do is what the doctor told me. Keep up with the exercises, back off when it gets worse, then get right back to it. Take days of rest when needed cause if I don't I may loose months of training.
I still have a goal to reach. I will do this 1/2 iron man. This injury will not stop me.
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