I went to the podiatrist on Wednesday, got another xray...no fracture that we could see. The point of pain in my heel is not at the origin of my plantar fascia though - so it's still a bit of a mystery. I got another injection in my foot, a script for naprosyn for 10 days and have to lay off running on it. On Thursday my foot felt so much better!! I still feel the soreness in my heel, but it isn't nearly as bad as what it was. The doc did say that I can bike or do the elliptical in the meantime. Problem is I don't have a gym membership. So long as the rain holds off this weekend, I'll get my bike out and go for a ride.
Stephen and I will begin the Power 90 workouts on May 4th and have decided to commit to watching our calorie intake with the program. I'm excited about doing a program together and think it will go much better that way for us :) I'll just have to do my runs in addition to what the program entails. I'm quite nervous about even attempting Bayshore at this point because I haven't been running....I guess I'll try to run beginning in may and see if I have any pain. I don't want to risk getting seriously injured. San Francisco is too important! I must be healed up by June.
I'm looking forward to getting out of town for a few days... Traverse city here we come :) Can't wait to go golfing, so it better not rain!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
stuck
It's been 10 days since I've worked out. I'm feeling fatter by the minute.... My foot hurts even when I'm just standing on it. I'm still waiting on the results of my x-ray. My doctor sucks...she never calls with test results. I couldn't get into my podiatrist, so I had to resort to my family physician - whom I'll be changing shortly due to her lack of follow-up with me. I just pray that it's not a stress fracture, otherwise it will be 6-8 wks of non-weight bearing for it to heal properly.
I know I need to do something to keep myself in shape, so I ordered the Power 90 DVD's. I figure even if I'm able to run, this program will help me with my diet and resistance training. I still would like to get back down to my wedding weight of 166 at the very least!! I'm currently 13 lbs above it.
We did have another showing of the house this week - just so happened it was on a day that Stephen didn't make the bed, left his clothes on the floor. I left a few dishes in the sink and the floors definitely needed to be swept. I was totally mortified when I knew that there was somebody coming to look at it. Nothing I could have done though - I was at work and they left me a message with 3 hours notice. We are just going to have to really buckle down with making sure the house is totally clean when we leave. We sort of got lax with it since we hadn't had a showing in over a week. We're still working on the fence. Stephen has one more post to go and then we can put up the panels. We were hoping to have most of the panels up this weekend but Home Depot didn't have the fence in stock, so we were stuck ordering it. This project is costing us $1000 to do, so somebody better buy this house once it's done!! Once it's up, I'll have to stain it to match the deck and the rest of the fence.
We've been looking online for houses, haven't really seen anything that we like a whole lot though. We are still trying to explore other options for financing for the build. Some builders will finance the construction - of course I'm sure they wouldn't want us to do any of the work ourselves, so it would end up costing more in the long run. We'll see what happens. First this one needs to sell!!
I know I need to do something to keep myself in shape, so I ordered the Power 90 DVD's. I figure even if I'm able to run, this program will help me with my diet and resistance training. I still would like to get back down to my wedding weight of 166 at the very least!! I'm currently 13 lbs above it.
We did have another showing of the house this week - just so happened it was on a day that Stephen didn't make the bed, left his clothes on the floor. I left a few dishes in the sink and the floors definitely needed to be swept. I was totally mortified when I knew that there was somebody coming to look at it. Nothing I could have done though - I was at work and they left me a message with 3 hours notice. We are just going to have to really buckle down with making sure the house is totally clean when we leave. We sort of got lax with it since we hadn't had a showing in over a week. We're still working on the fence. Stephen has one more post to go and then we can put up the panels. We were hoping to have most of the panels up this weekend but Home Depot didn't have the fence in stock, so we were stuck ordering it. This project is costing us $1000 to do, so somebody better buy this house once it's done!! Once it's up, I'll have to stain it to match the deck and the rest of the fence.
We've been looking online for houses, haven't really seen anything that we like a whole lot though. We are still trying to explore other options for financing for the build. Some builders will finance the construction - of course I'm sure they wouldn't want us to do any of the work ourselves, so it would end up costing more in the long run. We'll see what happens. First this one needs to sell!!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Will I ever heal?
I had to stop mid-run on Thursday with excrutiating pain in my foot. I was totally sobbing on the treadmill from frustration....not only am I in training for a very important race, but running also helps me maintain my weight. I am not very disciplined with my diet - and it scares me to death that I'll have to stop running and start watching everything that I eat. I had increased my fiber intake - but it has given me horrible stomach pains in the afternoon (and I was taking a probiotic to help it). I actually gained a pound and am at 179 right now. I think it's due to consuming alcohol...I've had a few glasses of wine x 3 nights this week.
I'm going to call the podiatrist tomorrow and pray for an appointment on Tuesday. I'll have to figure out how I'm going to heal my foot and still maintain my fitness level so I can resume training ASAP.
As for the house - no bites yet. The average time to sell a house in Bay City is 5 months. We have decided to put up a fence between our yard and the store. We spent the majority of the day yesterday clearing out brush and trees. The problem we are running into is the tree roots - trying to figure out a way to get the posts in. We may have to call someone...
I'm going to call the podiatrist tomorrow and pray for an appointment on Tuesday. I'll have to figure out how I'm going to heal my foot and still maintain my fitness level so I can resume training ASAP.
As for the house - no bites yet. The average time to sell a house in Bay City is 5 months. We have decided to put up a fence between our yard and the store. We spent the majority of the day yesterday clearing out brush and trees. The problem we are running into is the tree roots - trying to figure out a way to get the posts in. We may have to call someone...
Monday, April 6, 2009
Steady
Still holding at 178...guess it's better than gaining! I did eat like crap this past week. We ate out quite a bit since I didn't want to mess up my kitchen. I'm definitely going grocery shopping tonight after work. I'll take my chances with the mess....I feel super bloated, yuck! I'll have to put together my meal plan for the week when I get home.
I got 4 runs in this week, and my foot is killing me. I got a new pair of running shoes, Asics Gel Kayano. I ran in them without my orthotics and they felt pretty good, I even noticed the next morning that my foot didn't hurt so much. Then I made the mistake of running with my orthotics...bad move, my foot hurt during the run and was worse afterwards. I'm going to use today as a rest day to let it heal up a bit, and then do a short run tomorrow. I'm definitely signing up for another 6 weeks of yoga. It forces me to stretch for a full hour and I feel really good afterwards :)
So far no offers on the house, we had a 2nd showing yesterday and are hoping that maybe we'll get a phone call today with an offer....? We spent most of the weekend driving around looking at houses (from the outside). Boy, they look so nice online and then you actually get into the neighborhood and it's a whole different story. We did manage to find 2 nice ones in Freeland that would be possibilities if we sold ours.
I've got another busy week at work, my days just fly by!! I'd really love to have a day when I can just sit on the couch with a few movies and do nothing!
I got 4 runs in this week, and my foot is killing me. I got a new pair of running shoes, Asics Gel Kayano. I ran in them without my orthotics and they felt pretty good, I even noticed the next morning that my foot didn't hurt so much. Then I made the mistake of running with my orthotics...bad move, my foot hurt during the run and was worse afterwards. I'm going to use today as a rest day to let it heal up a bit, and then do a short run tomorrow. I'm definitely signing up for another 6 weeks of yoga. It forces me to stretch for a full hour and I feel really good afterwards :)
So far no offers on the house, we had a 2nd showing yesterday and are hoping that maybe we'll get a phone call today with an offer....? We spent most of the weekend driving around looking at houses (from the outside). Boy, they look so nice online and then you actually get into the neighborhood and it's a whole different story. We did manage to find 2 nice ones in Freeland that would be possibilities if we sold ours.
I've got another busy week at work, my days just fly by!! I'd really love to have a day when I can just sit on the couch with a few movies and do nothing!
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