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February 26, 2009 at 2:28 pm (Uncategorized)

This is from 2-29

My ankle was better by Monday and I was looking forward to being on the treadmill that afternoon, but in the morning, Claire tipped her chair over and it landed right on the last two toes of my left foot. Nothing was broken, just very bruised and swelled up and sore. I could finally get sneakers on by Wednesday afternoon and had a slow workout. I’m reading more and more online about how important it is to pace yourself and that you can injure yourself more easily if you go too fast too soon. I guess I just think I was at a certain level in the past and I should be able to go right back to it. And I have no patience with myself. I’ve joined the Runner’s World website and found some interesting info there, although I feel a little silly, I don’t feel like I actually qualify to be there, but I can pretend until I do, right?

On diet issues, I did have a little bit of dairy in the last week, a mocha joe one day (oh my soul, it was heavenly) and some sour cream on taco salad twice in the last three days. I feel yucky the next day for sure, but at this point, it’s a calculated loss. And it seems I am having a harder time lately taking care of my kidneys. They seem to be getting more sensitive over time. If I am not completely vigilant in my water intake and staying away from sugar and too much salt or caffeine, then I just ache terribly. I can feel my kidneys all the time anyway, but sometimes they just really hurt. I’m sipping cranberry juice as I write this and have started taking cranberry supplements again. I’ve also started trying to eat more fruit. In the past I have really not done well at this, always thinking “Oh I can’t eat that, it’s for the kids” and even now, almost every time I eat an apple or banana, I have to fight feeling guilty that I am taking something away from the children. I think I need to remind myself that I need to be a good example to them, not just a teacher of good habits. Also, we can buy more fruit. I think there are a lot of things from my childhood that I didn’t get to have that my kids do, Praise the Lord, but I need to realize that it’s okay for me to have some too.

I am hoping to be able to at least up my pace a little today or tomorrow, I am being more careful now about keeping my incline down until my ankles strengthen. I printed out some good ankle and foot strenthening exercises from RW. I’ve started doing leg lifts again and modified crunches on my “off” days from the treadmill. I am gradually increasing the amount. Again, I have a hard time being patient with my out of shape body, because I remember doing 1000 leg lifts everyday at other times in my life. Right now, I am just doing 25 or 50 for each side, first laying on my back, then right side, stomach and left side. That’s a total of 400 all together. Well, that’s all for now.