An Injury Setback

I haven’t posted lately and you might be wondering.  Did she give up?  Is she off plan?  The answers are no and sometimes. But I do owe you an explanation of what’s been going on.

Dealing with An Injury

I’ve had a setback with my walking.  Pain in the back of my right heel and Achilles area had become unbearable.  I took two weeks off and it felt better. I wasn’t hobbling after getting out of bed in the morning.  Just to make sure I was wearing the right shoes, I went to Road Runner Sports and had the Shoe Dog analysis.

The analysis (after using a lot of cool technology) was that I had an imbalance (more weight on my left than right leg) and my right step collapsed in while the left one didn’t.  They customized inserts based on these problems and I got new shoes.

My husband and I tested them out last Sunday with a 30 minute walk.  I felt great afterward and the pain wasn’t any worse the next day.  Then we walked for 45 minutes on Wednesday and it was a different story.

Needless to say here I am three days later still in worse pain than before the walk.  It’s depressing and I wonder if this will ever get better.

Following the Plan

I’ve been on plan half the time since my last weigh in but that doesn’t make for good weight loss.  I need to go to a meeting and get my head in the game.  Two meetings were missed due to travel and one due to the 4th of July holiday.  I have no excuse for the other ones.

So I’m making a commitment to myself to get to my meeting this Wednesday.  I will also keep  up with my stretching exercises for Piriformis syndrome (yes that is probably contributing to my heel pain if not the cause).

If I can do that, then maybe I can find a fun exercise to do while waiting for the leg situation to resolve.   I just have to remember getting healthy is a process and a journey; not a race and it doesn’t end when I get I get there.  How have you dealt with setbacks?