My Weight Loss

Wow, today marks the halfway point of my journey.  I am so suprised at how far I have come.  There were so many good things that happened early on, yet during this “sophmore” period, I am filled with disappointment.

My foot is the big story here.  It is still impacting me in many ways.  But I am so filled with determination right now that I will make it throught this.

I have been hobbled for so long that I am beginning to see the negative impacts.  I hope the new year proves to be a better one.

Weight: 250.8

My foot feels better, it flares up a little but it is still tender.

I think in a week I will be back running, but not before Christmas.  I am so behind my schedule.

But I have been here before, before I started this blog, I was out because of a sprain in my foot from hiking up a hill.  After that, I had an incredible weight loss run.

Weight: 248.2

It is begining to look more and more like my foot will be holding me back for a few more days.  There is hope, this morning my foot didn’t hurt as much when I got up.

Just need to watch what I eat and maintain.  I talked to Stephanie today and she said when I resume workouts it is going to be interesting.

So the only way I can really manage weight now is via diet.  The wrong diet can reaggravate my foot.  Doing stupid stuff like skipping breakfast, eating garbage for a mid morning snack and skipping lunch may keep me in the calorie count but hurt my overall recovery.

Weight: 247.8

My foot feels an order of magnitude better.  I may do a decent workout tomorrow.  Will see, not sure if there is anything I can undertake.

I was surprised at my AM weighin.  I really thought I was going to be above the 252 mark.  I want to note that most of the weigh in’s since my foot pains started was at night.

Anyway, I the scale may so something lower but I feel so much fatter than what the scale says.  This is the inverse of how I normally feel where I feel lighter than what the scale says.

Weight: 249.0

This is day 10 I believe.   What a horrible experience.  I wonder how am I going to react to this when I finally can run again.  I do feel better, but then again, I felt better last week.

So what will happen, will I go running again with greater vigor to try and catch up, or will I wither and say, bah humbug.

Anyway today I chatted via IM with a buddy I used to work with named Matt G.  He told me about his story and how he lost over a hundred pounds and now he is even getting muscular.  What a great story and the inspiration I need to move forward.  I want to move on already.  I want to hit the road and start running again.

Weight: 252.0

These new meds plus a lot of water drinking is working.   I hope this is it and I will be able to run again next week.

Pretty sure I need to heal a few days more though.

Weight: 251.0

I woke up this morning to the most pain so far.  I called the Doctors to schedule an appointment.

I got another higher dose prescription, finally.  I was hoping to get this Friday so I would be OK by today.

So I will give it till Thursday to see if I will recover

Weight: 251.6

These are indeed dark days in my workout.  If I wake up tomorrow and the pain persists, I am going to the doctors tomorrow.

But I think the problem in my left foot is two different problems.  The pain is different from what I have been feeling.  Originally, the pain was near my small toe.  Now it is the back closer to my arch.

Weight: 251.0

I hope my foot heals soon.  I am worried that the longer that I go, the longer it will take to recover.

I am in so much pain that I do not want even record what I eat.  Unfortunately that is the only way to keep my weight down.

At least I am still under 250.

Weight: 248.8

Everyone at work is still enouraging.  Everyone is saying I need to heal.  Harder said then done.  I did bring my workout clothes but if I can barely walk, how can I work out?

This sore foot really bites.

I told a friend, “There is pain in life, sometimes life sucks”  or something like that.

Anyway still hanging in there regarding weight.  Outside is still really cold, can’t run. 

Weight: 250.2