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23 September 2013

19 September 2013

Well, I have some bad news. I called my doctor yesterday to talk about my ankle, and from how I described the pain and my symptoms, she is fairly confident that it is a sprain. What that means for me: she told me strictly no running and no jumping around, but I can walk. Needless to say, I'm really upset about this. Then again, it seems like my workout buddy and I are quite literally falling apart (I have ankle and back issues, and she has knee and back issues), so it's probably better for both of us to limit our leg work until our various sprains have healed. Still, I'm supposed to not run or do anything like that for 4 weeks???? It's going to be really hard to stay motivated when I can't do the intense workouts that I love :(

However, there is some good news. My workout buddy and I have been working out together for a while now, and we have built up a collection of DVD's that gives us some variety. We've also decided that we're going to do a lot of ab work instead. I was looking for other solutions to working out, and they mention online that you can swim (which I've tried to do before, and that DOES bother my ankle), and we can bike, and we can also do upper body cardio (like karate or kenpo) and just not to the leg portions. So, we do have options. Though, we're really going to have to start watching what we eat since I think it is virtually impossible to achieve the 800-1000 calorie workouts we're used to.

Does anyone else have any advice on possible workouts? My ankle has been sprained on and off for like a year, and I really want to let it heal this time, but I also want to give up on working out completely. I also have considered yoga (since it's not high impact) but my workout buddy isn't a fan of yoga and I don't want to force that on her (especially since that might give her discomfort in her knee).

18 September 2013

You ever have 'one of those days?' I feel like this week has been a whole stretch of those days. All I want to do is curl up in a ball with a pint of Ben and Jerry's and just wait for it to be over. I don't know what I did, but one of these past few days, I must have done something to my ankle, and it feels freshly sprained. Now I'm conflicted, because I really want to work out, but I feel like any workout I do is going to kill my ankle. Also, work and school are really stressing me out, and I know that eating a whole pint of ice cream isn't really going to make me happy, but old habits die hard. I'm going to do my best to work out today and try to eat healthy. Maybe my ankle is strangely connected to how I'm eating, and the past couple of days it's been bothering me so I've been a little depressed and haven't been eating the best. Here's to hoping good eating will help my ankle!

17 September 2013

16 September 2013

Well, I'm back from my weekend of fun, and I only gained 0.4 lbs, which should come off lightning fast :D I had a great time seeing my family, but, as always, the weekend was too short and now I'm back to it. I also managed to stress my back and ankle a bit this weekend. My back is feeling way better than it did on Saturday, but I'm still going to watch it. My ankle is still hurting, but today is Kenpo X day, so it shouldn't be too hard on my ankle and I'll wear an ankle brace to make sure I don't twist it again. I've been wearing the brace for a couple of days now, but I think my ankle just needs to heal. I'll also try to do some epson salt soaks today to see if that helps!

I have a really good feeling about this week! It's going to be busy as anything, but I'm excited about the workouts, and I'm planning on getting a lot done around the house. My room is an absolute mess (normally it's a mess, but now I'm like 'HOLY CANNOLI I CAN'T SEE MY FLOOR!'), and I'm going to take some time tomorrow and clean it (today is homework day!). It's especially important that I clean it though, since I don't want to twist my ankle just by walking around!

T-minus 4 weeks before I got partying with a close friend and I wanna look HOT :D Here goes nothing!


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