It's official. For a little while there, I had a bump! And boy did it get big, uncomfortable. I was ready to write it an eviction notice to get out of my body! ;) Not like a baby bump though. A large bump on my foot because for a while there, I was on the injured list. Or at least the take it easy and don't do anything too strenuous to re-injure yourself worse list. I'm still in that limbo although last night I worked out with little to no issues. But man, does it stink being injured! :/
A a few weeks ago I bought a treadmill. I had a really old one that I bought at a yard sale a really long time ago for $50. I was 14 when we bought it and I'm guessing the previous owners had already had it for four or five years, so when it started shorting out and dying after 20 or 30 minutes, I had mixed feelings. Bummed, of course, because on nights I don't feel like playing DDR, the treadmill was a great alternative and sometimes just what I needed to get a break from DDR. But then again, it had lasted forever and I had bought it for next to nothing. I really couldn't complain! So, I began searching, doing research on what I felt was best. I had it narrowed down to two treadmills and finally bought a Proform treadmill at Sears a few weeks ago. And I love that thing! DDR has actually taken a back seat while I break that baby in. (My workout playlist has ample DDR songs though!) I'm not the fastest or the best runner but being fairly new to running, I was pretty pleased to get four miles or so in an hour! I felt like that was a pretty decent pace.
And then...boom! I get my cardio in usually anywhere from 10pm-1am. So Wednesday, early early morning, I was running on the treadmill, and I noticed my foot was sore. I pushed through, finished up my hour, and then went on to bed. The next morning, I had a big lump on my foot and it was pretty sore. I took a night off cardio (still did Jillian; I've been doing Shred It With Weights on YouTube, which I will post a review up very soon!) and the next day, it was slightly sore but not too bad. So I thought, hm, why not get a run in? It's Thursday, early morning. About halfway through, my foot started hurting. Then horrible pain. Being the stubborn girl I am, I kept going. Big mistake. The next morning, I had a HUGE lump on my foot. My foot literally looked pregnant, which is how we described it. After a little while of hobbling around, trying to decide what to do, I finally decided it was best to go to the emergency room. I was worried I might have a stress fracture.
In the end, there were no obvious breaks and I couldn't get a definitive diagnosis, but I was told it could be anything from a pulled muscle to tendonitis. I got a boot and some crutches, a prescription for ibuprofen with 800mg for the swelling and inflammation, and was told to stay off of it, take at least the weekend off running. It was HARD. I really enjoy running on the treadmill. I really enjoy DDR. I actually really love fitness in general! I also had to make sure my nutrition was on point and in my household, it's not easy AT ALL (my family is definitely a southern food lovin' family. Fried chicken, potatoes, the more grease the better whereas I'm trying really hard to eat healthy; 2/4 people I live with, including myself, are IMPOSSIBLE to bend with their unhealthy eating habits. It kind of divides the family. Not to mention, they adore fast food. Blaaaah). So, I searched for some fun recipes to help make things a bit easier and continued to do Shred It With Weights, only modifying some of the jumping to try and keep my foot from getting hurt worse.
Luckily it only lasted around a week. I started transitioning back on the treadmill, 30 minutes and just walking the first day, 30 minutes of Couch to 5k on week 3 as it's not a LOT of running but a good run/walk alternate, and then 50 minutes or so of run walk again. Last night I did a full hour and did the run/walk again, but more running than walking and little to no pain. Hopefully it'll last. I still have a slight knot on my foot but my hope is that it will continue to go down.
As mentioned above, I searched for some recipes. I found some that sound delicious, and some that I actually tried that were super scrumptious! I will definitely share soon!
Have you been injured? What did you do to balance it out? :)
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