Sorry for the lack of posts the last week or so. My intentions with this blog was to talk about my ups and downs with my running and weight loss, but both of those have seemed to have stalled for now, which has left me with little to say.
Today marks ten straight days without a run and it has been awfully hard to wake up every day and not go for a run. Especially when that's all you have been doing for the past two years. The hard part with this injury is that it only really hurts when I am running or just finished running. Right now my knee feels great, but unless I run I won't know for sure and I can't heal the injury without restraining from running. Its a frustrating challenge to say the least.
I have to say though, I have been quite impressed with myself sticking to my homemade workout routine. Every time I say to myself I think I'll just skip it tonight I remind myself this is all I got and I need to continue till I can get back to running full time. Also, it is the only stress reliever I have and right now boy do I need it. Work has been super crazy. For reasons I am not going to go into we had to let one of our employees go and I am the only other person on staff that has the skills and abilities to do the job he was performing, so not only am I doing all my duties I have a whole second job to accomplish as well. My boss has been great, understanding and thankful for my willingness to step in and do what is needed for the company, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little stressed out.
Today marks ten straight days without a run and it has been awfully hard to wake up every day and not go for a run. Especially when that's all you have been doing for the past two years. The hard part with this injury is that it only really hurts when I am running or just finished running. Right now my knee feels great, but unless I run I won't know for sure and I can't heal the injury without restraining from running. Its a frustrating challenge to say the least.
I have to say though, I have been quite impressed with myself sticking to my homemade workout routine. Every time I say to myself I think I'll just skip it tonight I remind myself this is all I got and I need to continue till I can get back to running full time. Also, it is the only stress reliever I have and right now boy do I need it. Work has been super crazy. For reasons I am not going to go into we had to let one of our employees go and I am the only other person on staff that has the skills and abilities to do the job he was performing, so not only am I doing all my duties I have a whole second job to accomplish as well. My boss has been great, understanding and thankful for my willingness to step in and do what is needed for the company, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little stressed out.
Sunday will be the 14th day of my non running recovery and I think I am going to lace up the shoes and head out for a short two mile run. Nothing fast, just let my body tell me how fast to go. Then I'll take another week or so off and continue the leg strengthening exercises. I am scheduled to get tattooed next Wednesday and running with a fresh tat on your leg doesn't go very well together. I'll let the tat heal up and then try another two mile run and see how things progress from there.
Now for the weigh in. I was able to have a nice little victory this morning with the scale. I managed to squeeze out another half pound, which I was quite happy with. With today's number that puts me only two freaking pounds away from goal! It seems like such a long journey to get to this point, but am I glad I started it.
12/10/14 official weigh in
175 lbs
Change: -.5 lbs
Total loss from heaviest: 142 lbs
Current BMI: 27.4 (overweight)
Change: -.1
Way to go Dean. Your transformation is amazing and the fact you are still losing weight while being sidelined with the knee is very impressive!
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