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Injury

"It's from overuse.  You need to rest your foot."

Two different doctors told me this statement after examining my foot - all swollen and bruised.  Tendonitis.  All you can do is rest it and ice it, ibuprofen, wrap it, etc, etc.

Never in my life has someone told me I need to rest from certain exercises from overuse.

It's always been the complete opposite - "you could do more exercise"!

In a way, it's kind of a compliment - means that I've been moving in the right direction and working hard.

And…also…I'll be honest it just plain stinks.

I've cried.  And cried.  And cried again.  (thank you to some sweet friends that have listened to me as I have cried!)

It's hard resting and not running (trying to avoid high impact exercises).

Where is my outlet?

Exercise has been my healthy outlet for all things this past year.  Not to mention my alone time, my prayer time, and numerous other things.

With prepping to leave for the States in less than 2 months - stress levels are higher - with so much to get done.  Not to mention just normal living with our typical high levels of stress.

I need an outlet.

I'm super frustrated with not being able to get a good sweat in for an hour.

I'll be honest: I feel lazy.  I feel like I'm losing all my muscles.  I feel like I'm gaining weight.

I'm sure that's a bit dramatic and I'd be lying if I said "oh it's been easy to rest now for 2 weeks".

After doing some type of cardio 6 days a week for the almost the past year - well, 1) I was probably due for an injury and 2) this rest time is just plain awful.

I have so many goals that I want to hit and all I keep thinking is "I'm not going to hit them with this injury."

It's all mental - I'm aware of that.  I'm not lazy.  It's good for me to rest it so that nothing worse happens.  And I'm honest when I say that this has been the hardest part of this new lifestyle journey - resting an injured foot.

I dream about running.  I'm nuts, right?  I can't wait to go for a run and sweat it all out.

Until then, I'm doing other exercises that won't put pressure on my foot.  And guys - seriously - becoming healthy and fit is 70% nutrition.  I have lost weight the past 2 weeks with just tightening up the eating.  Eating well is key!

I'll keep resting it - but I'm praying for complete healing soon.  This girl needs to run.  :)








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