Doctor Visit

Soooo... it IS IT band syndrome. I HAVE to do 6 - 8 sessions of ASTYM at the Physical Therapist. Now I'm just waiting to see how insurance is going to cover all this. They told me it would just be a co-pay - but then I got the claim and they didn't pay any of it. NOT GOOD.

So now I'm just waiting for official answers - then I'll do the ASTYM, and the doc says I should be fine, just need to stretch it and I should be good as new.

He said that I need to modify my exercise until then for anything that doesn't flare it up. Good new is I can't make it any worse - it's just an extremely uncomfortable thing. :)

So, Insanity - I think we will be friends again.

And I'll give up the running until it's fixed.

Now, time to buy that dang gym pass and hit the pool.

My new goal

Sooo... Not being able to exercise for three weeks really did a number on me. And then trying to run again, and not being able to - not cool.

So, I've decided to do what I can and suck it up. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow for them to take an xray or MRI and see what's going on.

Until I know that, I'm gonna take it easy this week and exercise what I can. This morning I did the p90x ab ripper, some pulls up, and some weights. Feels good to get out and exercise again - even for just a little bit. Tonight I hope to get a bike ride in. We'll see.

Not being able to exercise though, I had a lot of time to think about what I want for my body, and what my body wants. So here's what I really want. I want to be healthy. I exercise because it makes me feel good, and I eat right because it makes me feel good. My secondary goal is to lose weight. I have maintained my weight since p90x - but have not lost any more than that. That being said, my main goal is to be 115 the day I get pregnant. That means I have 13 more lbs to lose. I really don't think it's a huge goal to lose 3 more lbs by Thanksgiving - so that's the goal.

Eric and I will have our cars paid off in 19 months. I am not having any kids with those car loans - so that gives me AT LEAST ten months to lose 13 lbs. Not that we want to start trying in ten months, but that we COULD if we wanted to. Just over a pound a month - I don't think that's asking a lot. We'll see. But the little goal for now... 3 lbs by Thanksgiving. GO ME! :)

Depressed...

So, I ran Saturday... not more than a half mile in, my leg was done. I'm going to an actual doctor tomorrow - not just a Physical Therapist, and hopefully will have an MRI or xray done. We'll see.

Also, without being able to exercise, I just feel fat. Time to make another goal, and just work really hard on what I'm eating I think.

Also, I think it may be a real thing that I won't be able to run for a very long time. That being said, I need to get a gym pass and hit up swimming, and get on my bike more often. So maybe, walking in the morning for the dogs, with Eric, and then swimming/biking in the evenings. We'll see what I can end up doing. I just need to do something.

I can exercise!

But not a lot... only three times a week for one hour. It's better than nothing. Now I just gotta figure out what I want to do. I think I want to get a gym pass and run/swim at the gym. Lift weights and run at home on other days. I don't know. There's just so much I could do, and I'm not sure of what I want to do.

Also, I stayed the exact same weight through the whole not exercising thing - but felt worse. Stupid.

Anyway, no insanity for me - I might do a workout here and there, but until I can exercise 6 days a week - I can't do it. It just wouldn't be actually doing it.

We'll see what happens.