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I’ve been a bad bad girl, and a bad bad blogger.
I’ve only worked out 6 times in the last 16 days. *le sigh*
In my defense-My knees have hurt, my shoulder has hurt (dang it-the steriod shot wore off and that year old injury still isn’t better. MRI here I come to check for a tear). I’ve had migraines.
But isn’t that life? Doesn’t everything interfere? If I keep giving in to all the excuses will I ever be fit?
No.
I won’t.
Sometimes you just have to suck it up and make yourself do it.
Because if you don’t, it’s a downhill spiral. Sure, I had all sorts of excuses for why I couldn’t exercise. . . but where in those reasons are why I haven’t been watching what I eat, or drinking more water?
No where.
It’s just that when you give up on one thing, it is that much easier to give up on the next, and the next.
So today-my vow. I will exercise! Today I will at least take a walk, enjoy the nice weather, get away from the computer and do something good for my body.
There. Now to stick to it.
Jenn,
Three years ago, I had a torn rotator cuff & within two weeks it was compounded by a frozen shoulder (yes, the same shoulder). I researched and found this site http://www.brianschiff.com. Brian is a physical therapist and I bought his book for shoulder injuries.
Following his instructions (rest, ice, heat at specific times of day & then exercises), I have completely healed. Granted, it took a year of daily physical therapy (which really wasn’t that difficult) because of the complication of the frozen shoulder (which usually takes 1-2 years to run it’s normal course).
Anyway, I highly recommend him. He’s all about safety and lets you know when it’s time to see a doctor. I think he also has some info. on knee injuries as well. He deals with a lot of athletes w/sports injuries and also teaches how to prevent injuries.
I hope this helps you! Most important thing to remember w/an injury is if it hurts, stop! In this case, pain is harmful, not helpful. Don’t push yourself, it’ll only make it worse.
I send healing thoughts your way!
Lisa (lablady on Twitter)
Don’t feel too bad. I’ve been amazed at how sore I’ve been using just the first several days of the EA Active, and I’d been going to the gym for several months prior to using the game. Glad to see you’re not throwing in the towel, though