Thursday, September 20, 2012

Trying to right the wrongness...

Lately, I have not been feeling well. :( During this last leg of Insanity I have found that I'm not able to keep up the way I was and its starting to feel like I have lead weights strapped to my legs. I don't know if this is normal or if this is what comes along with being so obese while doing a high impact workout. Some this is wrong with my left foot, my lower back to the left side, and my knees. I'll give you the skinny on each...

-Foot: I have a sharp stabbing pain in the center of my foot. Wrapping it made it hurt worse. Elevating it has done nothing. Ibuprofen doesn't help. Stretching it doesn't either. It hurts like a bitch. And it's random as hell. It doesn't bother me when I'm working out but burns when I'm sitting or walking normally.
-Back: It feels like I slipped a disk combined with sciatica. I've had my back go out before, slipped disks, and pinched nerves. These are all old problems that spawn from a horseback riding injury. They have always been amplified because of my weight. Now that I'm doing something to take the weight off and it's blowing up in my face.
-Knees: They get sore. (Obviously thats going to happen with nearly 75 lbs of unnecessary weight on them, but shit!) Not only that, they creak/grind/crunch. I actually took a video on my cell phone of me just bending and flexing my knee and it sounds like someone is grinding their teeth. I'm worried I'm wearing down my cartilage. I don't know if that's possible in only 2 months but it still scares me.

I am looking into a comprehensive wellness center for treatment and am going to call tomorrow to see if they accept my insurance. I hope I can be seen before I start Insanity over again in 2 weeks. I don't want to go and find out that I need to rest for a week or some shit and totally fuck up my progress. I don't really want to take it easy or slow either. That will just whittle down any endurance or strength that I have gained since starting my diet and exercise routine. Plus, I know resting on my ass, diet or not, will just start retaining weight again and that prospect sucks!

Besides those things, I think I might not be getting enough fiber or something is wrong with my plumbing. (TMI WARNING) Earlier today when I was peeing, my right side started hurting. Like a dull stabbing pain. Now it's just sore. And I'm also having some difficulty with #2 but that's gross and I don't want to go into detail about taking a dump. I just feel super bloated and nauseous and like I can't get everything out. It sucks and makes me feel like I'm carrying around 15 extra lbs.

I just generally feel like crap right now, when I should be feeling really good about myself. I have lost a tremendous amount of weight for such a short time and I feel like I can't enjoy it because something or other always hurts. It's a little discouraging.

I'm not going to give in though. I just want to get help and get all this crap fixed so I can carry on with my life and my weight loss. I guess it's just another obstacle I have to conquer. I know getting fit and healthy isn't easy. I just wish is wasn't so damn hard.

This is how I feel right now...

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