I've been pretty absent this week, but I just figure you guys can only hear so much about my nasty foot/blister. I haven't worked out at all this week because of the stupid blister. I have felt REALLY guilty about it all week and honestly kind of disappointed. I set up this whole schedule on Sunday of how I was going to work out in the morning and then try and get a class in, and I haven't been able to do it at all :-( My blister is STILL super duper mega ouchy, but on top of it I have the Diva Dash with my mom next weekend that I want to make sure I am able to do. I don't want to push myself into working out too soon and make it worse and then not be able to participate next weekend/have a really miserable time trying to participate next weekend.
My blister is looking better which is awesome, but it feels like it's cracking every time I take a step which is not so awesome. I know I should be riding the bike or doing some other form of cardio to stay in shape, but I REALLY hate riding the stationary bike! They would make me do it during physical therapy for my knee and it was the most boring thing ever! And since then I have always hated it, and can never bring myself to do it. I'm also worried that curling my foot to keep my foot on the pedal would be really ouch to my foot, but I guess there is only one way to find out!
In other news I went to the chiropractor for the first time ever yesterday. A girl I worked with referred me to her chiropractor because she loves him and said he is really gentle. It wasn't nearly as scary as I thought it might be and he was really gentle... But I really wasn't all that impressed. I don't know maybe I just expected too much, but I really don't feel that much better. My walking does seem to be a little bit better and I don't feel it on the outside of my foot as much, so I definitely feel improvement there, but in my hips/back nothing feels better. I also didn't like/didn't feel that it was very professional that he tried to sell me his diet products that he also sells. It was more of him just hinting at it, but still. He didn't even ask about my diet or my lifestyle he just immediately went into how he finds that if his clients have a better diet they have less issues. He also kind of treated me like I was just a whiney baby and said that most runners just need to learn blister management. Well gee thanks mister! If it was just a damn blister I probably wouldn't of been in your office, but since my hip/knee/ankle were hurting plus the outside of my foot was killing me I was pretty sure something was going on! Plus the fact that when those aren't hurting I don't get blisters. And even if I was just a whiney baby you're getting paid because of it so be happy about it and don't treat me like an idiot!
He wants me to go back tomorrow so he can see how his adjustments held, so we'll see if I like him any better tomorrow. He does seem to really know a lot, and he is gentle, and he is really close to my work so those are all pros, but since it may cost me a mini fortune to be going to the chiropractor I am going to make sure I spend it at one that I like. Pretty much the only real big plus from it was that he has a scale in his office (because of his diet stuff that he sells) so I weighed myself there and the scale said 115.4 woot woot!! That was with all my work clothes on so I'm guessing without them I am about 112 which is in my normal happy range :-) Either I took on some serious water weight from it being "that time of the month" or the scale at the gym is off. I was definitely happy to see that number yesterday though! I'm not really all that worried about "the number" on the scale. Of course I wouldn't be opposed to it going down (105 is my dream weight ) I am really more concerned about my measurements, as long as I'm losing inches I don't care what the scale says.
Happy almost Friday!! I hope your week hasn't felt as long as mine!
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