Slow & Steady Wins the Race :-)

1 hour on the bike, 12.75 miles.

I'm going to BEG the doctor to take this cast off at my appointment on Friday!  I need to learn how to do that smoothly shaking hands while slipping the dr a bribe thing! :-)

GOT MY CAST OFF!!  I am ECSTATIC.  My leg was the grossest thing you have EVER seen, oh my gosh, so hairy and scaly dry dead skin, blah!  My calf is so sad, all limp and no muscle!  My calf is half the size of my other and my ankle is twice the size of my other.  It is a HOT looking leg, let me tell you.

Anyway, not out of the clear yet, I got fitted for a moon boot and I'm supposed to wear that through the end of the month, though he did officially say I could ride the bike (I was kind of breaking the rules before), do range of motion exercises, and can walk more and more without the boot as the month goes on.  My next (last?) appointment is June 1, so hopefully that will be when I'm given the clear to start running again.

The xray looked good, he showed me today's vs. the first, and though its not all the way healed, you can see a lot of callus (my new word of the day) blurring up the picture, which I guess is a good sign! 

I'll be boot-goofin' for the next 3 weeks or so. :-)

well I successfully made it 5 weeks without coke zero, coffee, alcohol, ibuprofen, caffeine!! im proud. then I had all of those in 24 hours. ha. decided I could have a coke zero with lunch, then had my delicious bud light lime to celebrate the cast coming off with some friends, then had to have the ibuprofen from the headache that always ensues from having the beer! :-)

im going to give myself a break, but im certainly not going back to my old ways. theres definitely no reason for me to have 1-2 cups of coffee AND my coke zero everyday. I think only as a weekend treat now, max 1 of either (not both!) a day. I barely have the othewr two, those weren't the hard thing to give up (well, I guess the drugs when you're hurt!)

35 mins on the bike, said 10 miles. the exercise bike at my inlaws says I go a lot faster than mine!

an hour on the bike, 13 miles. haven't broken a sweat doing this yet, but I think I will soon. next week ill start riding with my shoe instead of the boot.

my calf is disgusting. how long does it take to build it back up and any good ideas on doing that besides calf raises?

my ankle is starting to feel better though, the first couple nights with the cast off I couldn't sleep because it was hurting so bad. not the break site, but just so stiff from not moving for 5 weeks.

30 mins on bike, 7 miles. was feeling sick so cut it short, but hardest I've gone yet. tried doing calf raises on one leg, and I CANT! I can't support my body weight raised on that leg. its the weirdest feeling ever.

one hour on the bike, 14.6 miles.

LOST IS THE MOST AMAZING SHOW EVER!!!!! if you haven't watched it, go get season 1 IMMEDIATELY! that was the best finale, my mind is about to explode! :-)

sad I have to wait until 2010 to find out what happens....

20 mins on the bike, 4.7 miles

day 43. hard to believe I somehow thought today I might be running again. ahhh me so stupid!! my leg is feeling much much better though, and my calf seems to be a little bigger (maybe??!!). I spent the whole day today out of the boot (which might be bad, id probably get grounded by my dr!) but I feel its coming back. I thinl maybe I could do some low low impact yoga or maybe the wii fit this week, which should help with my range of motion.

worked so hard today, digging blackberry bush roots, washing/cleaning my car to sell it, helping my friend clean, wow im exhausted so no bike today. BUT... tomorrow I am starting on operation get back in shape. I am getting pudgy and it has to stop, plus I want to prepare my body for when I can run again (at this point I can't envision that anytime soon).

sooooo, this week, min. 30 mins on the bike EVERYDAY, ideally 45-60 mins, plus yoga/wii fit as i'm able. plus pushups, situps, and squats EVERY DAY.

way to go all those racers this weekend!

failed day 1 of eating good due to some delicious banana chocolate chip pancakes husband made me, but passed day 1 of get back in shape.

1 hour on the bike, 14 miles

50 situps

15 girl pushups (im weak and ankle can't handle it yet)

30 squats

30 bicep curls

30 tricep things

20 oblique bends each side

gotta stick with it!!!!!!

1 hour on the bike, 14 miles

That's right!  Not running, but walking, but since thats a big deal right now, I'm counting it!

Decided on Thursday to be done wearing the boot, my ankle is feeling better, and now its operation get my calf and ankle joints back in shape.  So I hope thats not a huge mistake.  It's not exactly the doctor's orders but its not really against it either.  

So today I decided to try and take Cooper for a walk, we did 3 laps around the neighborhood, it probably took about 40 minutes so NOT fast, but I tried to go as fast as I could.  Running still seems impossible and it makes me depressed since i have no idea when that will be possible again. 

Went golfing today, first time in 7 weeks! (I went the day before the injury). Yippee.  Figured it was about 2 miles, plus I was carrying the golf bag.  Did AWESOME on the first 4 holes, 2 pars and 2 bogeys, then went waaayyy down hill and finished with a 58. My calf was tirreeddd and right now I can tell its really tired.  I just want my calf to be nice and strong again!  We'll see how I feel tomorrow, but if its not too tired or sore I think we'll go golfing again! 

walked 1 mile around the nh. feeling a little sore aftergolf yesterday plus painted the master all day today (yay!almost the whole house is now painted!) so I didn't want to overdo it. going to try to walk 2 miles almost everyday, maybe building to 3 depending on how I feel. then next monday is the last dr appt & xray!!!

also, id say my calfis now 3/4 the size of the other!!

walked 11 holes golfing today, but then had to walk all the way back in (getting dark) from hole 15 so it was a good bit of walking, maybe almost 3?

played bad though, nothing to write home about!

took cooper for a walk. have lots of plans for this week :-) but ill wait to detail them until after my dr appt tomorrow. last xray, my 8 weeker, when im guessing (hoping??) I get the all clear. I can't wait to know!