Injury Report :(

after a great start…this was a hiccup.

a few wednesdays ago, after runclub, my hips were a little sore, so i went to bed with my magic bag, and woke up in the morning with it under my back. my back was super sore for a few days — and then i made it worse on saturday by moving some boxes. i either pulled or tore the muscle that connects my hip to my rib. yikes! it’s incredibly painful, and left me mostly immobilized. i went for a few treatments, but really, the experts say, only time will help it heal.

last saturday, i was feeling at 80%. the girls were coming over for some just dance on the wii! i couldn’t not bring my A-game…and after a few too many jumps and shimmies, i re-pulled the muscle. it was pretty painful, again! but it was kinda, almost, sorta worth it, because up until that moment we were having so much fun!! 🙂

during this time, i went thru some different stages with the weight watchers:

• week 1 — i was really good, since i couldn’t do any activity, i knew i better stay on track and be really careful of what i was eating. i kept doing all the right things in terms of meals, tracking, portions etc
• week 2 — i started to feel a little sad for myself, and had a couple of treats, a couple of “fun” meals, to keep my spirits up because i thought i deserved it…bad mistake!
• week 3 — i was totes off the ww entirely! i was eating fast food, had a piece of pie as a snack…if i saw it, i ate it. total disaster!

during these 3 weeks, i did 0 activity. no biking, no running, and even too much walking made my back hurt. i was limited to only gentle walking. so staying on track was really important.

i could have gone to weigh-in this wednesday, but i was so sad about the previous week, and knew my weight would be up — so i skipped. of course, in my head i promised “i’ll be really good this week, and get back on track, and weigh-in for sure next week!”. i really did myself a disservice. it’s been really hard to get back on track this week, and i feel like the weigh-in and meeting would have held me accountable and gotten me motivated.

so the plan for this week is to go back to the basics — plan and prep my meals, and ride my bike tomorrow. i guess that is the big lesson for me — hiccups and roadblocks are a part of life, so i have to learn how to manage them. i can either learn to adapt (which i didn’t in this instance), or i can recognize i have to start back at the beginning with small, simple goals to get back on track!

me grounded, after my wii just dance injury!