injury log

Sooooo my shin splints came back. I was icing them the week before, just to be safe...then on Monday, they were a bit on fire. Then on Tuesday, I jumped on the treadmill, and then jumped off. They were pretty painful. It's only in the my left leg. I've been using the elliptical the rest of the week. I feel like they are at a very neutral point right now...not really healing...but not getting worse. Hopefully the elliptical is fine...every once and awhile I can feel them on it, but I will just adjust my stance and it's fine. The floor work is fine for the most part, and so is the rower. The only move that I had to adjust was doing a step over on the bench. When I stand up on the bench and then step down onto my left leg it hurt really bad. Which makes sense, because it hurts going down stairs sometimes right now too.


I'm going to startline during my break today to get new shoes, hopefully that's the magic ticket. And the trainer today said I should try exercises too...standing on a book, curl a towel with my toes. I should be more diligent about that...and freaking stretch too, as always.


In other news! I lost 10lbs on my whole30 last month. I'm stuck at a 155 right now...I really want to get down to at least 150. I'm trying out a cheat meal a week, whole30 rest of the time thing. But last night I had a Guinness and like 1 4 small cookies. Uggg. I swear I was slow at the gym because of that, is that possible??!?! So far it hasn't been uber successful...but this weekend will be a test. I don't have one planned...I REALLY don't want to cheat :(

injury update

My knee felt better yesterday than the day before, and this morning it isn't too bad either. I iced it all day yesterday, and though it was a little off last night, I didn't feel the need to ice which is good. I feel like I'm able to walk normally now too. I can still feel something, but it doesn't feel like I'm straining that something. if that makes any sense at all ha! I took a break from OTF and it was AWFUL. I was so freaking bored. But it's worth it to not f up my knee or something...I guess. Grumpy cat.


On another note, my mom sent me this article. And I am so pissed. What's wrong with the world!??! It makes me so frustrated. That people can just lie about what's in products, what's the point of having agencies that protect us if they can get away with shit like calling sweetners "natural flavoring". But the shit that's in your products on the label ya ass holes.


Anyway...I need to adjust my attitude ;)
UPDATE: I took 4 days off, and my knee was back to normal! Yay!

injury update

I haven't been blogging a ton lately, but I'm day 17 on a Whole30 and I feel great! I signed up for this program through work insurance called PreventNow. I have been tracking food and weighing myself every day. Not sure how psychologically damaging it is...but it's interesting to see my weight! Feb 9th, first day of Whole30 I weighed 164...today, Feb 24th I weighed 155. So 9lb lost in 16 days! Probably all inflammation though from taking out shit!


I have been having some issues with my knee this week, and I'm SO bummed. I moved some boxes over the weekend, that's the only thing I can think of what could have caused it. I woke up Monday morning with my knee feeling super weird...not really hurting but just out of place.
Monday: Woke up with the weird feeling, workout for the most part was fine I think? Towards the end of the day starting feeling it a bit when I walked.
Tuesday: We did step ups, over bench to other side, this definitely did not feel great. It's when my leg was weightless that I could feel it. Rowing also wasn't super pleasant, so I just did like half a row sometimes, just bending my knee a bit. Walking at work didn't even feel great, so that was a bummer. Stretching before bed was a little scary, it hurt a bit to touch my toe, just kind of felt like I was doing something I shouldn't be, is the best way to describe it? But felt OK after, so I'm not sure what's right or wrong. A good way to describe it is that it feels inflamed, but visually it's fine. The location seems to be deep in the back right, maybe? It's so hard to tell.


Wednesday: Running for first few steps hurt a bit, but went away during entire run. The first few floor moves were ok, but I did my first burpee and my body screamed. It was the jumping back up from the push up part that made my knee freak out. It didn't feel right for the rest of the time. So in the car I cancelled my next two workouts, even though it was tough to do so. I freaking love these workouts. Stretching afterwards didn't feel awesome, again felt like I was doing something unnatural, but I still think it's good to do that too.


I've been icing on and off each day at work and at night, and I also am wearing my extra cotton knee brace thing during the day at work today. It feels way better so far today. So maybe the key will just be nursing it back to health.


I would love to still go to work gym tomorrow and Friday and do some upper body stuff, but J is coming back so we'll see if I'm motivated to!


On an interesting note. I ordered some Good Earth Sweet and Spicy tea...and then started researching the ingredients. And was so sad to find out that they don't disclose what the "Natural Flavoring" is. Which is a huge bummer. I went into a black hole of scary articles and theories...but in the long run, this is what it comes down to. The FDA definition:


The definition of natural flavor under the Code of Federal Regulations is: “the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional” (21CFR101.22).