Not slowing down, on the exercise front that is.

I had a great workout on Friday morning, until my foot started killing me. I was most of the way through a 45 minute run/walk and all of the sudden my foot hurt so bad that I had to stop running. Then I had to hold the sides of the treadmill to finish off the last 4 minutes of my walk. It kind of hurt while I headed to the locker room, but twice while in the locker room I stepped in some way which caused excruciating pain. My foot had hurt since last Saturday, but never this bad. I iced it at work and took Aleve. After work we decided to take advantage of the unseasonable beautiful weather (70s instead of 90) and went to an Indianapolis Indians game. It turns out I was not the only one who had this great idea and by the time we got to the box office the only seats left were lawn seats. After quite a bit of searching we found a spot that wasn't too wet that would hold 4 adults and one toddler. We had a great time and Jay got a wonderful picture of his sister, her boyfriend, Aiden, and I. The next morning I got up and worked out. I decided to stick with the stationary bike after Friday morning's painful run. It caused me no pain during the workout. I headed to the local sports medicine walk-in clinic after my workout. I was the first patient in the door and didn't walk out until an hour later. It was a tad frustrating, but it was determined that I sprained my mid-foot. Not my ankle, no broken foot, sprained foot. I have to wear a boot until I see the Dr. The person I saw anticipated that I would be able to see the Dr within two weeks. I have an appointment for September 4th. Not two weeks. Oh, and I can do the elliptical and bicycle in the meantime. Yay! I was dreading going to the Dr because I didn't want to be sidelined. I just started this serious journey and I didn't want to have to stop already! So, this morning I got up and did my "run" on the elliptical. It was great. I haven't used the elliptical in quite a while and I forgot how many calories I can burn. I had a great 45 minute workout and burned 461 calories!!! I then proceeded to get a bagel thin breakfast sandwich from Einstein Bagels. It wasn't as tasty as I remember, but it was better for me than a bagel and schmear. I ate horribly this weekend and need to get back on track food wise. I ended up not workout out yesterday like I planned, but I got up this morning and have started my week well. I hope you are having a great Monday so far!