225.0 lb
I did all my exercises (3 cardio 3 weight lifting) and watched my food intake carefully. I have had some major pain in my ankle this last weekend, so much that walking was excruciating. So I met with a physical therapist this week. It would have been easy to just let the ankle injury pain keep me away from the gym, but instead I turned it around and made it into something I plan to beat rather than be beaten by it. I made a mistake once before of taking time off from the gym to rest a painful heel, but a week turned to a month and I was off track for a long time after. The physical therapist informed me that my left leg is 1 cm shorter than my right leg, and I am a severe over-pronator. My feet are tight and have very little flexibility and it appears my lack of flexibility is a mechanical issue from short Achilles tendons. He put a shoe insert under just my left heel and walking is much nicer for me with it in. I also need to switch out my running shoes more frequently than I have been, every 6 months, going forward. I have a set of exercises I need to do to strengthen my ankle and leg muscles as well. Things like balance on one foot for one minute three times. If I do all this, I will be broke from buying shoes, and look goofy at the gym doing the flamingo, but I will able to run/walk comfortably. So I plan to go for it.
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Broke and goofy v. no pain. Hmmmm, what would I do? The no pain sounds great. Good job on finding out.
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