Over 200 Club New Year New Body Part 6

good morning...

I have not been on the board for a while, since last week, my son (4 y/o) got sick over the weekend and i started to feel what he still has..a sinus infrection, headach, sore throat...your average cold and congestion...

check in for yesterday;
calories: not sure, wasn't really eating or counting
water: 2 cups
exercise: if you count to and from the restroom, if not, then nope
proud: i checked in today
this weeks challenge: i made stuffed cabbage leaves over the weekend and it was very tasty...this is before i got sick..now when i look at them in the fridge...not so appealing

i will try to check back later..if not..

Have a wonderful day!

To the girls that chimed in on my painful exprience with C25K THANK YOU!!!:flowerforyou:

JLB- My running routine is M-W-F. I dont normally work out on the weekends at all unless I get annoyed at home and want to get away and T- TH I do strength training. Do you think thats over doing it? Im giving the running a day in between like it says to in the program...I dont want to quit for a week to heal because I am afraind I wont come back to it, but I also dont want to hurt myself to the point where I CANT do it. Today is a running day and I am still in so much pain. I am going to take some advil and still do my run but if I feel like this again tomorrow I may just have to rethink this 'project'.

To all- I am mentally struggling with this again. I tried on my size 18s that I have hung on the closet door as motivation and they still are no where near fitting. I thought 20lbs would do it but I guess not. :grumble: :brokenheart: I was really dissapointed that my clothes all still seem to be the same size (a little looser but I havent moved down a size) My journey is to eventually lose 100lbs, but for the moment Im only focusing on losing the first 50lbs, and even that seems daunting. I need some kind of re-motivation :sad: Usually watching the biggest loser is so inspiring to me, but they cancelled it for the stupid olympics...I didnt know it would impact me this much to miss it

Ok sorry to ramble just needed to have a quick vent

Cris

Cris -- I can only speak from personal experience & the tiny bit of research I did to make the decision I did for myself. I don't think you should run if you're experiencing a lot of pain. I think you should go with low impact exercise only until your knees feel 100% better. Biking is good, swimming if you have that option, upper body cardio only (punching is a great workout!), and only light strength training involving your knees (I wouldn't do squats or leg presses or the like until there is no pain).

I don't know if your pain is the same as mine. Mine started as a bit of soreness around the knee. I pushed through it for at least 2 weeks but it progressively got worse and worse until I was literally running in tears before I realized what I was doing was idiotic. I've also read it's a pretty bad idea to take pain killers right before you run because if something starts hurting that severely, you NEED to know about it and you need to stop running at that point. I think it's okay to take anti-inflammatory type pain killers *after* the run to help with any pain/soreness and inflammation. If the pain is coming from arthritis or another known and closely monitored pain-causing affliction OTHER than injury, then I could see a doctor recommending mild painkillers before the run. But you didn't suffer with this much knee pain before you started running, right?

I felt like my knee pain was a pretty classic overuse injury (I'm not 100% sure which one) and everything I've read about any overuse injury (runner's knee & others) says treatment #1 should be to *decrease* the amount of running you're doing (so you may not have to stop altogether -- just try running 1-2 days a week and see if it helps and then go back to 3 days a week). But, I don't know if you have "runner's knee" or something else. If you do think it's runner's knee, crosstraining (the biking I do, for example) is a great way to combat runner's knee because I think the cause of runner's knee is that your leg muscles aren't supporting your knee properly. Strengthen the leg muscles & you have fewer knee problems. Icing your knees after a run, like mstahl suggested, may help.

Another thing that you HAVE to do that I wasn't doing before when I was having so much knee pain is STRETCH and stretch well. Warm up, stretch, run your intervals, then COOL DOWN (5 minute walk), and stretch stretch stretch again. Stretch hammies, calves, quads, I even stretch my torso and arms. It may seem tedious or pointless but I seriously haven't had a single problem associated with running since I began stretching properly before & after my runs. Important note: Never static stretch cold muscles, you could pull/strain them. That's why it's important to warm up, and then stretch, and then do your exercise.

One more thing I see mentioned time and time again in running articles is to be sure your have properly fitting and properly padded running shoes. I was lucky enough to find a pair of Asics at a discount shoe warehouse that fit me perfectly & were wonderfully padded. I've racked up quite a few miles in them since September, though, so I know soon it'll be time for a new pair (OMG, having to buy atheletic shoes more than once every 3 years?! wtf :laugh:).

Again, this is merely my opinion based on my own experience, but I think if you ignore your body and push it too far, you could seriously injure yourself. Sorry this is so long, but it'd be great if others could learn from my mistakes! :laugh:

Links:
C25K recommendations for knee pain:
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_5/194.shtml

Another random article about runner's knee:
http://www.drpribut.com/sports/spknees.html

Hey gals. Trying to catch up with all of you! This is challenging!

Cris - congrats on the new neice! and dont fret too much about your jeans. you're doing better than me! Try taking your measurements instead.

Momma - deep fried asparagus...now, I'm a big asparagus fan, but that I've never had! I dont know if I even want to try it, then I probably wouldnt be able to put it down! My favorite way to enjoy asparagus is tossed in olive oil with a bit of salt and garlic powder, roasted in the oven. Mmmn, so good.

Jen - Hope you feel better soon, this weather has been making everyone sick.

Positively Me - I hope you feel better!

Everyone else - Great job and keep it up! We can do it!


Check in for yesterday

Calories: Spot on
Water: yes
Exercise: nope
Proud: Proud I resisted the call of chips and salsa at 10pm last night. I remembered how yummy dinner was and instantly forgot about my craving.

Psyched about going to the gym today (even though I'm a little tired.) School was cancelled this week (I go to UAHuntsville in Alabama....we had a mass shooting last week, unfortunately which is why classes are cancelled.) so I'm able to take off work at an earlier time and hit the gym. I used to read posts on these forums about what annoyed people at the gym most..I never used to get mad but recently! :mad: :explode: :explode: :explode: Why are there so many idiots at the gym!? Taking MY machines up! Sitting there and talking on cellphones! Getting in my way and only doing 5 pounds on the leg press! The workers at the gym say it will die down after all the people give up on their new years resolutions...I hope they're right. I'm so irritated and if one more person breaks one more of my elliptical machines I'm going to go crazy! Blargh! Okay, rant is over. :bigsmile:

awestfall started a new post here it is

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/82063-over-200-club-new-year-new-body-part-7?page=1#posts-1125723

jlb- thanks for your post, very informative and full of great advice. I really really appreciate your input because I know you went through this recently.

Hey Cris, we moved. We are on part 7

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/82063-over-200-club-new-year-new-body-part-7?page=1#posts-1125723