Burn, Baby, Burn

Leaving my job at Curves may have been the best thing I have ever done for my health. I woke up this morning and I can truthfully say that my heel pain is better than it has been for a very long time. I guess standing up for 4-5 hours a night was not helping my Plantar Fasciitis and Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome. I even worked out to Sweatin To The Oldies 4 yesterday without any heel pain. Things are looking up for me and my foot issues. I think I am going to do something I haven't been able to do for months and months which is workout two days in a row. When I finish this post I am going to go inside and crank up Disco Sweat which is one of my all time favorites.

It's amazing how easy it is to stop exercising. Why is that? Excuses come and I embrace them. "Oh, I can't workout today because of my heel pain" or "I can't workout today because I don't have the time" are two of my recent favorite excuses. Why is it so easy to stop doing something that has so many health benefits? You would think that knowing all I know about exercise that I would continue doing it no matter what. But no! I was busy thinking up excuses not to do it. Well, I'm done with that now. No more excuses for me. Hear that Richard?

I am going to take my time getting back to the track. Outside power walking is extremely hard on my heel and I don't want to set it off again but that's no reason to sit on my butt and not workout at all. I have large collection of workout DVDs that will raise my heart rate and make me sweat. I have enough Richard Simmons' DVDs to use a different one every day and that's what I'm going to do.

I used to say that I exercised every day because it gave me a calorie cushion. If I worked out hard for an hour a day I could pretty much (dare I say it?) eat what I wanted within reason and not gain weight. I want that cushion back and not hanging off my butt. I'm going to get back to exercising each day starting with cardio. I actually do yoga almost every day anyway but I need more so I'm cranking up my DVD player until my foot is completely healed (or heeled LOL) and then hopefully get back to the track soon. Maybe I'll go one day next week if I am still feeling good but for now, today, it's Disco Sweat in my living room. Burn, baby, burn.

So I'm back baby and it feels great.

OK, Now I'm Pissed Off

Ok, so I weighed in yesterday and it really sucked. It's amazing how easy it is to gain 10 pounds. It's also amazing how long it takes to lose 10 pounds. My eating habits have been horrific and exercise has been basically nonexistent because of this damned heel.

Now I'm pissed. I got off the scale and ran into the living room and did one of my very favorite Richard Simmons videos, Disco Sweat. I made sure to stretch the hell out of my heel when I was done. I definitely felt the pain an hour or so after I was done but I did it and that's all that matters. Now I just have to keep it up and watch my food. Ah shit! Watching my food. My two least favorite words in the english language are PORTION CONTROL.

Now that the Fab Four are seriously talking about a reunion in LA in March I'm going to really work hard to get the 10 pounds that I gained off before I go. I know I can count on my fellow fabbies for motivation. Besides, I would not want to show up at Slimmons to see Richard with extra weight on. That in itself is enough to get me off my ass and do this. Well, I gotta go now and get off my ass and do this.

The Fab Four at Slimmons last year