fitnessprincess’s BodyBlog

For the past couple weeks I have really been fighting my body.  Part of me still thought maybe just maybe I could pull off a miracle and step on stage in a couple weeks.  SO I have been giving it my all in the gym.  Well, I started having a throbbing pain in my lower right leg.  Dull, throbbing.  Ugh.  Worse at night.  I thought maybe some more abuse would solve the problem so I kept at it.  Next thing I knew I had pain in the inside of my right elbow - affected my lifting objects including my backpack, Nikki, etc.  SO, I decided brightly I would lay off upper body exercises that exascerbated the elbow but keep at the legs and do shoulders, which seemed OK.  Tried chest and back but found rows and chest press just aggravated the elbow.  Ugh.  Kept at it.  Stupid.  Smart enough though to schedule a visit to my doctor.

Well, the prognosis:  tendonitis in both cases.  Cause:  overtraining.  Treatment:  lay off the gym for the next 10-15 days.  Huh????  Yep.  LOL!  Too funny because I was up at 5 am this morning working out AND I walked from my apartment to my morning meeting downtown.  OK girl time to give your body a break. 

So, it looks like my job for the next couple weeks is to focus on my diet and eating clean - yeah I hate that word too but what I mean is no mess ups - binging. 

Well, that’s all for now - have a great day! and take care of yourself!!

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