Maelstrom143’s BodyBlog

Well, that same evening when I got home I removed my shoes, got happy and jumped in my living room, catching the edge of my outer foot on the carpet, everting it and breaking the fifth metatarsal right below the pinkie toe. I did not think it was broken until the next day when placing weight on it was a little uncomfortable. I went to my doctor who placed me in a boot and told me in 6 weeks it would be healed.

Six weeks later, he never even did an x-ray to check, he tells me to take the boot off. Stupid me, I trusted the man and took the boot off. Almost two weeks later, my new doc in FL tells me (after getting an x-ray to check the "healed" fx) that I need to be back in the boot!

Now, approximately 15 weeks post fracture…I AM STILL IN THIS GOSH FORSAKEN BOOT!!! I saw the x-ray last week and realized the lateral view x-ray still showed a non-healed fx. I was so mad, but figured maybe I was wrong…maybe it was healed and I just did not know what I was looking at so I waited. This Monday the doctor told me what I already figured out. I am going to be getting a CT of the foot to see how far the injury goes.

So far I have missed out on 15 weeks of running/jogging, tried as hard as I could to be good and take care of my foot so I would heal and pas de chance! I am so angry right now. I am planning on requesting a consult with a specialist. I would rather get surgical repair or whatever and get on with my life. This injury has been allowed to go on long enough!

Anyway, thanks for letting me vent.

Yeah! I started running again on Saturday. It was wonderful and felt every bit as good as I remembered. We all did part jog/part walk…bad part? I was so sore I could barely move yesterday (Sunday), so I spent the day recuperating. My sons came with me on Saturday; Joe did 2 laps, Mikey did 1 1/2 laps, & David did 1 lap. We went back today and Mikey completed 2 laps w/me. Joe and David did 1. I figure at the end of the month, the kid with the most laps will have a special surprise, but I am not telling them just yet.

My goal is to get back up to 4 miles. Seeing how hard these last few days have been, I know it will take more than a month to get there, but time is on my side, as they say :-] I am truly excited!

Yeah! I started running again on Saturday. It was wonderful and felt every bit as good as I remembered. We all did part jog/part walk…bad part? I was so sore I could barely move yesterday (Sunday), so I spent the day recuperating. My sons came with me on Saturday; Joe did 2 laps, Mikey did 1 1/2 laps, & David did 1 lap. We went back today and Mikey completed 2 laps w/me. Joe and David did 1. I figure at the end of the month, the kid with the most laps will have a special surprise, but I am not telling them just yet.

My goal is to get back up to 4 miles. Seeing how hard these last few days have been, I know it will take more than a month to get there, but time is on my side, as they say :-] I am truly excited!

Well, it has been a long hard road for me these last few years, between getting close to my target weight and then having it snatched out from under me due to illness to now. I got my own back in 2006 and have continued getting better, healthier, faster since then. Yes, my joints are still shot due to high impact activities while in the Army and yes, bursitis does continue to plague me from time to time, but none of this makes me any less motivated in the long run. Now, after having lost 35-lbs and being 5-lbs from where I was in 2003, I hurt less, move faster, and have way more energy than I had during those dark, miserable years.

I may not be losing the weight quickly, but I am losing it and I intend on continuing to improve.

We are now getting ready for another move. This time out, however, we are going back to my home state, FL. I am excited and scared at the same time. I had come to believe where I was was our final move and am so at home in my workplace…I love my coworkers. They are so funny, intelligent, and just plain awesome. I cannot imagine how I would have managed to survive those months without my husband had it not been for my coworkers, parish, or my sons’ school, all of whom were there for us and never let us down. They have been my family and my port and I can only hope that our new place will be a fraction as kind to us as these people have been.

On the good side, in our new location I will have my own workout room, complete w/TV, DVD, and stereo!!! That is exciting. We will also be closer to everything, so will be able to forego using the POVs for most trips to/from schools, library, etc., which will improve our cardio and my personal run time! When you add to this the fact that I will be getting back all our stuff that has been in storage for over a year (i.e. couch, bookcases, bedroom suite, beds, clothes…) the move becomes a lot more attractive.

Oh, and lest I forget…my husband has recently become more healthconscious regarding his eating habits and so now eating at home is better than ever! I am so glad. I used to worry about his eating but did not fuss because nagging only makes things worse and sometimes may cause the opposite of what we desire. Besides, I felt that he would change things when he was ready…and he has. I am so proud of him.

Anyway, I had to bellyache a little, but overall things around here are pretty awesome and I have no real cause to complain. There are those out there that would kill to have the life I take for granted.

Well, I am once again plateauing it seems. I need help from those of you with the experience information I need.

First off, any info about natural bodybuilding is much appreciated. Any and all info is needed. I am hoping to revamp my overall plan and I think, but not sure, that this is what I have been doing all along, just need clarification.

Secondly, what works best for each of you? Arms/Abs, Legs/Trunk, Cardio…what type of breakdown do each of you subscribe to? Just looking for experiences, thoughts, brainstorming before I take the next step in transforming my old body =)

Went to the Pinetree Festival w/my family yesterday. I had an awesome day. My supervisor allowed me to leave work early, so I got home around 3 am and slept till 8:28 am. Woke up, got dressed (my hair was crappy, but oh well, was on a time crunch!) and went out with my family. My dietary intake was not all it could have been (lunch was subway…no cheese; snack was pretzel w/salt; dinner large salad and small sqaure slice of pizza; snack was 2nd slice 3h later), but I would not trade yesterday for the world. I got to "rock-climb" the wall at the festival w/my kids…it was really cool. Would love to do it on a more regular basis, but have to wait to get to FL to scout out the places available. The young man assisting us asked me if I wanted to use the easier kiddie side…but I went with the regular side and made it to the top. It felt good to see results from my workouts, even if they are small gains. My kids were so proud of me =)

Well, I am at a crossroads. When I move to FL I am thinking about getting a day job, regardless of what it may entail. I am so tired of being tired and having my workouts and meals be sabotaged by the pendulum swing of nights to days and vice versa. It is insane. I am also considering changing over to the ER and keeping M/S as a PRN. The ER’s pace is so much faster, the work environment so much more honest and open, sometimes brutally so, but it gets the mission accomplished and that is what I am all about. When you play, play hard, but when you work,do it equally well and that is precisely what I see when I see my coworkers in the ER. They are highly motivated to getting the job done and work and play equally well. I LOVE IT!

I will be updating my body stats once I get some time to deal with figuring out my appropriate body fat percentage and not the fantasy numbers the Washington Post’s calculator has been giving me. Serves me right for going the easy route…LOL. Live and learn and all that blarney, right?

Well, I guess I should not have opted for the easy to use bodyfat calculator. I have used the one on the Washingtonpost.com site since I began this blog. WELL, guess what? IT SUCKS!!!

My real bodyfat is way above what it was telling me. I found several online that are way more accurate and…THANK GOODNESS…come July or thereabouts I will have my calipers back (we will hopefully get our property back from storage…YEAH!).

Anyway, I am sorely disappointed, but no big deal. You live and learn. I will post some of the better calculators once I have enough time to mess with numbers other than to figure out medication administrations for patients. Needless to say, I am wayyyyyy further away from my goal than previously thought, although my weight is coming down =(

Well, I took Friday and Saturday off, as I was feeling run down. I took the time to read up on nutrition and decide what breakdown will work for me…it is experimental, of course, as I need to see what will work and what won’t, but I should be able to tweak things as I go. I created an excel workbook where I can log my carb to protein to fat ratios, calculate calories, grams, etc. It will be easy enough to print and carry with me and keep me aware of what I do on a regular basis.

The first day (Saturday) that I used the spreadsheet I found that I went over my fat gram allotment by 28g!!! That was crazy! I also found that I did not take in nearly as many carbs and proteins as I should have. I did a lot better today. My final numbers are:

Not bad, but not great. The LTC means Left to Count, meaning I did not fulfill my nutritional requirements today (I felt I would be sick if I had any more food…really I did!). The first number is the grams of carbs left to be eaten, the second is the number of proteins, and the third is the number of fat grams. I love having made this sheet because I can change the ratios easily and to suit me. I used the information and formulas in the articles on bodybuilding.com. The final number, in blue, is the grams of dietary fiber I took in. Thank goodness for supplementation!

Anyway, I am off to shower. It has been a very long day.

Well, today in the AM I got home from my third night shift (12h shifts). It was late, around 8:40 am or thereabouts. I got on the treadmill, did 30 minutes on level 6 and then started my regular workout. As I started the second set of the second exercise, I became nauseated and had to sit down and close my eyes. I think maybe I overdid it, being tired from a hectic shift and then running late to get home. I decided discretion may be the better part of valor and opted for stopping my workout, getting a cup of tea and going to bed.

I may need to get more rest. Too bad. I was so psyched about getting home to work out. Tonight is my 4th night and I will be going straight from this shift to a special stroke class going on from 7:30 am to 5 pm. It will mess up my schedule, but so worth it!