Back pain, maintaining and summer vacations
I have been in quite a bit of pain since my business trip in late June. I had figured it was from not working out for a week and being on the road for a week. Now I am not so sure. I went to the doctor last week and am going in for X-rays this week to see what is going on. It’s terribly frustrating to be in pain when I try to tie my shoes. I was initially diagnosed with pelvic asymetry, but I am starting to doubt that diagnosis. I was told by the physical therapist that my back is locking between my L5 and S1 disk. I have the feeling that is the root of my problems. It was also suggested by my doc that I could have arthritis in my back, which would be a HUGE pain in my ass. I don’t want to have to live the rest of my life with pain in my back…
I have been just maintaining the progress that I had made this spring/early summer. I have been ok with this even though I think sometimes that I have been settling. It’s such a huge sacrifice to eat clean and not drink alcohol over the summer. It has been a task this summer more so than others. I have had some huge stress from work and a bump in the road with the wifey and I tend to lean on the bottle to help me shut my mind down. This does nothing for my waist line that’s for damn sure!
I have been on vactation for the last 10 days or so and I feel a bit reinvigorated. I haven’t had a full weeks vacation in well over a year, and it was long overdue for sure. I feel ready to get some hard work done at the gym and the office. I am going to be going in a little later to work so I don’t feel the need to be rushed at the gym and skip my abs or cardio depending on what time I get to the gym. I will get there at the same time in the morning, but I will stop worrying about what time I get out and just stay later at work. I really think lifting 5 days a week and doing abs and cardio after each workout is really going to help me get my body to the next level that I want.
My son goes back to school after labor day. We have one more trip planned for the summer that weekend which I think we will have some food that is less than desireable for a clean diet. I am getting back to a clean diet starting tomorrow. I will get warmed up I suppose before I get serious about staying on my diet. It is always much easier when the kids are in school to stay on a set schedule. I hate to say I am actually looking forward to fall. It has always been my least favorite season, but I am really starting to realize that I need to be on a schedule, and it’s damn near impossible to be on a schedule when the kids are out of school.
