Having to get up a half an hour earlier than normal is actually harder when you have OA. Yeah, that's been a nasty surprise the few times I've had to do it, today being one of them. To top it off the temperature dropped suddenly so the barometric pressure is also playing havoc with the swelling in my knee. Anyway, enough whining.
Yesterday I was consistent with my goals and run-commuted about 4km to home, then walked another kilometer with my daughter from her after school care. Then I was crazy ambitious and did the Iron workout from the Livestrong Stronger program. While I find the host a little corny he is motivating and being told over and over "you can and you will" keeps me pushing through the workouts. While I snacked more than I should have in the evening I still didn't go over my calorie goal for the day-yay! Little victories, little victories.
So what's in store for today? Well, I got up super early to make sure I could leave work early to get my daughter and her dancing friends to their dance practice for 4pm. After that I'm not sure what to do. I can be lazy and chill either at the sports center or I can go home and put my feet up. My actual plan is to get changed at the sports center and then drive to a trail network close by and see what I can cover in the 45 minutes or so I'll have before I pick them up again. That's the plan in my head. My knee is strongly favoring a day off but I'll try to squash that before I leave work.
So am I "back to normal?" so to speak? No, as long as I have searing, stabbing pain in my bad leg I don't think achieving normal will ever happen. This is my new normal. If I can get out and run like I want to I'll chalk that up to success, even if it isn't 25km and is only 5, it's better than nothing at all. The way I've come to see it is that my bad leg is going to hurt all the time. It just does and I'm learning to accept that. It doesn't matter if I don't exercise or if I do, it still hurts. It's just a question of how long and how bad it will hurt. Ice and ibuprofen work wonders for that. Now try and tell that to my husband who has a father with psoriatic arthritis and has been told his whole life to become sedentary to avoid further pain and suffering. Old versus new medical advice butting heads. As long as I don't whine around my husband about my pain he seems to not make any comments about me exercising or running...which actually kind of sucks since the place I could use the most support is at home. I know he doesn't want me to hurt myself further but becoming an obese couch potato isn't who he married. My 9 year old though is awesome. When she sees me pushing through a workout at home she will say cute little things like "You can do it mommy!" or "Keep going mommy!" It makes my heart burst with love and appreciation. So I'll take what I can get.
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