Livin' Right

[sodascouts]

Update on my knee: it's fine! Running barefoot on carpet, and thus softening the impact, worked! I've been able to keep up with my regimen and keep on track with my weight loss. The only problem: now my feet are starting to hurt because of the lack of cushioning provided by a shoe.

Why can't this be easier???? (Just a rhetorical question, lol)

[Brooke]

No pain, no gain Soda! (or in this case-loss )

That's a bummer tho! I'm finding the older I get the more pains I get. I walk a lot and one foot starts hurting in the ball of my foot about half way through my walk. When I get home and take off my shoe it's ok. One shoulder also has a pain in it part time. I think I'm slowly falling apart the older I get. Aging sucks.

I sliced off the very tip of my little finger the other day and have been dealing with that for a week. It's healing, but slowly.

[Lisa]

It sounds like it's time for those Nike (or some other brand of preference in athletic footwear) cushioned running shoes--athletic trainers that are padded and conform to your feet protect your feet from all that impact.

About the finger--don't panic. If you take really good care of it--within the next two (or at most, three) years you'll have it back to normal. If it is a minor injury, the digit will recover sooner. The nerves can take longer to go back to working the same way as before--but they do grow back in and work again.

[Brooke]

Thanks Lisa. I do have good Nike shoes, but I'm going to try to find a pad that you put in them to help with this. (Checked it out on the net)

The finger is much better and I guess I didn't get a nerve because it is doing much better. I got something called new skin and you paint it on the wound like fingernail polish. It has really helped protect it and now I can get by without a band-aid. I have learned my lesson and will be much more careful with a knife or slicer.

[sodascouts]

Glad to hear you're healing up. That must have been scary!

[sodascouts]

I move from one ailment to the next! My feet don't hurt anymore, but one of my toes keeps cracking.

More good news about my weight though: After today's weigh-in, I was thrilled to discover that I've now lost 40 pounds! Ten pounds in just three weeks! I don't know quite how that happened as I haven't done anything differently and I usually only lose about 2 pounds a week, but it's cool with me!

I know this will inevitably slow down, especially since I'm going to shows three weekends in a row and I don't count calories when I'm "having fun." Let's just say I doubt I'll be 10 pounds thinner at the end of October!

[VAisForEagleLovers]

So happy for you, Soda!! Really! Well, except for the ailments. You know they say exercising is good for you...go figure. But I'm happy for you on the rest!

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Congrats, Nancy! Wow - 40 ibs. is very impressive - you deserve quite a few attagirls for that!

Since we don't have an attagirl emoticon, I guess I'll pick this one ...

[Koala]

Congrats, Soda,I'm happy for you!

[EaglesKiwi]

Awesome work, Soda!