Monday, October 8, 2007

Foot and my life

It is again a hot day in Chicago i am sure many people heard about the marathon where it was so hot that they had to have a lot of cool mist zones and many many cool buses to keep runners alive...after the 18th mile everyone was asked to walk and not run. And the unlucky and very very sorry news of a young runner dying on the run.
Any way i am not a runner and i appreciate people who can run. I can walk and i can barely run after my kids to catch them but thats about it. I am not an active mom who can play tag for a long time with their kids and their friends. I was noticing my my girl friend's husband training for this marathon. And i saw him loosing weight and looking very flexible too. And his conversations about "How to eat more calories"! !Agreed Dan is a tall and slim guy to begin with and after the training he is leaner and looks younger too. And i was so tempted to get trained.
Last year i had gone to a podiatrist and a orthopedic doctor to see if i can get something corrected inside and get trained but to my surprise i was told i have planter Facitis. Oh lala....Here i am trying to fix my calf muscle and my lower bones and there i am told that i have this????
I remember my determination to take whatever that came my way to get through those 6 months. I went everywhere on crutches and then what? I had lost the entire summer and i was so weak with all the lost muscles that i practically learn t to walk in the water. I went to the pool in the month of October and i went swimsuit shopping in fall. Took all 60 sessions of PT, changed the entire line of shoes(most expensive effect of foot problem). I have been still trying to replace all the matching for all different types of clothes that I have. I can't wear normal shoes that i wear with my dress pants. I have to wear different kinds of shoes with the Indian outfits for winter and very different kind of footwear for the summer time. SO i must have two sets of collection for each season. one that will go with western clothes and one that will go with Indian clothes. If i need 5 pairs for each time the math is simple i need bare minimum 20 pairs at any given time. And then the foot and the ache in the joints. i think i am the only person which gets bothered by Nike and Addidas. I have to look for something form Asics and New balance, and so many other expensive brands. I miss my time when i could wear any kind of footwear and play a game of badminton!
I am still going through the effect of a bad summer i still can't do much of Cardio in any Gym and i still can't do power classes. So net resultis that what ever i eat i can't burn and then i have become more interested in more things to eat.
"Oh Oh i am getting into a topic where i will be writing for rest of the life".
But with the bad foot i think our body must switch off from eating or we must start a disliking for anything to eat. Well i think i have given my foot enough time to heal and now i think i must forget about it and put it to work. And this is how came a membership in a Y! I have committed to just focus on my Pranayam and my Yoga a home and get to Y early in the morning to workout with more people around me!
When i try to workout at home i have to be quiet and slow as otherwise i will be waking up the kids which might end all my plans of any kind of workout. But when i am out with other people i get charged and feel the energy. I see many younger girls working out very hard and i get motivated. SO Y here i come ! and Yoga and Pranayam etc i have to wait for my 10 yr old to come and join me in the afternoon.
"So dear, foot here is the plan i am going to forget you and work you out. Here is the plan and i am sure by the time i am at Y you will be ready to co-operate".

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