Some of you may remember me writing about how horrible I’ve been feeling lately. If not, I’ll just remind you that some of the symptoms included physical fatigue, mental fatigue, lack of motivation and other things that are making it very difficult for me to find energy to work out our even fight temptations dealing with my old eating habits and food addiction.
About two weeks ago after a workout and run I hurt my foot. The pain was so bad that whenever I walked through the next few days, I had to limp, and I definitely couldn’t do any type of exercise. I had to take a week off just to try to let my it recuperate. After that week, my foot felt much better but then the fatigue was so severe that I decided to take another week off from weightlifting, running, and other forms of cardio.
Coming Back From 2 Weeks Off
After taking a week off I didn’t feel any more refreshed and my body did not feel rejuvenated in any way. So I have had the last two weeks off without any exercise at all. On Saturday, I was able to get in a partial weight training session, which lasted for about an hour. Unfortunately, much of that time included my rest, and I was only able to do my three main lifts (squats, bench press, and bent-over rows). I felt great after doing the workout; my muscles felt strong and I know that if I had more time (I was rushing to get my haircut before my barber closed), I would’ve been able to complete the workout even though my body felt fatigued.
I was encouraged by the fact that I was able to lift weights despite the fatigue, and I was looking forward to resuming my normal weight training session – Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. When Monday came around I determined to go to sleep early so that I can wake up early Tuesday morning and go for a nice run, and then I planned to do my weightlifting once I got home from work.
I got in a 5 mile run this morning and I have to admit that it was grueling. If I would’ve taken a different route, I know for a fact that I would’ve cut that run short after a couple miles; but I took that route on purpose to make sure that I had to complete the full 5 miles before coming back home.
A Foot Injury May Slow Me Down
Unfortunately, I hurt my foot right after my run – well, the pain didn’t hit until after my run, but I’m sure that it was the run that aggravated the injury. It is hurting so bad right now that I know for fact I won’t be able to do my weight training tonight. So this means I am going to have to try my best wake up early Wednesday morning (this rarely happens because we have the renew show on Tuesday evening), to get in my weightlifting session.
Overall I am excited that I was able to come back from taking two weeks off and jump back into the swing of things. I know that the injury is not due to the fact that I took time off, since it was a similar injury a few weeks ago that caused me to take time off in the first place. So whatever caused my foot to hurt now is probably what caused the pain before, not the fact that I was running after about 16 or 17 days off.
If I am not able to get in my weight session on Wednesday, then I plan to go Thursday, Friday and Saturday, depending on how everything flows.
Hoping For Relief Soon
My follow-up appointment with the endocrinologist is some time in July, and he wants me to take more blood tests before I go to see him. Hopefully, we will see something in the results that will help them to make a proper diagnosis. Right now the only thing that is coming up abnormal, as I’ve stated before on the blog, is my testosterone levels being extremely low for my age (or any age for that matter). All of the things that I am experiencing are all common symptoms of low testosterone, so there may be no need for further diagnosis.
All in all, I am happy that the weight session on Saturday went well, and I am pleased that I was able to push through this 5 mile run, even though I didn’t have the energy to do so.
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