Longtime readers of this blog may remember that what started this successful effort to lose weight was the unsuccessful previous attempt to lose weight. In the summer of 2010 I had tried to exercise more and ended up with a lot of pain in my knees and ankles, which was later diagnosed as bursitis.
When I started the South Beach Diet in May, my doctor cautioned me not to try to exercise beyond walking briskly, until after I had lost 20 pounds or so, and I managed to do very well at that.
Saturday, we had a small family gathering, in which I spent a lot of time pushing children in swings or following them around. So far, so good. But . . . on Saturday afternoon, we broke out a football. We didn't really play football; rather four of us in the "over 40" set tossed the ball around, throwing occasionally to my cousin's 4th grader or my Kindergartner. But once . . . I caught a pass at the edge of the yard, and 9 year old Seth was coming for me -- so I broke and ran, dodging left and right and stretching out to really run for the first time in a long long time. It felt great. The comment was even made (and not by me) that I could really run without that extra 50 pounds.
Of course, by 10:00 that night both Achilles tendons were so swollen and tender that I could hardly walk. By morning my left knee had joined the chorus of complaints.
However, I'm happy to report that repeated applications of ice, heat and Tylenol have allowed me to walk well enough to exercise at least this morning at work. (I'll see how my morning walk goes before I commit to walking at lunch).
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