Fitness Check In Day 84

My last fitness check in was March 18th. Since then I dropped off my mile walks because of the plantar fascia pain that I was scared injuring myself further. To make matters worse, while the DDPY Bedflex was helping my body overall, it was making my pelvic floor super tight so I had to stop that as well for a bit. For two weeks I was not going out much or doing anything other than work and my body and mind felt it. The overall exhaustion that set in was also something I did not expect. I mean I am no stranger to feeling fatigued. IBS and gastritis have knocked me on my keester quite a few times over the years. However, this fatigue came with a storm of emotions that left me numb and with absolutely NO desire to eat, socialize or get out of bed. In the days that followed, I had more of the same with a sprinkle of rage after issues with phone company, which normally wouldn’t be anything other than frustration.

What was the cause of all this change? Hormones. I briefly touched on this in my health check in when I finally went outside on Wednesday. I even took a break for lunch to see if I could walk 1 mile but quickly felt fatigued so I came home. Thursday I forced myself to walk and did my mile. I noticed my quads and hamstrings were super tight so I took it slow and by the time I got home my legs felt like heavy anchors, but I was happy I did it.

Today I woke up with the desire and a bit of energy to hit the mat. Since my legs and back have felt tight and been in soo much pain, I did the Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for Back Pain with Rodney Yee which has helped me immensely in the past. The good thing with this routine is that there are no sun salutations, no cobra pose or anything where my arms would have to do much work which for now is good as I have lost most of my strength again there. This did help stretch my hamstrings which were SUPER tight so I felt a bit more limber…at least enough to bend down, pick up and roll my yoga mat without straining.

Then after breakfast, the exhaustion started to set in. My eyes felt heavy and all I wanted to do was go back to sleep. The only thing that was giving me some desire to get up and go was seeing the sun shining through my living room window. I want to feel the sun and wind on my face so I once again will be forcing my body to get out, get some vitamin D and get that blood moving. Maybe I will go to the park and do a motivational video, maybe a health check in with the latest that’s happened in the past two days or maybe just take pics of the water. Whatever I do, I am not going to let this day get away from me today!! Until later my Phoenixes!!! Get out and enjoy the day if you can….5 or 10 minutes at least!!!! Be Kind to yourself and remember to keep going!