I was feeling very frustrated today about my weight and fitness. Jack was born 14 months ago, and I’m still carrying around 8 extra pounds.. and it hasn’t changed since January. I’ve been trying to do more exercise, but that is frustrating me as well. I have been swimming laps once a week, which I enjoy. I want to get back to running, and that hasn’t been going so well.
A few months after Jack was born I started up running again for two weeks, but quit when my knees started to hurt. I decided to try again, and have been doing everything “right”: running on a flat surface, stretching, and building up to with intervals of running/walking. Well, once again, at the end of two weeks, my right knee is hurting. It’s so frustrating. I guess I will have to go see a doctor, who will hopefully prescribe physical therapy for me. When I tore my calf muscle a few years ago, PT got my calf back into good enough condition to run again.
But maybe I’m just too old to run any more. I want to do something high impact, and running is the easiest.. all you need is a good pair of shoes, and you can go running anywhere. Anyway I’m not giving up yet!
