Hello everyone!

I went to the doctor the other day to get my ankle and knee looked at and the good news is: Nothing broken!

I just have a really bad sprain in my ankle and my knee is less major, even though it's hurting more.  It never hurt to walk on it, just to touch it.   So, the main concern (so I can at least do my cardio) is that ankle.  Even when that feels better, I am not going to jump right into Dance Cardio.  I have weak ankles, I have injured them several times before.  I tried going back as hard as I was before and it had consequences. 

I actually miss my workouts and I am finding this whole ordeal frustrating.

I find it frustrating not because I am bored, but I don't want to undo all of my progress.  I feel my fatigue coming back, and speaking of that, I got some blood work done at the doctor while I was there.  I wanted to rule out diabetes, thyroid issues, anemia, etc.   I also was worried about why in the 3 weeks I was working out, that NO weight was lost.  My doctor is curious about this too, as a woman of my size should be melting at this point, eating what I am eating and working out like I am.

So, I have still been doing crunches and arm workouts, but it really feels lacking. 

Here's to me getting better and finding out what is going on with me. 

Tried Zumba...

Hello everyone!!!!




Well, remember the Zumba DVDs I borrowed? Turns out, I gave it a shot today and I have um... Mixed feelings about it.


It is a fun workout, and fairly low impact. Low impact actually literally means to always have one foot on the ground, it has nothing to do with intensity.  However, despite the low impact, the leg movements involve a lot of twisting of my legs which my knees really did not like!


So now I sit here, with sore knee joints, which did NOT happen when I did Tracy dance. Even though that involves jumping all over like a fairy on catnip, I never had knee issues (probably because of the shoes, but I used the SAME shoes on Zumba!).


I guess I will try Zumba again tomorrow, just to see if today was just a fluke or if my  knees really aren't into it.  If that's the case I will just stick with TAM dancing.


Any Zumba-doing readers- any tips for the knees to not hurt so much? Have any of you experienced this yourself? Tell me about it!




I hope you all had a great day- the weekend is almost here!