Wow. That's not working, either.

"Eating mindfully" turned out to be a bad idea. My scale almost screamed in pain when I stepped on it this morning.

Jeez.

So, back to counting calories. 1500-1800 a day.

As far as exercise goes, my left heel still hurts. Unfortunately, this may be a six month project getting it healed. Maybe longer since I'm on my feet for seven hours or more at work. And I pulled a muscle in my right calf last week. It's a lot better today, so I plan on trying a workout tomorrow. We'll see how it feels.

The thing I'm not good at is consistency. So, that's the thing I'm going to work on the hardest this week.

Slowly getting better

My left foot wasn't excruciating this morning. This despite the fact that I never got a break last night and so was on my feet for eight hours.

Down two pounds from last week. I'd like to be down ten pounds by the time I take my vacation from work. (Five weeks away.)

Strength trained this morning. Will probably try a walk tomorrow morning.

I'm tired (didn't sleep well last night at all) but I'm feeling more optimistic today than I have in a while. I may yet reach this goal.

Healing

The heel is better, but not completely healed. Admittedly, I haven't been taking the Ibuprofen like I should to reduce the inflammation. I did, however, get the plantar's wart cleared up. Or, whatever it was. Last night when I pulled off the dead skin, a tiny cyst came out; oval shaped. It left a nice round hole in my foot, not even a millimeter wide. I'm not entirely sure why this hurt as bad as it did (only when walking around barefoot, mind you). But, it's gone now and I put some Neosporin and a band aid on it and I hope that's the end of that.

As far as eating this week, forget it. I stopped recording my calories several days ago and I haven't exercised. Being injured and not able to run really brought me down this week. How am I going to run a race if I can't train? Granted, I still have a really big window, but I'm starting to feel like I'm running out of time.

I'll report in tomorrow. However, the goals this week are as follows:

• Eat mindfully.
• Take Ibuprofen and Omeprazole as prescribed to heal my heel and my stomach.
• Work out ask scheduled, alternating Yoga or walking with my strength training program.