My Road to Recovery: Part 5

As I mentioned in My Road to Recovery: Part 4, I grew to 213 lbs and almost had a nervous breakdown.  I still can’t run yet, but I walk much better that’s for sure.  The problem with me now is after 15 minutes of sitting, my ankle completely tightens up and I have to fight through the pain for a minute or so to get some movement back in it.  It’s very annoying, but hey I have to continue to rehab it like I once was…..can’t lie, I’ve been slacking.

I have some good news and some bad news: I am down to 206 lbs and I got there without working out, but it was from having a stomach virus and I couldn’t eat or drink anything, nor could I move without getting sick.  I feel good now, so I guess it’s all good news at this point huh?  Either way you look at it, it’s a good sign that once I am able to start working out again the weight still comes off easy for me.  It’s noticeable weight loss too, because my stomach just started looking like I was going to audition for Santa Clause this December. Phewwww……

I think this week I’ll start doing push ups and crunches and hopefully start riding a bike or something.  I think my ankle can handle a bike until I can start to put complete pressure on it to run.  Next week I plan on getting back in the gym and swimming as much as possible as well.  I also want to start doing some calf exercises so than both of my legs are identical again.  The 2 month period of no moving had my calf smaller than my shin and that just wasn’t a very good sight to see, especially from someone who have pretty nice sized calf muscles.  I’ll get it back the way I want it and there is no stopping me.

Now back to trying to become one of Philadelphia’s top sports writers/journalists…..the sports takeover is in effect, who’s going to stop me if I don’t stop myself? NOBODY!