It's been a rough couple of months, I won't lie.

Between what turned out to be a major injury - I pulled two muscles, the name of which I cannot remember, but they connected to my groin, around my hip, and, I'm not kidding, I also pulled my butt muscle - and a big new job in addition to my big current job, working out has been all but impossible. At least consistently. I'd start, get sore, or busy, and stop. And start again. I did as much as I could, but it's been hard.

Lots of icing, stretching, Advil, etc., has helped.

Finally, though, the hip pain has subsided. It's still present in the immediate moments after I work out - I did my first three-mile run since I injured myself and it was tender enough right after that I worried I'd done more damage to myself. Alas, I'm fine. I'm seconds away from some stretching and icing so I can run again in the morning. And hopefully the morning after that, too.

The biggest change, and there are more on the way, has been the job. I work about 12-14 hours a day and the last place I want to be is a computer. And not being able to work out has contributed to about five extra pounds and a lot of bloat, stress and lethargy. I've been careful about my diet, but there is only so much a gal can do when she can't exercise, and I wasn't about to exist on 1000 calories a day just so I could keep from gaining.

Hopefully very soon I'll be back to regular blogging here, and combined with being able to get back in the gym and on the road running, I imagine my mood will improve, too.

Posted by Erin at 09:38 PM | filed under: Random