Movement......is it all it is cracked up to be?

To me, the answer is a resounding YES!  Try spending a very extended period of time in a boot to keep your foot mobilized.  Try having 3 foot procedures keeping you on crutches (and begging the doc to let me just walk...no depth perception makes crutches harder).  Try having an infection wreaking havoc with the healing process......and lastly being forced NOT to participate in my beloved Jazzercise for virtually 9 months.

I can honestly say, in the 17 years I have been jazzercising I have never missed more than a week due to a cold, vacation, or some malady.  This has been excruciating.  For most of this time an exercise bike was the only activity that the doc would allow but I am not a big fan, so I opted to do it very infrequently.  I could have been doing some weight work or ab work on my own, but that is why I joined Jazzercise.......I do not do well on my own!

Walking was a challenge after getting the release from the boot.  My foot did not have a lot of feeling and the muscles were tight.  I was given a stretching routine that I do use.  It does make things feel a bit less weird.  Right now, about 1/3 of my foot is still numb.  Not unexpected but still is weird.  Even the dog has been missing her long walks through the park and around the neighborhood.

I finally got off the pity pot the other day when I realized I needed to move.  I am recommitting myself to a healthy lifestyle and that most definitely includes exercise.  New Year's eve I took my first jazzercise class in months.  It hurt and I felt like a new student as most of the music I had not danced to this year but it was good.  Yes, my foot was swollen at the end of the class but a little ice and I was golden.

Sassy has been getting mini walks through the complex here.  She is finding all the old smells as new and having a blast......and most important I am wearing my pedometer (a fitbit ultra to be exact).  I have gone from getting maybe 500 steps in per day to closer to 7000 steps per day.......all without indulging in jazzercise.  I am moving toward my old goal of 10,000 steps per day and I can see it in the horizon.  

So if you are in the hood and see us meandering about the place, wave hi!  We will smile and continue down the road with a smile because we can move and choose to enjoy it all!