My Journey With Weight Loss – Helping Myself Heal

I check my website daily just to see how many people are viewing it and where they are from. I was a bit shocked yesterday to see 3 views from China. I noted these views were all from a search engine and not from my FB page. Well I hope the search they did was weight loss and that my posts are helpful.

My workouts so far this week have been frustrating. First of all the rain has hit here on the west coast of BC. For those of you not familiar with this area we will now get months of rain. This has meant I am back to using the treadmill which I hate. Add to that I am following the doctor’s orders and only doing ”gentle” walking. It kills me when I look at my Fitbit app and see how little I have done. I have to remind myself that letting my toe heal will allow me to get back to my normal routine.

There are a few other things I am doing to help the healing process. I have booked an appointment with a podiatrist which will happen in 2 weeks. I am also using a foot bath with epsom salts everyday. Today I woke up and realized my toe hurt worse than it normally does so I opted to skip my walk. I know that I need to help myself heal and whatever backward slide this means for my fitness I can make up that ground when things are better.

I also want to recognize that today is Truth and Reconciliation Day here in Canada. Truth is for the past and learning and recognizing what colonialism did to our Indigenous people. Reconciliation is about the future and the changes we can make to support our Indigenous communities. As such, I am wearing my orange shirt to symbolize the importance of this day. I will also be drumming at 2:15 this afternoon to remember the 215 unmarked graves found in Kamloops this year at the site of a former residential school.