My Journey With Weight Loss – Taking Care of My Feet

This past Friday I got together with two good friends for lunch. One of them I saw a little over a year ago (when I was 40lbs heavier) and the other I hadn’t seen in nearly 3 years. The latter asked me what my farthest run has been and I advised 16k. He then asked if I was lifting weights and I said yes but for toning not bulk. He said he could tell because of the caps on my shoulders. He congratulated me on how great I look. That was enough to make that luncheon very gratifying.

If you recall back in October I talked about developing a very painful corn on one of my toes (I still can’t believe how painful that was). The podiatrist advised me to start wear a rubber toe sock to keep the knuckle on that toe from rubbing (my husband refers to my toe sock as a leprechaun condom) and boy has it worked. I always wear it when I am working out and the corn is completely gone.

The 2nd thing the podiatrist recommended was that I replace my running shoes. This irritated me because the ones I currently wore still had a good 8 months worth of wear on them. But then, as luck would have it, my husband found a New Balance outlet store in the US. He was able to get me 2 pairs of the recommended models of NB and even with exchange we probably saved $60 doing it that way. My previous shoes I plan to take to our condo in Mexico so I have good running shoes down there. I figure since we are only there for a few weeks at a time then they should be good enough. Besides, I’ll get at least a couple years of wear out of them by not using them so much.

Taking care of my feet is extremely important to me. Not only in terms of keeping them in shape for running (trust me you want your feet to feel good when you work out) but to watch for any cuts or ulcers. With the loss of my brother’s leg due to an infected diabetic ulcer that wouldn’t heal, I am extremely cognizant of checking my feet. I do it each morning before I put my shoes on, thoroughly inspecting the soles and in between all the toes. Other than the corn I haven’t found any issues and with my glucose levels kept at a pretty normal level I am not at high risk but better be safe than sorry.

One other thing I do though I admit it is mainly for comfort, once I am home for the rest of the day off come the shoes and on go slippers. As a matter of fact I kind of resent it now when I have to wear shoes for more than a few hours. May become a bit of an issue if the world ever goes back to normal and I spend more time out of the house than in it.