Roadblocks

It seems every time that I really start exercising again and amp up my effort I get some type of injury.   It almost always involves my back and it is not fun.  Three years ago after our children came home and our adoptions were complete I went though a bit of a post-adoption depression (kind of like postpartum depression)  I gained at least 20 lbs in those first six months.  So when I finally decided enough was enough I started full force with my Ti-Bo videos.  Crazy punching and kicking along with lifting two heavy toddlers and being really out of shape landed me on bed rest using a walker for over a month.  Not fun, not fun at all.

My back has done much better and though my pregnancy with my daughter I felt great.  She is now a year old and just in the past month have I really started exercising again.  And guess what?  The back problem rears its ugly head again.  Ugg, I have been to the chiropractor weekly and it is not improving.  He things it may be a bulged or herniated disk which is not what I want to hear at all.  So next week I am off to a new doctor and a possible MRI.

There are moments when I feel like I want to use this as an excuse,to  be lazy and not be as disciplined about my eating.  But will that solve my back problems?  Will that help me loose weight? No.  I may not be as active as I would like to be right now but I can still move (no walker thankfully!) and I can make good choices about what I put in my body.  It is all about doing the next right thing, and not giving up.