Error: I'm afraid this is the first I've heard of a "trackback" flavoured Blosxom. Try dropping the "/+trackback" bit from the end of the URL.
Annoying
For the past few days, my weight has been up and my daily mileage has been down.
My left shin and ankle are getting sore very quickly, so I'm only doing a mile a day. But the pattern of the soreness is like what I felt in the right shin the first week I started walking, so I hope it is a sign that the left leg is beginning to function more normally. That foot and ankle are still thicker than the right one, but they are showing more definition, so they may be flexing more now.
Walking a mile doesn't make the right leg sore at all now, which is a good sign. Once the left leg muscles get used to actually working, I'll increase the milage again.
The weight re-gain of the few pounds I had lost is annoying, but may be partly due to an increase of muscle mass. Body fat percentage is down slightly, rather than going up. This would be good in the long run: muscle burns calories better than fat. My ring fits a little better than it did at this weight previously -- another sign that I may be swapping bloat for muscle. There are a couple of pairs of jeans that are fine through the thighs and hips now, but I'll still need to lose or rearrange a few pounds of belly fat to button them.
I was trying to taper off the St. John's Wort dosage this weekend, since I'm on a mini-vacation and should be less stressed. But I'm going to put the dosage back up in case that is interacting with the weight loss and energy for exercise. Weight gain is a known side effect of depression. And the restlessness that led to the beginning of the walking happened when I was on the higher dose. If the higher dose lets me lose weight and gain muscle, I'll stay on the higher dose. St. John's Wort is cheaper than buying clothes, and much cheaper than the prescription alternatives, with fewer side effects.
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