I'll admit my eating (and drinking) patterns have sucked like a Dyson as of late. Things in the Real World are going well--I just got promoted, marriage is fine, cats are cute, baseball's starting soon, etc. so I guess my addictive personality is just having fun.
My feet and ankles, however, aren't.
I get up in the morning, I have distinct ankles. Within an hour I can feel the swelling, particularly in the tops of my feet. It does seem to ease with movement, to the point that I can, you know, get my feet into shoes and things like that. I've tried elevating my feet, taking diuretics, just moving around, but nope, there are the cankles. On some days (like today) my feet get so swollen I have trouble moving my toes and I hobble. And it hurts. I worry that the tops of my feet will explode.
But does this new devilry prevent me from eating way too much processed meat and downing the demon rum? No, of course not. That would be logical and make sense and we can't have that.
But as I sit, feeling my left foot (the one that gets the worst of it) ache with held water, I know something needs to be done. Pain is generally a good motivating tool for me.
Don't feel bad or offer sympathy. I did it to myself. Now I have to undo it.
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Hey, I somehow found your blog and wanted to offer a quick few words of encouragement. Losing weight is hard!!! but I agree, between this and your previous post-it is best to do it naturally. with better eating habits and exercise. keep it up and it'll come. Hope all is well.
Hey girl!
I don't know how I missed doing this before, but I added your blog to my blog roll! Doh!
So ok, the puffy tops of your feet...been there. Cankles, yep, it still happens every day that I work too long without having them elevated.
I think the cankles are different than puffy feet tops in my experience. The puffy feet tops seem to correlate to when my liver has really acted up. So I would have to cut my protein amounts back to 60-75g a day and leave off eating red meat (or anything high in iron content) for a few days. I would also have to quit any alcohol consumption (still don't drink very often...spirits almost never and wine pretty infrequently during most of the year). It so sucks though, really.
I know you will get it figured out. Hang in there and keep on fighting that good fight!!! :hugs:
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