{"id":16263,"date":"2024-01-05T08:47:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T13:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sxysadist.com\/MainSite\/?p=16263"},"modified":"2024-01-05T08:53:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T13:53:30","slug":"still-chugging-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sxysadist.com\/MainSite\/?p=16263","title":{"rendered":"Still Chugging Along"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So – dang I am still having a fair bit of pain from the sciatica, but I think I am having some success with acupuncture. I’ve been seeing a great Dr for a couple of weeks now, and it is at least no longer getting worse and most days, by the end of the day, I am not in as much agony as I had been, soooo I’ll take it!! \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am still having trouble hitting my treadmill as much as I like unfortunately and I am trying to find the balance between keeping up with my morning gym routine and giving my body space to heal. Although, I am not sure that inactivity would do this any good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been cutting back on running and doing more bike workouts, which seem to be better at not hammering away at that sciatic nerve. I foolishly \/ excitedly bought myself an inexpensive rower right before Christmas and was looking forward to hitting that as a full body workout this year, but thus far my left glute has not been liking that idea much yet – lol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did however add a 5 day per week dumbbell strength training routine followed by daily stretch routine that I am really enjoying, through an app on my phone called Habit Nest. I am a month in and I really love it and I am already starting to feel \/ see some positive changes. Strength training has long been one of those things that I know I should do, but I just had trouble making myself find a routine that worked – but I think this is the one. Yay! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also wanted to share these stats in the infographic on the left that I got this week from iFit (my treadmill and bike workout folks). 617 workouts – 1079 miles and over 23 thousand feet of elevation (plus the AT ha!). Woohoo! I knew I had done a lot last year but dang! This feels a bit brag worthy. <grin> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All that said – when you ask for an appt and I tell you the earliest I have is noon or 1p – that’s because I am hitting the gym for a cardio workout and then doing 90 mins or so of strength training and stretches – every morning – 5 days a week! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And finally, I promised you some pics of the most recent hair color play session I had with help from my favorite 20 year old. \ud83d\ude42 I took a few selfies while waiting on a new client – (who I had a REALLY good time with by the way) Ohh and I LOVE these new pants – they are butter soft and so comfy! I hope you enjoy them! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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