In Tuesday’s post, I was complaining about the pain in my ankles and legs from the exercises I’ve been doing on the EA Active 30-Day Challenge. I thought it was just a bit (or really a bunch) of soreness from all the jumping and running, but I found out this evening that it was more than a quick soak and a good rub down would fix. My diagnosis is tibial tendonitis, which as the name pretty much says, inflammation of the tibial tendon.

I knew something was up when I got home today, slipped off my turquoise heels and saw that my left foot looked like it had slurped up a salt lick. I’m talking huge! I had the hubs take a look at it to make sure my eyes weren’t hallucinating, and sure enough, he agreed it was abnormally hefty. So we drove to the nearest doc-in-the-box, since my regular doctor was already headed home for the day. And 30 minutes later, we left with a prescription for anti-inflammatory meds in hand and my left foot thankfully snuggled in a brace. I got strict orders to separate myself from the EA Active for at least two weeks while the tendon heals, so no workouts with Sassy Sarg for 14 whole days. I’m pretty bummed, since I was doing awesome on the challenge, but I definitely don’t want to piss the tendon off more than it already is. Plus, the doc said my right leg would copy its twin if I didn’t take a rest and do the three sheets of therapeutic exercises he sent home with me. Sigh…

I hope this isn’t too much of a set back for my weight-loss goals. I still have my food plan to concentrate on, which will be a welcome distraction from all this throbbing pain!