Statutory Warning: Ranty post ahead!

Ok, now I’m really battling the funk. I just don’t. feel. up. to. anything. Period.

My feet are swelling again. And when I get up from my chair at work, the stiffness in my ankles hurts me, and my knees too! I figured that rice causes my feet to swell, and am staying off rice, for the most part. But the more I realize it’s doing me harm, the more I want to eat it! Self destructive, eh?

Last evening I was dying to get home from work, as my mind was refusing to focus on work, and my body felt very tired. I went home and ate some rice ( about ¼ cup) with liquidy kootu (spiced dal with vegetables) that was left over from lunch and a banana. Whether those carbs are making me retain water in my feet, I don’t know. The sugar made me feel better. Then I had some watermelon, and then for dinner a cucumber with hummus, yogurt and a teensy bit of upma I had made for the Scientist! I also had a cup of hot chocolate before bedtime!

I had a personal workout session this morning which focused on arms and back, and I feel like my arms will fall off right now! Breakfast was a bowl of oats with a teaspoon of peanut butter and sugar free apricot preserve. I estimate my calorie consumption to about 1400-1500 calories per day, with intense  60 minute exercise sessions atleast 5 times a week. I don’t know if I am eating too little. But anymore than this I end up not losing weight at all, or in fact I gain weight! Or I am eating wrong? I possibly need professional help!

I feel totally fagged out, and not in a mood for office work. Or it the summer? Or my hormones at play? That time of the month? I’m not sure what! I’m not feeling good!

Have I lost a Shoe Size?

Seriously. No kidding! I think I have.

I have for a very very long time now (ever since 12^th standard in school), had a problem with swelling ankles. Basically, my ankles swell if I leave my feet down for long. That means during study, travel or now work. When it first started, my family thought I had a kidney problem and got thorough medical examination. It turned out nothing was wrong! And the problem has stayed.

I came in to work, through eight out of nine months of pregnancy and worked on a computer sitting at a work desk on a chair. My feet were HUMUNGOUS! The swelling would cause my ankles to get stiff. During the weekends, when I was home, I sat cross legged on the floor, and the swelling would abate, only to be full blown by the end of the week!

As you know, my pregnancy ended, with my having a fall and fracturing both feet! Ouch! The doctors then asked me if the swelling in feet was due to the fracture or pregnancy. It was that bad.

I have been consistently exercising for about a year now, with a month’s break in between. Earlier, I used my home-elliptical and I have been going to the gym for about a month now.

This morning, when I slid my feet into my footwear, I felt I needed a size lower. I wondered whether it was because the sandals expanded or my feet contracted. I am now pretty sure about the latter. Since I started exercising, and more so at the gym, the tendency for my feet to swell has also reduced. My ankles don’t feel as stiff as before. And also, I think I gained a few pounds on my feet during pregnancy and post it. It might have gone now! Yayy!! For exercise.