You may have read in a past post I wrote about a weird problem that I’ve been having with some chest pain stemming from my diaphragm. Turns out we think it’s musculoskeletal which means there’s nothing I can do about it except take muscle relaxers but by the time they kick in, the episode is over and then I’d be drowsy.  No thank you, won’t work.  So I have to deal with this.  As I thought about it, the episodes have increased in frequency and intensity only in the last year or two.  I have figured out that I started lifting weights regularly about a year and a half to two years ago which would explain the exacerbation of this problem.  I’m positive that’s why it’s happening which means, I need to scale my workouts with weights back down from 5 weight days a week to maybe 2 and keep it lighter like 5 & 10 pounds.

It’s disappointing because A) I just bought an ebook for a 30-45 day workout plan that would take my fitness to the next level.  now that is not quite a waste of money because I can scale it back on the weight and still do the workout.  It’s disappointing more because I feel like it’s a setback …but to what?  I always feel like I’m competing to get to my goal like I’m on a timeline but I’m not.  I lose sight sometimes of what I’m actually doing and I go too hard.

It’s also disappointing because B) I feel like I’m going to lose all that I worked for.  Now more calories may need to be reevaluated.  Big breath and move on.  Always keeping in mind the bright side of things because it could be worse as in I might not be able to work out at all and then I would have something to complain about right.  RIGHT!