Of aches and pains

I think I may have overdone it yesterday, I woke up with a bad backache in the morning. I thought the best way to handle it is to do some yoga stretches, which I failed at miserably because it was my first time doing yoga. So anyway after trying to stretch I decided to get back into my exercise routine which is a DVD by Jillian Michaels called the 30 day shred. Its pretty intense and I was hoping it will help my back if I work out as usual as opposed to not working out at all. But it seems something may have gone wrong because even after the exercise my back hurt like crazy.

I went and stood in my shower and let hot water run down my back to see if it would help relax the muscles. By the time my boyfriend came back home I was in so much pain I had to ask him to rub some icy-hot on my back. I then went to bed but still woke up with the backache. I don't know whether to not exercise today or what to do with it. I think part of the reason for the backache is my period that I am expecting in a few days but it has never been that intense and usually never lasts more than two days.

I think I will just do some soft stretches today because I don't want this injury to be the end of my weight loss journey.

Some people may wonder why I choose to do indoor exercise and low impact exercises like swimming instead of going out running or jogging. Well my main reason is that a little over 2 years ago I was involved in a car accident and my shins were hurt pretty bad. It took some stitches and a lot of time to heal. The doctor at the time told me it would be a long healing process but what I did not bank on is that even years down the line I would still have problems with my feet because of it. I found this out the hard way when one day after being on the treadmill for like 20 minutes my ankles swelled up and were so painful, walking was a problem. That was a few months ago. Even now if I started running and stuck to it for like a week I would get pain around my ankle and feet. So taking advise from my doctor, I decided to stick to low impact exercise.

Okay enough with the complaints, its back to this weight loss business. Wish me luck.