Monday, February 25, 2008

Why do new shoes always give me a blister?

I bought new shoes on Friday and of course as soon as I wore them I got a blister on my heel. I am tempted just to keep wearing the old ones to avoid a huge ugly blister for the cruise. I will be wearing sandals there. I have read numerous times that shoes are supposed to be immediately comfortable and there is no "breaking in" period. I have never had a pair of shoes that did not give me some kind of rubbing or blister some where.

Anyway, I am a little sore from lifting weights last night. I remember when I first starting doing the bowflex machine and how I hated the feeling of lifting. It hurt. Now I kind of enjoy it and of course look for that feeling to know I am building muscle. I guess the hurt of straining your muscles grows on you. I have never liked it, but feel it is necessary now..so I deal with it.

I did not get up to exercise today because of the blister and just not feeling like it. I plan to do 45 minutes on the treadmill tonight. And yes I have been weighing myself and I am not sure that the 24 points has made any weight loss happen this week. So weird. I just keep thinking 180, 180 and maybe it will magically appear. The power of positive thinking, right?

Woo hoo, spell check works again.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Here is an interesting article about diet and healthy eating.

http://www.self.com/health/articles/2008/02/0225surprising

I make sure to buy shoes that are comfy and I walk around the store a bit before buying to make sure they fit.
Val

Estellia said...

Thanks Val, I am a subscriber to Self...the only magazine I get at home. I had a hard time finding shoes in my size. In Michigan, all the women here have huge feet, me included...so finding a size 10 is hard work. I try to walk around the store as much as I can. I also got inserts from the podiatrist, so that made it worse. How are things going?

Anonymous said...

I had the flu last night-either that or it was the small bag of kettle chips that I ate that were almost out of date.
Val