I weighed in at 20 stone 8 pounds at the weekend, which is another 2 pound loss.
I was a bit surprised by this - it was an okay week, but nothing special. I did hit my target for walking, but didn't really exceed it, and in terms of eating there were a few extra bits I ate that were a bit naughty. I therefore figured I'd stay about the same, so a 2 pound loss is good.
I'm not really getting my hopes up, so at minimum if I can lose another pound and keep it off then I will still fit into all my new clothes for the holiday. I guess if I was to get close to 20 stone that would be the "hopes up" version, but as I say I'm not really thinking that will actually happen.
I've also decided I will not do any walking in the week before we go - well, obviously other than to move about to places I need to be! But I mean I won't go on any specific walks. My intention is to try to rest my foot a bit.
However, and trying not to tempt fate, I've actually been doing okay with the foot. I don't know if it's simply easing naturally or it's a coincidence, but I've been doing some stretching exercises recently and things got better after that. The specific exercise that seems to have helped is actually one that stretches my Achilles tendon and back of my leg. It involves leaning into a wall and stretching each leg.
The exercise is recommended on the NHS website, so it's not quackery and it's a stretch you see runner's doing. The point they made is that the plantar fasciitis thing can actually be made worse because of tight Achilles tendons, which makes sense as it would obviously be making the plantar thing taught.
As I say, I don't want to count any unhatched chickens, and it's still not fixed in the sense that I still get discomfort, but it's not the horrible pain that made it difficult to walk I was having a couple of weeks ago.
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