A Pain in the Foot

I'm in serious trouble.

First things first, my eating is just out of control. I've been eating more white carbs than I have in probably the last year and it's ALL I've been craving. It's no good. I checked the scale this morning and luckily it hasn't budged, but I know for a fact that won't last long. Why do I go through these cycles where I just can't seem to get control of myself??

I need to add in a little reality check for myself here...no matter how "out of control" I think I'm being, I have to remember that it's always in context. Things feel out of control in comparison to how I've been eating the past few months. Eating 2 mini reeses and binging on pistachios is not even close to the crap I was eating a year or two ago. I have come FAR, and no matter how much I think I've "fallen off the wagon" I need to keep perspective.

So I'm hopeful. I will get back on track when the time is right. If I need a little jump of the scale to scare me back into it then so be it. I'm in no rush!

Secondly, I'm getting nervous about this mysterious foot pain I'm having. I bought new sneakers about a month and a half ago, and they've been working perfectly. The day after my half marathon though, I was having some serious foot pain. The only way I could think to describe it was that it felt like my arches had collapsed (this sounds a little dramatic, but that's how it felt)! I figured it would just go away and it did -- until I ran again. I went for a very short (and pretty unsuccessful) run on Sunday and pretty immediately felt the same type of foot pain. I had to cut the run short because of it, and because I was being pretty lazy. I stayed off my feet until today -- you heard me, I didn't work out at all Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. I decided to go for another run today and was happy that I didn't experience any foot pain. The run still wasn't so great and I was only able to eek out 4 miles. My legs just felt heavy, plain and simply. I really felt like I was dragging and was surprised at how much I was really struggling.

As soon as I took off my shoes I was hit with the foot pain again, this time on the top and bottom of my feet. The same arch pain was there plus the top of my feet felt like they were bruised. I had to go to work and stand the whole time but my feet were killing me! They're still feeling pretty sore as I write this now. I don't know what's going on and it's making me really nervous. I don't know if I should take more of a break from running and do some other things, or if it's something serious that I need to go to the doctor for. Maybe it's just my shoes? I don't think so though because I'd imagine that it would have hurt me during my half marathon training. I think I'm going to do some googling and then possibly make an appointment with a sports doctor. In the meantime I'll try to stick to fitness classes and maybe switch back to my old sneaks. Wish me luck!!