My foot!

Whenever my clients get injured, whether it's because they slept wrong, twisted their ankle wearing hooker heels or hurt their knee playing a rough game of tennis, I typically give the same advice:

REST, ICE, COMPRESS & ELEVATE

Yet, when I get injured, I have the hardest time following my advice. Last Sunday, I ran a half-marathon and have been limping around ever since. It feels like a stress fracture on the side of my foot. Instead of following the R.I.C.E. method above, I limp along, I overtrain and ignore my injury hoping it'll go away.

I'm off to ice my foot.

Cortisol & me!

I'm getting married.
...soon.

I'm also overtraining. Like a madwoman.
Against my own advice, I work out a minimum of 90 minutes A DAY.
Consequently, I'm eating everything in sight.
Since I have a billion things going on at once, I'm also sleep deprived, getting only 6-7 hours per night.
Plus, I feel emotionally and physically drained.

Clearly I have extra cortisol pumping through my body. Cortisol is a hormone that helps regulate blood pressure, blood sugar and helps fight stress and inflammation. So basically, I'm shooting myself in the foot. I'm burning the candle at both ends by breaking my body down and not allowing it to heal.

There. I said it.