Week 7

Had to count the weeks to figure out which week it was.  I guess that is how fast time is flying by.  My scars are healing pretty nicely.  Iam not particularly excited to see how my right foot is healing.  I have less pain now in the left foot and more in the right.  My right foot looks like it still has the bunion bump...which I will post in the pics from today at the end of today's blog.  I am hoping that it will slowly but surely go away and I am hoping that my feet are still swollen and hence they look the way they do.  I guess you can't change genetics and I will have wide feet for the rest of my life with less bump....however still wide.  I love my Birckenstock sandals.  I wear them in the house as slippers all the time.  I got the idead to get them from a fellow bunion- survivor and her blog...and decided to give them a try.  I might get them in Madrid or Boston style...not sure yet.  They are not cheal and I am not ritch...lol so maybe a pair every 2 months or so.  But I like them.  I also have the Bear Paw slippers which are snuggly and super comfy...and so so warm.  They are particularly useful in the morning when it is cold in the house and I have to get out of warm bed and step on a cold floor....that's when I really appreciate them.  But I am back at the gym for 3 weeks now.  The last 2 weeks at the gym and the week bofore that it was mostly working out at home because it was impossibly cold outside and I had to get used to the idea of getting up in the morning, working out at 4 am and going to work at 7:30...I am back to the grind now...I have put on few pounds as I indulged a bit much over the Holidays and haven't been exercising like I normally would.  My workout now includes everything with the exception of HIIT such as jumping rope, burpees or sprints and I have not attempted lunges.  I am waiting for more range of motion before I will do that.  Right now I have a feeling that it might still be difficult to do that.  My next xray is beginning of February...if I get ok from my doc and there won't be any pain I will go for it.  But for now I just stick to my lifting routine and eliptical machine or recumbent bike or ARC machine...which I will hop on tomorrow as it is leg day.  Off to bed I go now...but here is a preview of week 7 in pictures....My daughter Sabrina says that my feet don't even look real....Apparently they are too white and they have raised scars which makes them look like feet unreal....lol  Love my Kidds... :)