Day 35 - 1 month since surgery

It's been a month since my surgery. I have been doing great with my boot and abandoned both my crutches and knee scooter earlier this week. Since wednesday I have been just limping in the boot (minus one wedge that I removed last Sunday). My leg feels great although I'm pretty sure I can't bear any weight on the ball of my foot still. The surgical site is healing very nicely now that I have been more compliant with the boot and am not stretching/stressing the achilles. I removed the last wedge earlier today and it is slightly more painful to walk in the boot without the wedges. I did put a padded shoe insert under my foot and hope that will help give it a little extra support and help me transition to not using the boot. I was going to start more actively working out last week but have decided that I will stick to push ups, sit ups, and pull ups at home. Since I'm fasting and will be done on either the 29th or 30th and the boot should be off on the 29th, I've decided that I will start more strenuous workouts at that point in time. The good news so far I have continued to lose weight. I am the lightest I've been in about 6 years and if I continue to lose about 7 more pounds, I will be the lightest I've been since 1997! I know some of the weight is water weight and probably a little muscle mass but if I can maintain a strict workout regimen come September, I think I can achieve my goals.

So my goals are: 1) Be under 180 (currently 185 give or take 2 pounds on any given day) by early 2012. 2) Complete a sprint triathlon in Jan/Feb 2012. 3) play one more season of outdoor soccer in spring 2012. 4) Get back to my usual quick self by playing basketball, racquetball, and squash regularly.