Its SPRING here in Jersey and I’m here to bring you up to date with what’s going on with me (if anyone out there cares!! haha!) Well I finished my first 12 week of diet and training. I worked really hard and was really seeing some nice changes to my body. My muscles were becoming tighter and more dense and my body fat was SLOWLY melting off. After the 12th week of training and seriously kicking some butt we went on our annual family ski trip to Aspen. The trip was going so well. We were having a blast, other then the fact that my baby’s schedule was a bit screwed up from the time change so he was up at 5am and sleeping for the night by 5pm. Anyway, we were having a blast everyday. We went skiing, sledding, snow mobiling and mom and I hit the spa twice for massages and body treatments. The weather was wonderful and perfect conditions for winter fun! Well, on Thursday I was skiing AJAX, a more advanced mountain in Aspen and we had been out there for a couple of hours already. We went down a tough run but I was doing well… all of the sudden I took a turn and somehow lost my balance and knew I was going down. My body went down one way and my ski along with my foot and knee went another way. I felt a crunching and tons of pain. Ski patrol came and got me to the bottom of the hill since I couldn’t ski down myself. Went to the ER, got an annoying leg brace and there went the rest of my fun winter sport vacation.
So now I’m back in Jersey and its confirmed that I tore my ACL in my knee. I’ve been very depressed. This really through a wrench in all of my spring/summer plans but at this point there is nothing I can do except go to physical therapy to get ready for my surgery on April 28.
I’m still going to the gym to train upper body and I’m able to ride the bike and do the elliptical trainer. My goal is to continue doing as much as I can before the surgery and from what the doctor says, I’ll still be able to enjoy my summer. I’ll be on crutches for a week and then a full leg brace for a month and it will be a full 6 months until I’m ready to get back to “normal.”
So thats my update. I won’t be able to do my show like I was aiming for. This is a huge bummer for me. I was so fired up and really working hard to get there. Maybe a show just isn’t in the cards for me until another window in life opens up again. Its just extremely hard to work in training for a show anyway with some many other things in life that are WAY more important. There are only so many hours in a day and I’d like to put them towards more important things like my family, home making and work. I am so excited the spring is here!
DL
