just hit a roadblock!

[POPS]

I have had this heel pain for just over a year and decided to goto a podiatrist yesterday and this is what he tells me. I have plantar fascitis in my right heel that has been giving me pain like no tomorrow.

He does his thing by taking x-rays and telling me whats going on and this is what he comes up with: he wants me to lay off any type of cardio high or low impact to see if these shoe inserts he is going to give me on Tuesday will help me in my situation.

To make a long story short, should I adjust my diet cause I will not be doing any cardio for the next few months? Fortunately Im on my feet at work and on an average day I burn anywhere between 2500 and 4000 cals/day BEFORE training. I wore a hr monitor for 5 straight days and this is about average.

As of now my macros are : 2085 cals / 259 pro / 137 carbs / 48 fats

Like I said, do I change my diet at all or leave it alone?

thanks....

[gbrice75]

Is there a rowing machine in your gym? It's boring as hell, but if you have one, use it. Also, are elliptical's out of the question? There's really no impact as your feet stay intact with the platforms at all times.

If you truly cannot do any cardio, I would suggest you drop calories to maintain your current weight/bodyfat until you get back on your feet (pun intended). It will be difficult to burn any appreciable bodyfat with zero cardio. Focus on something else, like your lifts, form, muscle/mind connection, etc. My .02

[POPS]

Is there a rowing machine in your gym? It's boring as hell, but if you have one, use it. Also, are elliptical's out of the question? There's really no impact as your feet stay intact with the platforms at all times.

If you truly cannot do any cardio, I would suggest you drop calories to maintain your current weight/bodyfat until you get back on your feet (pun intended). It will be difficult to burn any appreciable bodyfat with zero cardio. Focus on something else, like your lifts, form, muscle/mind connection, etc. My .02

No rowing machine. Sometimes when I did the elip my foot did hurt during the course but that was 5 months ago and I havnt been on one since so I really dont know.

Yeah Im bummed out bro. My doc said that you can continue doing what youre doing but that pain might never get better. So what am I supposed to do, right?

Ill give the eilip another try to see what happens. Unfortunately its at my job and I dont goto work when Im not scheduled, ya know? You probably dont remember that my wife and I are doing p90x and the results have been great but the cardio routines are mostly high impact and that puts a huge strain on my feet so thats out!

And like I said, sometimes Im running around at work ( at a large hotel ) for 8-12 hours and I literally burn atleast 3500 cals. Up and down stairs, back and forth down hallways, you name it. So its not a total loss. When Im that busy Im too tired to even train. I just make sure that I dont blow my diet....

[gbrice75]

Sorry bro! =(

Sounds like with that job of yours, you might never heal either! I wish you the best - I would say stay off the elliptical if it has given you pain before. Just heal up and get back as soon as you can. Make the adjustment to your diet, even if slowly - drop it by 200 calories initially and see how your body responds. 100 calories after that until you are where you should be.

[POPS]

Sorry bro! =(

Sounds like with that job of yours, you might never heal either! I wish you the best - I would say stay off the elliptical if it has given you pain before. Just heal up and get back as soon as you can. Make the adjustment to your diet, even if slowly - drop it by 200 calories initially and see how your body responds. 100 calories after that until you are where you should be.

thanks bro....Ill have to play with the diet then. Like on my training days Ill leave it alone and on non training days maybe Ill drop just a bit. Im just at 2100 as it is, so Ill make sure I dont go under 1800, but Ill let my body tell me what to do.

Almost like carb cycling, I guess right?

[gbrice75]

Well, were you doing cardio on your training days before this? If so and you were getting satisfactory results, then you may still want to adjust on training days. However I wouldn't rely on calorie restriction to make up your full cardio deficit, i'd go about half. For instance if you were burning 500 calories/day with your cardio, i'd only drop calories by 250.

[POPS]

Well, were you doing cardio on your training days before this? If so and you were getting satisfactory results, then you may still want to adjust on training days. However I wouldn't rely on calorie restriction to make up your full cardio deficit, i'd go about half. For instance if you were burning 500 calories/day with your cardio, i'd only drop calories by 250.

cardio and training were on seperate days and I was getting great results...

Definately on training days I push myself to the point near exhaustion, so on these days I need to have my numbers up.

Are we talking calories all around or just carb cals?

My sweet potatoe cals total just over 700 cals/day so would it be safe to start with on non training days to cut the s.p.in half, up my veggies and add some extra fish oil? Considering Ill never drop the oats with bfast.

[POPS]

meal 1 - whey/oats
266/31/29/4

meal 2 - 6oz turkey/ 12 oz of broccoli/ 6 oz sweet potatoe
459/44/50/8

meal 3 - same as 2
459/44/50/8

meal 4 - training followed by pwo shake
110/24/2/1

meal 5 - 8 oz of chicken/ 16 oz of broccoli
427/71/6/8

meal 6 - 6 oz ground sirloin
364/45/0/19

totals - 2085/259/137/48

I guess I should have done this first, lol!

OK, now where should I adjust on training/non-training days....

[charcold]

Maybe some stationary bike?

[MACHINE5150]

Maybe some stationary bike?

yeah thats what i was thinking... better than nothing

[FireGuy]

Dealt with that exact same foot problem a time or two myself, recumbant bike Pops.

[POPS]

Dealt with that exact same foot problem a time or two myself, recumbant bike Pops.

good, my gym has 6....how long did it take for the pain to go away and what did you do?

[Gucks]

was just about 2 suggest bike aswell. go progressive (low resistance, then higher then hgiher again, then drop back and go again) have u sweating like crazy! just on ur diet, even for cutting i wuldnt consider tht enuf carbs. my sympathy tho! i wuld freak out if i couldnt work out!

[Gucks]

forget 2 ask 4 body stats aswell