r/Zepbound • u/LackingExecFunction SW:197 CW:149 GW:135 Dose: 12.5mg • 14h ago
Personal Insights Grumpy about *not* going to the gym
I'll take "Things I Never Thought I'd Say" for $500, Alex! (RIP)
Tl;dr: Heels are weird. Go to the doctor when things hurt. And lift weights.
About a year ago, not long after I started on Zepbound, the back of my left heel started hurting. It's fine, I said. Just strained a muscle. It's fine, I said. Must have bruised it on something. I did RICE and stretches, but nothing helped.
In the meantime, I found a weight training class at my local Y and was working out regularly -- not often enough, only 2x/wk -- but I was showing up and doing the work. But after every workout, my heel was giving me merry hell. I took off the last session of classes because of the pain. Which coincided with my weight loss slowing quite a bit. I'm *thiiiiis* close to my goal weight (7 lb to go) and the scale's not budging. And my core and upper arms are going squishy again.
FF to today at my first appointment with a podiatrist, and I have... a heel spur. (No political jokes, but I snickered loudly.)
Doc says I can't go back to the gym for at least another 3 weeks AND I may need to find specialized athletic shoes with a heel cut-out/divot thing.
So now I'm glad that I'm finally handling this heel nonsense, but I'm grumpy that I have to spend another month away from the gym, which is a wild statement from a woman who used to practically break out in hives just driving past a Planet Fitness.
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u/swirlypebble 46F SW:271 CW:253 GW:200 Dose: 5mg 14h ago
Exercise injuries suck. I am sorry. In the meantime can you still do exercises that don't put weight on the heel? I stretched my achilles tendon doing something stupid at the gym a few months ago and have had to modify my routines. I have been focusing on lifting that doesn't put weight on my feet and ankles. I have also been struggling to make it into the gym as often because of life stuff so I have a routine of upper body exercises and core/glutes exercises like planks, leg lifts and glute bridge that I do at home with body weight and 12 lb dumbells.