mrsbully

Trying to get back in shape!

Alright I am at my highest weight I have ever been in my life (insert crying face here).  I have gone through several emotions as my weight has fluctuated… mostly frustration with having to work so hard to get what seems so easy for some!  I long to look in the mirror and see a better me.

So here goes nothing! 

I started walking on my treadmill this week (after taking all the laundry piles off of it-haha).  Now the problem with this is I get the worst shin splint in my left leg!  I have tried so many things stretching, different shoes, shoe inserts, compression sleeves, anti-embolism socks, medication, muscle rubs, and today I tried compression socks.  I did not want to spend a lot of money on the socks in case they did not work, like so many other things I have tried!  I found these socks at Walmart for under 15 dollars.  They are ACE brand compression running socks and were in the sporting good section, since they only had men’s sizes I got size small.  I started walking Tuesday without any thing on my leg, made it to 20 minutes and my leg was killing me!!!  Wednesday I tried the anti-embolism socks, made it 28 minutes and my leg was killing me!!!!  Today I wore the Ace compression socks…at about 13 minutes my leg was feeling a little crampy so I stopped and stretched (I also did this the other days).  After stretching I got back on the treadmill and my leg was still a bit bothersome but not like the other days, after 28 minutes of walking something amazing happened the cramp relaxed and it was like a magical moment in my life (haha), and ya know what I walked on the treadmill for 1 whole hour and probably could have kept going!!!  So these socks were well worth the money, and I will be looking for a ladies version of them online!
Update:just found and ordered the socks on walmart website!

http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=ace%20running%20socks

So if you have any trouble with shin splints keep trying different things, what works for one person may not work for another…it truly is trial and error until you find the right solution.

look what got here and the worked great!