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"I haven&amp;#039;t written much about exercising because, honestly, I don&amp;#039;t do much of it. But I don&amp;#039;t think I&amp;#039;ve ever told you about all the woes I&amp;#039;ve had with my foot. So I will, and you&amp;#039;ll understand why my primary method of losing weight has to be through diet, not exercise. I&amp;#039;ve had almost constant foot pain, in some way or another, for the past ten years and counting. First, I broke the ball of my left foot (the seismoid) into five pieces. Despite seeing several doctors, it went undiagnosed for years. So long, in fact, that four of the five pieces of bone had died. I didn&amp;#039;t even know that bones could die! But apparently they do, and I had surgery to have the pieces removed. After a long recuperation, my left foot finally healed and feels fine today.  But then, about two years ago, I injured my other foot and was diagnosed with Plantar Fasciitis, a painful inflammatory condition felt most acutely in the heel. After more than six months of three-times-a-week physical therapy, I finally felt better and really got a handle on how to manage the pain. My foot was never a hundred percent pain free, but it was certainly livable. A few months later, I had to be on my feet for several days (I was moving) and my symptoms came back in full force, and then some. I was in agony. Since then, I&amp;#039;ve been exploring alternative therapies and I&amp;#039;ll let you know how it goes from time to time. But it&amp;#039;s an ongoing struggle and I don&amp;#039;t want to do anything that will risk injuring it further, including cardio for the intention of losing weight. All of this is a long way of saying that it&amp;#039;s hard to exercise for weight loss without using your feet! Almost everything involves putting pressure on your feet\u2014running, elliptical trainers, even bikes and all dance routines. So now I&amp;#039;m experimenting with yoga and Pilates, which are floor-based exercises. It&amp;#039;s too bad because I honestly enjoy running, and I&amp;#039;d love to be able to run with my dog. Oh well. Speaking of my dog, one of the ways I have been exercising is by taking 45-minute walks with Finn six mornings a week, give or take, so at least I&amp;#039;m moving a bit. I&amp;#039;m in a heck of a lot of pain during these walks, I&amp;#039;ll admit, but I need to do it. It clears my head, and Finn needs his exercise, and I refuse to give them up!  So this is why I write to you almost exclusively about food: I&amp;#039;m starting to come to terms with the fact that regular aerobic exercise is not going to be happening for me any time soon. I do, however, want to strength train more. I&amp;#039;ll keep you posted on that, too. Ah, the joys of aging. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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