From mae, Age 15 - 03/12/05 - IP#: 70.57.134.xxx  Click here to reply  
Im 15 and new to this site so here i go. I have always been active, and always in near perfect shape. I had cut legs from playing soccer all my life. I truly love soccer and even though i hate running, i have always gotton thru it. i have played recreational (through the city), on a select tournament team, 6v6 (off season soccer) and highschool soccer.. Last year, i tried out for the highschool team as an 8th grader and made JV. I was so pumped! then, in one of my games i partially tore my acheilles tendan (the tendan running along the back of your ankle). It was devestating to me, having to be stuck to a pair of crutches and a big boot on my right foot. I went through several months of physicaL therapy and was finally released to sports again. I trained really hard all summer, even going to the gym for 3 hours every morning monday thru friday. Finally, the week before two-a-days (try outs), our school hired a coach that had experience with the U-19 usa team to put on a clinic for us. During the clinic, i fell on my left wrist, messing up tendans in it. I was pu in a sling and partial cast. Regardless, i began two-a-days the next week. Unfortunately, i ended up having to take the season off, because i hadnt given my body any rest for the past 4 years,as i had been playing year-round. Its been 7 months and im in the worst shape i have ever been in. I have lost alot of my muscular definition, and running capabilities. I am really trying to trim down the extra 30 lbs i have acquired. I have never been so self conscious and i am really having a hard time losing weight and regaining muscle. I could really use any help possible. THANKS