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hehe... actually I'd love to do a tri    

It's my secret ambition for if my leg ever gets better.  

Thanks for the welcome, anyway! 

This looks like a friendly and supportive thread for me to start back into it....

I've been out of action with a soleus injury for about 5 months or something horrendous.  Now got some off-the-shelf 3-deg orthoses which are making a HUGE difference and, in conjunction with strengthening exercises, I'm gradually getting back into running.

Trouble is I have been packing on the weight over the time of my injury.

I've been swimming regularly (all I could do without hurting my leg) and that's kept me from turning into the Hindenburg.  Now I need to shift about 10kg

I have to admit to a bad habit of picking (especially when people bring food in to work!) and I have a major chocolate addiction so in reality those are probably the culprits.  I haven't picked since I got back from the Christmas break and have put the chocolate on the top shelf behind a row of tins.

I know it's going to be slow progress because even if all goes well it'll still be a few months before I can build up to a decent 30min run. 

I've been out of action with a soleus injury for about 5 months.  The physio recently fitted me with off-the-shelf 3 deg Pro-step orthoses which have made a HUGE difference.  After months of labourious rehab and strengthening exercises and ridiculously slow progress the orthoses have seen me running for 10min at a time now and gradually being able to build up.  I've also been able to go hill walking for a few hours at a time which I couldn't do since the injury.

I'm thrilled with the orthoses but I'm wondering how I can confirm these are the right ones?

The physio says unless I get to the point where I'm not making any further progress or start getting pain again I should stick with them.  If that happens I can try the 5-deg inserts.  But what if I need custom ones?  How can I know these are 'right'? 

Well done, Red - that is excellent - such a good feeling, every little milestone!

Yes, I do feel like the calf is making progress now (fingers crossed).  I hope you're right about running again in a few weeks!

Sorry to hear about the weight gain, aj.  Maybe you've just replaced fat with muscle - we all know muscle is heavier.