missing my running

As part of this diet, I am unable to do any vigorous excercise.  Walking is encouraged but definitely not running.  I just received in the mail the training schedule for the 25k race that I ran last year and I plan to run this year.  Training started in December.  Now, I know that I will be able to catch up but I'm still bummed that I can't start right at the beginning.  Also, as I drove through my neighborhood this evening, I was admiring the Christmas lights.  I LOVE running outside this month of the year.  It's just so peaceful.  The saving grace that I have right now is that I just had toe surgery a couple weeks ago and can't run anyway for a month (at least), so even without the diet I couldn't run.  This too shall pass.