i went for a walk down up of street and back - but that was to have a smoke so daughter did not know. have been quit good since then a couple of half smokes every couple of days. but not good to relapse.

am in the graden working pretty hard the past few days and have taken on caring of two young kids for the past week as much as possible so have been on feet but makes my hips sooooo sore.

yoga, must be like week 10 or even 12 since i began that every wednesday night, a fabulous choice of exercise and have just purchased a piece of equipment to put under the bed, ab pro thing lol, for hannah. but with garden, dogs, daughter to care for, am happy with the little i do.....i think.

I started yoga a couple of months ago, been doing pretty good with that,missed a few classes here and there. I have some trouble breathing but overall it's been good. I hope to get back this coming week. It's only once a week. I try to keep myself busy around the house and yard, but that's about it for me

Im seriously bad ,does shopping count lol. My fatigue has been soo bad this week, its the fibromyalgia Its so hard to exercise when you hurt already .But I really must start more exercise ,My son lives fairly close so when the baby comes Ill have to walk over to see the baby the car will be with hubby

I'm a slug. Is there such a thing as a BED potato? I feel like I'm sleeping my life away. Herxin and hurtin and sleepin. I have to prepare to move out but haven't got an ounce of energy. Used to be I'd walk the dogs about 1 mile every night. Now I'm lucky if I make it off the driveway with them. I need to use the exercise ball. It works so well when I do.

I started Curves in July before I was diagnosed..... I had stopped going a couple of years ago when my tendinitis got so bad but decided to go back and do what I could do. It has been slow going. I go about three times a week. I want to work up to five times...it does help especially with my joints but some days I am exhausted afterwards and am pretty much done for the day.
Once I work up to five days I want to start walking...I really have to loose some (really a lot) weight.

My border collie demands that she be walked every day, so I have no choice ;-). I do that for about 20 minutes. I really should do more.

Was on vacation and went for a couple of hour long hikes this past week. My right foot was numb for a while and then it went away on its own. I felt almost normal afterwards. I think exercise is very important; my fingers hurt badly every morning until I move them. it's probably the same for the rest of my body.

Ok has honesty is the best policy... So they say, my answer is NONE. Having said that I did a set of leg flexes to ease mussels in my legs. And the walk from the car to the coffee shop makes me feel like I have done a work out.
All joking a side it's something I need to get sorted, but how do you exercise when your body does not even want to get up.

I have been dieting for about a month now and have been trying to think what kind of exercise I am capable of to augment my dieting and to build some muscle mass that I am sure the MCTD has stolen. As I cannot walk or stand for any length of time I am at a loss as to what I can do. Certainly not anything cardiovascular - maybe upper body weights but my arms hurt from lifting them to type so I don't know how much weight I could lift. I did do some isometric exercises for a few weeks until I started to feel worse from my prednisone weaning. I think I will try to start doing them again. I know how important it is to keep a good range of motion and for the mental lift it brings.

I do stretching exercises plus exercise from chair if I can't go walking. I have a border collie too and they do love their walks. hugs Marilyn

It is hard to move when your limbs feel so heavy. I have gained a lot of weight in the last 2 years so I know I need to walk but I'm afraid to be mauled by the dogs that run loose in my neighborhood and walking alone is not much fun either. I have a bike but I have to lift it and put it in the back of my small truck or stuff it in the trunk of my car to take it to the park and that is quite an ordeal and why I don' t do it.

Stretching and yoga for me.
When I can get out of bed early enough that is.
Yoga actually makes my joints feel better though my muscles freak out sometimes.

The Good News: I swim about a half mile three or four times a week in the summer, or work out on the strider (wimpy version of an elliptical w/no resistance) for 25 minutes three or four times a week. I also do three sets of 50 crunches twice a week, three sets of curls (15 reps about 25 pounds) w/dumbbells, and three sets of flies (same). I also ski about seven half-days a year, most single or double-black diamond slopes, and body board about 10 to 12 days a year.

The Bad News: Some of the above is probably dangerous and above my ability. On the lineup, the surfers sometimes ask me if I am okay because I am panting so hard-- I have some compromised lung function that I don't feel like measuring. My hands and feet will go numb in cold water, and stay that way for hours after emerging. And this year, the longest I could stay in the water body-boarding was about a half hour, catching 7 to 10 waves, rides were about 10 to 15 seconds long. Skiing is becoming increasingly problematic and painful-- if I ski for two or more days in a row, I am very sore for a week. Also, I now have a disturbing tendency to crash on my left side, which tells me that probably, I am losing strength in my left leg, which is the one that had the clot and also the one that was stung by a stingray in '08. At altitudes above 8,000 feet, I really start to have more serious breathing problems, dizziness, and having to rest frequently.

This will probably be my last season of big-mountain skiing-- I really want to ski Mammoth before I hang it up and just ski local mountains. Then again, I said that last year.

Now I am doubly embarrassed. I work with people all day, helping them increase their fitness. Do I exercise? No, not really.
Here comes Cat and blows us all out of the water again.
And I am overweight and teaching people about diet.
I feel so......
Oh well.
Mary Ann