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Rizen 11/23/2014

I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps.
I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting back.
Walking greatly improves my mental health too. I'm feeling less irritable and depressed after walking.

I want this to be a support thread for people who exercise and eat healthy so if you do any of that post here!

Rizen 07/12/2019

I hope the flashbacks go away. Good for you for walking anyway.

I walked a mile today.

mujicaptsd 07/12/2019

They did, and it's so good when they stop. I'm glad you walked today already because it encourages me to again today, too, Rizen. Way to go, always.

Rizen 07/12/2019

I walked 2.1 miles.

mujicaptsd 07/13/2019

OK, that means I'll be walking, too, Rizen.

Rizen 07/13/2019

I walked about 3 miles today.

Rizen 07/14/2019

I hiked 4.2 miles today.

mujicaptsd 07/14/2019

Good job. I took my longest walk yet today, weaving in and out of crowd nimbly without a cane, too.

Rizen 07/15/2019

That's great mujica. I walked home 2.1 miles.

kaisad 07/15/2019

Exercise has saved my life. Eating well is a bit harder because i use food for comfort. It helps t at least try to make it healthy food instead of junk, but sometimes is hard.

kaisad 07/15/2019

I have done many different exercises throughout my life what works best for my PTSD is long slow jogs 45 to 55 mins and long slow long swims same 45 mins.

I do boxing and kickboxing too, honestly it doesn't work as well for my PTSD as the long jogs and swims. But i do it only because its very challenging. I feel like if i quit i'm a quitter punk. lol.....

mujicaptsd 07/16/2019

Good for you, kaisad! Before kidney disease got me at age 52, I was a bicycle fanatic. I loved doing it every day. I lived in Iowa, where the Des Moines Register sponsored a statewide bike ride called RAGBRAI every year. That means there's a statewide infrastructure of bicycle trails that's quite wonderful.

I literally collapsed from kidney disease and never got my legs back, though, and walked on a cane because of nerve damage from age 52 to age 60 this past May. Down here in Mexico I've been forcing myself to walk without a cane. It's mostly worked out, though I had a really nasty fall on my face on the city's main pedestrian street, the "andador" last week.

Rizen, I've never asked you how you measure your walking distance so precisely. Do you have a walking odometer you wear? If so, how much do they cost and where did you get it?

Rizen 07/17/2019

Some distanced I've used the odometer on my mom's car. Other times I go by hiking trail signs.

I walked a mile tonight.

Rizen 07/18/2019

I walked 3 miles tonight.

mujicaptsd 07/18/2019

Ah, so that's how you measure your distances, Rizen. I don't have a car down here in Mexico to use for that, but when I get back to the States it's something I can try out. Thanks.

Rizen 07/19/2019

I walked 2 miles.

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