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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 05/09/2022

I walked a mile today.

mujicaptsd 05/10/2022

Nice, Rizen. I got 3.km in yesterday, which means I made my goal of 3-5km per day! :-)

Rizen 05/10/2022

I hied 3 miles today. I've been hiking with my cousin a lot lately.

mujicaptsd 05/12/2022

I walked a LOT yesterday, too, Rizen. For me it was 4.6km, at the high end of my daily 3-5km goal. I just wanted to prove to myself I'm in walking shape to fly to Guatemala and back this weekend so as to get my passport stamped to stay in Mexico another six months. So far so good.

Rizen 05/13/2022

I hiked 2-3 miles yesterday and walked a mile the day before.

mujicaptsd 05/15/2022

Wow, that was a good long hike, Rizen. I did good, too. Despite being in a strange place in Guatemala City for my visa renewal to go back to where I live in Mexico, I walked 3.4km here today. That's within my goal range of 3-5km per day. YAY! No sign of my weak ankles getting sprained again, so I'm walking ok on my cane, too.

Rizen 05/15/2022

That's great mujica.
I walked 4-5 miles yesterday and 1.5-2 miles today.

mujicaptsd 05/16/2022

Yay!, Rizen! That's getting to the most walking you've ever done, isn't it? Awesome.

Here on this Guatemala City trip I've been warned there are safety issues about muggings even here in the nice downtown district, so my walking area is restricted. Still, I managed to walk around the block enough times to clock 4.2km, well in my goal range of 3-5km a day, so I'm happy!

mujicaptsd 05/17/2022

Yesterday I was on a plane and going through airports, but I still got my 3-5km walk in nonetheless: 3.2km! Yay!

mujicaptsd 05/18/2022

For the first time in 8 days, yesterday I didn't make it to my 3-5km walking goal. I walked 2.6km. I'm glad that during the previous 8 days I walked extra, so my average for the month is still running at 3.1km, within my goal. I hope I can walk 3km or more today.

mujicaptsd 05/19/2022

I did walk 3km or more--a whole kilometer more: I got 4km in! That made up for being under my 3km goal with 2.6km on 5-17-22 such that my daily average is over 3km at 3.1km! It shows, too. I bought a second pair of waist size 38 jeans last night. I used to wear waist size 54. So nice!

mujicaptsd 05/20/2022

I hit my 3km goal of walking again yesterday! I'm so proud of myself. Yay! :-)

mujicaptsd 05/21/2022

I walked 3.1km again yesterday, too! I'm walking again on a cane regularly now! Yay!

mujicaptsd 05/22/2022

I got 3.3km in walking yesterday! I'm really meeting that 3km minimum daily walking goal on my cane now. It's nice!

mujicaptsd 05/23/2022

Yesterday was a day of torrential rain downpours here in mountainous Mexico. Still, in between gully washers I still got the exact same 3.3km of walking in on Sunday yesterday as I got in on the day before on Saturday. I'm really proud of myself for that. The weather forecast is for downpours again this afternoon and I've got my boots on to try to walk through water again today. We'll see.

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