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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 08/21/2022

I walked 2 miles today.

mujicaptsd 08/25/2022

Glad you keep walking, Rizen. Me, I was on a roll, but since I got a fever on Saturday I haven't been out of the house and it's Thursday now. I really hope I can get the strength back to get to walking again. I do love it so.

mujicaptsd 08/26/2022

My s/o's 15 yr old daughter and 13 yr old son were nice enough to walk with me yesterday so I could get out for the first time all week since I came down with that fever I had. We only got 2km in, not 3, but I loved it.

Rizen 08/26/2022

I walked 1 mile on 2 days each and helped someone pull weeds in her garden for 2.5 hours another day.

mujicaptsd 08/27/2022

Congrats on the mile a day walks, Rizen. I'll bet the pulling weeds was good exercise, too. Me, I'm proud to say that I got exactly 3km of walking in yesterday, meeting my daily 3km goal on the nose. I'd been sick with a fever and vomiting earlier in the week, so I'm glad I was able to get out and go.

mujicaptsd 08/28/2022

Didn't feel up to a walk at all yesterday, even though I'd gotten my full goal of 3km in the day before yesterday. :-( But am hoping to get 3km today. I already asked my s/o's teenaged kids to walk with me this afternoon just for safety's sake. Fingers crossed.

mujicaptsd 08/29/2022

I DID get my daily 3km walking in yesterday--3.17km, in fact. Thank goodness for those teens who walked with me. They earned an ice cream cone each at the end of our walk. :-)

mujicaptsd 08/30/2022

Yesterday heavy tropical thunderstorms with lightning and thunder here in Mexico yesterday kept me from getting my walk in. A 50 year old man who was playing soccer was killed by a lightning strike attracted to the metal goal posts he was standing near, so it was a good idea to lay off for a day. Hope to get a good walk in today.

mujicaptsd 09/01/2022

I walked 3.39km total today. I'm so glad walking a little extra over and above my daily 3km goal will go toward making up for those days I was too weak to walk. Feeling stronger now. :-)

mujicaptsd 09/02/2022

I got 2.26km walked with the kid today. I'm glad he was with me because I fell hard on my cane and I needed his help getting up. I recovered, though, and later on I got the rest of my daily distance in for a total of 3.23km, surpassing my 3km daily walking goal. I'm really glad I meet the goal and walk a little extra so the extra can add up for me whenever I'm too sick now and then to walk at all on a certain day.

Rizen 09/03/2022

It's good you have someone to walk with mujica.
Over the last few days I walked 2 miles, 1.5 miles and pulled weeds for 3.5 hours.

mujicaptsd 09/04/2022

I know, Rizen. Having a walking buddy really helps. Good for you getting the miles of walking in! I got 3.54km in yesterday myself, over my 3km daily goal, I'm proud to say. :-)

mujicaptsd 09/05/2022

Yesterday Sunday I walked 3.58km AND I played soccer on my cane with my s/o's kids, too. Fun!

mujicaptsd 09/06/2022

I got 3.25km of walking in yesterday, nicely over my 3km daily walking goal, and then I shot hoops cane and all with my s/o's 13 year old son for an hour, something I hadn't done in decades. It felt good. He came by on his way to school this morning and said he wants to do it again this afternoon. Nice.

mujicaptsd 09/07/2022

Once again I got exactly 3.25km of walking in yesterday like I did on the day before yesterday, too, a nice consistency in meeting and even exceeding my daily 3km walking goal. I've been having PTSD insomnia symptoms at night so walking is helping me beat that.

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