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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!

mujicaptsd 09/21/2022

Well, overnight the wounds in my foot took a turn for the worse, so I'm back to square one as to walking. No walking today. Sigh.

Rizen 09/21/2022

Are you on antibiotics for your foot? I hope it heals up well.
I walked 2 miles today.

mujicaptsd 09/22/2022

Good question. No antibiotics yet, Rizen, but am dressing the wound regularly with alcohol and so forth to stave off infection. So far so good. No walking for me again today, but maybe tomorrow. Congrats on your 2 miles of walking.

mujicaptsd 09/23/2022

I"ve been a good boy for 2 days staying home off my feet to let this wound in my left sole heal, but I'm getting cabin fever such that I'm going to try to walk to go downtown grocery shopping. Wish me luck.

Rizen 09/23/2022

Good luck. I pulled weeds for 2.5 hours yesterday and walked a mile today.

mujicaptsd 09/24/2022

Because of the hole in my left foot in the ball of the sole and how slowly it's healing, walking went out the window this week until today. Today I needed to go grocery shopping, so I put a couple of bandaids on it and hobbled around the store until I got the job done. But now that I'm back home, I took the bandaids off to find I'd dealt my healing a setback. The scab came off, and it's an open wound once again. Argh.

mujicaptsd 09/25/2022

My foot wound kept me from walking my 3km daily several times this week, but I managed it yesterday. It felt good. Hope I'm back to being Hopalong Cassidy now. :-)

mujicaptsd 09/25/2022

I got 3.11km of walking in today, a little over my daily 3km goal, but I fell hard on the concrete . I have just seen my last solo walk. Bummer.

mujicaptsd 09/26/2022

Today I got 3.06km in even though I don't walk alone any more. My s/o's 13 year old son walked with me, bless his heart.

mujicaptsd 09/27/2022

No walk today because of my left foot. :-(

mujicaptsd 09/28/2022

Hoping to walk my 3km today. Couldn't yesterday. Fingers crossed.

mujicaptsd 09/29/2022

I got my s/o to agree to my testing out if I can walk unchaperoned again for the first time since I fell on a walk today. I took the dog along. It went well. I got 3.26km of walking in. I also achieved feeling that little bit of independence that keeps me going in my old age these days.

Rizen 09/29/2022

Good stuff mujica!
I hiked about a mile a few days ago and worked outside for 3 hours today.

mujicaptsd 09/30/2022

Thanks, Rizen, getting 3.26km in yesterday was great for me. Good for you about continuing to hike, and congrats on working outside so much this year. That's the added element that's got to be really working for you these days. Nice.

mujicaptsd 10/01/2022

I did 3.36km of walking today. So cool that I can't believe it!

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