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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 12/08/2022

I only walked 0.67 km yesterday, but I did it DANCING! I had a weakness CKD day, so no walking. But I rested up so I could make it to the Plaza Marimba in the evening. I only danced to one song, but it was glorious. :-)

countingmyblessings 12/08/2022

My Doctor's advice was "get a dog, take a walk." Best 2 things I've done in quite some time. Best thing for ME. Congrats to you and fight the fight!

mujicaptsd 12/09/2022

Thanks for the endorsement from your doctor, countingmyblessings. I got 3.07km in walking yesterday, meeting my daily 3km goal this time. As small a thing as it is, it feels like a real accomplishment to me since I was confined to a wheelchair and couldn't walk this past Spring. Yay!

mujicaptsd 12/10/2022

I got 3.11km of walking in yesterday, meeting my daily 3km goal again with room to spare. It was late when I got the last bit done--after dark, actually. I don't like doing that because with CKD neuropathy numbness from that pdoc's overdose of PTSD meds I stumble easily, which is why I walk with a cane. But I didn't trip or fall, which is fortunate since I was walking alone without an escort.

Rizen 12/11/2022

I walked a mile twice this week and hiked 3.5 miles today.

mujicaptsd 12/12/2022

Wow, good going, Rizen. Not so for me. I was on a roll for several great days walking more than my 3km per day, but I had a bad night last night so I didn't today. Boo.

mujicaptsd 12/13/2022

Somehow after a day of not walking due to CKD neuropathy pain from a pdoc's PTSD meds overdose, I walked again yesterday. Yesterday I got 3.07km of walking in, exceeding by a bit my daily 3km walking goal. I don't know how I did it, really. The pain was just as bad. I'm glad I did it, though. It's doesn't stop my pain but walking does keep me out of being confined to a wheelchair like I was twice this past Spring. The only thing worse than being in pain walking on a cane is being in a wheelchair unable to walk at all. I'm grateful to be walking by any means necessary.

mujicaptsd 12/14/2022

Yesterday I got 3.31km of walking in, exceeding that daily 3km goal of mine again. Keeping the wheelchair away! YAY!

mujicaptsd 12/15/2022

I walked 3.12km yesterday. I'm really proud of it, too. WOW!

mujicaptsd 12/16/2022

Walked 3.05km again yesterday! YAY! I can't believe I got that done. I'd had insomnia so bad the night before that I'd been up until 5 a.m. Yet I still got my walk in. Hope a wave of exhaustion doesn't hit after the fact today. I walked 1km already and hope to get the other 2km in still. Fingers crossed.

mujicaptsd 12/17/2022

INcredibly enough, I got 3.24km of walking in yesterday! It hurt plenty, but it keeps me fit enough to stay out of that wheelchair I was in twice this year. YAY!

Rizen 12/18/2022

I walked a mile 3 times this week.

mujicaptsd 12/19/2022

Nice job, Rizen. I pushed myself to walk every single day, but with CKD I'm not always able, so I ought to follow your lead for a 3 times per week walking goal. Thanks for that.

I did walk yesterday, though: I met my 3km walking goal by walking 3.05km. Awfully proud of how since June I'm staying on my feet and out of that wheel chair I was confined to in June. May I stay on my feet in 2023, too. :-)

mujicaptsd 12/20/2022

Ouch, I had a bad day yesterday, with the usual CKD pain compounded by such weakness I couldn't leave the house. I fell in the kitchen, so I feared falling outside. No walking yesterday. I'd exceeded my 3km walking goal for many days before it, so I think I'll get back on track. Fingers crossed.

mujicaptsd 12/22/2022

I got back on track just as I hoped I would yesterday! :-) I walked 3.10km, exceeding my daily 3km goal! I'm staying out of that wheelchair I was confined to twice in 2022. Here's hoping I'll NEVER get stuck in it again in 2023!

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