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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 12/23/2022

I only walked 1km yesterday, didn't make it to 3, my daily goal. It was a painful day followed by a painful night, too. Hoping the pain abates by Christmas on the day after tomorrow.

mujicaptsd 12/24/2022

Don't know how I did it, but pain or not yesterday I walked 3.35km! :-) I'm really proud of that! Happy Holidays!

mujicaptsd 12/25/2022

No walking for me again. Too much CKD weakness from my PTSD meds kidney damage beyond the usual pain, so I couldn't even leave the house. Hope I can tomorrow.

mujicaptsd 12/26/2022

No walking yesterday, too much pain and too weak. But I got good rest last night so I'm hoping for 3km today.

mujicaptsd 12/27/2022

I DID walk my 3km daily goal yesterday. It was right on the money, just 0.01km extra for a 3.01km total, but I got it done. The day before I'd been too weak from CKD from that PTSD meds overdose a bad pdoc gave me that damaged my kidneys for good. But yesterday I was able to push through, and make sure I keep walking rather than ending up back in that wheelchair I got stuck in twice last year. It's a great hopeful way to look forward to the new year. Maybe in 2023 I'll sell that wheelchair!

mujicaptsd 12/28/2022

I got 3.o5km in yesterday once more. I avoided uphill blocks around my apartment and just kept to level ground, which really helped. :-)

Rizen 12/28/2022

Since my last post, I walked 1 mile three times and 2 miles once.

mujicaptsd 12/29/2022

Way to go, Rizen. I walked 3.10km yesterday, over my 3km daily walking goal again. :-)

mujicaptsd 12/30/2022

It was 3.11km yesterday, again beyond my 3km goal. It hurt, but pushing through with support from DSPTSD gave me the Daily Strength that kept me on my feet for another day despite my neuropathy leg pain from kidney damage a pdoc cause me with his PTSD meds overdose. Daily Strength works! :-)

mujicaptsd 01/01/2023

I got 3.35km walked yesterday, exceeding my daily3km goal nicely. But then this morning just getting out of bed I got a huge calf cramp in my leg. Wha-? Anyway, I'm still out of that wheelchair I was in twice last year and walking. Hoping I can stay out of that wheelchair all year in 2023!

mujicaptsd 01/02/2023

I walked 3.11km yesterday, beating my 3km daily goal yet again. I had less neuropathy CKD pain from that bad pdoc's PTSD meds overdose yesterday all day, too. Nice to get a day-long break like that once in a while. And walking keeps me out of that wheelchair. Yay!

mujicaptsd 01/03/2023

It boosts my confidence in my PTSD recovery every time I manage to walk my daily 3km with my CKD from that bad pdoc's meds overdose. Yesterday was no exception: I walked 3.21km! Yay!

mujicaptsd 01/04/2023

I walked 3.06km yesterday, meeting my daily 3km walking goal with a little to spare. The walk included 4 steep hills, each of them 1 city block long apiece. That part really hurts. The other blocks I walked were on a flat surface, 1km here in my neighborhood in my Mexican city, and 2km downtown in my Mexican city. The flat surface walking is way easier. I'm glad I get my 3km walking in daily, though, to keep me out of a wheelchair. Handicapped access in Mexico is a lot less available than it is in the USA.

mujicaptsd 01/05/2023

I walked 3.03km, meeting my daily 3km goal again yesterday. Yay! Today I'm nursing my s/o. She had a botched root canal abscess and had a different dentist pull her front tooth today. Ouch.

mujicaptsd 01/07/2023

There was no walking for me yesterday 1-6-23. THe Chronic Kidney Disease pain was too great from the permanent damage a bad pdoc's PTSD meds overdose of Seroquel. :-(

It's not that I can't stand the pain, it's that standing it for long makes me weak and I stumble and fall even when walking with a cane. Hopefully I'll be able to get out there and walk today.

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