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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 01/08/2023

I walked 3.12km yesterday! It was great!

Today, though, there's extra kidney disease neuropathy pain in my legs from that bad pdoc's overdosing me with Seroquel for my PTSD, so I'm going to take the day off from walking today.

mujicaptsd 01/09/2023

Again, I didn't walk yesterday due to too much CKD pain. HOpe to walk today, though. Fingers crossed.

Rizen 01/09/2023

I hope you feel better mujica.
I walked 2 miles, 3 miles and hiked 3 miles this past week.

mujicaptsd 01/10/2023

Thanks, Rizen. I had a good night's sleep and that does make me feel better. Congrats on keeping up your walking and hiking this week. It encourages me to do the same. I did get 3.08km of walking in yesterday and hope to again today.

mujicaptsd 01/12/2023

I didn't walk yesterday Wed due to CKD weakness, not pain. :-( Hope to today.

mujicaptsd 01/13/2023

I got past the CKD pain yesterday to make a comeback and walk 3.12km! :-)

mujicaptsd 01/14/2023

No walking yesterday, but hope to again today. It's looking like a physical pattern's emerging here whereby I'm to walk every other day for 3km instead of every day.

Rizen 01/15/2023

I walked 2 miles twice and 3 miles once this week.

mujicaptsd 01/16/2023

I walked 3.28km yesterday. Painfully and alone, but I did it. YAY!

mujicaptsd 01/17/2023

It's hard for me to get out there, but I'm working on staying out of a wheel chair as long as I can. I did go on my walk today, and I made it to my daily goal of 3km!

mujicaptsd 01/18/2023

3.04 km walked yesterday, meaning over my daily goal of 3km per day for 3 days in a row. Going for 4 today. Fingers crossed!

mujicaptsd 01/19/2023

It was 3.16km for me today. Amazing, really, after having been relegated to a wheel chair twice by docs this past year. It's nice to beat the odds day after day. :-)

mujicaptsd 01/20/2023

So glad I walked yesterday. I'm gonna go for it again. It REALLY helps with my PTSD.

mujicaptsd 01/21/2023

Oh, rough night, and therefore rough day following, My kidney disease really made my legs painful through neuropathy, plus it affected my head in that it made me groggy and dizzy. Not fun. Hoping it'll blow over so I can get out and about and walking again. SUpport welcome.

mujicaptsd 01/22/2023

No walking yesterday, but I'm back up and about after a good night's rest so I hope to get going this afternoon.

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