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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 02/26/2023

Good walking, Rizen. I laid off today. We'll see tomorrow.

mujicaptsd 02/27/2023

I walked 1.36km with my dog today. It was as hot as blazes down here in Mexico. The weather channel said 94 degrees. Whew!

mujicaptsd 03/01/2023

I walked 1.56km yesterday. Today's grocery purchase day, so I'll walk that much yet again. Glad I can walk and am not back in a wheel chair.

mujicaptsd 03/02/2023

I walked 2.16km yesterday, half with my dog who loved it, and half downtown doing the monthly big grocery shopping haul. Still really glad I can walk rather than being in a wheel chair like I was last year.

mujicaptsd 03/05/2023

I walked 3.14km yesterday Sat 3-4-23! What-? I didn't mean to, really. I was listening to a great, long podcast in my headphones and just kept on until the podcast ended. Nutty, huh? The dog loved it.

mujicaptsd 03/07/2023

I walked 3.07km yesterday! Wow! I'm only trying to walk 1km per day now, but sometimes I walk farther because I'm listening to those great podcasts in my headphones and seeing how much the dog enjoys being out and about. Nice!

mujicaptsd 03/08/2023

I happened to walk 3.07km on the nose again yesterday 3-8-23 just like I'd done the day before. Consistency, huh? Cool!

mujicaptsd 03/09/2023

Consistency indeed! :-) On my next day it was 3.10km. Nice.

Today I already walked the dog, so she's happy. I could actually lay off. We'll see. Regardless, walking's going really well this week, for which I'm very grateful.

mujicaptsd 03/10/2023

I was mindful of the suggestion not to push myself to walk 3km every day, but since the dog needed walking twice I still ended up walking 2.11km anyway. Feeling ok, though, so it wasn't too miuch. :-)

mujicaptsd 03/11/2023

I stayed mindful of the suggestion not to push myself to walk 3km every day, and so I walked 1.22km and felt good about it as it wasn't too much. The dog loved it still. :-)

Rizen 03/11/2023

I haven't posted in a while but I did walk 2 miles twice, 1.5 miles once and 1 mile once.

mujicaptsd 03/12/2023

Super, Rizen. As you see, I had lots of good walking days this week myself so when I felt dizzy from CKD I didn't walk yestereday Sat 3-11-23. Today I might, but it might be without my dog because she was naughty. We'll see.

mujicaptsd 03/13/2023

I walked just 1.13km yesterday Sun 3-13-23 , just enough for the dog to make the rounds. I'm taking heed of the suggestion to take it a little easier if walking's gonna be an everyday habit for me. Still on a cane, but out of that wheel chair.

mujicaptsd 03/15/2023

There were zero km walking for me yesterday, as I had a day of CKD symptoms from when a bad pdoc over prescribed me Seroquel I really hate the dizziness symptom, as it persists even when lying down. But since that symptom began for the first time in 10 years months ago I'm getting more confident that it'll pass if I lay low for a day, and so I did. Feeling stronger today. Hope to get out and walk.

mujicaptsd 03/16/2023

I'm heeding suggestions that I take it easy about pushing myself too hard walking daily so as to keep out of the wheel chair I was in twice last year. Still, with grocery shopping and walking the dog I got 2km of walking in yesterday. I love walking the dog, since it's something I couldn't do as well from a wheel chair. The dog likes it, too.

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