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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 03/17/2023

I took a break from walking yesterday to rest up. I hope to get out walking today. The dog does, too.

mujicaptsd 03/18/2023

I had a rough week for walking this week, yet I got out to walk 1.1km yesterday. The happy result: I'm DOWN MORE to 101.3 kg or 223.3lbs!!!! Since I lost 0.89lbs last time I weighed myself I've gone on to lose 0.9lbs more--almost a pound more!! YAY!!!! I've lost 126.7lbs since my 350lbs peak weight now!! :-)

mujicaptsd 03/19/2023

I walked the dog in the cool of the Mexican morning here and again in the cool of the evening. In the process logged 2.1km of walking for myself. It felt good!

Rizen 03/19/2023

That's great you're losing weight mujica. I've been losing a little weight too. I walked 1 mile twice and 3.5 miles once.

mujicaptsd 03/20/2023

I know, Rizen. Our walking helps with weight! I didn't walk yesterday, but I walked 2km the day before and hope to again today.

mujicaptsd 03/21/2023

I got 1.1km of walking in yesterday Mon 3-20-23. YAY! Moderation in the distance down from 3km to 1km I walk to make sure I walk for 30 mins a day is paying off so I can do it on my cane every day indeed. :-)

mujicaptsd 03/22/2023

I just returned today Wed 3-22-23 from walking 1.1km with the dog again. Looks like the 1 km per 1 day routine is working for me. :-) j

mujicaptsd 03/23/2023

Last night my CKD hurt from that PTSD meds overdose a bad pdoc gave me that damaged my kidneys. The neuropahty pain was pretty bad. It woke me up and kept me up from 2am-3am. But then mercifully I slept in until 10am Yay! Just now I got a 1.0km walk in. So the day's turning out to be better than last night.

mujicaptsd 03/24/2023

I wound up getting a second walk in yesterday Thursday 3-24-23 evening, so despite CKD pain I got 2.03km of walking in yesterday. However, neighbors down the block let their very aggressive guard dog loose and it went after my little poodle as I was walking her. I had to fend him off with my cane, and he got a hold of the end of that, too. His owners, these two middle aged ladies, just stood there and watched as their dog was pretty vicious.

I'm going to take a break from walking today, then, to nurse that CKD pain I've been having and also to give myself a chance to map out a new walking route. That way I won't have to run the risk of getting bitten or worse by that mean untrained dog my neighbor ladies don't control well.

mujicaptsd 03/25/2023

I had a good night and got to sleep in this a.m. so I could walk to the pharmacy for meds and get 1.3km of walking in already before noon. Yay! :-)

mujicaptsd 03/26/2023

Some women on my block here where I've retired to in Mexico own a bob-tailed German Shepherd-Doberman mix dog that is vicious. Usually he's vicious from behind their home's fence, though. Not yesterday. Yesterday they "accidentally" let him out as I walked by to walk my dog. He attacked me and my little French poodle and just stood there mute while I fought their insane attacking cur off with my cane.

My Mexican significant other now asked me not to walk by that house any more. I didn't think so, but as a Mexican woman herself she's afraid those fake helpless women who own that dog are going to get their dog to attack me and then try to rob me. She said to go in the opposite direction on our street instead. I said ok. On Sat 3-26-23 11-30am I walked 1.3km in the opposite direction.

mujicaptsd 03/27/2023

By 1-30pm Mon 3-27-23 I had gotten in 1.2km of walking as we went to the mall atm and grocery shopping. No walking the dog, then.

mujicaptsd 03/28/2023

Gonna walk the dog with me this, time. She loves that. Hope to get in over 1km again. Doing that daily instead of 3km every other day is working for me as far as that CKD neuropathy pain I have from when that bad psychiatrist ruined my kidneys over prescribing me Seroquel for my PTSD nightmares. Prazosin is working for the nightmares as I slept well last night. And for some reason yesterday and today my CKD pain was less in my legs. I'm still on a cane but walking, not in a wheel chair like I was twice last year. For that I'm grateful.

mujicaptsd 03/29/2023

In spite of PTSD insomnia last night that only allowed me 2 hours of sleep the whole night today I still got 1.4km of walking in with the dog. She loved it. Hope the exercise helps me get tired enough to get some rest now.

mujicaptsd 03/30/2023

Last night my Chronic Kidney Disease from that bad psychiatrist's overdose of Seroquel for my PTSD caused my fainting and dizziness symptoms to kick in. I hate that, because it means that the room keeps spinning even when you're lying down, like when I was seasick once in my cabin on a long ocean voyage once. Today I hope the fainting and dizziness symptoms go away so I can get out and walk on my cane with my dog. It's so good for my PTSD to keep up my ability to walk in spite of CKD and not be in that wheel chair I had to go back to twice last year.

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