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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 03/31/2023

This week's struggle with PTSD insomnia has made it harder for me to keep walking on my cane during the day so I'll stay out of the wheel chair that CKD put me in from a bad psychiatrist's Seroquel overdoses for my PTSD nightmares. Now thanks to that guy and how he gave me CKD neuropathy pain to live with, too, it can be a daytime nightmare managing to stay on my feet and exercise to keep being able to walk.
Today, though, I got it done: 1.5 kilometers, to be exact. Thank goodness.

mujicaptsd 04/02/2023

I got a whopping 1.8km of walking in today! It was my monthly big grocery shopping day, so I really did some hoofing it. :-)

Rizen 04/02/2023

I walked 2 miles twice, 1 mile once and hiked 4.5 miles today.

mujicaptsd 04/03/2023

It was painful to walk today, but with the dog's leash in one hand and my cane in the other I still got 1.2km of walking in that'll keep me out of that wheel chair I was in twice last year. YAY! :-)

mujicaptsd 04/04/2023

Hoping to get a kilometer of walking in again today like I did yesterday. I'm in the fourth month of 2023 and so far because of exercise walking every day I have less trouble than I had in 2022 from my Chronic Kidney disease from the damage that bad pdoc did to me overdosing me on Seroquel for PTSD nightmares. Here's to hoping I can keep it up and beat 2022 by staying out of that wheel chair in 2023! :-)

mujicaptsd 04/05/2023

I actually got my walking up to 2km (TWO!) yesterday in 2 1km walks on my cane with my dog, one walk in the morning and one in the afternoon, both in the cooler parts of the day down here in Mexico where I've retired. It was nice. I'll try to do that again.

mujicaptsd 04/06/2023

Something went wrong with my smart phone pedometer and it got stuck at 0.83km, but because I know the route from clocking the distance other days, I know I walked at least 1km for sure, and probably 1.1 or 1.2.

mujicaptsd 04/07/2023

I hope my pedometer works this time when I go for my walk today. Fingers crossed.

mujicaptsd 04/08/2023

I'm having PTSD flashbacks today--not memories with pictures in my mind, but physical chills of terror from my traumas that shoot through my body and down my spine. My CKD is making me dizzy, too. Yet I did manage to get 1.2km of walking in. Walking exercise keeps my CKD from advancing to the point that I'm confined to a wheel chair, plus walking does my mind lots of good with my PTSD, so I'm glad I did it.

mujicaptsd 04/09/2023

I gave my dog an extra afternoon walk, too, yesterday Sat. 4-8-23, so I ended up with a nice total of 2.2km walked for the day. It really helped me through those PTSD flashbacks I was having. Hope for a good walk again today Sunday.

mujicaptsd 04/10/2023

I walked a new route with my dog today because yesterday I had a guard dog go after my little poodle. It worked out well today, we got 1.1km in. Walking does my PTSD recovery lots of good!

mujicaptsd 04/11/2023

I got 1.1km of walking in before noon Tu 4-11-23. It was a hotter walk than usual, though, becuase I had to reroute my walk away from the shady side of the street because a guard dog got loose and chewed my walking cane in half. I talked to the dog's owner but she denied it had happened even when I showed her the pieces of the cane. But I walk on, I'm proud to say, and so the exercise is keeping me on my feet and out of that wheel chair I was confined to twice last year. :-)

Rizen 04/11/2023

Good for you mujica :)

I walked 1 mile twice and went to the zoo where I walked around for several hours.

mujicaptsd 04/12/2023

Nice walking, Rizen! Yeah, I've been keeping it up nicely, I must say. Even today after taking my significant other to a doctor's appointment I walked 1.1km after getting home. :-)

mujicaptsd 04/13/2023

I got up early this morning and got 1.4km walked with my little dog, who was very happy about it all. :-)

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