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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 04/14/2023

It wasn't easy today walking on my cane, and then having the dog along wasn't easy when a neighbor lady from a block away who has a vicious doberman attack dog who has gone after my little poodle came out, crossed the street, and cut me off on the far sidewalk away from her where I walk to avoid her and her dog. I stopped and waited, and didn't respond to the provocation so she went back to her house and I went home. I got 1.2km of walking in, which was great, but I learned I have to use the same hospital chaplaincy skills with this neighbor I once had to use on my weekly visits to the psych ward at the medical center where I worked.

mujicaptsd 04/15/2023

Yesterday Fri 4-14-23 I walked a whopping 2.42km, more than double my daily strength 1km per day goal. Today Sat. 4-15-23 I just now returned from walking 1.1km. I met my exercise quota for the day so as to keep being able to walk and not wind up back in that wheel chair like last year.

mujicaptsd 04/16/2023

Yesterday Sat. 4-15-23 I walked double my daily 1km goal to get to 2.1km. Yay! :-)

mujicaptsd 04/17/2023

I found the Daily Strength again keeping up my walking exercise so I won't wind up in a wheel chair in 2023 like I did twice in 2022. The reason why is neuropathy or nerve damage in my legs from the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) I got from that bad psychiatrist who overprescribed me Seroquel for my PTSD nightmares. Instead of helping with my PTSD nightmares he created a nightmare for me adding in CKD another chronic and incurable illness I have to cope with every day now on top of the chronic and incurable PTSD. I set 1km of walking per day as my goal in order to stay on my feet. Yesterday I walked more than double that, 2.4km. Walk on! :-)

mujicaptsd 04/18/2023

I got 1.1km of walking in today. It was less because I avoided going in either direction out of my front gate where vicious dogs are allowed to run loose. Three of them attacked my little poodle on our walk yesterday, and one of them bit off a mouthful of her fur on her front leg. I complained to the owner, but she didn't care. Growing up as a missionary kid in Uruguay, there we had dog catchers who patrolled the streets and kept order concerning such things. I'm learning that it's not so here where I've retired in Mexico. I won't be walking far until I get some pepper spray protection for me and my dog.

mujicaptsd 04/19/2023

My little dog and I made it to walking 1.2km this morning, making sure to get the walking done before it got too hot here where I've retired to in Mexico since the weather forecast is calling for the temperature to be 100 degrees by 3pm.

mujicaptsd 04/21/2023

I managed to walk 1.1km yesterday Thu 4-20-23 so I met my 1km daily walking goal, but it was a bad day at my house anticipating the biopsy test results for my significant other at the doctor's appointment Saturday. The wait is stressing out my PTSD.

Rizen 04/22/2023

Sorry to hear about your dog getting attacked mujica.
I walked 3 miles, 1 mile, 1 mile and 1.5 miles this week.

mujicaptsd 04/23/2023

I got 1.3km walked again today Sun 4-23-23 with my beloved pooch, but boy was it hot down here in Mexico where I retired to today. In my apartment I only have a/c in my bedroom for sleeping comfort at night, but after our walk I went in there and turned it on just to cool down. Thank goodness for a/c!

mujicaptsd 04/24/2023

Today Mon 4-24-23 I walked 1.5km! I did it earlier in the day to get it done before the Mexican heat settled in for the day down here. :-)

mujicaptsd 04/25/2023

I went for another walk later in the day on Monday 4-24-23 so I wound up with a whopping 2.4km total, more than double my daily 1km walking goal. Walking really helps me with my PTSD, so that's why I post about it here on DSPTSD. Hope to surpass my 1km walking goal again today, since there's some stress on my PTSD because, as I said in my post on the DSPTSD open board, a colleague of mine just suddenly died last night. As a retired hospital chaplain I've been answering coworkers' grieving texts about it last night and this morning, so I'm looking forward to getting outside so I can walk it off. Support welcome.

mujicaptsd 04/26/2023

It was harder than before this week because my CKD made me weak yesterday Tue 4-25-23 but still I walked 1.04km, reaching my daily goal. Yay! :-)

mujicaptsd 04/27/2023

I wasn't weak for walking from CKD yesterday Wed 4-26-23 so I got 2km of walking in, double my minimum daily 1km goal.

mujicaptsd 04/28/2023

I'm weak again from CKD, but today Fri 4-28-23 I still managed to walk 1.1km. I'm proud to be tough and keep on my feet, not in a wheel chair again.

mujicaptsd 04/29/2023

Today I got in 1.02km walking, meeting that daily 1km goal I've set for myself again. :-)

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