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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 05/21/2023

I just walked 1.3km this morning Sun 5-21-23, surpassing my daily 1km goal. It helps to beat the Mexican heat walking in in the morning down here.

mujicaptsd 05/22/2023

I walked 1.1km today. It was easier today but for a mean Doberman guard dog that escaped its fenced in yard and gave my poodle and me a good scare with some really wild barking and snarling just a foot or so away from us. I took pictures in case we got bitten. Fortunately we weren't touched. Whew.

mujicaptsd 05/24/2023

As I posted on the open DSPTSD board, I had a bad day with CKD pain, so I just walked my 1km daily goal yesterday. But that's a lot, meeting that goal or more every day. I'm proud of that.

mujicaptsd 05/26/2023

I hurt again from CKD pain from my psychiatrist's Seroquel overdose for my PTSD nightmares. It was the third day in a row, so I did something irrational. Instead of just my daily 1km goal I walked extra, 2.7km to see if exercise would lessen the pain.

It didn't.

mujicaptsd 05/28/2023

For the first time in weeks I didn't feel up to walking at all yesterday. But today I walked double to make up for the loss meeting my daily 1km walking goal. Glad I could do it today again.

Rizen 05/29/2023

Sorry you're having a bad week mujica. Hope you feel better.

I wasn't able to go for a hike this weekend like I wanted but I walked 1 mile twice, 2 miles once and did yard work for 3 hours.

mujicaptsd 05/30/2023

I walked more than my 1km goal today, 1.7km. It helps with my two chronic and incurable ilnesses, my PTSD and my CKD.

mujicaptsd 06/03/2023

I walked 1.5km this morning Fri 6-2-23 with my dog thinking that would be it since it exceeded my daily 1km goal already. But then in the afternoon I had to make an unforeseen run to the pharmacy and that took my day's total up to 4km, which was way too much. I hope I can keep my walking under 2km tomorrow.

mujicaptsd 06/04/2023

Again it was 1.5km today and then no more because the CKD pain from the kidney damage my PTSD meds caused me because of a bad psychiatrist's dosage mistake caused me too much neuropathy nerve damage pain to do more. Ouch. I'm glad I'm not in the wheel chair, though.

mujicaptsd 06/04/2023

Finally, a good CKD day this week! I got the break I asked for last time I posted about my pain walking! I walked 3.8km, and I walked some of it without a cane! It's so good for my PTSD when my related CKD pain recedes!

mujicaptsd 06/05/2023

Yesterday was my first good day as to CKD neuropathy pain all week, and today followed suit. After having been wheel chair bound twice in the last year it's really nice to be able to walk well on cane, not roll in a chair, for TWO days in a row.

mujicaptsd 06/06/2023

I walked 1.3km today! Going early in the morning helps avoid the heat. I had some CKD pain today, but not like last week. It was good for my PTSD to walk today, that's for sure.

mujicaptsd 06/08/2023

I got 2.1km of walking in today Wed 6-7=23, which is double my 1km goal. The numbers would seem to say I felt doubly well today, but the first 1km was upon getting up and the other 1km was at sunset. There was a long convalescence today in between because actually I had a lot of dizziness today.

Rizen 06/08/2023

I hadn't been able to log in lately because computer troubles. I had to get a new one. I walked 1 mile twice, two miles once and helped someone move some furniture.

mujicaptsd 06/09/2023

As you can see, Rizen, I've been hold down the fort. Today I walked 1.3km, but I had a lot of CKD pain from PTSD meds, so I'll talk to everybody tomorrow.

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