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Walk a Day

Rizen
Rizen
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!
Community Leadermujicaptsd2
mujicaptsd2
I had the best CKD and diabetic day today that I've had in a long time. In the a.m. I had some diabetic dizziness from low sugar, but eating got rid of it. The shooting pains in my legs and the burning sensation in my hands, though, was so much less that it was as if I were cured of CKD. I know better, I won't go into denial, but that's how GOOD it was. YAY! I walked double my 1 km daily goal, then, 2.19 km! :-)
Community Leadermujicaptsd2
mujicaptsd2
Today was my monthly grocery shopping day at the local mall. If I had transportation there alone, I'd go do mall walking there every day, it's such a nice mall with a/c. I walked 1.85 km, way over my 1 km daily walking goal. By the end, though, my CKD from PTSD meds started to hurt my walking, and I got tired because the CKD's nerve damage's spread to my hands kept me up half the night last night. But I still walked a whopping amount and I"m not back in my wheelchair so I'm grateful for walking yet another day.
Community Leadermujicaptsd2
mujicaptsd2
Today’s been a good day. My hands don’t feel as if they were cured, but they feel pretty good. My legs and back are really good.


I was even able to pour a garrafo’n of drinking water into the spout tank, which is pretty amazing. I took the dog for a walk, too, and clocked an extra 0.68 km beyond my 1 km daily goal for a 1.68 total. It was really pretty out.
Rizen
Rizen
I walked 3 miles and worked outside for 3 hours last week.
Community Leadermujicaptsd2
mujicaptsd2
My hands burned last night from my chronic kidney kidney disease from my bad psychiatrist's over prescribing me Seroquel for PTSD years ago. I couldn't get to sleep until 3:30 a.m. because of it.

But my CKD nerve damage in my legs hurts less today again, and so I did have a good long 1.74 km walk with my poodle again, well over my daily 1 km walking goal. I'm still standing and not in my wheelchair as I was repeatedly last year, and I'm grateful.
Community Leadermujicaptsd2
mujicaptsd2
My hands burned last night from my chronic kidney kidney disease from my bad psychiatrist's over prescribing me Seroquel for PTSD years ago. I couldn't get to sleep until 3:30 a.m. because of it.

But my CKD nerve damage in my legs hurts less today again, and so I did have a good long 1.74 km walk with my poodle again, well over my daily 1 km walking goal. I'm still standing and not in my wheelchair as I was repeatedly last year, and I'm grateful.
Community Leadermujicaptsd2
mujicaptsd2
My CKD nerve damage in my legs has receded to the point that I walked 1.22 km again today rather than being stuck down in my wheelchair like I was last year. :-) However, the CKD nerve damage's spread to my hands now really hurts. Support welcome.
Community Leadermujicaptsd2
mujicaptsd2
I walked double 1.91 km today, after hosting a visit by friends who flew down from the States here to my place in the mountains of Mexico. :-) :-) :-)
Community Leadermujicaptsd2
mujicaptsd2
Yesterday was a painful CKDday, but today i got out & walked extra again, Years in to coping with this CKD I got from that bad pdoc's over prescribing me Seroquel for my PTSD nightmares, I still have to work to adapt to how differently my neuropathy pain from CKD nerve damage feels.
Community Leadermujicaptsd2
mujicaptsd2
Today I walked 2 km, exactly double my 1 km daily walking goal, so I'm proud of myself in doing the work to stay out of my wheelchair in 2024 that I relapsed into 3 times in 2023. 4 months more and I can end 2024 saying I stayed standing the whole year. Last year that didn't seem possible. I'm really grateful for the support here that helped make it happen.
Community Leadermujicaptsd2
mujicaptsd2
Argh, I'm in no shape to walk today. I walked double yesterday, though, so it won't affect my daily 1 km average goal. Hope for a better tomorrow.
Community Leadermujicaptsd2
mujicaptsd2
In this roller coaster ride of mine living with CKD from a bad pdoc's over prescription of PTSD meds to me, fortunately there aren't just downs, there are ups, too. Today was one of them. I had a great day and got out to walk 1..39 km!
Community Leadermujicaptsd2
mujicaptsd2
Today wasn't as pain free for walking as yesterday was, in which I practically felt cured of the neuropathy pain in my legs from the CKD my bad pdoc caused by dosing me with too much Seroque for PTSD nightmares. Today was pretty good, though, I got in 1.33 km, more than my daily 1 km walking goal. The rain forecast here in the mountain of Mexico was 100% for rain today, but it was wrong. I got to enjoy a sunny warm walk in shirt sleeves. It was great.
Rizen
Rizen
I walked one mile, hiked 3 miles and worked outside for 3 hours last week.
Community Leadermujicaptsd2
mujicaptsd2
Congrats on walking a mile, Rizen. As you see here I've exceeded my 1 km daily goal every day for a long time--except today. Today my Chronic Kidney Disease neuropathy pain kept me indoors, but even indoors I walked and met my 1 km daily walking goal. I'm still not in last year's wheelchair, I'm still standing!