The Weekly Friday Feast

Hi @Former-Member (((hugs))) if you'd like that...

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Hi @Former-Member!

I do love a good treat - just enjoyed a Timtam (one of my fav treat), and home cooked meal.

Excercise is so helpful to calm and relax. @Jamc has recently started exercising, and I believe @Former-Member goes to yoga. @Mazarita also does Tai-chi.

I do yoga six days a week, and it really helps. I try not to place to much pressure on myself, sometimes I only do 15 minutes at home, other times I do longer sessions. Since I started I've felt clearer throughout the day.

Good food, and exercise and a great combination for health and well-being. Do you find that you feel better when you're eating well, and exercising?

Hi @Former-Member,

I may do Tai Chi in the future. For now my regular exercise consists of 10 minute bursts on the exercise bike (up to 3 times a day, often less), physio stretching routine and walking up and down the beach across the road very often. That and getting around on public transport and walking semi-long distances to local shops and appointments etc. I wish my body was 20 years younger too and never had crohns disease. But even that has been treating me a lot better lately, probably related to me looking after myself better in various ways. It's a case of slowly building up for me.

Thanks both...

Yes, I go to yoga usually twice a week....
I am trying to motivate myself to get back into running, but poor sleep & now a heat wave aren't helping me (I ran a half marathon last year...)

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@Former-Member I have an exercise bike at home. I can't afford gyms, and social anxiety and body self-image issues would get in the way of my doing it at present. I don't rule out anything in the future. But the modest exercise I am doing is certainly going along with some improvements in my state of being in recent months. After being housebound and mostly inactive for about 7 years I developed chronic compartment syndrome in my lower legs and was experiencing a lot of pain after five minutes or less of walking. I'm now able to walk about 1.5km at a time thanks to really helpful physio (and actually doing the exercises). I find they are a good mindfulness practice too in a way.

I can never get the motivation up to exersize. I am envious of you that do regularly. One day I hope I can too...