Exercise and Goal Setting

Hi @MoonGal, @NikNik, @Appleblossom, @Mazarita, @CherryBomb,

about what you said @MoonGal ,You sound like you have your physical work and body needs well belanced. -- I have kidney diease stage 4 so i have to remember not to do too much or i pay for it , listening to your body is the most inportant you can do ,

so if you feel tired, don`t push yourself too hard , have a good day

Not been doing so much walking lately, because the weather's been unpredictable, (lame excuse, lame excuse!) but I have been planking on my knees. I was so happy that I'd managed 14 seconds until a friend (who is really fit and supportive of me exercising) showed me a '30 day planking challenge' where Day 1 is 20 seconds. XD Oh well... Maybe 14 seconds is good for me. And they weren't rushed, either.

Thanks

I have been on water for about 15 years now ... since leaving hubby I am always carrying around water bottles. Recently I upgraded and bought 4 stainless bottles from the internet for the household so we dont ingest toxins from cheap plastic.

@MoonGal your lumbar situation aint good ... I can imagine moving a lot is hard ... a little waddle is better than no waddle. Dont be too hard on yourself.

My old heavy vacuum packed up a few months ago so downgraded on that score and got a cheaper lighter one but my back is loving me for it.

I also bought new bathers cos of all the chat about it and the fact that my old ones were falling off me ... yay and had 2 new swims ... still cant throw old ones away yet ... bloody hoarder I am.

Mostly its gardening,housework and walking at the moment.I spent about 20 years dedicated to various forms of exercise for my back and now I just want to see if I can strike a nice balance without being too regimental about it.

Hi everyone,

Just checking in with an exercise report.

Yesterday: nothing much in the way of exercise except a walk up, down and around a shopping centre.

Friday: walking to and from psychologist appointment, meetup with friend and errand at local shops.

Today: an hour or more walking on the beach and a dip in the ocean.

Less than my stated goals earlier in the thread but still feel okay about where I'm at.

Thanks for the encouragement, @MoonGal.

Good vibes headed your way for tomorrow!

@CannonSalt, I've seen you around the forums but our paths have not crossed very much. Since we are both now contributors to this wonderful thread I thought I'd say hi. I had to look up on Google what 'planking' even is. It sounds quite difficult and it seems you are doing well to keep on attempting it.

@MoonGal, I so relate to what you say about initial enthusiasm giving way to slumps. I'm guessing this may be just one of many complications of mood that often goes with bipolar. In addition, I think you are doing so well to push yourself at least some of the time when you are experiencing significant pain. Don't feel obliged at all to be up and motivating to the rest of us. We will all go up and down in this exercise journey.

I've been experiencing a great deal of anxiety recently. I'm finding it exhausting and I'm not getting enough sleep either. This morning I woke up feeling pretty awful. However, I'm happy to report that, because my support worker is coming today, I started in on cleaning up the place (so as not to embarrass myself with the state of it) while I was still in my nightie. Bit of vacuuming, bed making, kitchen cleaning and other odds and ends first thing in the day - almost unheard of for me until just recently.

After that I was still feeling bad with bubbling nerves churning me up inside. So, again semi-miraculously, I started in on some exercise: physio stretches, whole-body limber-up of the joints (an Alexander Technique routine I learned about 35 years ago in drama class), exercise bike for 5 minutes (better than nothing) and some breathing exercises.

I really do feel better, both physically and in my nervous system, for managing to push myself gently into doing these things. If the weather holds out for this afternoon's low tide, I hope to get myself out for a solid beach walk too. Still not really meeting goals but I think goals are more something to reach for than to necessarily attain. I have to say this to myself because otherwise I beat myself up too hard about not meeting my own expectations.

Hope things unfold in a good way for everyone here today.