I was going to wait and post this January 1 but the fact is New Years resolutions are meant to be broken and I feel like I have to address some things now. I have recently been inspired by the Man cub who at 19 is not really a cub anymore but he will always be the man cub to me. Over the worst of the Covid quarantines he didn't do much except on-line school, sleep and eat. So when he finally got vaccinated and out and about he found that he had gained 30 pounds (13.6 Kilos). He has been working out, learning about nutrition and exercise and lost 20 pounds in two months. My progress has been slower but I broke 200 pounds today. Several years ago I lost 100 pounds and my body just stalled there.
More about me: I had been treated for clinical depression for 8 years but finally have my head in a reasonable place. I have fibromyalgia, Inflamatory bowel disease and NIDDMII. I also suffer from insomnia although that has eased back some lately and I have been a sober alcoholic for over 20 years.
In spite of the train wreck I just described I am always constantly committed to self improvement. I have hobbies for work life balance ad plan to do some traveling as soon as it is safe to do so and yes I have been vaccinated and will be getting my booster next week.
So what I am planning is to change things up . I have managed my fibro pain with anti inflamatories and Opioids, but plan to get off the opioids completely this year. Even if I have to deal with pain which never really goes away so be it. I have consulted with my endocrinologist and an integrative medicine specialist to try to get the IBS and Diabetes under better control as I can't tolerate the side effects of metformin. So I am setting out to lose weight exercise more and finally get my weight to a manageable level.
I work aboout 40 hours a week with some overtime and for work-life balance I enjoy gardening, walking, foraging for wild food, learning new things on Wonderium and binge watching shows from time to time.
So tomorrow I post my physical stats and invite others here to do the same. We can share what type of results we are looking for, track our own and others progress and cheer eachother on.
Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
On 3/24/2022 at 4:53 PM, hppygr8ful said:
I got an hour in the gym today! Did a bit of work on the green house and unpacked my bees.
Got another hour in at the gym 10 minutes cardio, 35 minutes of arms and back and finished the remainder split between the stream room and the hot sauna.
No big weight loss this week but I do feel more energetic and am sleeping better.
Watered the green house and made a small mud pit for my bees so they will feel at home when they come out of hibernation.
Got another hour in at the gym 10 minutes cardio, 35 minutes of arms and back and finished the remainder split between the stream room and the hot sauna.
No big weight loss this week but I do feel more energetic and am sleeping better.
Watered the green house and made a small mud pit for my bees so they will feel at home when they come out of hibernation.
Hppy
Good for you, Hppy!
I haven't made it to a gym in almost a year. I do have the time on my days off, but I just want to sit that first day. Oh, I get on the exercise bike, but maybe only for 10 minutes at a time, then I walk in the house for a few minutes and go back to reading. This is even when I tell myself that, "Today will be different!"
I console myself by remembering that I did at least do something. And - weather permitting - I have been cleaning up the back yard. We have several large branches from the neighbor's yard that fell into our back yard.
I had a consult with a dietitian a couple of weeks ago. She said I wasn't exercising enough. And I had thought I was doing pretty well. ?
Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
6 hours ago, Kitiger said:
I had a consult with a dietitian a couple of weeks ago. She said I wasn't exercising enough. And I had thought I was doing pretty well. ?
Every little bit counts, I just make going to the gym a priority. I work 8s and go straight from work to the gym. I work legs and abs on day one, back and arms on day two and day three is a rest day but I usually take the dog for a walk. I have a step counter on my cell phone and I aim to get in 10,000 steps daily.!
Every little bit counts, I just make going to the gym a priority. I work 8s and go straight from work to the gym. I work legs and abs on day one, back and arms on day two and day three is a rest day but I usually take the dog for a walk. I have a step counter on my cell phone and I aim to get in 10,000 steps daily.!
Hppy
Wow!
I've been getting 2 miles/day, that's just under 5,000 steps/day according to my cell phone. And I do ~3 to 3 1/2 miles/day (100 miles/month) on the AirDyne bike. The dietitian said I need 50 minutes of exercise, 3 times/weed. I assume she meant aerobic exercise, getting the pulse up.
My pulse on the bike is only about 120 - but that's twice my resting rate.
Something on TV this am re those 10,000 steps as unnec. It was an advertising promotion by some Japanese athletic (?) company as they introduced some product. They chose 10,000, but subsequent study reveal maybe some 4500 (?) steps.
Kitiger, I would guess your recommendation for exercise is based on your age, weight goals, etc. It does seem doable.
Amo, it is a bit hard to understand what should be our goals. It's kind of like "drink 8 glasses of water day" being someone arbitrary and chosen by someone sometime as the golden standard. Just like 10,000 steps I suppose.
Happy, I agree that anything is better than nothing. I think research backs this up. Kudos to you on your ongoing efforts!
The last couple of weeks, I've been good about going to my yoga class, but slacking on lifting and aerobics. I've been a bit busy with appointments like vet, dentist, car maintenance but also being distracted and lazy.
I'm going to see my parents this weekend out of town and probably won't exercise or eat well.
Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
I have not posted here in some weeks due to a major health challange that has screwed up my exercise regime. Back in the last weekend of May I was having difficulty with focusing the vision in my left eye. It turned out that I had a total detachment of the retina and had surgery to repair it. The normal course of recovery has been complicated by bleeding into the eye and so now I am having surgery again on Monday to go in and look for the hermmorhage and try to fix that. So now my goal becomes keeping the progress that I had made stable so that when the surgeon says I can exercise again I will be good to go.
Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers to whatever God you pray to.
I've been meeting with a friend to go walking once a week - last time we finished up in the pool at her condo. ? It's hard to find a day to walk, as my work schedule varies so much. My friend is retired, but she has a lot of social activities going on.
We missed this week. ?
Happy, are you still able to walk your dog? I'm guessing that you can't do things that include bearing down. May God grant you healing.
Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
On 6/24/2022 at 5:48 PM, Kitiger said:
Happy, are you still able to walk your dog? I'm guessing that you can't do things that include bearing down. May God grant you healing.
Yes I can still walk the dog when it's cool enough but we have had some severe heat as high as 108 degrees in the daytime and while she's coming along in her training she is still highly reactive to other dogs when we walk and at 86 pounds can be a lot for me to handle. As for exercise I am allowed to walk but no jogging/running or treadmill. No weights of any kind as even light lifting can raise intraocular pressures. Once cleared for exercise I plan to start some water aerobics as the gym has a nice indoor pool. Surgery is on Monday and there is a planned 3 day prone recovery then it just depends of if they use an air bubble or a gas bubble. It all depends on what the surgeon finds when they get in there.
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I got an hour in the gym today! Did a bit of work on the green house and unpacked my bees.