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Good afternoon everyone!
I am sure glad someone is keeping the posts going on a daily basis. I may not post, but I do stop by everyday to see what is going on. Weekends can be slow due to folks being busy, but as stated that can be a good thing!
I have had a mean sinus headache all weekend in response to all this rain. I am SO SICK OF IT or the general overcast chilly days. I had such a great day Friday due to it be sunny & in the 70s. I used to envy all the postops who talked about running around all day getting a ton of stuff done. I never thought I'd have that much energy. But I see it coming. Friday I ran around from the time I got up until bedtime. A real NSV!
I am not into yoga...still can't sit on floor, but I admire those of you who can do it. I am Walker, enjoy hiking & swimming is a real passion. I used to love dancing, but it gets my heart rate up too high for my afib so it has fallen by the wayside.
I am interested in doing some bodybuilding thru weightlifting, but I really need to work on my upper body strength. It always amazes me how much I lost or have up due to my obesity that I never even realized!
I have been on track with my 40 minute walks this week & the knee pain has subsided for now. Thanks for all the suggestions...I would just take Tylenol when it was persistent.
Linda, I had to laugh when you suggested a knee brace bc my first thought was they don't make the big enough!/Then I realized I probably could get one in my size now!
So I am going to try 3 40/minute walks this week & 2 45/minute ones & see how I do. I also want to cut my carb & calorie intake & TRY to think of food as fuel instead of a coping mechanism or as enjoyment.
I become aware over & over how emotionally I eat. It doesn't matter what the feeling is...I feed it if I don't take time to process it. Jeannie is so right about how stress impacts you...I am really concerned my husband's growing memory loss is dementia related. But still I feel like I am going to explode if he asks me one more time something I told him 10 times before, misplaces his keys for the 5th time in one day, calls me from the store about something that is on the list I gave him...that he forgot he had...it just goes on & on. And I can't get away from it!
Anyhow, although I love him dearly I need to focus on my health or I won't be worth a damn to him. So I will take baby steps....water, calories & carbs down...exercise up.
Everyone have a good day!
Kathy
Sunday SundaySunday...I have slept all day...well off and on. I guess the only thing left for me to do is cook dinner and get the kids home. Life is good.
I hope you guys are having an uneventful day. What's up?
It slow here this weekend. Guess that is a sign that we are all going out and having fun, visiting friends or family, and getting in a little exercise.
I am up,dressed, taken my meds and vitamins, and now eating a little shredded wheat. I am going to Kemah today and if the weather cooperates going for a sail on the Captain Kidd. It rained yesterday and earlier this morning....weatherman wrong again.
See ya later
Hi Jeannie
its technically still Saturday. I was tired today and went to bed too early so here I am up before my usual bed time. Well, I am eating a couple of crackers with peanut butter then I'll go back to bed. I was doing ok and should have been able to doze off after I woke up. John fell asleep without his cpap on and when I woke up I gently woke him up and told him to put it on. Unfortunately after he did he was awake and his solution is to turn the TV on. He falls asleep within 5-10 minutes when he watches TV. He is like Pavlov's dog. He has trained himself and it is a bad habit. Once he turned on the TV it was too bright for me to be able to get back to sleep. So here I am.
Sorry you feel badly about your food today, but that's all it is ....today. Try again tomorrow. Be thankful you have a tomorrow and a chance for a do over. You'll do fine. You got this.
Night night.
Hey,
No one has started the thread today so here I am doing it. I have been spending most of the day cooking extra meals for the DH for when I am gone. He cannot cook, as you all may remember, and the second week in June, I will be out of town doing the AP reading so I have to prepare food for him. This year, it is easier than before becoming vegetarian....I made eggplant parmesan and am freezing it to see how it holds up. We will defrost it next week and eat it and if it goes well, he will have that to eat too. Some foods just don't freeze as well as others.
My good news for the day is I have my water in and today have stuck to my goal of drinking only one cup of coffee. My granddaughter and I have done our yoga and she did a bunch of the more complicated positions and she just cannot understand why I cannot do them.
Well, ladies...my eating sucked today: Breakfast was a fratada made with onions, mushrooms, bell peppers, eggs, with picante sauce, and thing slices of squash on the top....I ate two servings. Lunch: watermelon ( a lot of melon) and crackers). Dinner: Pizza (cheese and vegetables) I so messed up today...but I promise to do better.
DH has rented a crappy movie and is laughing his butt off so I better pay attention.
Ladies, have a good day....I hope you have eaten better than I.
Linda,
I think the yoga is the best way to get range of motion and flexibility back. Of course, we are limited, or those of us who have joint problems, but it is so nice to bend over and pick things up off the floor without almost falling. Once you start, you will progress quickly because you have been working out. I started doing yoga and absolutely found my exercise. I can do it while sitting, standing, even lying in bed. Once you start, you will want to purchase a yoga mat--even if you do yoga on a carpeted floor The more padding the better. I totally love how good I feel during and after.
Just get the yoga for dummies or watch videos; that's how I started. The only reason I have a trainer is because I provide writing and web support for my yoga coach...when I say web support, I don't mean the technological support but the editing. Anyway, I cannot wait to read your progress. Yeah!!
Hell yeah we're strong ! Repeat, repeat, repeat.
I haven't started yoga, was going to yesterday but I was whipped when I finished with the weights. Worked biceps and shoulders and I felt like a wet noodle at the end. I think yoga on line dance days would be better. I would do yoga at 11 and dance at 2.
It a hot day today so outside walking is out. John is working around the yard today and tomorrow we are going to Kemah for an afternoon sailboat ride.
Its after 10 and I am just realizing I haven't eaten. I'd better do that. I will have 1/3 cup of quaker oat squares. I eat it dry like a snack. For lunch I will have beets and grilled shrimp. Dinner probably a lot of tomatoes before they go bad with some grilled chicken. Snacks...I have celery and carrots on hand and also some blueberries and a couple of Kiwis. Will figure it out.
I will walk today, I just don't know where.
Jeannie Congratulations on your new yoga pose. It will take me years just to wave at the floor much less touch it. I do bend forward and let my hands hang as a hamstring stretch but I can only hang about halfway between my knees and my ankles. I got a long way to go.
Let me just say that when I do Yoga in groups of people, I never do anything that is difficult because I fear hurting myself or getting in a pose that I cannot get out of gracefully. So, I meet with a yoga instructor often and she and I are usually alone or there may be a couple of ladies my age there and we are all on the same skill level. But, she and I have been working on getting me to get out of my comfort zone and so I have been, with her help, I have been doing two posses that are rather difficult...one is for my lower back and I start by touching my knees, then I slowly stretch so that my hands are flat on the floor and I slowly walk with my hands until my butt is up in the air and my arms are far enough a way from my feet so that I can slowly arch my back and then relax it. But, she helps me...well, today, in my lunch yoga club of colleagues, I decided I was going to do that one and I was so afraid that I was going to mess up that I almost didn't do it...but I did and everyone there said I did it beautifully. Now my back is a little sore but not bad. It's sore from being stretched so much this last week. If my knees weren't so bad, I could really do some fancy yoga poses...but damn knees make it impossible for me to have any fun.
Linda, I especially think of you on those hikes and doing all that walking and lifting and how you are really pushing yourself and making progress and everyone else who make efforts to stretch, walk, lift, turn, spin, or dance....I do say that we are so freakin' strong, aren't we?
Eileen and Linda,
I, too, am unable to weight bear on my knees. After the last surgery, the ortho guy said that before I have the knee replaced, he wants me in PT so I can build up my muscles and I tried it but it just killed my right knee. I don't want to have the knee replacement until Christmas. I know there's a huge risk waiting so long but I have just heard so many negative things about the surgery. My brother had his knee don't last year and he is going in to have the other one done soon and he is so happy with the results but you now, I've heard just as many horror stories as I have good endings. I hope you are able to get the transmitter thing back in soon. Living with pain is horrible.
Well, I can't climb, I can't sit for long periods with my legs down. I get stabbing pains. It might help. Strengthening your quads might help you. I know when I was more religious about working out in the pool and doing the sit in the chair exercise, I could climb stairs better (not comfortably, but at least I could do it). Do you see a pain specialist? This is where it was suggested to me. It was the end of the line, so to speak. I was sent to the spine doc and he suggested I try the neuro stim. I had to pass a psych test first, then we did the trial and now because of my fainting spell, I have to get the OK from the cardiologist.
