Exercise and well being during chemo and radiation

ksusan

Fighting with gym-related documentation. Not what you'd call the easiest way to show participation in an exercise plan.

ksusan

12/2: Stretch + Fitbit + Zumba = 6.98 miles
12/3: Stretch + Fitbit + Zumba = 7.13 miles
12/4: Stretch + Fitbit = 1.59 miles
12/5: Stretch + Fitbit + T = 5.05 miles
12/6: Stretch + Fitbit + T = 3.0 miles

littleblueflowers

Show them your ripped abs, ksusan! That should proVe you participate!

1 hr stair master, lots of upper body machines at 10 lbs trying to get my stretch on. Now I'm WONDERING if my weird under jaw neck pain is in fact somehow muscular. Gawwwwwwwwd! Cancer blows.

ksusan

If by "ripped" you mean "like a bowl full of jelly," sure, that works.

Italychick

Hey, I can feel my ab muscles under the jelly. Not to get rid of the jelly....

littleblueflowers

I've seen your pix, ksusan, and more importantly your dead bugs. No modesty necessary!

T-that's just gotta be jelly, cause jam don't shake like that! (Leer)

eheinrich

I don't have exercise to report but while at the surgical center today i weighed myself for the first time in forever. At my heaviest chemo weight I was up 13 pounds from what I used to weigh (2 foot surgeries in the year leading up to cancer share the blame w chemo). I am now only up 4! I can only credit it on diet changes since I am terrible at working out. I eat very little meat & since being on tamoxifen my appetite is much less. Now I want to heal up from surgery & start getting back to weight training.

ksusan

I'll have numbers to post tomorrow. How's it going for everyone?

littleblueflowers

I'm annoyed with myself that I never can seem to spend more than an hour and a half working out, because I feel the need to come home to be with the family. So...pretty much business as usual lol. Befor cancer, I was a fitness freak. After, my goal has been to never let gym time interfere with family time, and moreover, to not get twitchy when I perceive a lack of excercise. Only moderately successful so far at that. Don't really feel ready to run 30 miles on Jan 9. We shall see!

How is everyone else holding up? Eileen, you post some monster step counts! Good work!

Hi ksusan!

Italychick

Littleblue, doing good here, heading out for a bike ride in a few. Been a bit of a slacker this past week, but the weather has been sucky for bike riding. Too cold

Italychick

2,937 cycling miles, so if all goes well, I should hit the 3,000 mile goal I set for myself by the end of the year. Also 109,170 feet of climbing this year so far! Had a bunch of personal records today, so think I'm overcoming some of the post chemo side effects

Jackbirdie

Go, T!

littleblueflowers

Good work T!

2 hrs stairmaster level 7, 100 crunches.

ksusan

Two hours stairmaster, jeez!

Italychick

littleblue you are an animal

eheinrich

Wow ladies! I need to up my game.

littleblueflowers

I was watching The Dirty Dozen on TCM. I just had to know what happened!

ksusan

12/9: 9.38 miles (steps, Zumba, stretches)

12/10: 3.09 miles (steps [travel day])

12/11: 8.63 miles (steps, stretches)

12/12: 7.28 miles (steps, Zumba, stretches)

12/13: 6.90 miles (steps, Zumba, stretches)

12/14: 10.43 miles (steps, Zumba, stretches, full yoga plank, 25 dead bugs

12/15: 5.01 miles (steps, stretches, stretches and exercises in pool)

12/16: 9.0 miles (steps, Zumba, stretches, stretches and exercises in pool)

12/17: 8.61 miles (steps, stretches, stretches and exercises in pool)

12/18: 10.91 miles (steps, Zumba, stretches, stretches and exercises in pool)

12/19: 4.59 miles (steps [travel day])

12:20: 2.0 miles (steps [head cold])

ksusan

12/21: 2.0 miles (steps [head cold])

12/22: 8.52 miles (steps, Zumba, 2 30-sec full yoga planks, 25 dead bugs, stretches)

12/23: 6.0 miles (steps, Zumba, stretches, rotator cuff exercises)

octogirl

After a time of less activity as I settled into rads and work got crazy busy (not that that is a good excuse) I am back to walking daily. No amazing numbers to report, but I am walking daily. Two miles today. Planning to do a longer hike tomorrow. Hope all have a peaceful and restful holiday!

Octogirl

littleblueflowers

Good work, Octo and all!

So ok, apparently I can't just eat one cookie, I have to eat EVERY cookie at my parents house. No serious excercise, but went cross country skiing, sledding ( flopping on my chest on my sled with no boobs equals dumb idea, riding it down the hill over jumps even more so lol) puppy walking and baking dozens of cookies. My parents had 40 elk get into their haystack, so spent some time fixing fence. It was cute, this morning there was a herd of turkeys cuddled up with a doe under a pine tree in their yard. Sometimes it's nice to go home and forget this scary adult world lol. Now, if every person I know including all of you ladies would be blessed with continual good health, life would be perfect!

ksusan

Okay, let's eat that last handful of cookies and drag our asses out for a walk!

octogirl

I froze a bunch of the cookies I got for Christmas...mostly because hubby was driving me crazy eating them all! And if they don't freeze well, that will be just less temptation. However, it was pretty hilarious that he and I got each other the exact same chocolate covered cherries in out stockings. and I am Jewish, I shouldn't even have a stocking..(but if hubby wants to hang one and put chocolate covered cherries in it, who am I to argue?...)

I sort of got off my ass today; walked another two miles. It was damned cold outside. Walked fast :-)

Octogirl

Italychick

9.9 miles left to hit my goal of 3,000 miles riding this year! Beautiful ride today, even with it being a little cold for us southern Californians.

littleblueflowers

1.5 hrs cardio, range of motion excercises, weights...more cookies.

ksusan

What's the point without the cookies?

littleblueflowers

pre cancer-extremely disciplined life style. Post cancer-COOKIES!!!

Italychick

yes, must have cookies! And hummingbird cake from Urban Plates! Has these chunks of pineapple in it, absolutely delicious

queenmomcat

30 minutes swimming yesterday. 60 minute of cardio and weight lifting today. SEND ME YOUR COOKIES!

eheinrich

Wow Theresa! What an amazing achievement especially given all the shit 2015 served up.