Exercise - Working Back to it After or During Treatment

I'll admit too, exercise has been the last thing on my mind these last couple of days. My house is a true disaster so I did laundry, vacuuming, washed floors on Tuesday. Cooking dinners for DH and kitchen clean up this week. At yoga yesterday, was catch-up time as we haven't met for 3 or 4 weeks. We were considering going on a hike, but so glad it was just me and she did very gentle yoga which really relaxed me. Errands in the afternoon then spent a bunch of time on the computer updating my résumé (a friends company is hiring so she's taking in my résumé while its still just company internal notification before it opens to the public). 3 hours of sleep last night so moving slowly today, some organizing around here, errands to pay bills (looking my worst so of course ran into someone I worked with years ago) and a meeting. DD just came home till Saturday, maybe we'll walk tomorrow. Tires me out just thinking of exercise - maybe I can sleep tonight!

mara - me too on the spray!  I just have three years and the big number 60 will be here for me!

gritgirl - sorry you are not feeling well - do you have any anti-nausea meds around the house? Also, pretty much all my shoes are uncomfortable these days - my feet are unhappy ever since chemo. 

2nd time - I will turn 57 this summer - so it is a fact!

Thank you ladies!  I will take that compliment!  The interesting thing is that I had a hyst/ooph 12 years ago so have been estrogen deprived all that time.  I expected to look older, and expected chemo/surgery/aromatase inhibitors to age me more.  I feel older, but do not usually look it, notice that I said usually - if I don't do hair and makeup and a cute outfit I am sometimes shocked by what I see in the mirror! Of course, I color my hair, growing it out from chemo showed me that it is really much more salt than pepper. Most people do not guess my age, but put me at about 10 years younger - I am older than my DH (and he is ripped and has a tan so I make him stand far away from me - the contrast is too much!) so I need to stay looking at least the same age he is, right?  Or I could just settle for looking like a cougar, lol!  I don't do anything unusual so it must be in my genes, possibly along with the breast cancer - so a trade-off......  P.S. - I think everyone on this thread looks great!

SpecialK, I laughed at what you said about ur DH. Mine is 6 years younger than me, his premature gray looks dashing, mine needs peroxide camouflage. I never would have guessed ur age.

I wish everyone the best with beginning exercise. For the 1st time in my life, I am jogging. (Can't be called running, I'm so slow.) I can only manage once a week and I can't do anything else that day but nap, but I actually like it. Not sure how I'll feel in July. Like gritgirl, I have to watch the afternoon temps.

SpecialK, Where does your niece live?  I used to live in Tampa. I lived 2 blocks from Bayshore Boulevard, which is a superlong sidewalk for running or other exercising, for those of you who've never been there. As I recall, the weather was tolerable for exercise ... in March!

tarheelmichelle - I have no idea where she lives, but can ask my SIL!  I will be in touch with her in the next few days and will inquire.  My DH drives down Bayshore every day on his way to work at MacDill AFB.

I had thought I would have time to walk today but ended up having one of those days where the list of errands took twice as long because of road construction, forgetting to bring half the stuff I needed, forgetting to get cash first before I went to the cash-only dry cleaners, Forgetting that I needed to stop at places until I drove past them, etc.  It was a Monday kind of Tuesday!

I worked in the garden for about an hour today. I've really been taking it easy the last week, because I hit my head on a door frame a week ago and gave myself a mild concussion. I think I'm just about over it now, though.

Ugh! I don't like hot weather and it is supposed to be nearly 90 degrees here by next Sunday. After more than 30 years in the Northwest I've totally lost my ability to cope with heat, and as soon as the temp goes above 82 my brain starts to shut down. I won't be doing anything but lying around the house if the hot weather materializes as predicted.

Hi, I haven't posted for a little while so thought I'd check in.  I've been cleaning carpets for the last week or so.  One room at a time, but boy I sure love the new Bissel deepcleanx2 pet.  I've been doing each carpeted room twice because it's been so long since I've been able to clean.  Did my room today, ahhhhh so nice and fresh!  I'm down to 2 bedrooms left to do, and I'd like to do the office again.  One a day as long as my hip holds out is good for me.  Going back to the Dr. today and going to ask him for some anti inflammatories to see if that'll help.  Darn thing is swollen, and not getting better on it's own.  Scans were all negative though, so that was great news, but walking can still be quite painful at times.  

Curveball - hope your head is better, and your feeling better with that concussion.

MaraUK - putting groceries away after time spent shopping is great as you're still active.

It's been hot and humid here too, with a daily thundershowers.  That reminds me, time to close the windows in some attempts to keep it cool in here.  We have fans running all over the house to keep the air moving which seems to help. I hear you Curveball in regards to coping with the heat.  I used to be outside all the time in the summer, not anymore.  And draining!  Did I mention how draining the heat was?

grit so nice that you got to meet up with SK - i havent met anyone personally from the boards, all of the friends ive made here are either in the US or Australia - i hope your TM are good and that the back ache is a back ache

i went to the gym- 30min of cardio and weights

pooped tonite

kids are done school today so i see not so much gym time in the near future!