Let's Post our Daily Exercise

Today I walked 3 miles at the walking trail. It has been beautiful weather here lately I have wanted to be outside for exercise. I spent the afternoon getting my son ready to go camping for the weekend. It was his turn to get the groceries for his Boy Scout Troop. They will have chilly nights, but the days should be perfect.

Scottie-Insurance is always a pain. We just had enrollment at work, which the prices skyrocketed. All members will be paying double the cost monthly, but coverage is way less. Frustrating, but it's a necessary evil, I guess. I hope you get your issue resolved

Thanks for all the prayers and good vibes sent my way. Surgery went well on Monday. I'm sorry it took my a bit to get online... I had Facebook while in hospital and was able to post to a couple of you, but couldn't get to the BSO site on my phone. I was trying my best to follow doctors orders and rest (hard for me!) while in hospital. I was up and walking around Monday night after surgery, and I took the meds they gave me in hospital as they made me do it... However, it was fine and it counteracted and got ahead of any pain twinges that may have wanted to start.

Feeling really good. Drains are doing their thing... only minor discomfort and very little pain at the node removal site. BS called last night with path report and said clear margins, no tethering, 5/23 nodes precancerous, but more scarring in tumor and nodes than cancer. got all of it, and declared me CANCER FREE! Still have to do rads and finish Herceptin... but this is gone!

Jersey I'm glad you got one more step done. Rads was easy compared to surgery and chemo.

PatooI'm with you on the housework. I want to put up my tree but my living room needs cleaning first. It's sunny and warm today so I just want to go out.

Walked the dog 15 minutes then I took him home and did 25 minutes more of walk/run. Going to the grocery store then maybe I'll clean this evening.

Hey, everybody,

patoo invited me here. I live in the Deep South. In the fall and winter, it is ugly outside, not like the Washington, D.C. area where I lived for many years. I hibernate inside and become a couch potato until it warms up and I can garden and do yard work.

I started a thread in the Get Me through Treatment forum about Tamoxifen and fatigue and insonia. I am waiting for a lady from church to bring me an elliptical bike so I can ramp up for vigorous exercise. I can walk where I live, but not vigorously due to arthritis in my feet.

Yesterday, I went outside in my pajama bottoms, a knit top, a poncho, and Muk Luks. I am sure I was a sight to behold. I walked around the yard and picked up some branches and debris. I had gotten up early in the morning to help my 85 year old mother get ready for a doctor's appointment. I helped her with a sponge bath and then helped her get dressed. I was exhausted when she left for her appointment. Today, I have been on the couch again getting up to pick up in the living room. I went outside for a few minutes to give the man next door information about vocational rehabilitation services in our city.

I became a big time couch potato in March when my mother was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. She had beat invasive breast cancer when she was about 78, but she stopped going for her body scans after three years. After the diagnosis, she wouldn't let me out of her sight, so I have started to morph into a couch potato. Now, I have breast cancer, and Tamoxifen has made me depressed and increased my pain levels. I had to go on an antidepressant. Now, I am worried about big time weight gain. My MO wants me to lose 40 to 43 pounds in addition to the 34 pounds I have shed in the past few years.

So, this is my situation. I have fibromyalgia and am disabled but ambulatory. Somehow, I have to find the silver lining in this cloud and make my life work for me.

And, I have to separate myself from the couch too.

Oh yes, I did 45 minutes on the dreadmill this morning. Also took two uncooperative cats to the vet, which should count for something!!!!

Jersey. . .so glad all went well. Cancer Free is a blessing. DecisionFreak. . .just start slow. After BMx I was very weak because I have a degenerated L4/L5 disk which I'm also fighting. I started very slow on the treadmill and worked up from there. Now I walk/hike an average of 5 miles a day.

All thanks for the support on the insurance issue. I won't know until Monday morning if the lumbar epi is going forward. It better, just praying that it will.

My exercise today was Christmas shopping. We were supposed to hike after but it got too late and a nap sounded better. Back to the gym tomorrow.

Scottie

Hello all, according to fitbit I had 60 active minutes tonight, mainly doing a Candlelight house tour. I've been off my game and this was a good way to get back in some good walking. Now I just have to march in place for 200 steps to get to my 10,000 goal!

Oh, and I cleaned the bathroom tonight. Ugh. It needed it. I had to get down on my hands and knees to clean the outside of the toilet bowl. And, I forgot that I had to clean the outside of the front door today with a rag and Clorox because there were little spots of mold on the door. Then, I cleaned the inside of the door with vinegar and water. And, I cleaned some moldy stuff out of the air conditioning system, then went outside and used the hose to clean the outdoor pipe that carries excess water away from air conditioning system. Do all those things count?

Oh.....goodie! That means I can eat all I want!

Cheryl, Hope you find your charger!

Ok DecisionFreak, stop showing off!!!! Yes, that all counts for exercise but get some of the boring exercise in as well, walking, half-marathons, triathalons, etc. (Sorry, did anyone tell you they removed all my serious bones with the lumpectomy? I asked them to leave one but they declined.)

7-1/4 mile bike ride after church today. Was going to the pool but my recliner claimed my body instead.

Night sculpted friends.

Unbreakable, that is great timing. Congrats. Wish I could motivate myself to try running again. Did it before but didn't get very far. May give C25k another shot. We'll see.

Scottie: Fingers crossed for a good outcome with your insurance company.

Cheryl: Hope you get better soon.

Ruth: I read what you did at the vet's yesterday.

DecisionFreak: You have the desire to do something, now continue what you are doing and add more in such as walking around the block.

Hi Everybody! I walked/ran Friday, Saturday, and today. Nice, cool weather.

Decision Freak, the only way I get any cleaning done is to count it as exercise. And unbreakable, those are great times.

My hubby and I did a run/walk for 35 minutes today. I also went up and down the stairs several hundred times doing laundry. OK I exaggerate, it just felt like several hundred.

Did 45 minutes of walking at the Y today. Yesterday I didn't make it there before they closed, so I asked around the mall, which is about a mile. It's harder to have a decent pace there, because its so busy this time of year. Plus there's always something that catches your eye and gets you distracted. I've got to stop and look at the Snoopy stuff at build a bear, of course.