Exercise and well being during chemo and radiation

Glad everyone is surviving your wild weather! Aside from anti cancer pills, what do you all keep in emergency kits?

Well, so far this weekend, I have Xc skied, back country snow boarded, snow shoed, and gone sledding. I also made elk red chili from scratch on a wood stove. Kind of a grand slam! You all are an inspiration!

Now contemplating the "Tank Girl" emergency supply kit. but definitely taking notes on the "altoids box sized" emergency kit.

And thirteen year old me snickers...

That looks like a really good idea ksusan. I'm going to put together something similar, all credit to you!

Sounds like you are doing great, PB!

Good for you Linda! I live in Northern CA and it has rained a lot here too. Thankful to have a treadmill at home...so I have no excuses! What's the name of the app you're using, sounds interesting. I'm definitely not motivated or hard core either, wish I was. But I've set small reachable goals for myself, so very very slowly I'm making progress. I find if my goals are too lofty I tend to just give up, so far going in baby steps and it's working.

PB

Still here and trying to lose 5 lbs. Today I did an hour of elliptical level 17, and I'm going to climb tonight. Last night I went ice skating...super fun!

Still here. I'm getting my 10k steps in mostly at work. Today I carried around a screaming 40lb child for an hour - that has to count for something aside from low back pain.

I'm here everyday ;-) Been up snowboarding 6x already and counting! Haven't exercised much...been lazy coz of this cold wet weather. But, I'll be good and get back to it. #5 dumbbells here I come!

Sloth- you reminded me of something my dad used to do with me. He called it "scout's pace" and was interval type training of a spurt of jogging, maybe 20 seconds, then brisk walking for 30. It was fun. He also used to take me out to the Newport jetty, and we would go out past where the path was, "mountain goating" on the big boulders making up the end of the jetty. Pretty intense with the waves crashing over us. Kind of like mountain climbing horizontally. My mother and father were already divorced by then, but she still would have been horrified. Thanks for the memories.....

your dad was ahead of his time. I remember those amazing sailing photos you posted during chemo. They were so magical.

Katy: That's an *AWESOME* photo!!!

Wow...great mileage ksusan! On your way to meeting your goals! My numbers are not anywhere close to those...but you inspire me to keep pushing forward

PB

I'm still trying, but had a crazy week. I had to travel for work, and I brought my workout clothes, but never made it to the hotel gym. We started our meetings at 7:30 in the morning, which meant I'd have to get up around 5 AM to work out - and the hotel work out room was small! Smaller than my hotel room - it was a Marriott Residence Inn, so I was surprised at how little real estate they gave to the gym, you would think that people who are living there (usually long term), would want to have a nice work out room.

My work meetings were a combination of in-person and via video, and I had to see myself on the camera, and I hate the way I look.

I've gained 2.5 pounds since the beginning of the year. I know that I said this wasn't about my weight, but I certainly didn't expect that I'd go up - especially so rapidly.

Lynne