Kicking LE's butt!! Exercise & Self Care Log

Our instructor is in the water with us and has an assistant who makes the rounds to make sure all are doing the exercises properly. Once you know the exercises, you will probably not need to be watching so intently all the time. As an alternative, just pick a nearby person and model what they are doing.

Yes, I was told to wear my compression when I exercise.

Stretch class, treadmill and rowing machine today. 900 meters on the rowing machine! That is 0.55 miles. Woot!

gray, gloomy, damp and cool here today. Went in the big pool for Aqua Arthritis, and just felt the pool was too cool to handle today. So I tried the class in the warm pool. Wow! I really liked it and liked the instructor. Had a lot to do with body mechanics and posture. Stuff that I can use help with due to my wonky neck. Definitely going back to that one on Thurs.

I had a free 2 week pass to the gym from my PCP. That expires today, so I made the big leap and joined! So I gotta go now!!

Thanks for the encouragement... I just ate a holiday brownie with my morning coffee. Guess I'd better get on that treadmill!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all..

The holidays are so hard, food-wise. And my dog is declining,, and I want to eat all the bad stuff when I'm emotional.

Went to the Aqua class in the warm pool yesterday. Really liking this class, it is a challenge! Seeing my LE therapist today, and looking forward to telling her all about it.

Glennie. dogs truly are mans best friend,he would rather want you to think of all the nice walks and talks you had than emotional eat but it's so true that some off us reach for that kind of comfort and it's so distracting from the issue at hand .Give your best friend a hug and tell him you love all that he's done for you. I'm glad your taking care of yourself by exercising. It lifts spirits to! Keep it up.

Laural, Shooed the food fairy away today and tried to behave. Did a workout and decided that I lagged and need to step it up.thinking I might go three times to gym instead of twice week this Jan. Also ice has gone off my roads so there are not excuses. Laural,dang all that way and they had the nerve to close pool. SheeeshI hope you walked instead.

13,000 steps on my Fitbit yesterday!

Aw, Glennie, I'm so sorry--so hard. Hang in there and treasure all that love he feels for you. Nothing quite like our faithful critters, is there?

Gentle hugs,
Binney

Made my 10,000 steps today by cleaning up all the Christmas decorations, then followed by a brisk walk in the park as my swim class was cancelled again for today. Sent the last of the cookies to work with my hubby today so sugar is out of the house. Now the snow is falling...very pretty to see from the warm inside.

Yes, Go Laural!

Did 0.85 miles on the treadmill and 1000 m on the rower (YAY) and a few arm exercises wearing sleeve of course. Aqua class tomorrow.

• Attended my second aerobics class today. Sore as all get--out, but happy. I'm almost afraid to post, because over the past year I've made so many false exercise starts at home, then petered out after a week or so. I guess I really do need the peer pressure of a group around me --- and the financial pressure of "I've already paid for this!" But I really need to get back in shape. So I rejoined the health club I used to belong to before bc, and have now gone twice a week for five weeks (at first just Pilates, but am now also trying the more strenuous things). AND I've used our home exercise bike a few times in between. My compression sleeve and glove have so far prevented any flare-ups (I wear them all the time anyway).

I'd like to try pool exercises, but I look like swiss cheese right now with four skin biopsy sites for a rash that apparently isn't an allergic reaction to anastrozole, like the oncologist thought. The dermatologist he sent me to cut out two more skin chunks and ordered a slew of blood tests. So I'm back in Waiting For Results Hell, AKA Crazy Town, for at least another week. And gooped up with heavy duty steroid creams and groggy with steroid pills. But yes I am still exercising!

OkI dragged chocolate out of freezer and devoured then justified I could because I walked 70 minutes. Chocolate all gone! No more finding its way into the house for awhile.

I was so glad to get the Christmas goodies out of the house, Glennie. Now just don't let anymore fall into your shopping basket and you will be set for success. Great job on the walking! I did 2 swim classes this week, and one 4 mile walk and an evening with my exercise video yesterday. Since stopping the Arimidex (I have been on it for 5 years almost), I have been able to get off my blood pressure med as well. The oncologist was surprised at this. He told me he was sure it was just my excess weight that caused the high blood pressure. And yet, one of the side effects listed is increased blood pressure...go figure.

Well that was a problem, I didn't wear my compression sleeve when I got on the elliptical - I'm usually on it for 45 minutes and crank up the incline. I feel so good when I'm done. I was going 3-4 times a week, but now I just took a M-F job. I have one at home so I might set it up in a spare room and get on it in the mornings.

Today my arm/hand really swelled with the warmer weather. I don't want to wear the sleeve at work since I'm in sales, so I'm drinking a lot of water, deep breathing, and doing the raised arm and hand squeeze. What else can I do?