The Exercise Thread🤸🏻‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🚴🏽🏋🏻

[Pampered chicken girl]

I'm on a journey to move my body more and heal my(very diet culture damaged) relationship with food. Been taking a few days off because I've been busy. When I work I get 15k+ steps a day anyways.

Not so much trying to lose weight, more to get healthy, build endurance, and feel better physically and mentally. I chew gum almost everyday, started making some healthier replacements where I can while still enjoying myself. Differentiating between hungry and bored and only eating when my body is actually hungry has been a big thing for me. Finding healthy foods I still enjoy too. I still eat other stuff, I don't force myself to skip meals or wait to eat...if I'm hungry im going to eat, else I'll just over eat later. But moderation and adding in healthy food is the best for me. Get fuller on healthy things, eat a bit of what I want too but since I'm already full it won't be over consumption. I've been really liking hearts of palm pasta, plus I don't feel as bloated after like with regular pasta

 

[NotabitaiI]

I did a round of arthritis Pilates and leg Pilates yesterday. I must've strained my toes or something because they're tender
I feel good though. Today I'll do more arthritis and core Pilates and tomorrow I'm shopping for some better food to have ready for my meals. I usually try to do three cups of vegetables, one cup of fruit, and one filling serving of lean meat, two times per day, 16/8 fasting window, and no snacking. This seems hard and restrictive but this just ensures that I'm getting everything I need, I'm not starving myself, and I'm not just eating out of boredom, I always dread eating like this but then when I do it I feel totally invincible and actually really happy. I also drink 80oz of water, one cup of coffee, and one electrolyte for the day and that helps so much with arthritis pain.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Strait As in gym, played all sports, NO SOCCER. Back when I was framing houses, many yrs ago the crew and I would get together for a session of 12 oz curls, have since given up both. Walks, leisurely kayaking, golf no cart, bowling and yard work, enough for me.

 

[C Siena]

Not so much trying to lose weight, more to get healthy, build endurance, and feel better physically and mentally. I chew gum almost everyday, started making some healthier replacements where I can while still enjoying myself. Differentiating between hungry and bored and only eating when my body is actually hungry has been a big thing for me. Finding healthy foods I still enjoy too. I still eat other stuff, I don't force myself to skip meals or wait to eat...if I'm hungry im going to eat, else I'll just over eat later. But moderation and adding in healthy food is the best for me. Get fuller on healthy things, eat a bit of what I want too but since I'm already full it won't be over consumption. I've been really liking hearts of palm pasta, plus I don't feel as bloated after like with regular pasta

We rarely eat pasta. Many times we use zucchini with a spiral slicer. Looks like fettuccine, absorbs the sauce/juice, cooks in 4-5 minutes in the skillet and tastes good.

That way we skip the simple carbs that turn to sugar and aren't good for arthritis (inflammatory). Last night I ate a small baked potato with a little butter and yogurt. Very small white potato as I'm trying to limit the inflammatory foods. I prefer sweet potatoes.

I need to make dinner earlier so we do not eat as late as that's not good to eat a full meal close to going to bed.

True about eating when hungry not for other reasons. Good job adjusting for health.

 

[NotabitaiI]

I've been doing Pilates every day. Occasionally I only do the arthritis Pilates just to get my joints limbered up and my muscles stretched, but I usually try to work one muscle group every day. I'm not really working my muscles to failure, and I'm not pushing to finish every workout, I don't want to cause too much inflammation because that usually kills my desire to do anything the next day, I'm also making sure I do Pilates every day without a rest day since it takes like 40 days to build a habit and I'm scared of getting too lax about Pilates and taking breaks too often, it's not the most strenuous activity anyways so I don't think I'm hurting myself.

 

[Sally PB]

What a great topic for a thread!

A neighbor of ours had a heart attack in December, 2023, and has since passed on. Her legacy for me is that I've worked out on the elliptical every day since December 8, 2023. 619 days and counting.

I recently had a bone density scan, and I've lose some density since my last scan 3 years ago. I have osteopenia, and a T-score of -1.5. (-1 is good; -2.5 is osteoporosis.) My grandmother had osteoporosis. She broke her hip at age 78, and never walked again. She spent the rest of her life in a bed in a nursing home.

To help build up bone density, I've started skipping on our daily dog walks. Maybe it looks silly, but I've never shied away from being silly.

The 619 days in a row? One day at a time. After I got to 50 days, I wanted to get to 100. Then 200. Then a year. Then 500. Now I WILL NOT miss a day, because it would take me 619 days to be able to say 619 days in a row. And by then, it would have been 1238 days in a row.

My health is my wealth. Lose it and it is damned expensive to get back, if indeed you can.

Sorry, I don't mean to brag or sound preachy. A friend of mine thinks I'm "reveling in wearing a hair shirt." But I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life, at age 63.

 

[NotabitaiI]

What a great topic for a thread!

A neighbor of ours had a heart attack in December, 2023, and has since passed on. Her legacy for me is that I've worked out on the elliptical every day since December 8, 2023. 619 days and counting.

I recently had a bone density scan, and I've lose some density since my last scan 3 years ago. I have osteopenia, and a T-score of -1.5. (-1 is good; -2.5 is osteoporosis.) My grandmother had osteoporosis. She broke her hip at age 78, and never walked again. She spent the rest of her life in a bed in a nursing home.

To help build up bone density, I've started skipping on our daily dog walks. Maybe it looks silly, but I've never shied away from being silly.

The 619 days in a row? One day at a time. After I got to 50 days, I wanted to get to 100. Then 200. Then a year. Then 500. Now I WILL NOT miss a day, because it would take me 619 days to be able to say 619 days in a row. And by then, it would have been 1238 days in a row.

My health is my wealth. Lose it and it is damned expensive to get back, if indeed you can.

Sorry, I don't mean to brag or sound preachy. A friend of mine thinks I'm "reveling in wearing a hair shirt." But I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life, at age 63.

Love this! As someone who was born with a lot of bone issues I've always been jealous of those born with their health intact, it's a privilege to be able to move and it's one of the best medicines anyone could take advantage of. I get into my slumps and I drop habits, but when I get back into these things I feel so crazy good about myself, even if I don't look a certain way and I'm not seeing the results fast enough I know I'm at least doing something, and that's better than rotting in a chair feeling miserable about my life.

 

[Sally PB]

I read a book titled: Outlive, The Science and Art of Longevity, by Peter Attia, MD. He had 4 topics he talked about:
Exercise
Nutrition (including any supplements)
Sleep
Mental Health

And yes, he said exercise was (slightly) more important than nutrition.

It has only been in the past few decades that the importance of good quality and enough sleep has become apparent. And even though mental health was last on the list, it was FAR from unimportant.

 

[OnlySympathy]

I haven’t done much recently. Just some pull-ups and pushups mainly. But now that school has started (today is the first day… yayyyy ) I’m going to be walking home whenever the weather is nice so that is about 3-4 miles depending on if I walk to tractor supply first or not

 

[Sally PB]

Walking is a great form of exercise. Maybe not the hardest workout, but you can use all the major muscle groups (if you involve your arms), and give your heart and lungs a workout too.

It's free, it doesn't burn any fossil fuels. It gets you from point A to point B. You can enjoy the scenery or a podcast (please do that safely). For me, it's a great way to unwind and de-stress.