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@j29t Your bike looks amazing! That would be fun.
Today, I'm trying out an introduction to pilates. It was a free session and I thought, what the heck? I've heard it's really hard and very good for you.
I swim a mile once a month and it usually takes about 70 minutes. I felt good in the pool on Thursday, so I swam my 2nd mile this month for the very first time. I swim twice a week for an hour on my regular schedule. It felt really good.
We're still getting lots of rain here in Colorado, but luckily it starts in the late afternoon. So, I plan my outdoor activities in the morning. The streams and rivers are running really high, so I have to be careful when taking my dogs to our local dog park. They are big and can swim, but the water is running fast. Always a new adventure...6 -
chris_in_cal wrote: »Anyone else here on Team 1963!!!!
We are the newest members of this thread.
Ha Young One! Team 1953 here! Welcome aboard!
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Greetings, seasoned citizens. Good to see you all working hard on improving your health.
No significant changes in my spouse's condition. The myeloma remains dormant - that's the good news. She's still dealing with chronic joint pain and the effects of long term opiate use for pain relief. I continue with personal counseling and a caregiver support group. That's helping me to cope, but I feel the burnout from 2 plus years of dealing with this situation.
I was walking regularly, but I have fallen off the wagon recently. Starting back up today. Saw the scale creeping up and that was my wake up call.
Keep up the good work, my friends. I do read the thread sometimes but don't always comment. Regardless, all of you are an inspiration to me.9 -
@alteredsteve175 Hang in there. Do what you can to relieve stress and find support. We're here to listen if you just need to vent. Take care of yourself.1
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@alteredsteve175 You are staying so focused, Steve, despite all the challenges. I'm glad you have so much support both here and in person.
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alteredsteve175 wrote: »
Good show, Steve. That's good for both you and the dog, after all.
It's good to hear from you. Like others, I'm cheering for you to find the best path in your difficult situation, and admire all the things you do to keep it together amongst the challenging circumstances. Hang in there!2 -
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alteredsteve175 wrote: »
Do it for the dog......and for you! Time alone to ruminate is time well spent. Especially in your circumstances.3 -
ridiculous59 wrote: »alteredsteve175 wrote: »
Do it for the dog......and for you! Time alone to ruminate is time well spent. Especially in your circumstances.
Heard that. I find that walking gives me time to think and sort things out. Also helps to restore my patience - I always need that.3 -
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New to MFP, and to fussing over my weight in general, but I qualify for this thread and weight is becoming an issue. The landscape pic is awesome and the bike with baskets is cute too. I've only read back a few pages so far but dragon boating was mentioned and I've done that for about 10 years. All of you are so inspiring! Thanks!6
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Ernest_Nigma wrote: »New to MFP, and to fussing over my weight in general, but I qualify for this thread and weight is becoming an issue. The landscape pic is awesome and the bike with baskets is cute too. I've only read back a few pages so far but dragon boating was mentioned and I've done that for about 10 years. All of you are so inspiring! Thanks!
Welcome! I like to think that we inspire each other 🙂
Paddles Up!1 -
I'm so afraid of heights, I could never climb that high! when I was growing up, one of my older brothers used to pretend we're going to go over the cliff while he was driving the family (my parents didn't drive) to different lakes etc & many times there were no railings on the roads & some were elevated so it freaked me out.
I haven't ridden my bike in ages. I did put a basket in the front & would put my little dog in it. She enjoyed it, besides that I would take my big dogs to run along side way before it was popular & some people would yell at me that it was cruel. Now a days many do it. I'll have to decide if I'm going to ride it any more, if not I should sell it to make more room in the shed3 -
Happy Father's Day to the amazing dads out there and Happy Juneteenth!
While I don't have my eating all the way back on track yet, my exercise is really coming along. Two times swimming, 2+ mile walks at the dog park, restorative yoga and today, a 4.3 mile hike with 610' of elevation gain. It was hard, when a year ago it would have been much easier, but I'm back in the saddle and feeling so much better already. The last time I burned this many exercise calories in a month was July of last year.
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!8 -
good for you on the hike @coblujay . I love being outdoors & just don't feel good if I don't start my day outside.
Our neighbor gave us 2 huge white zucchini from his garden yesterday. I love squash & zucchini is my favorite but I've never hear of a white one. Look forward to having some today2 -
Good Morning and Happy Day after Solstice! I’m an infrequent participant, but long time stalker on this thread. 🤣 enjoying the last few months of my sixties before going into my 70’s in October, So I’m definitely a member of the “and up” portion on this august group. In the midst of a visit Back East (Philly area, So. Jersey, and Virginia) to celebrate some family events: high school graduation, 80th and 97th birthday, wedding. Been busy and lots of fun. Got a few good weather days down the Jersey shore before Weather turned cloudy and rainy, may impact some planned outside grandkid activities. Anyways, food and workouts have been a mess. Hopefully my going off the reservation food and exercise-wise will still allow me to fit into my glad rags for the upcoming wedding. 🤪 Hope everyone is doing well! Be good out there!4
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A small age-appropriate update/public service announcement:
In the local big-ish city there's a downtown park with something called a "Fitlot", an area with a cluster of outdoor exercise machines (elliptical, stepper, arm bike . . . ) and workout stations (step-ups platforms, chin-up bars, ladder . . . ). All of it is on a soft rubber-y pad, and under a tall sort of partial-shade canopy.
AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) is sponsoring twice a week classes in this Fitlot this summer. It's free to participate, no need to be a member. Sign up is for a single session (but one can sign up for all of them offered - just saying it's not inherently a multi-week commitment.)
There's an instructor who brings music and sets up some extra exercise stations (with small weights, resistance bands, etc.) and leads the class.
It's an exercise circuit. There's a warmup, then one starts on one one of the workout stations. After 50 seconds, there's a cue in the recording to "rest", which means active rest, marching/jogging in place, or a brisk walk around the perimeter. That's also 50 seconds. At the next cue, participants go to the next workout station in sequence, and do the next 50 seconds there. At the end, there's a cool down/stretch.
The whole thing takes about 45 minutes, and includes two repetitions of each exercise station.
I've done this a couple of times now. It's obviously aimed at seniors, but many of the exercises are self-paced for intensity (with variations the instructor explains to affect the difficulty, or just going faster/harder or slower/easier on one's own).
I didn't find a compact list of all these types of classes elsewhere, but a web search makes it obvious that other US cities have Fitlots (or similar) and that there are free classes taught there in quite a few of them, including quite a number sponsored by AARP (as well as other community organizations in other places).
If it's an option in your area, it might be a thing to check out - free and fun.11 -
@karlschaeffer hope the wedding will be great & the weather will support it.
@AnnPT77 that circuit sounds really good. It should be in every city. I'm slowly getting back into working out. Stopped for various physical reasons. In the meanwhile I had birthdays & honestly don't know if I can get back to the level I was at but It's okay if not, just want to get back to a routine. I was starting to go regularly to the gym then had retina & cataract surgery little over a week ago so can't strain anything or get it wet. I can get it wet now so I can go to the pool & I didn't ask but have gone on treadmill this week too. I get super tired by the afternoon , not sure why but my eyes get tired by then2
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