Success! Started 8 weeks steps : Week 1 daily aver 2,422 By Week 8 Aver 3,645! In 💔heart failure

Dianedoessmiles1

In December, I heard words I hadn't heard before. "You have microvascular angina." I knew I had a hard time breathing, fatigue which comes on so fast it demands rest, check pain with shortness of breath, often pain in my left arm, and jaw. This had been ongoing, but with no real answer as to why. I knew I was also in congestive heart failure (Diastolic heart failure).

I had already gone from 288 lbs to 170 (GONE 118 lbs), but this was a whole new ballgame! I had been successful at weight loss, but this forces me to slow down. However, I am determined never to stop!! But I had to make further changes.

I knew I had to respect my body. In December, I was pushing my body too hard, causing more angina attacks. I needed to slow down. I saw the heart specialist at the end of January, who explained, "We have you on the top medication, and you are more stable, let's have you start to slowly exercise more." What a Scary sentence, and yet, a very exciting one! I have always loved exercise, as a teen (many decades ago!) I did gymnastics. I had always been active until my body started to give out. That's a different story!

Here's my week 1 daily steps with a total of 16,958, averaging 2,422 steps per day.

By week 8, here are my daily steps with a total of 25,516, averaging 3,645 steps per day. A difference of 1,223!!

I had support during this time!! I belong to the 5% Challenge in which 8 teams compete against each other, though we do have some that are not as competitive as others, I belong to one of them that is. I can't exercise as I could years ago, but I can still exercise some.

When I belong to a supportive team/group, it helps me to be accountable.

I'm grateful. Are you also looking for support and being accountable?

LOOK at the team/Group so helpful to me!!!

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Greenroses62

great job !

littlegumnut

ps… it was this post, that was the first post I saw when I opened the community tab, that made me sign up. ;)

Dianedoessmiles1

@littlegumnut Oh we are looking forward to knowing you better!! I am going to link your post here. You are SUPER AMAZING!! Read more about her here

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10940848/coming-back-to-myfitnesspal-paraplegic-and-the-menopause-wk1