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RangerRickL
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
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Whether today is spring or it's fall, get outdoors and enjoy the weekend!!5 -
Hi everyone
sorry I've not been about, just feeling sorry for myself
I have been to the doctor and its confirmed I do in fact have sciatica, for anyone else who may suffer from it here's a link to the exercises I was recommended to do daily. (and basically forever, to stop future flare ups) It takes 10 minutes,
http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/backpain/pages/sciatica-exercises.aspx
I've been referred for physio but its a 12-16 week wait for an appointment UGG!!!
I will return to the challenge in October, even if I only manage my stretches and also a walk for at least 10 mins daily I will have exercised for target of 20 mins .. so October should be doable for me, and give me a daily routine. at the moment I will only be doing them the once through till I get a little more mobile and able
I hope everyone is heading for the circle this month
Keep smashing those goals folks
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September 15
Exercised?: Yes. Walked 5 Km in 38mins (hills).
Calories?: Yes.
Tracked?: Yes.
Good pace today. Was sub 38mins for the 5km. Weekend tomorrow (Yay). Unfortunately rain and poor weather predicted for tomorrow (Boo).
@trixsey1. Still daily vigilance for maintenance. Working toward making it auto-pilot, but a long way to go to get there. I estimate it will take till at least middle of next year for that.3 -
15th Sept
Exercised?: Yes.
Calories?: Yes.
Tracked?: Yes.
Had a jog (3.8 miles), 30 mins of strength training and took the woofies for walk. Plenty of hills today to work those leg muscles.
Total distance: 16km (10 miles)
Total steps walked: 21,426
Total calories burned: 1198
Total calories consumed: 1211
Thank you to everyone for your kind works regarding my sibling.
@slimpossible007 - take care of yourself sweetie.
Hope you've all had a great day.....x4 -
I found this page on my tracker website that I haven't looked at before or haven't looked at in a long time anyway. It says I climbed 182 thousand feet in the past year. Man o man, that sure did sneak up on me. Different page of that says I burned half a million exercise calories.
I wonder about that. It might be true. I guess that stuff adds up over a year. I gotta say I am suspicious of that half million cals though. Divide half million by 365 and I get kind of an implausible daily average. But hey it is what the tracker says. I bet I didn't eat it though. Going by this, I don't think a person should eat "step" calories. Just sayin'.
Leaves are changing on my climbing road. I felt a bit of a chill wind. Wearing long sleeves and carrying a dry shirt and a windbreaker. I didn't put them on though.
When I got to the trailhead or parking lot I seen cars that belonged to the trail runner girls. One of them cars has got a bumper sticker on it from '12 Boston Marathon. So I guess that is some pretty fast company. But they were out in front of me so I was kind of motivated to try to catch them. Ran my heart tighter than last time.
So I caught up with them. Turns out one of their dogs got skunk sprayed right before I found them. Heh!
I feel like going camping one last time for September but I don't know if it is more fun to go camping or to hang out with Buddy. He was kind of fun yesterday. I figured out how to better care for his feet. There is a horse or a pony metaphor in there somewhere. I think I will take a spit bath and go see him.
Retrospect ... I don't think them step calories are true. Bad information from my tracker. That would make me overweight.
I believe the climbing though.
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Rapscallion... dietary violations on my little rapscallion.
Well, I got this little rapscallion. So here is me watching my own damn diet but I got to keep track of little Buddy too. That little skanker only weigh 50 pound or so, but he is going to need to be attended for the rest of his life. We got to keep him from becoming a backbreaker.
But today is Friday. So me an him split an apple turnover. Not much for me but it is a lot for him. And I got this can of aerosol whipped creme. He knows what it is. You should see him laugh and laugh. I love that little guy's laughter. Everybody does. We can't make him fat though. I know how it is in the caregivers world. The guy whose care breaks your back isn't going to get the best out of you.
I am getting up in years. That is how that is. I ain't middle aged. I am older than that. Think about this kids. People going to be taking care of you in your age and infirmity. If you are a walrus , you ain't gonna get big smiles out of your care givers.
Buddy, part of my objective is to manage his metabolism. Most of my objective is to see him laugh. My retirement. My love. My little Buddy. What is left of my life? The countdown begins. My Mom lived to 75. My dad lived to 81. I am counting down to one of those two I figure.
But that ain't dismal. What if I was happy? What if my happiness came late in life?
What if I heard a little boy's laughter and realized that all of the money I filled my pockets with didn't pan out to have much to do with happiness.
I squirted whipped creme and I heard him laugh and laugh and laugh. Pure joy.
APE -- adaptive physical education - that is what that spells. The new guy in my world is an endurance athlete. He wears t-shirts everyday that spell his exploits in that world.
Heh, heh, heh, what he does for competition I do regularly. He is a writer. He documents all of this. But he helps me with the kids. Wait a minute. I help him with the kids.
This is the weird world of @bocasdelbadbob. Did I tell you I got mental problems?
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes
@Slimpossible007 Too bad about the sciatica. But there are people who are able to manage it, and you're taking the right steps with the stretching and so forth. Good luck!1 -
Sept 15
Excercise: 40 min run
Calories: yes
Tracked: yes1 -
Strength circuit and short walk. Tracked. calories ok.1
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15-Sept-2017
Yes x3
Exercise: I went for a really long walk, today. It was so beautiful out and I didn't know that this was Seattle's weekend for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer walk. Yeah!!! I passed a lot of those women and men during my walk, and was so moved and inspired by their efforts.
It was a fabulous start to the day!
Oh, yeah, it's been chilly in the morning, so out come the long sleeves and workout gloves.
Calories: unfortunately, I got a late start on the food intake, today. I started my walk late AND I went for 3 hours. So, I'm under on the calories. I'll catch up tomorrow.
Tracking: yep, I tracked everything.0 -
@Slimpossible007 - It will be great to have you back next month...take good care of yourself!!
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes..30 minutes Week #6 - Day #2 of C25K app training.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes1 -
@Slimpossible007 I too have suffered from very bad sciatica pain due to a bulged disk. Yoga and the chiropractor have really helped. Keep up with your exercises and I hope you feel better soon!0
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Today.......yes, yes and yes!!!!!1
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Gonna pass for today mainly did some light home maintenance0
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Exercise: 35 minute interval run plus 13000 steps.
Calories: Under, which is good bc Friday tends to be my low willpower day.
Track everything: Yes.1 -
It's late:
Today report,
Calories: under by only 113
Tracking: ok
Exercise: a beautiful night on the farm. Horse barn chores and then a ride for more than 45 minutes. Very peaceful2 -
Yes x3. Half hour walk with running intervals.2
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. Walking at the Hoover Dam and Boulder City
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? No
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? No
Today got away from me. Took my Kiwi cousin to the airport for her to go off on her next adventure and my step daughter flies in for a few days tomorrow afternoon. Friend from England still here……Thursday…Thursday will be quiet, just me, hubby and the dogs, all visitors left and gone home'ish.…0 -
Yes x 3, 9/15.
Long uphill hike 45 min with dog this morning. It kicked our tails, although neither of us has one.2 -
Slimpossible007 wrote: »Hi everyone
sorry I've not been about, just feeling sorry for myself
I have been to the doctor and its confirmed I do in fact have sciatica, for anyone else who may suffer from it here's a link to the exercises I was recommended to do daily. (and basically forever, to stop future flare ups) It takes 10 minutes,
http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/backpain/pages/sciatica-exercises.aspx
I've been referred for physio but its a 12-16 week wait for an appointment UGG!!!
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@Slimpossible007. Sciatica sucks.
The listed stretches are good and help. Please do them, they work.
Another stretch I found in the past that works well for me is this (only requires a chair and a clear patch of floor). Lie on the floor with calves resting on the chair seat. Knees bend is 90 degrees. Hip bend is 90 degrees. Chair should be high enough to take almost all the weight off the hips but not lift the tailbone more than 1/4" off the ground. Stay there for about 10-15 minutes (meditate, listen to music, read a book, watch TV, etc..). This relieves pressure on the spine and the nerves being pinched (like a no cost traction). Repeat this daily for about a week and sciatica symptoms should reduce.
One of the things a physio can do for sciatica is traction (band round hips and another under ribs and initiate a constant gentle pull to extend the spine). This is maintained for about 10 to 15 minutes. I used to have this done many years ago when competitively pairs skating and suffering bouts of sciatica from pinched disc caused by lifting my partner many times a week (my partner was round 60kg and I would lift and support her over my head - Often I would use a hard back brace when learning new lifts to take the strain off my back).
Other exercise is gentle (slow pace - even ground) walking but only when walking is relatively pain free. 10 mins or more continuous. Pain free movement helps reduce increase blood flow and reduce inflammation that can be pressing on the nerve. (This is why physios use heat packs before traction or manipulation).
Best of luck for a speedy recovery. Most often sciatica is temporary when treated with stretching and gentle exercise.
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