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Diet, exercise, lifestyle to decrease the risk of BC recurrence
I am hoping this will be a place where you will ALL share your tricks and plans, your hopes and goals for trying to be that little bit healthier each day. There is a lot of information available and i...
Fitting exercise into your life will be different for everyone but here is my basic routine now (over 4 years from end of treatment).
1. An hour’s walk up and down a hilly bushtrack near my home 3-4 times a week in the early morning before breakfast.
2. 2 x 45 min sessions with weights also including core strength and balance exercises each week.
3. Walking briskly for 30 minutes on the days I don’t bushwalk.
But I did not start this straight after treatment ended. I built myself up to this slowly.
Again, do what YOU enjoy.
I also find wearing a Fitbit helpful for knowing how active I am generally each day. No good going for that walk and then sitting for the rest of the day :) Also helpful for knowing the intensity I am exercising at. As I got fitter, I needed to adjust my intensity/walking speed/incline etc.
1. An hour’s walk up and down a hilly bushtrack near my home 3-4 times a week in the early morning before breakfast.
2. 2 x 45 min sessions with weights also including core strength and balance exercises each week.
3. Walking briskly for 30 minutes on the days I don’t bushwalk.
But I did not start this straight after treatment ended. I built myself up to this slowly.
Again, do what YOU enjoy.
I also find wearing a Fitbit helpful for knowing how active I am generally each day. No good going for that walk and then sitting for the rest of the day :) Also helpful for knowing the intensity I am exercising at. As I got fitter, I needed to adjust my intensity/walking speed/incline etc.