Exercise and Eating
Does anyone have any good ideas for motivating me into a good eating and exercise plan. My head is all for it but the rest of me is not as motivated 🤪. I’m working full time and using Lite n Easy bu...
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I have never been keen on exercise but realised I would need to be to cope with hormone therapy ( on my bones and emotionally) so I took up walking.
It wasn’t easy starting in the depths of winter and in a hilly area but I did. Each day it got easier my 1 hour walk.The biggest help was e audiobooks from the library - my first was Bruce Springsteen reading his bio which was a surprisingly good listen - and later my kids also put loads of my favourite music on my mobile phone too.
Tbh I would forget I was exercising and drift off either absorbedby a book/ music or just thinking about all sorts of things - it has become my time to just bug out and relax.And my family and neighbors all understand now when initially they were perplexed.
I also bought a runners band on eBay as I tripped holding my phone one day walking.
Eating is still a problem as Itoo comfort eat but find the exercise helps with that too as I can often clear my head of what’s upsetting me .I’m a big fan of oatmeal - it’s filling , keeps me warm for ages and lowers cholesterol but I don’t add sugar.
The Encore program run by YWCA is run in Perth and I highly recommend it.Not only for free 1 hour hydrotherapy and information useful for breast cancer people but also the fellowship of others in the same circumstance.It is wonderful to be with others who get it although confronting the first time in the change room but that eases quickly as nervousness passes and friendships form.
I found a locally run twice weekly exercise class for older women in my community which methodically goes thru each joint in the body. I was pretty much the youngest but learnt quickly age is no inhibitor to laughter and fun - qualities which minimised my angst about the dreaded exercise.
Finally exercise I think needs to be a part of daily life - park a little further from the shops and walk.Take any opportunity to be more active - it all adds up.
It wasn’t easy starting in the depths of winter and in a hilly area but I did. Each day it got easier my 1 hour walk.The biggest help was e audiobooks from the library - my first was Bruce Springsteen reading his bio which was a surprisingly good listen - and later my kids also put loads of my favourite music on my mobile phone too.
Tbh I would forget I was exercising and drift off either absorbedby a book/ music or just thinking about all sorts of things - it has become my time to just bug out and relax.And my family and neighbors all understand now when initially they were perplexed.
I also bought a runners band on eBay as I tripped holding my phone one day walking.
Eating is still a problem as Itoo comfort eat but find the exercise helps with that too as I can often clear my head of what’s upsetting me .I’m a big fan of oatmeal - it’s filling , keeps me warm for ages and lowers cholesterol but I don’t add sugar.
The Encore program run by YWCA is run in Perth and I highly recommend it.Not only for free 1 hour hydrotherapy and information useful for breast cancer people but also the fellowship of others in the same circumstance.It is wonderful to be with others who get it although confronting the first time in the change room but that eases quickly as nervousness passes and friendships form.
I found a locally run twice weekly exercise class for older women in my community which methodically goes thru each joint in the body. I was pretty much the youngest but learnt quickly age is no inhibitor to laughter and fun - qualities which minimised my angst about the dreaded exercise.
Finally exercise I think needs to be a part of daily life - park a little further from the shops and walk.Take any opportunity to be more active - it all adds up.