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 but I’m still eating the treats ( emotional eating) and not really exercising. I’m 57 and I’m too young to give up.....I’m ready for any suggestions xx

hi @Dory65 know how you feel...I’ve just started Letrozole 5 days ago and fell in a bit of a slump mentally when I started. As @kezmusc there’s always something to manage or think about or worry about, it just gets too much. The grind goes on and on and it definitely isn’t how I pictured my life. My gorgeous best friend who is a nurse made me feel so much better, she reassured me that this is normal to hit a slump considering all I’m going through. Sometimes it’s just hard to juggle all the balls with a smile. Rant over gurlz. :#

HI @Dory65,It's all a bloody hard slog. You should do this, you shouldn't do that, don't eat this, don't sniff that, exercise, do something for yourself et etc...aagghhh.There are not enough hours in the day to treat this treatment stuff and then you have to fit work in there somewhere. The Tamoxifen does not make it any easier, (you should read some of my posts from when I started lol) nor does the fact that most of us felt perfectly fine before we were treated. I found that one of the hardest things to accept. The doctors have no quick fix and I got sick of being dismissed, so I quit asking. It really is up to you to work it out and get things to a level of doing what you think you should be doing but not compromising your whole quality of life.Don't be too hard on yourself if you "slip up". xoxoxoxo

My hubby and daughter are challenging each other. They are currently doing 100 burpees every night for thirty nights. My challenge is to stop them from nagging me to join them!

Start small. I have started running (jogging) every day but only for 10 minutes... I will try and build on that or add in new exercises over time. Same with diet. Try adding more fruit and veg to each meal of the day. I also allow myself to have a chocolate biscuit with my cup of tea each night as a treat ;)

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.

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Afraser
Member
6 years ago
I found exercising on my own and working too hard so took out membership of a gym. It doesn’t cost me much per week but paying in advance helped me get into the gym habit. Now it’s automatic. Establishing good habits takes longer than starting bad ones! I agree there are no easy answers for diet - we all know what’s bad for us. Rewards however can be insidious - reward for having a bad day, reward for being good, reward for almost anything. I found trying to reduce the things that ‘deserved’ rewards helped, but still a work in progress. Best wishes.
lrb_03
Member
6 years ago
In terms of exercise, find something you enjoy. I don't work full time, but with using public transport, I'm away from home for over 11hrs a day, so no exercise before or after, either. I try to go for a 20-30 minute walk during my lunch break - I only get a 30minute lunch, so I eat at my desk on the days that I walk.
I also did a Nordic Walking class last year, and found it a great form of exercise. It's also something that you can start of gently, and build up. You can walk by yourself or with a group. However, in years gone by, I swam, as a bit of a water baby. I also like to go paddling in my kayak in the warmer months.

In terms of diet, I don't think that there's any easy answers.

Take care

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