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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Maayaa
Member
6 years ago
Hi everyone thanks so much I will give it a go
KarynJ
Member
6 years ago
As a suggestion for exercise options when you're feeling fatigue. Do something where you sit or lie down. Don't use treadmills or cross trainers. Stick with recumbent bikes or rowing machines or pilates type exercises on a reformer, swiss ball or floor mat. I was reading about a completely different medical condition that has exhaustion and fatigue as side effects. The recommendation was no more than 3 x 20 min sessions per week to start and do swimming or other exercises in a sitting or lying position. You'll still get health benefits but less stress on your body. You work up to upright exercises over time eg 6 months or more.
Mira
Member
6 years ago
Hey Maayaa, I think the medical professionals around you would know the best plans for you and what's available in your area. For the moment I'd say be kind to yourself and do the best you can, you're already dealing with so much. Don't put too much pressure on yourself.
Giovanna_BCNA
Member
6 years ago
Hello @Maayaa I am sorry to hear that you are struggling to eat. You may like to access a dietitian while you are at the hospital as they can provide individual advice and make some recommendations. Hoping this improves for you.
Maayaa
Member
6 years ago
Hi everyone does anyone know what is the best diets and exercise plans for me. am a 31years old with metastasis breast cancer in my bone marrow and liver, I have got two beautiful kids 6.7year old and a 22months old gorgeous baby girl. Am currently at the hospital and finding it hard to eat or drink anything. Anything I eat comes right back out. Am on the eviQ treatment as nothing else is working. I will really need some help to get stronger for my kids and family. Any advice on eating, drinking and exercising will be great .
Fiona2
Member
6 years ago
Hi! Just wondering if you have any bike paths near by. I find being out on the bike is my happy space, particularly on a beautiful day and you can always find a cafe. It was even more valuable to me when I was going through treatment (actually used to ride to radiotherapy and to herceptin treatments which definitely suprised the staff though they came round to giving me a lot of encouragement).
Dory65
Member
6 years ago
Thanks heaps @Anne65 :smiley:
Anne65
Member
6 years ago
@Dory65 Just wondering if you have contacted Cancer Council to see if they are still running the Healthy Living After Cancer program. I have done some googling for you to see what is offered in NSW as I am from SA. It appears that NSW did offer this program but not sure if it is still running. I did find another free program that is offered in your state & I have attached the link below. It is a program called "ENRICHing Survivorship". It is a face to face program whereas the one I did was done over the phone but it sounds very similar & very good.
Good luck with it all. I know I am the odd one out as I love exercise & I know it is hard to get "the bug" but once you start doing just a little, you will start to feel better mentally & physically. You can do it!! love & hugs xx

https://www.cancercouncil.com.au/enrich/
To find out more, contact us on 1300 360 541 or email enrich@nswcc.org.au
The ENRICH program was developed by Cancer Council NSW in collaboration with the University of Newcastle.
Caz1
Member
6 years ago
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. :#
Dory65
Member
6 years ago
Thanks guys,
It helps to vent. My poor son has been advised by all and sundry to keep positive and keep me positive...The kid (23 and still living at home) just doesn't get it that sometimes I just need someone to say Yeah! It's F*%^$#@! :neutral:

I did go to the gym. It did help a bit. Sensible grocery shopping trip next, with my 95 year old dad. Who, incidentally, used to smoke. He continues to drink alcohol daily and eats whatever he likes. He also keeps very active both physically and mentally - and he has me.

Mum - I'm the same age she was when diagnosed with BC. 54. I've had the same active treatment and the same endocrine therapy. She had two BC setbacks then mets, passing away aged 71. Miss her every day.