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[auntiemeesh]

As expected, it's been a very rough week. Yesterday, the combination of exhaustion, pms, and a terrible transition week at work combined to make me feel very low and sorry for myself indeed. Today, however, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and I am feeling a good bit better.

I've taken the bus most of the week, partly because of being exhausted but also because I've had some painful plantar fasciitis in both feet. As a result of the rest, I felt better enough tonight to force myself to do some exercises:

A set of 10 fifer scissors
4 sets of 10 leg extensions with an exercise band (this worked my arms as well, having to hold the resistance band)
2 30-sec planks

It's not much but a good start. Now I just need to keep it up consistently for the long term, and gradually add to it.

Comments

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Hope you soon feel better.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm allowing myself to take the bus for the next few weeks, so hopefully that will at least take care of the foot problem. And the mood will resolve itself eventually.

[eve11]

10 fifer scissors is great! They are really hard. it took me a while to get past 6.

I have to start up my exercises again too. I am just dreading it because I know I will have backslid on what I used to be able to do. But if I let that stop me from starting it up again, well, that won't solve anything.

I am glad you are feeling better. Next week I am away all week for work but the week after that I think I will be up for the gym. If not Thursday then we can pick a different day.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

The fifer scissors were difficult, but hopefully worth it. I've got to get my abs back under control. And I want to get up to being able to do planks for sixty seconds at a time, but I'm not even close there yet.

And I'll be happy to get back to the gym the week after next. I had to run a block to catch the bus yesterday and just that little bit of running seemed to improve my mood. I forget when I'm not doing it how good it really is for me.

[wbkbb.livejournal.com]

I'm glad today was better - at least a little. You have a great attitude. And congrats on the exercises. You always manage to keep plugging away at what you need to do. I hope you have a good weekend and next week is much better.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I tend to take frequent looooooong breaks between doing what I need to do, but I guess something is better than nothing. :)

[lyda-pearl.livejournal.com]

sorry you've had a rotten week and pain too.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I knew from the start that this week would be difficult but the pms/getting my period just made all the emotional stuff ten times worse than I was expecting. Fun times!

[lyda-pearl.livejournal.com]

re pms....I just want you to know, "It gets better" only another decade or so to go for you little sister!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping I'm one of the lucky ones that goes early. Since I'm actually looking forward to menopause, it will probably take an extra decade to arrive, lol.

[shirebound]

Now I just need to keep it up consistently for the long term

Always a very wise plan!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Not the easiest, but hopefully I'll manage it.

[antbee362.livejournal.com]

Plantar Fascitis in my experience does not go away on its own. Do you need new shoes with better support?

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I found some exercises to do, but I do also need to buy new shoes. My doctor keeps telling me to go to a shoe store where they'll watch me walk and pick out exactly the right shoe for my needs. I have no idea where this mythical shoe store is, because it certainly isn't anywhere in my neighborhood.

[ani-no-mouse.livejournal.com]

I hope that work gets easier and that you find your new exercise plan easy to follow (well, a miracle could happen) and energizing! I, for one, have been telling myself all evening, "at least I'm not in Hershey!" Hopefully you can find some similarly encouraging mantra for yourself.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

It will get better. That's my mantra. It will get better, it will get better, it will get better....