Lets Post our Daily Exercise
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It has been beyond toasty here so thinking that swimming will be it today. Congrats on the job, Badger. Headed into the office in a bit as they have AIR CONDITIONING!!! The good news is that today is the last brutal day with 100F temps. No walk this morning for some reason. - Claire
Celebrating with a taste of four different sparkling wines at the wine bar Friday evening while not quite that hot.
Cooling off. A very popular spot for some reason. Water is still high from the snow melt, and just warm enough to be refreshing. To strong a current to swim across as I would normally do.
$5 flowers from the market, plus a dinner of cold poached salmon and potato salad. Fresh beans from the market, the first of the season. The salmon is super simple to make and I used a frozen side of Keto from Chile which is not at all expensive. Delicious warm or cold.
Same dinner with salad variant of cold cooked vegetables with homemade aioli (garlicky mayonnaise). Just wonderful, and I have enough left over for tonight! Everything other than the tomatoes from the farmers market where I overbought as usual.
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Yum, Claire! And the water looks very inviting. Your hot weather is heading our way, so it will be a toasty 4th of July around here.
Pound this morning, Zumba tonight. I'm having a bunch of people over for a picnic in my shady backyard on the 4th, so I HAVE to start getting organized!!
Heidi, I rely on big dogs pulling me up steep hills too. In fact, I warn whichever one I'm walking NOT to stop and sniff anything on the way up or I will tumble all the way back down to the bottom!
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Welcome Imhere! FYI, BCO has a yoga page, here's a link: https://www.breastcancer.org/treatment/comp_med/types/yoga
I own two yoga DVDs: one by Denise Hopkins and Kate Lubensky (Yoga for Breast Cancer) and one by Rodney Yee (AM/PM Yoga). There are tons of on-line videos on YouTube (Johns Hopkins has several). Pick ones that are GENTLE or RESTORATIVE yoga and always follow your doc's orders for when you are ready and how much you can do. It was about six months after bilateral mastectomy (BMX) before I felt ready. I started a yoga practice with a Yoga for BC survivors session by a WI non-profit called Breast Cancer Recovery. Is there a similar group near you?
Here's some info from two BCO members about yoga:
1. From faithandfifty: check out the pix of her yoga practice with an instructor who also had BC. https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/64/topics/755918?page=1
2. From NatsFan: info on exercising safely while reducing your risk of triggering lymphedema (LE).
If you have nodes removed, here's a link to some good info about exercising safely while reducing your risk of triggering LE. There's general info, then a special section for yoga. http://www.stepup-speakout.org/Handout%20doc%20for%20SUSO-040113.pdf You may want to avoid poses like downward dog and plank (and push ups for that matter) that put a lot of stress on the arms and shoulders until you've built up quite a bit of strength - like over a period of several months. A good instructor can help you develop alternate poses that provide almost the same benefit as the poses that stress the arms and shoulders, but without the risk of triggering LE.
Here's a handout specifically for trainers, with a special section for yoga instructors. It lets them know you may need certain alternate moves, especially in the beginning as you build up strength. You can just print it out and give it to your yoga instructor - saves you from having an embarrassing, hurried conversation with the instructor about alternate moves you may need. http://www.stepup-speakout.org/Trainer%20doc%20for%20SUSO-040113.pdf
I had BMX without reconstruction in 2010 and have gone flat ever since. It was the best decision for me.
Walked this morning in a fine mist.
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M0mmyof2, if your laundry pile is anything like mine was last Friday, it really will be a workout!
I got the beagle out for a 0.5km walk at 5:30 this morning. I let her sniff around tied up outside while I made coffee, and now we are both back in the cool house. I just did my brain exercise for 45 min. -- beginner French -- and am about to go start my PT exercises.
Have a great day and stay hydrated, y'all!
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Storms seem like they will never leave our area. I got in a 3.6 mile run this morning; while I beat the lightning, I did not beat the torrential rain.
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Regarding Israel, we will wait till the 9th to cancel as a lot can happen between now and then. Sending our daughter the required paper work to go to Misrah Hapanin (Ministry of Interior) tomorrow to apply for our Ishur (permission to enter). I applied last week to the LA consulate. Better to have it and change our mind and not travel, rather than not apply and things get better. Had a nice visit with DD#1 - she heads home on a 6 pm ish flight to Buffalo then will drive the 1 1/2 hours home at close to midnight (can you say worried mom)!
Weather was nice yesterday - blue skies and no rain and only 73 - slowly warming up but not too quickly or brutal - only 80s
Stay cool and safe
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Geez, the weather all over the country has gone crazy. We worked out in the yard until about 9:00 last night to try to get as much done as possible before the next heat wave gets here.
I'm off to get a happy haircut in a few minutes, followed by an expensive shopping trip. I want to get most of my groceries for the weekend bought before the end-of-the week rush. I will also have to do a serious house cleaning before the 4th of July. For exercise, I plan dog walking, Barre Sculpt, & Yoga.
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I got several long walks in yesterday plus some weight lifting at the gym. Today I walked in the morning, and I am about to get a little walk now at lunch.
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Just two baskets. One for hubby and one for me, comes out to 2 loads a person.
Not doing anything today. Its just too hot!
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Various types of yoga Sun/Mon/Tuesday, plus today the additional exercise of getting my mom to a Dr appt in the 101 heat index...only to find the Dr wasn't there! It is such an effort to get mom out of the house at this point, she was about to cry.
Sorry for the sunburn Salt, we have a boat and after a bad burn nearly 20 years ago now, my best friend became Land's End 50 SPF clothing, I have rash gards, tops, pants and dresses. Lands End is great in that off season everything goes to 40-50% off...and then I do my shopping.
While the heat is horrible, we do have AC here in SE Virginia, stay safe my friends in the NW and other areas without AC, it's brutal. Had thoughts of quitting work early and sitting outside and reading, but with the 101 I will skip that! Take care, TT
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Have friends and family in the Pacific NW. Feeling bad for them and they are feeling the same for me.
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TT, when my dad got old, he became very immobile and very hard to get from one place to another (I am not kidding when I say that lugging him around led to my hernia). I finally hooked up with services for the elderly and was able to have him picked up for, and brought back from appointments by their handicapped accessible bus (plus they got him up and off on their lift). It was a nominal fee. I could either meet him where he was going or ride along for $5 (if my memory is correct). You could also book it for fun things; church, dinner at a restaurant, family gathering etc. within certain hours. Maybe check out if something like that is available in your area.
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imhere: Welcome! Sorry about your dx but I'm glad you found us. Everyone has given you excellent advise.
saltmarsh: Ouch on your sunburn! Hope it's better now. I imagine you're staying inside bc of the brutal heat. Stay cool!
M0mmy: Hope you are staying cool also!
Badger: How is your mom doing?
Karen: I know you are very disappointed to not be able to visit your dd.
Heidi: Love that your dog helps you up those mountains!
Claire: Your meals always look delicious. Our small garden is producing potatoes (they were volunteers from last year), zucchini, squash, cucumbers, and tomatoes now. It's wonderful to have fresh vegetables from my backyard. I also go to our local farmer's market to buy other fresh food.
Ruth: Your July 4th party will be much better this year compared to last year. It will almost seem normal.
edj: You have all the rain! We have nothing. It might rain Friday but I'm not holding my breath.
GoKale: Feels great to walk, doesn't it?
TT: How frustrating to get your mom to the doctor's office and he wasn't there. And in the horrible heat!
Hi Everyone! We are hot and humid here but not like several of you. Heat is so scary. Our high has been 90 degrees. I walked (and ran just a little) today. Didn't push it. We leave for a week at the beach on Saturday so I have been getting things ready for the Packing the Car exercise. Ugh.
Thanks for liking my rocks. I made more paper quilling cards last week. My butterfly attempt looks more like a double winged mosquito LOL
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I would be glad to have that particular mosquito!
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Wonder, I have been staying cool. Plenty of fluids on hand to drink, blinds and curtains closed to keep out the heat and ac in working condition.
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Wonderland, your art is beautiful, truly.
More rain today, we are on tap to get 2 to 3 inches, just today. Ugh.
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Hi all,
It's just delightful here west of the Cascades this morning. Low 60s and just lovely for sleeping. Warm, but not really hot for the next few days. Though the past days wewre hotter, the experience was not nearly as dreadful as when three weeks of 90F+ temperatures hit the Northeast.
The salmon was ridiculously easy to make which I did the day before the heat arrived. A frozen side of Chilean Keto Salmon which I prepared with herbs (lovage and garlic scapes), some wine, and a bit of the herb balsamic vinegar I made a few weeks ago. It may have taken me three minutes to put together, and then about 15 in the oven. I had it hot the first even and then cold. I have one piece for today's lunch.
Washington State is fully open as of today!!!!
But not the UK, and I made the decision yesterday to postpone my Scotland trip again until next year. This will give me more time in August, and is actually a gift as I will be able to go next year and spend several weeks in the UK. I won't have the pressures of work and will be able to take my time and explore another section. I may have a place to stay on the South Coast as well as with my friends in London. Airbnb is also great too.
There are plenty of fun things to do closer to home. I am looking at spending several days in the San Juan Islands and I would take my car as it's actually cheaper over several days than parking at the ferry and taking my bicycle. Or the North Cascades which I have never explored. I would visit Dry Falls, the story of which makes Noah look like a weenie. I am also planning to visit my friend who lives in Coeur d'Alene ID in September when her children are in school. It will still be warm enough to enjoy the lake, and I may do a bicycle ride into the mountains.
Vineyard duty this coming weekend and Labor Day Weekend. In between, lots of work. But as I do all these things, happy to know that it's the last time. Yes, I am really ready for my new life. - Claire
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Wonderland- thanks for sharing pics of your artwork. Beautiful! Yes, I'm grateful to be able to walk. In the early morning or evening I see rabbits this time of year. I'm also on the lookout for turtles crossing the road. I try to give them a little “help".
Claire- wow, retirement! So exciting, when will it be? I still have 7 years if I want health insurance partially paid. I do, but we shall see.
TrmTab and Ruth - my mom uses a walker, but sometimes she asks me to let her just hang onto my arm. I'm tempted to let her, but if she trips, I can't catch her. If I fall, too then I could break a bone. It's just not worth the risk.
Editing to add my exercise: walked in the evening yesterday. Meant to walk this morning, but didn’t get out of bed on time. I’m guaranteed 30 minutes a day during the week walking from the parking lot to the office. Today a walk at lunch and weights at the gym after work.
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It's so hard when one's parents begin to decline. Sigh, heartbreaking really.
Claire, if you run out of things to do in retirement (which you won't!), you can come and cook for me. Your recipes always sound delicious!
Here's the Wednesday Walking Women on our pre-Independence Day walk. Zumba tonight.
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LOVE the painted rocks and the Quilling! You all are so talented!
Ruth: love the group photo, but Bruno is missing???
On vacation. Too hot to take much advantage, but have done double workouts today -- personal training strength for an hour this morning, then did a 45 minute rowing (on erg -- way too hot to be out on the water! though pretty darn hot and humid even indoors) HARD. Got my best split time yet! Well, hit it for a few seconds, not an entire split (500 meters)
Next up in vacation fun: Cleaning the refrigerator!
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Good to see all your updates, friends! TT, that trip to the doc sounds frustrating (!), and thanks for the tip on Lands End!
I walked my little dog about a half a kilometer this morning, and then I just did 45 minutes of PT exercises involving 3 lb. weights.
It's 97 in the shade here, and I'm still avoiding going outside during daylight. The burn is definitely healing...it's in that phase where it has started itching but I can't scratch because it still hurts so much? Let this all be a lesson to me -- hopefully the last one I will need on this topic. Meanwhile, the SPF clothing I ordered (2 shirts, 2 pants, one broader-brimmed hat) has arrived, so I will more easily be able to "do better."
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Bruno is not a morning dog. As is the case with DH, he likes to sleep in. He didn't even budge when I left this morning!
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Went to lunch time Tai Chi, the zen of which burned off way too quick when I got back to the office.
Off topic...but we moved houses last year and instead of my screen porch, we now have an open deck
...and it really needs a fan to be able to enjoy/suffer through the cocktail hour with a 104 heat index
Any "fans" of weather proof fans out there...recommendations to share??? Thanks, TT
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Checking in after some time off for a visit with good friends who came to visit from California, followed by travel. The friends' visit was a big success from a healing broken leg rehab point of view (and of course it was great to see my friends!)...they wanted to see the Pueblo cliff dwellings at Bandelier National Monument...so off we went, and much to my surprise and delight, I walked a total of 4 miles that day!! WooHoo, a LOT for me right now! Then the next day we did about 3 miles just doing tourist 'stuff'.
We were a few days behind our friends on the road: I am now in California where I will be for several weeks; mostly follow up medical appointments for the eye/vision issues I had just before the pandemic...all routine follow up (albeit by specialists who don't exist in New Mexico; it is a very rare diagnosis)...and of course while I am here I am seeing friends and family and having fun too! Had a MRI of my eye area today (again, routine follow up) but plan to do some walking by the ocean tomorrow. The weather here in the San Francisco Bay Area is great and typical for June: fog in the morning, cool and partially sunny in the afternoon...My heart goes out to those of you further north, and in the NE, who are having to deal with this heat!
Take care all!
Octogirl
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Glad you are on the mend, Octo! And enjoying the beach and nice weather. One of my friends is watching her granddog for two weeks ago we are having a play date at 9:30 am to try to beat the heat. I will drag Bruno out a little before then to get our Obedience Training walk in too. Barre Sculpt and Dance2fit tonight.
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Here is Bruno's response in the morning when you say, "Do you want to go for a walk?".
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Smart pup!
Heat wave is broken here! Only going to be in the low 80s but still a bit humid. I can cope with that!
Doing light housework between now and Saturday. My mom and stepdad are coming to my house Saturday on their way back home from picking up the remaining things they are getting from my step-grandad’s house before it is sold.
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lol
Mine would not have fit!
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Such a cute picture, Ruth!
I did weights yesterday after work at the gym and a long walk on the treadmill. This morning I went for a walk. I love a morning walk because it’s so peaceful and I beat the heat.
No exercise or very little after work because I’m meeting a friend for tea and then visiting my mother.
Looking forward to the weekend because we are visiting our daughter in the mountains and planning on blueberry picking, hiking, kayaking, and fireworks! Some of it exercise, all of it good for the soul.
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