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  • hugz4u
    hugz4u Member Posts: 1,818
    edited October 2013


    Sure because you were moving and stretching. Why not, it is not a total sedentary activity like laying in a bed! If it makes you feel like you did something then count it especially if you never make your bed! And no..... I will not be your lax exercise coach! Just get out and move a bit slowly if you can. I know you have had your troubles GMA.


    If I have done no exercise in months then I start out on the treadmill maybe 5 minutes going about 2.5 miles a hour and increase time and speed slowly for about a month. That way I don't get shin splints etc.

  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 10,154
    edited October 2013


    LMBO @ being called a closet treadmiller. I'll pretend you all are looking in the window at me today. I hope I don't fall off at the thought. Hugz, a unicycle? Now that's impressive! I biked a lot at a teenager but now I find it's hard on my knees, plus the busy road. Plus, I'm afraid of falling because of course I'd surely land on my LE arm. :P

  • Tishfin
    Tishfin Member Posts: 11
    edited October 2013


    Binney - Thanks for the link on rebounders! :) I watched a few more youtube videos on dry brushing. It seems fairly easy to do and pretty good for the whole body...I am running to whole foods this afternoon to buy a soft bristle brush. I'll keep you all posted!

  • hugz4u
    hugz4u Member Posts: 1,818
    edited October 2013


    Seeing that GMA gets to count making a bed then I am counting 5 straight hours of housecleaning. Never sat once and my feet are killing me. House is sparkly but I am dull. Someone needs to come over and gussy me up like my house. :) There is no way I can do any exercise tonight. I am pooped. Well maybe making my bed before I get in!


    It is going to be a glorious day tomorrow and I will have new feet!

  • nibbana
    nibbana Member Posts: 349
    edited October 2013


    Becky, you're by the AT? That's a great way to get exercise.


    I was just informed by Fitbit that I got the helicopter badge. 500 flights of stairs! Whoo-hoo!

  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 10,154
    edited October 2013


    YAY!! Congrats Nibbana, what an accomplishment.

  • hugz4u
    hugz4u Member Posts: 1,818
    edited October 2013


    Nibbana, I think I need one of those fitbits. Way to go all of you. Just finished my walkies. The air was crisp and leaves were colored. Pretty.

  • hugz4u
    hugz4u Member Posts: 1,818
    edited October 2013


    logging in 45 min walk with sunny blue skys.twas wonderful.

  • Laural
    Laural Member Posts: 212
    edited October 2013


    Heading off to Columbus tomorrow for the Nationwide Marathon. Hoping for dry weather Sunday. Of our top 8 fundraisers on our Team in Training TriState chapter, 4 of us are survivors of blood cancers. That is exciting to see in itself :) Looking forward to an exciting 13.1 miles.

  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 10,154
    edited October 2013


    Congrats to all who are exercising. Some more grand accomplishments than I for sure. All the same, kudos to everyone. I just finished my treadmill and am sweating. (insert happy face emoticon) Hopefully sweating some pounds off. Man, it does feel good though!!! Off to the shower. (insert finger and thumb pinching nostrils emoticon)

  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 1,550
    edited October 2013


    Laural, I hope it went well and was as much fun as you were expecting!


    Marple, treadmill sweating may not be as much fun as walking outside on a lovely day, but it sure beats inactivity and you can catch up on TV interests, to boot.


    I've been super busy and distracted with work, because I'm off on a week of vacation tomorrow, and I had to finish mountains of work before I could go. I did get to the gym today for some weight lifting, but cardio was not much to crow about. Tomorrow promises to be a major airport-walking day...3 airports with several hours of layover between two of them.


    This thread is pretty quiet lately, so I guess I'm not the only one who's busy!

  • Laural
    Laural Member Posts: 212
    edited October 2013


    Made it 13.1 miles in 3 hours, 16 minutes...shaving my miles to just under 15 minute miles. It was a great day with sunshine and cool temps. Patients from Nationwide Children's Hospital were present at each mile and lots of spectators with signs. My favorite was "You run better than the government." My daughter ran her Half in 2 hours, 15 minutes which was a personal record for her.


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  • Tishfin
    Tishfin Member Posts: 11
    edited October 2013


    Does anyone have an opinion on an anti inflammatory diet to manage lymphedema? I have been wanting to try it. Although...I love bread and would miss it terribly! :(


    Laural - WOW! 13 MILES!!!! Good for you :)

  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 10,154
    edited October 2013


    Laural, you and your daughter are AMAZING!! You must be really proud of yourselves.


    Tishfin, I cannot answer your question but I'll have a look using the 'search' option.

  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 10,154
    edited October 2013


    http://community.breastcancer.org/posts/search?search_builder%5Bkeyword%5D=antiinflammatory+diet&search_builder%5Bauthor%5D=&search_builder%5Bsource%5D=forum_64&search_builder%5Bdate_range%5D=&commit=Search


    I'm not sure if the link will work.

  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 10,154
    edited October 2013


    Tishfin, you may find this interesting too.

  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 10,154
    edited October 2013


    Trying again to copy and paste.


    Phooey, I have no idea why it worked before and not now. Anyway, using the search option punch in brazil nuts under the lymphedema forum.

  • Tishfin
    Tishfin Member Posts: 11
    edited October 2013


    thanks Marple!

  • binney4
    binney4 Member Posts: 1,466
    edited October 2013

    Laural, I'm in awe of you! What a fantastic adventure. And the kids cheering you on every mile is incredibly moving. Brava! Brava!

    Huge hugs!
    Binney

  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 1,550
    edited October 2013


    Laural, great job!

  • hugz4u
    hugz4u Member Posts: 1,818
    edited October 2013


    Laural, DANG PROUD OF YA!!!!!!!!!! ((wink emoticon inserted here, also smiley wearing cool eye shades)


    What I want to know is how do you decide to do something like this? I have so many responsibilities on the go that often my exercise goals are kept to the minimum. Do we just skip the house work, let the paper work pile up,say no to anything we don't want to do and concentrate on our exercise goal?


    I have always wanted to join a 5 or 10km walk and practice for it but life gets in the way. grrr(whoops wrong thread)


    Laurel please give us your experience on how and why you decided to do this.


    I am just thrilled by looking at the happiness on your face, Not to mention the cells that you have made healthier in your body are happy dancing to!

  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 10,154
    edited October 2013


    Even my short 25 minute treadmill workout provides me with enough endorphins to feel really good afterwards. In fact, I feel great afterwards. Boy, the high after a marathon must be almost indescribable.

  • Laural
    Laural Member Posts: 212
    edited October 2013


    I decided to do the Half Marathon at my daughter's insistence. I have been an Honored Hero for the Team in Training group (benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) over the past 4 years, meeting the runners/walkers at the end of the marathon to pin their special mileage pins onto their ribbons and congratulate them. The Team has walked me through several chemo rounds for myelodysplastic syndrome, raising money for research with each new season. They also supported me through my breast cancer surgery. In fact, in 2011 I gave the Inspiration Dinner speech with my drains still in from my ALD and BMX. My daughter ran the full Marathon that year. This was her note on her Facebook recently: "Two and a half years ago I started running, largely as a coping mechanism. My mom has had Leukemia for all of my life, and that can be a little stressful. So I started running. Shortly thereafter, I joined Team in Training and started training for my first marathon, raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. During that time, we found my mom also had breast cancer. She was just starting treatment when I ran The Columbus Marathon for the first time. She was just well enough to come cheer me on. At the time I thought maybe the breast cancer would be the final chapter. I saw it play out in my head; you fight Leukemia for years, get comfortable and then BAM something else just comes up and kills you from behind. But it didn't happen like that, because this week I get to celebrate with her. This week, my mom is healthy and kickin' A! This week we are both going to complete the Columbus Half-Marathon. Last time at Columbus, I remember the miles getting long and I would count my steps, telling myself that in some irrational way, every step I ran was another breath or day or year that my mom or some child or some handsome man would get to live. This year, every step I run gets to be a celebration of the breaths, days, and years that we have been given. The ones I wasn't sure we would get, but we did. This time, I will run with labored breath, knowing that my mom's breath is also labored, but this time, it's not because her body is messing up. It's because it's working.


    Still, every step will also be a continued prayer for those who are still fighting for breath. It will be a homage to the fact that I know someday, maybe even soon, my mom will once again struggle to breathe for the old, messed up reasons. My steps are a tribute to the children who are no longer with us. It is to the moms, dads, sons and daughters who didn't get to stay.

    "I run for hope. I run to feel. I run for the truth, for all that is real."


    That was my inspiration to join Team this season as a participant. It was a fantastic experience. It does take time (initially just 1 to 2 miles 4 days a week and cross training 2 days a week, but towards the end an hour or so of walking/running 3 days a week, a long Saturday morning walk/run, and those 2 days of cross training). It was a challenge that I needed to accept and it has been a great bonding experience with my Team mates, as well as with my daughter. It has also brought back some confidence and better awareness of my own body and helped me to get past thinking of myself as a cancer survivor, choosing instead to be a thriver. It was well worth the effort. If any of you are interested, you can find more info at http://www.teamintraining.org/

  • binney4
    binney4 Member Posts: 1,466
    edited October 2013

    Wow! You are both beautiful, inside and out! Thanks for letting us all in on such a stunning story.

    Huge hugs,
    Binney

  • hugz4u
    hugz4u Member Posts: 1,818
    edited October 2013


    Thank you so much Laural. Your daughters words allowed me to meditate on your lives experiences. You have come a long way and you know what?YOU STILL ARE KICKING BUTT and telling us about it! You go girl and KEEP GOING!

  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 1,550
    edited October 2013


    Laural, it is an honor to be in this forum with you!

  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 10,154
    edited October 2013


    (insert the crying emoticon) So very inspirational and emotional.

  • hugz4u
    hugz4u Member Posts: 1,818
    edited October 2013


    Had 2 dogs wanting to walk me.............so they did :)

  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 10,154
    edited October 2013


    :-)

  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 1,550
    edited October 2013


    Hugz, did you get a second puppy? Even if just a visitor, what fun! Dogs can be so motivating when we need a little kick in the patootie to get outside.


    Today I walked 5.75 miles and yesterday it was about the same. Yesterday it was airport walking, but today outdoors in a city that's new to me, with a friend I met in this forum as my guide. Lots of chatting about LE frustrations to keep the steps lively!

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