Looking for (online) exercise buddies!

I watched my bird perform his daily calisthenics, flying in circles, flying out to the livingroom, hanging upside down from the ceiling fan......

Thanks Polarbear.....I will watch that too!

From the internet:
"Laughing intensely for an hour can burn as many calories as lifting weight for 30 minutes, scientists have found. Laughter gives the body a "mini aerobic workout", they believe. It causes the heart to beat faster, sending larger amounts of blood around the body."

Then I read, (still in bed...) a person can die from laughter.

I actually did better when I was a hands on caregiver because I had motivation - I needed to burn off stress and aggression and I needed to be able to haul mom off the floor if necessary. Today I did my little on line exercise routine because you guys made me feel ashamed to keep doing nothing, so thanks for the inspiration.

You are so very welcome CWillie!
I knew that being such a good example would motivate others!

Did you get one of those robot vacumn cleaners too?

JuliaRose,
Will you be exercising every day?
How did you do today?

Hello, Sendhelp. Thanks for the note. Saturday we spent in the hospital, so I played catch-up yesterday with everything. Life’s a roller coaster. I certainly got my exercise hauling him in and out of bed. Will try to exercise today, between work and the doctor’s appointment. Sigh. It’s early, I’m awake, but I don’t feel like doing anything!

Julia, I believe being on a roller coaster burns calories and is some exertion. :) Don't beat yourself up, just reset and try again after you had some rest tomorrow.

Dancing in the kitchen while making coffee.

Everybody else but me.......
Throw on some clothes and walk out the door. Enuff exercise? Some can do more.

JuliaRose,
Start slower, exercise 3x per week.

CWillie,
Are you out walking?

Yup, I made a coffee run today Send. Winter has returned here so I have been hibernating for the last couple of days, but on the plus side I walked much faster than normal today so I could get in out of the cold😉

Thank you, everyone. Yes, I’m sure roller coaster rides burn calories. But they also raise blood pressure! Lol. I did do a Lazy Dancer ballet stretch/dance yesterday, and that was a nice distraction. Felt good.

Cwillie, I have a great mental image of you hustling down the street to the coffee shop bundled up for the weather!

Sendhelp, dancing in the kitchen, singing in the shower, laughing, playing piano ... Go for it! They all burn calories!

Polarbear, glad you’re back into the swing of things!

Just did my hand weight exercise for 5 minutes, and 2 sets of 5 push ups. I was supposed to do the hand weight yesterday and the push ups today per my goal this week, but forgot yesterday. So I did both today. I could feel my arms getting weak after the exercise.

Told my husband: "I'm building up my arm muscles."

My husband: " OK. Arnold."

Haha

Good for you Polarbear! I have to say push ups are my weakness...I will definitely do the ‘push’, the problem is to achieve the ‘up’! 😆

Rosses- I agree with you about push ups. It's the up part that gets me, too. ;D

I just did my 5 minutes of morning exercise. Today is my weigh-in day, but I don't feel like facing discouraging news. I don't feel any lighter. Clothes no looser, but no tighter either. At least that's good.

So, I'll put off till the end of next month.

Anyone exercising today?

Today is such a pretty day already, and I do have every intention of walking outside. There is a project dH and I are finishing outside, which will require of me to take tylenol or aleve, so I will.
I know that if I can keep up enough activity, even just walking, there will come a time that I can do this and it will come easier to me, and I will have a life, a better life.
Even though going to bed early at 9, and waking at 3 a.m. netted only 6 hours of sleep, I still think I can, I think I can, I think I can. These adjustments on behalf of dH and his changing schedule, and the tweety bird's changing schedule are not making things easier, my schedule is nowhere to be seen. Pay bills.

Walked for 15 min. There was No One at all on the street. Need to work on thinking some positive thoughts to make this a better experience.

Who's next?

15 minutes of fresh air on a pretty day, what more motivation do you need?

I think I'd better advantage of the sunny weather and go out for some fresh air too, I was running errands today and am having caffeine jitters because I went overboard and bough a large coffee while I was out.

Yes, CWillie! The day was beautiful. And I also drank too much coffee. Wishing there was something to drink that would oppose the caffeine effects, take away the rapid heartbeat.

As far as motivation.....of course I had to do the walking or would feel like I let my exercise buddies down.

I also walked today! First I stretched with the Lazy Dancer routine and then went out for a leisurely walk. It was sunny with a blue sky. Smelled like spring is coming!

Hello online exercise buddies

A new week is here. What's your exercise goal for this week?

Mine is 2 sets of 10 squats each day besides the usual 5-10 minutes daily exercise,

Have fun walking, dancing, bicycling, chopping wood, etc. whatever exercise form you do.

19 minutes on the treadmill!

Went outside, 20 minutes, sunny with fog and traffic. Phew, back home now.

Great job, PolarBear, Barb and Sendhelp!

Today, the caregiver we hired pushed me out the door to go to the gym because I was an emotional wreck. I only had 15 minutes there because of the traffic and rush to get back before he left for the day, but I did a mile on the elliptical!

I would like to share something I’ve learned to do through exercising. The first few weeks when I started exercising I ran out of breath as the exercise got more intense plus, something that had already happened to me before, I experienced kind of a change in pressure in my right ear, similar to what I feel sometimes when flying. I got concerned thinking it had to do with blood pressure, but then did some research and realized it had to do with a shortage of the air I was breathing in. I realized that when the exercise got intense I had a tendency not to breathe with the needed frequency. May sound silly but based on what I have read many people have the same problem for not breathing as they should.

So, I have since made a conscious effort to breathe frequently and get enough air in, and voila! Problem solved. Not only did the uncomfortable sensation in my ear stopped but I literally don’t run out of breath anymore no matter how intense ithe exercise is, and after 35 minutes on the elliptical and 40 on the treadmill I sweat and I feel the goodness of the exercise in my body, yet I literally don’t run out of breath.

I believe the importance of learning and remembering how to breathe under any circumstances is key, so something I learned thanks to exercising I’m now trying to apply in life in general.

Thought it was a good learning to pass along.

Rosses - thanks for sharing. You're right about the conscious breathing. It does help when I remember to do it. Now, I need to remember to do it each time I exercise.

There was so much intense lightening, just overhead, got my heartrate up without exercise. Worked on chores all day, not " real" exercise, but yes, moved around more.

Kudos to those who can do an exercise plan with equipment and all. There is no failure, just a plan for you to keep moving forward. You've got this!

Well for this week I was stunned to read of a stroke leading to the death of Luke Perry at 52. Eeek! I work on computer all day mostly sitting. I've been deliberately getting up each hour and walking around. Not that it's a workout, but just integrating some prevention measures.

Aging has had me wondering how many times I have had a condition and it just went away:
Could not use my arm strength to lift myself out of bathtub.
Rt. hip was painful for years.
Diagnosed plantar fasciatiis/heel spur.
TMJ adjusted once by dentist.
These and other conditions just resolved and went away with only a little time and help.
Written to encourage others who may think it will always be this way, and this is the end.

Keep exercising, keep living your life!

Thank you for this "buddies" thread! A real positive help for worn out caregivers.
I am grateful.

Yes, Rosses,
Just breathe! A real benefit, I agree.

I have caught myself almost holding my breath as I fell asleep. Not really holding my breath, but not breathing in enough. Deep breaths, wakes up your brain, so you can sleep! Really....sounds the opposite or strange, I know.

Yes ladies. And I think for us caregivers who live under significant pressure, are tired, many times nervous, etc., it is very easy to unconsciously stop breathing properly. If the consequences are so evident when exercising I can only imagine what that does to our body long term. Simple, yet so important: breathing!