Fit Mommy Friday

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It’s Friday again!  Time seems to rush on so quickly.  I did not do very well with my goals this week, but it was a good week none the less.  Here’s how my journey from fatigue to health is going:

Walk 10,000 steps a day, and take a walk in the evening if necessary to reach that goal…but only if I’m not tired. I averaged about 7000 steps a day, and a few times I needed to take a walk to reach that goal.  It’s been cold here. I discovered that if I don’t go outside much, I do very little walking.  No wonder that each year I’ve started feeling awful in the fall.  On the good side, however, some of that walking was leash training the puppies around the perimeter of our property in the evenings.  Walking puppies is not a leisurely stroll!

Do the physiotherapist’s exercises every day. Most days I did so, and it was great.  I still have a hard time with correct posture while doing the exercises, though. 

Make and eat yoghurt, cut down on watermelon consumption, and avoid other sweets.  All of our ice cream pails have been used for gathering garden produce, and I have not gotten around to bleaching one so that I can make yoghurt.  I have eaten very little watermelon and other fruit, and I avoided all sweets until yesterday when we all had huge pieces of gluten-free black forest cake.  You see, it was too large for our cake saver, so we had to eat a lot, right?  Yum!

Try to figure out why my fingers, wrists, and ankles ache intermittently.  No idea yet, but they are  getting better, so I’m thankful.

Skip no afternoon rests; if I feel very energetic I’ll still lie down but only for a little while.  I slept almost every afternoon, once for three hours!  Sleeping that long in the afternoon is not recommended because it makes for restless sleep at night, but I was so exhausted.  On the whole, though, my rests are now largely confined to the early afternoon.  Sometimes after making supper or grocery shopping I’m very tired, but usually that is partly due to low blood sugar.  Sitting down and eating often brings my energy back.

Fatigue-fighting goals for next week:

• Walk 8,000 steps a day, and take a walk in the evening if necessary to reach that goal…but only if I’m not tired.
• Do the physiotherapist’s exercises every day.
• Bleach one of those pails so I can make yoghurt.  Avoid sweets–except for the rest of that yummy cake of course.
• Enjoy afternoon rests, and remember to alternate activities so that I never tucker myself out.

If you want some fitness accountability, join Fit Mommy Friday at Got Chai?  As you can tell from my posts, you don’t need to be very active or healthy to participate, although some of the Fit Mommies are.