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weights…

22 Sunday Jan 2017

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now that I’m working again on Fridays I am back to Friday yoga…

it is harder than what we were doing before I left… at that time we cycled through 3 types – restorative, slow flow and yin… they were simpler and more basic, which is really more my speed…

the Friday class is now a follow up from the Tuesday one which I don’t attend… feels like I am always in catch-up mode… also haven’t done yoga since last March…

still trying to decide if I will continue on or whether I might look for something else to do…

currently I am walking on the treadmill for 10 to 15 minutes every weekday and trying to get to aquasize on Tuesday evenings… 

maybe I will start to lift weights one night during the week or spend time during a lunch hour on the treadmill at the office…

snow coming down and melting as it hits the pavement…

drizzle…

29 Saturday Oct 2016

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yesterday I got off work early and went to the Formal Gardens at the Park to get in some exercise and collect poke balls…

pleased that I actually got out there… by the time I left the office it was drizzling and it kept up the entire time…

once there I put on my hat and rain jacket as well as some gloves to stay warm… I did still have on sandals…

on my circuit around the Gardens I ran into a fellow who asked me some questions about texting and cell phones… we would pass one another and have a few friendly words each time… kind of fun to have someone to talk to, lol… even if he didn’t know what texting was…

got some interesting pictures…

not sure why so many of the trees have this gray streak down the side…

there were leaves everywhere…

the Pavilion through the mist/drizzle…

took a little detour on my walk and spent some time taking pictures of Canada geese before heading to the car and then home…

as I was nearing the park exit saw two deer crossing the road and was able to stop and watch them for a few minutes before other cars drove by and scared them away… there is actually a deer in this picture but it is camouflaged pretty well…

felt good to get out and move… and I collected 100 poke balls:-)…

slippery…

01 Monday Feb 2016

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up early to head to the clinic for an A1C blood test… see the doctor next week…

always park a ways from the clinic and walk to get a bit more exercise… the sidewalk was terribly slippery… on my way back, sadly an hour later, I chose the road as a safer way to travel…

after the test I went to the Assiniboine hotel for breakfast, as I’d been fasting…

put on those big girl pants and ate on my own…

  
did a bit of shopping and picked up valentine treats for the boys and even mini eggs for Easter… 

  
now to put them in a safe place that I will remember on the 14th, lol…

also picked up a couple of tops… lots of black and white out there, but no purple…

  
had a nap and went to a gathering for supper and the evening… lovely dinner and interesting conversation with some very special women… we were all careful as we arrived and departed to watch our footing so there wouldn’t be any falls… lots of ice under the light dusting of snow…

another excellent day off…

movement…

26 Tuesday Jan 2016

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first thing this morning I walked on the treadmill at home for twenty minutes…

at noon I walked on the treadmill at the office for fifteen minutes…

after work I went to the pool for aquasize…

lots of movement today…

tonight I caught some movement in the sky as a plane flew through my picture of a lovely sunset…

  

routine…

13 Wednesday Jan 2016

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part of my morning routine includes fifteen to twenty minutes on the treadmill every work day…

  
the weekends are a bit more laid back, lol…

watch a morning show while I walk and sometimes check out my social media programs…

very occasionally I will walk in the evening but I find my energy level is highest in the morning so that is the best time for me…

I also try to walk a few items a week on the treadmill at the office…

am supposed to use weights on a regular basis but I’ve kind of fallen off the wagon… 

my goal is to do some weight training three times a week, even if just for a few minutes…

I firmly believe that the exercise really helps keep me well…

return…

02 Saturday Jan 2016

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decided that today was the day to put away all the Christmas decorations…

for the last few days I’ve taken pictures of many of the ornaments as I knew they’d be coming down soon… used one of my apps to make a nice collage…

  
got my exercise as I brought up boxes, put away ornaments, and took them back downstairs… 

always a bit sad to take everything down… and it took a good portion of the day… maybe because I took a few breaks for reading and napping, lol… did spend some of the time thinking about the fun I had with my friend when we put all the decorations up…

the living room has returned to normal… my plants are happy because they’d been relegated to a back room for the duration…

was happy to get a few pictures of the orchid… it really is amazing…

  
enjoyed seeing the sunshine again…

  
the paths continue to be used constantly… recently the bunny spent a good portion of a day sitting in the garden so I saw it a number of times… it is really big…

tomorrow is my last day before going back to work… gonna try a lentil recipe and get in a bit more reading…

pattern…

14 Monday Sep 2015

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as I work to lose the additional pounds that the doctor wants and to stay healthy and active I have been following a pattern…

get up in the morning… make and eat breakfast… take care of bathroom necessities… pack my lunch and take out whatever is needed for dinner…

then I spend fifteen to twenty minutes on the treadmill… it is set up in front of the tv in the basement… I watch a particular morning show while walking which makes the time fly…

  
the rest of the day I make sure to take extra trips to the printer, check in with colleagues in person instead of emailing, and get up and step away from my desk on a regular basis…

usually walk part way home… maybe just one block, but occasionally quite a bit further… sometimes I spend fifteen minutes of my lunch hour and walk on the treadmill at the gym in our building…

happily my Fitbit will vibrate and let me know I have reached my goal for the day…

usually on the weekend I will walk to and around the Park at least once…

sometimes in the evening I will spend a bit of time on the treadmill to ensure I have completed my steps and reached my activity goal…

the pattern has become ingrained and that makes me happy…

walking really is my favourite form of exercise… 

 

goals…

14 Tuesday Apr 2015

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trying to get more exercise since my diabetes diagnosis…

been walking on the treadmill as often as possible and using the weights a few times a week…

looking forward to walking outside now that the weather is improving…

here’s my last week’s Fitbit report…

 

I’ve been hitting my daily step goal regularly so yesterday I upped my goal… will see how that goes… I don’t find it encouraging if I never meet the goal, lol…

have signed up for a Diabetes walk at the end of May and we are playing another game at work to help us prepare for the walk…

I am doing 5k… when I was forty I practised with the girls at their school and did a 5k run as part of the Manitoba Marathon… just about killed me because I get shin splints and actually run at the speed that many people walk at, lol…

feeling proud that I am able to get more exercise in…

bingo…

01 Wednesday Apr 2015

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had a Health and Wellness contest at work where we had to get a blackout bingo…

it was filled with exercise and eating some healthy food items as well…

only three items could be marked off each day…

I was doing very well until I got sick, which put me behind as I wasn’t able to get all of the exercise in…

last Friday after yoga I was able to fill in the last square on my card…

this morning at our staff meeting I received one of the prizes for getting bingo…

   

 healthy snack bars and dark chocolate… yum… 

will have to eat the chocolate in very small portions…

pictures…

19 Friday Dec 2014

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I am now taking pictures of everything I eat…

people tease me on a regular basis as I am taking the pictures…

that’s okay, because taking the pictures helps me remember what I have eaten…

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for the next few months I have to write down what I am eating and using the pictures helps me remember… I don’t always have time to write it down as I prepare/sit down to a meal…

besides recording what I eat, I have to take blood sugars at breakfast, lunch and bedtime… and record them as well… taking them means poking one of my fingers, sigh..

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I am getting used to it and am doing well… the doctor was impressed with how the numbers have come down and how well I am eating…

missing sugar in my tea, but getting used to drinking it with milk… so far, leaving chocolate alone hasn’t been difficult… my biggest craving is chips and they are on the not to eat list…

I am supposed to experiment and see what happens when I eat different things… maybe chips might make it to that testing list, lol…

I’m very lucky that they made the diabetes diagnosis early, and that diet and exercise should be all I need to do to take care of it…

energy level is come back…