5K at work. Step counting makes having to run around at work much less annoying!

Today was a big day of steps for me. After I finally got settled, after getting home from work and feeding Petunia and getting my salsa prepped to sit and meld in a bowl over the weekend, my fitbit went bezerk (!) and buzzed my wrist to tell me that I walked over 11K steps. But as soon as it did that, it flipped to a new day and it annoys me because I somehow bumped a setting on my Fitbit and it's not even midnight yet, but it's on a new day now, lol (or not). << wry smile>>

I probably won't get much steps in tomorrow, since today was a big day; but I do have my therapy appt tomorrow and I have a couple of errands too.

It feels good when I have days where I have a high step count.

I'm hoping to figure out how to reset the clock on my Fitbit, so I can get the right time on it again.

I went late afternoon to the gym. I did 35 minutes on the stairmaster (Level's 3,2,1 x 2 min each level x 5 sets, then level 1s, HR 140s to 170), then I did 25 min on the weight floor stretching and doing weights and such.

I met a woman in her twenties in the locker room named Kayla. She had just quit her day job because she was now able to focus full time on her start-up. I guess if I see her again I will have to ask what her start-up is.

Yummy exercise
 

I went to a dance class this morning.... we played a bunch of songs but this song was on the playlist, Yummy by Justin Bieber, and I did some yoga stretches and stuff while listening to this song (it was an extended remix).

My step count remains about the same during the week except for the days I get more than 10K.

I'm learning to get different types of exercise in, lately. Like the group dance class exercise I participated in today and a yoga stretch session on the floor at home or going, soon if possible, for a swim at the community center in my neighborhood.

Happy Saturday to all of you :balloon:

Now that I'm stuck at home due to COVID-19, including working from home, I am worried about not getting in even my small amount of 800 steps. I'm going to start walking to the end of my driveway and back - a little embarrassing as the neighbors have never seen me walk with my rollator - but what the heck, who cares? But today it's raining, and it's supposed to rain for the next few days. I used to do some walking in place/calisthenics (usually to blasting NIN or some industrial or grunge thing - I no longer even have a stereo capable of "blasting".) I guess I will try that again. At least I don't go anywhere when I do that (since it's all in place), so I don't have to come back from anywhere!

It was so gorgeous here today. Sunshine, balmy weather, it felt great being outside all day today. I got about 8500 steps in, at work.

I actually got a call back from the doctor's office and they realized that I *HAVE TO* have that A-1c blood panel workup done, so they got me into a remote testing site, tomorrow morning, for my fasting labs. The doctor will call me next week by phone to conduct our office visit.

All this past week, except for today, I logged 10K to 13K steps, but I've never made it to 15K. Today I was just plum tired. So I think getting 8500 was okay.

If I am furloughed to time off from work next week, I'm just going to work up the courage to see if I can ride my bicycle for longer periods of time. Because if I can do that, then I will venture out for a short, but kinda long bike ride to the store, which is about a 3 mile ride to get to the store. 6 miles, altogether. I don't know if I can do it, but I'm gonna try it (soon).

So I went outside just to get in my car and drive to the pharmacy yesterday, and I felt like my lungs were going to collapse! I had to go inside and lie down! The pollen count here right now is something else (it has something to do with how much it rained last week and then all of a sudden got sunny). So I don't think I'll be walking down my driveway. :(

I set a milestone today
 

Today, since there is hardly anybody on the roads in our neighborhood, I decided to go for what is my second time, riding my bicycle. It's just a simple Huffy women's bicycle, no bells or whistles, no braking system other than using the bicycle pedals. I made sure the air in the tires were just right, then I put on my bicycle helmet, riding gloves and turned on the lights (front and brake light system). I rode for about 40 some-odd minutes. About 4.3 miles. Sometimes, I had to get off the bike and walk my bike up long grades on hills nearby. But, the few drivers who went by? They slowed down and smiled at me and gave me the 'thumbs up' sign... :cheesy:

I'm sitting in my big momma's chair right now, and rehydrating after my ride. Two quarts down, one more to go (soonly).

My hips hurt the worst, and my glutes (thighs) are burning and shakey.

But it felt so great to breathe in the fresh air.

Now, next time I work up courage to go for a ride, I will stick to my 4.3 mile route until I can bicycle it without getting off and walking my bike up hills.

The downside to all of this is that when people return to work and traffic begins to rise, I don't know if I will be so willing to do it, unless it's on the weekend (less traffic). I wish there were bicycle lanes that helped me get to other parts of our metro area that definitely have inner-city lanes for cyclists. If there was? I'd ride every day, and save only my car for trips to the washeteria and grocery shopping and the doctor's office.

That's my 'good news' today, that I created my first milestone of achievement in being able to ride my bike for longer than 20 minutes in our gigantic parking lot, lol.

Cheers to everyone.

:balloon:
Wishing health and safety to all,
~K. :bunchflowers:

:blueheels:

Good for you!!!!!!!!!! You did a good safety check and got ready and had a good ride!

I thought I would ride today but I did yard work instead. Probably four hours of raking and cleaning up. There is still work to be done but that's good. I enjoy it.

FINALLY!!

My beach access opened a few days ago and today I decided to test it out and see how things were. Perfect weather, low tide (so the beach is wide), and 2 1/2 months of pent-up anticipation.

It couldn’t possibly have been better. People were being really great and distancing out something like 20 feet for the most part. Lifeguards were making sure that nobody had any blankets or chairs and people did keep moving. All of the new signage and cordoned off access and exit areas were very clear that it is for now an exercise only Beach. Fine with me! It felt completely safe, most folks had a mask although almost none were wearing it because of the distancing and it felt great to just breathe the salt air.

I got to walk in the sand barefoot and wiggle my toes in the cold water, nothing like not having something for a while to make you appreciate it all the more. Just before the shut down I hurt my knee pretty badly and have not been able to go to physical therapy for it. I’ve been making up my own routine and while it is weak, it worked. I was good and didn’t push it too hard but as of now at dinner time I have 9960 steps. I am confident that I will make 10 K by bedtime.

:cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy:

:theisland:

Sandy toes again today, I feel alive. :cheesy:

9K steps so far today, knee still working. :cheesy:

:theisland:

I was going to go for a run in the park, but I wound up talking on the phone with my mom and walking instead. At first I felt a little guilty for not going hardcore, but it was a nice break!

Yesterday I tore down a wooden retainer wall and build up a new wall with garden stones. That was a good full body workout!

It sounds like heaven! I need a trip to the beach, badly - although I'm in no kind of shape right now to appreciate it. So glad your self-PT is working well!

I start PT tomorrow and we'll see how that goes. I had about 60 steps today - three times to the bathroom and back to bed. I have high hopes of improving this quickly. I did start doing some ankle circles today that my doctor recommended to prevent blood clots.

Sandy toes this morning, it was a good tide and I went out for a short walk for as long as my knee was OK with it. 5k steps on the beach, 10k-ish for the day.

:theisland:

My physical therapist came today. We did all kinds of lower body exercises with me on the bed. No weight-bearing exercises yet - thank goodness. One exercise was to draw capital letters using my feet in the air. I laughed - it made me think of the old lesson of learning how to perform cunnilingus by making letters with your tongue. The PT guy probably thought I was nuts.

My car is visiting the mechanic's garage, so I've been getting more exercise lately. Yesterday, because I missed the last bus home and because bus schedules run on weekend schedules, I walked about 5 extra miles on top of the 14821 steps I managed to log while spending the day at a nature type park. While at the park, listening to the river and watching kayakers practice on small rapids, a big beautiful Blue Heron swooped down from the tree canopy and wow, you couldn't even hear them swoosh through the air. I spilled my strawberry concoction I took to drink, trying to take a picture of it because it was SO huge, and majestic, and just so mysterious. I've never seen a Blue Heron as big as the one I saw yesterday.

I am not sure what I will do this summer, when it comes to my favorite activity: Swimming (or rather, floating while cloud watching). Even our own pools here at home are closed. Public pools are closed until further notice. So I'm glad I never made it over to the community center to buy a summer swim pass. But by late summer, there is a couple of opportunities to go to hot springs resorts, and maybe then, I'll get my pleasures by floating in a hot spring pool. Maybe.

Last week I managed to log all sorts of steps. I even managed to fall down my stairs and bang up both knees and hit my head and bruised my left side by my ribs. I'm glad I had a winter ski hat on and was bundled up, because it could have been entirely different. I'm glad I didn't break any bones. But my body is super sore, especially since I had to walk home after no buses were ever going to be able to take me home.

Here's to more Blue Heron's, floating in a pool - sometime this summer, and to my car being healed, so she's not having to visit the mechanics garage so often.

Oh, and as soon as the Rain season ends, I have plans to bicycle to work. I have finally mapped a route to work and it will take about 1.5 hours to do it, but I plan to start out with biking to work, one or two days a week, until I can do it daily, five days a week (that might be next summer).

I went for a really lovely run with my running buddy this morning! She's so motivating. Plus, we made it inadvertently longer because she lost her headband on the trail, so we retraced our steps to find it!

I'm getting ready to run a 5K with her in a couple weeks. I'm looking forward to it, but I don't think my time will be great because she's been training harder than I have. Oh, well! :)

Wow, I had the worst workout ever today lmao. I went running with my friend, but the air was all polluted from the smoke that's making its way from Arizona. (Sending love to all the Arizonans who have it worse.)

THEN, when we were working out in the park, this random couple stopped us to proselytize. They were like, "Don't have sex with men before marriage!" Firstly, I am a lesbian. Secondly, let's not try to regulate women's bodies lmaoooo. Then the guy started quizzing us on Bible verses. Fortunately my friend is semi-religious, so she took the lead. Meanwhile, I was looking for something hard to improvise as a weapon in case things got gnarly. Love that women can't even work out in peace without male incursion.

I am both creeped out and offended on your behalf.

I tend not to engage with people like that, but honestly, that usually just makes them angry. It takes me less energy to ignore people than to engage, though. When I used to ride the subway daily, these two little old ladies tried to make it really hard on me. They were always standing in the same place in the parking lot, and once they caught on that I would _not_ speak to them, no matter what they said, everyday they got their noses all up in the air and said things to other people walking by like, "She's so rude! Can you believe how rude she is?" They had a very self-involved perspective. LMAO!

Oh, and for thread compliance, I walked from the bathroom door to the end of my bed 10 times today! And I did my PT in bed. I am trying to take it easy on my feet, because about four days ago my gout worsened when I got too excited and did too much walking around.

Kätzchen has been walking every day, more than usual, because her car is visiting the mechanic's garage and won't be ready for more driving duties until way late next week.

The other day I logged 18K+ steps.
Today it was only 11K+ steps.

I may have bicycled a bit too, last weekend; and I plan to bicycle again this weekend too. It's the usual 13 mile loop I like to ride. It takes me a spell to do it because there are a couple three terribly steep hills and I have to walk my bicycle up the hill, every time. In some cases, as I return toward home, I actually don't have the usual braking system. The pedal brakes are all it has, so I do the sane thing and get off the bike and walk it down the hills.

Being tied up in a hospital is something I intend to never have occasion to do, so: Safety First <<<<---- that's my motto. LOL. :canadian:

I do dream of having my own swimming pool, one day. Yep, yep.

I want to keep the social distancing thing going where it concerns swimming, too. :tease:

Stay safe everyone and here's me wishing you all a safe and happy weekend.

~K. :bunchflowers:

Wow, I have not exercised since 2/29/20. And today is 7/1/20. Incredible.

Being in NYC which is the epicenter of the pandemic in case you didn't get the memo, I have been completely inside since March, save for one brief walk, until today. Today I got my exercise groove on! And groove I did. I walked 13K steps, a bit over two hours. And I did 35 minutes of outdoor yoga, weightlifting, ab exercises, etc.

It was great. It felt like my brain was finally oxygenated. I've been busy literally almost every waking hour from mid-March through the end of June doing remote school social work. My principal worked me to the bone. Today is my first day of school being out!

I did everything in Riverside Park. I brought something to put down on the grass and weights. Instead of the gym ceiling, I stared at clouds and blue sky, and the moon, and fire flies, and planes overhead. I did it!

On Friday we are going on vacation, driving to a beach house for a week (the queer / lesbian part of Fire Island: Cherry Grove). When we go, I will adapt to the beach, and for Thursday and probably Friday morning, I'll use the park.

I missed the AC at the gym but I sure did enjoy being out in nature, especially after being inside all this time.

I walked 10K in Riverside Park tonight. It's very populated where I walk which is nice for evening walking, and lit.

My favorite part of walking when it is hot and humid is getting back home and having cold water.

Went on a four hour walk in the neighborhood (11K steps so far), while listening to a looped version of Madcon's "Don't Worry Bout a Thing" and took some pictures of the beautiful flowers I saw on my walk out in nature today.

Going for a long bicycle journey tomorrow (got my day pack packed already).

I might get a few more steps in today before sundown.

:blueheels:

I've been continuing my goal of 10K per day of walking (using my iphone to count). My last post was on 7/2/20. So here's my catching up information:

7/3, 7/4: 10K
7/5: 11K
7/6: 12K
7/7, 7/8, 7/9, 7/10: 10K
7/11: 12K
7/12: 13K

I was at the beach on Fire Island for a week, so I walked on the sand barefoot during that time, and also barefoot on the wooden paths. I think I set off an old injury in my left foot (a fracture of the sesamoid bone). It's been acting up lately. It could be just from all the walking but was probably from walking so much barefoot on the wooden paths. It felt good at the time but probably was too much. The sesamoid bone is what pushes down against the ground if you are wearing a high heeled shoe. When I originally injured this bone 20 years ago, I used to wear high heels a lot and lived in a 4th floor walk-up apt and the pressure likely built up. My foot doctor told me at that time that some women refused to stop wearing high heels every day and so he would give them expensive injections regularly to plump up that part of the foot. Crazy. Anyway, I think I may at least go to a shoe store and get some new shoes. I haven't been in any store in NYC since before the pandemic. I will wear a high quality mask and glasses.

I have been walking at a slow pace, generally walking 5 miles in 2.5 hours (2mph). I walk in the park on shaded paths and then on the way home I walk by the river which gives a little bit of a breeze. I take a lot of photos.

I wonder if my bone was affected by walking on the sand. I walked on the packed sand by the water (and again - this was walking for several hours). Maybe I should wear shoes if I'm doing my walk on the beach?

Editing for clarity: I myself rarely wear high heels since that injury 20 years ago.