@Gardening with Rabbits , Last week I walked the Indoor Mile. It was a morning with some rain, then it was breezy ... I didn't have any outdoor plans. So, I walked.
The goal is to raise the heartbeat above 100/minute. Nothing very special and it follows the AHA ideas on cardio exercise. I can't do it simply walking in the house, there are too many 180° turns to be made that slow me down although I may cover a little more than a mile in the 30 minutes of time allotted. I raise my arms above my head about every 4 steps. That does it and gives my shoulders a little exercise, as well.
This was the first day that I've walked the Indoor Mile in months but soon, it will be a part of the daily schedule. I seldom miss a day thru the Winter. There isn't much muscle exercise to it and I notice how much less of an effort it is after a modestly active Summer. Still, it is only 30 minutes. It's boring, even if I feel better while I'm doing it. I no longer have Tramp the Dog on the other side of the fence and viewable out of the window. Calico, the cat from across the road, was right along the path beside the house during that day's walk. She spends quite a bit of her time in our yard these days.
We do eat a lot of fruit and veggies in this house. Salt was limited years ago because of DW's high blood pressure concerns. It becomes a matter of taste not to have very much salt on our food. It influences our eating of any processed foods and what is served at restaurants.
Good Luck with Making Some Changes. It's very possible and feeling better may be the result sooner than you might expect.
Steve
That is my plan about walking inside this winter. I have a watch that vibrates if I have been sitting too long, so I have been making sure I move when I feel that. I am not able to do a lot right now. I have to make sure my heart rate does not go up too much when walking. I think it is getting better where I can walk longer. I have lost 16 pounds cutting out most salt and eating a lot more fruit and vegetables.@Gardening with Rabbits , Last week I walked the Indoor Mile. It was a morning with some rain, then it was breezy ... I didn't have any outdoor plans. So, I walked.
The goal is to raise the heartbeat above 100/minute. Nothing very special and it follows the AHA ideas on cardio exercise. I can't do it simply walking in the house, there are too many 180° turns to be made that slow me down although I may cover a little more than a mile in the 30 minutes of time allotted
This was the first day that I've walked the Indoor Mile in months but soon, it will be a part of the daily schedule. I seldom miss a day thru the Winter. There isn't much muscle exercise to it and I notice how much less of an effort it is after a modestly active Summer. Still, it is only 30 minutes. It's boring, even if I feel better while I'm doing it. I no longer have Tramp the Dog on the other side of the fence and viewable out of the window. Calico, the cat from across the road, was right along the path beside the house during that day's walk. She spends quite a bit of her time in our yard these days.
We do eat a lot of fruit and veggies in this house. Salt was limited years ago because of DW's high blood pressure concerns. It becomes a matter of taste not to have very much salt on our food. It influences our eating of any processed foods and what is served at restaurants.
Good Luck with Making Some Changes. It's very possible and feeling better may be the result sooner than you might expect.
Steve
I hope they never add chlorine to our water. They do it once a year for a month. It used to be for a week. There is a water bottling place in Hayden that you can get big jugs of water, 5 gallons or 1 gallons. They deliver to your house if you want. It comes right from a well in Hayden. I have bought that now and then but usually DS picks up bottled water from the store and I do not like it.
. Realize what a bother trying to maintain fallow ground and keep up to community standards can be, especially for older folks whose children have left home. However, the relationship shouldn't come down to much beyond doing a good job with cleanup after maintaining a productive little (or large) personal garden for half of the year. Be appreciative .
The problem comes when the issue gets so extreme that "lifestyle change" becomes synonymous with "giving up HAVING a life." It's one thing when your doctor tells you to cut back on the junk food, it's quite another when they tell you to make all of your food decisions based SOLELY on the nutritional value of the food, without considering flavor, and, in fact, to totally ELIMINATE anything from your diet that tastes at all pleasant or acceptable and make every meal as disgusting and nauseating as possible, so you won't be tempted to overeat.
