I also did 30 minutes on the elliptical today Debbie! :) I feel better now and it always makes my mood better the following day.

I totally agree!! I wonder why, when I have the blues, I can't get myself off the couch and get over to work out...I have to make myself do it...it always makes me feel so much better!!:)

I walked my full mile today. I really didnt want to. I had to force myself, but now that its done, I am proud of me! :cool:

Took a nice walk today with my hubby. :circlelove: My favorite way to walk!

Felt human enough today to go visit my regular doctor for a follow-up...scored myself 9 visits with the PT people that are in the same building. (yay!) and then I went yarn shopping with my sister and then came home and took off with my dad's car (I'm not up to using the stick shift in my car yet) and went and got myself some Chinese food and rented a movie. (Sherlock Holmes)

Tomorrow, I think I'm going to actually use my gym membership and try to get out of the house. Even if I dont do much more than pedal on a recumbent bike for 10 minutes (I dont think I'm up to even the slowest speed of the treadmill), I'm going to just get out of the house and away from everyone for at least an hour.

Talked to my regular doctor today and told him that I thought this flare was stress induced. (mom's broken shoulder, and having waaaay too many people in the house making noise and not letting me sleep and just driving me nuts) and he told me to take advantage of the gym membership and go treadmill or swim or something just to get away from everyone. He said that the swimming would be good for me and it would get me away from everyone and I dont have to worry about tripping and falling in the pool (just have to worry about tripping while walking into the pool from the locker room)

I probably wont try swimming for a few more weeks. I'm still feeling shaky from the flare. I'm thinking some gentle peddling on a stationary bike is about my speed for now...and maybe walking out in the front of the house.

I made myself get up early this morning (11am). Didnt get much sleep...went to bed around 430am, but I think if I can try to get to bed before 2am tonight, then maybe I can get my brain back to a more normal sleeping schedule and might actually have the energy to exercise.

I was surprised to find out that I actually LOST weight over this flare! (the way I've been chowing down on everything in a steroid fueled frenzy, I never expected that)

Doctor still thinks that if I lost more weight, then maybe I might have an easier time of things. So, I guess I have to make a better attempt.

I walked my full mile this morn. I am in the slow lane, but I made it. :cool:

Mowed the lawn today...it took a bit longer because my legs were spasming. But I finished all by myself!!:)

only did 1/2 mile today. I am quite tired today. its gonna be a slow day. :)

I've been doing a little bit each day, either garden work, a short walk or air boxing. Today was a 30 minute walk through the park on the trails by work. I saw various birds, a chipmunk and a rabbit on the path. :) I had a 13 hour day today so I'm really worn out and hope to sleep well tonight after this.

I finally felt good enough yesterday that I went to the gym yesterday afternoon with my dad.

Didnt do much, but I did pedal the recumbent bike for about 15 minutes.

Noticed that my legs turned to jello right after that. The numbness in my back and stomach wasnt as bad yesterday as it had been earlier this week or last week. (last week there was still an invisible python strangling me around the ribs and stomach)

The numbness yesterday seemed to get woken up by the walk down to my aunt's mailbox on the other end of our neighborhood to pick up her mail. Then it came back a bit during the exercise. But, it seemed to go away once I got back home and hid out in the freezing cold basement for a few hours.

If I can get some sleep today (havent been to sleep yet, and it's almost 6am) I'll be getting my exercise when I go to PT with my mom. (she's still doing that for her broken shoulder) I got a Rx for some PT last week...so I'm hoping that the weakness in my legs is from not doing a whole heck of a lot for the past month and not some weird MS thing.

Going to bed now...hopefully I'll sleep for a bit