Health and Fitness April 2025

[Twins' Mom]

I like your exercises LadyM. So many are incorporated into habit you already have - a wise way of forming new habits. I don't recall which book suggests just that. I missed my workout yesterday but had over 10K steps and was aching by the end of the day.

My weight is bouncing around. I'm doing the right things tho.

[Lady Maverick]

April healthy habit focus = Exercises to stretch & strengthen
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Established healthy habits. April averages -
Sleep - 7hr 39min
Hydration 120oz+
Cronometer - 287 days logging, 84 mineral/vitamins, 1393 calories, 39% protein
Move my body - 6531 steps, 10 hours with 250+ steps, AM walks=18, PM walks=10
Weight loss is at a pace of -1.04%

[Kittykatt]

Saturday : I did my exercises this morning - 19 hearts

[Lady Maverick]

April healthy habit focus = Exercises to stretch & strengthen
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Established healthy habits. April averages -
Sleep - 7hr 37min
Hydration 120oz+
Cronometer - 288 days logging, 84 mineral/vitamins, 1388 calories, 39% protein
Move my body - 6520 steps, 10 hours with 250+ steps, AM walks=19, PM walks=11
Weight loss is at a pace of -1.03%

I have begun the process of choosing a healthy habit to focus on during the month of May. There are so many to pick from! What ONE change can I make that will bring the biggest improvement to my health?

[eightistenough]

Eightisenough, what kind of red light therapy are you doing? My massage therapist is big time into it. Do you have a machine of some kind?

At home or on the road, I use a red light "belt"
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09XCX2VSP

But we have an alternative doctor (chiro that almost has his functional medicine degree) that uses some fancy concentrated thing that looks similar to a flashlight.

The belt only has 2 wavelengths while the flashlight has multiples. The alt doc is mainly for my DH who has some serious health issues. Two weeks ago, we had a breakthrough where he could feel the heat of the light all the way through his body which meant some scar tissue had been dissolved enough for the red light & heat to penetrate all the way through.

For myself, my joint injuries are showing vast improvement.

[eightistenough]

Overall, I had a great day yesterday with a minor bump in the road.

The journey continues today with high hopes, clean slate and fresh start.

Keep remembering this! There will be bumps in the road, especially as a parent. That first week with my new grandson was nothing short of chaos. Sleep has been interrupted, eating is off but not horrifically, only one week of strength training, but am getting a fair amount of steps though still not "goal," and all the things. BUT even with this two-week stent of off-ness, I get to jump right back in when I get home. Don't get me wrong, I started to get a bit disappointed that I didn't keep it all up but then I reminded myself that I'm doing much needed "work" here and that things don't always go as smoothly as we plan.

[Lady Maverick]

I am enjoying reading and learning here.

April healthy habit focus = Exercises to stretch & strengthen
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Established healthy habits. April averages -
Sleep - 7hr 46min
Hydration 120oz+
Cronometer - 289 days logging, 84 mineral/vitamins, 1421calories, 38% protein
Move my body - 6419 steps, 10 hours with 250+ steps, AM walks=20, PM walks=12
Weight loss is at a pace of -1.01%

My daily calories have creeped up this month. It is so easy to add a few calories here and there. It is a matter of personal integrity that I record everything I eat. I need to know the truthful facts so I can watch the results. I try to keep my feelings out of the food recording and keep the focus on being all about the numbers. Yesterday I had the highest calories count day of the year. Because I deal with averages it doesn't show much change. But when I look behind the scenes, I can see the daily & weekly real numbers. If I don't make a change then they are going to lead me to a place I don't want to go. Knowledge is power. It gives me information to make decisions.

[Kittykatt]

Sunday : I did my exercises this morning - 20 hearts

[Kittykatt]

Monday : I did my exercises this morning - 21 hearts

[Lady Maverick]

April healthy habit focus = Exercises to stretch & strengthen
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Established healthy habits. April averages -
Sleep - 7hr 47min
Hydration 120oz+
Cronometer - 290 days logging, 84 mineral/vitamins, 1417 calories, 37% protein
Move my body - 6492 steps, 10 hours with 250+ steps, AM walks=21, PM walks=13
Weight loss is at a pace of -1.00%

I am evaluating highest calorie foods to see if they are worth it. If they are something that I enjoy then they are worth the energy. However, in every case I evaluated the high calorie food was not enjoyed enough to pay that high of a price (calories). I like having the facts available so I can make informed decisions.