ARM EXERCISES TO HELP AN OLD LADY TONE UP

EXERCISING WITH PETRA FROM FACEBOOK.  Available for all to watch.

HERE I SIT TRYING TO TALK MYSELF INTO GOING TO THE TRACK TO WALK IN THE COOL OF THE DAY!  I'm not moving very fast and really would like to just stay HOME sitting.  SITTING will not help me reset my health journey.  RESET IS ACTUALLY A CONTINUATION OF WHAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE August 2020. The change in food started and I haven't looked back since.  Now I am working at being in motion more.

I started walking in 2024 about the month of March and have stayed at it.  I started slowly increasing the distance to a MILE.  A year later I am working at walking 2 miles each outing. This feels like it did when I started walking one mile so I know I have improved.  The FATIGUE after walking is still there though.  If I absolutely cannot walk 2, I deliberately walk 1 mile.  This morning I walked a mile.  I got started too late and the temps had already raised to an uncomfortable level.

When I weighed less and was 35 years younger, I still had fatigue after a work-out to the point I could either exercise or do house chores, but doing both was out of the question for me.  I have a heart murmur and to this day I have to pace myself as I am in a delicate condition.  Just the way it is.  I have physical limitations.  I had to decide if I wanted to be a stay-at-home momma or work out of the household.  I chose my family over employment outside the home working for others until we relocated to Marion, Ks in 1992.

I did part time work cleaning a house, clerking at a video store and substitute teaching.  When I started being a para, my health went down hill.  I was exhausted to the point of hitting the sofa when I got home from being a para and sleeping for hours.  I was in a bad way.  Eventually I was able to function better, but I was not thriving.  

I wasn't able to work at a job outside the home and run a household very well.  Taking care of my family suffered.  I was plagued with disappointment and guilt.  When we moved to the Tulsa area, I returned to staying at HOME full time.  To this date, I have remained HOME.  It is the best place for me to be.

Turning 70 continues to surprise me.  I'd like to firm up my upper arms as they are like jell-o.  I know it'll take commitment and effort to change their present sad condition.  I believe I can do these arm exercises and get along alright.  

Here's to a stronger me,

~d 🏋