Last night I began getting pain all over my body. My back, head, legs, neck, arms and shoulders were aching bad enough I thought I'd have to take Tylenol. Taking Tylenol is nothing bad of course if you take it as indicated, but I am not a fan of taking anything if I can help … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 105: Pushing Through the Pain
My last post I mentioned how exhausted I had been and that I was looking forward to the sound bath session I had that night. I was expecting a little bit of energy or something this time, even though I usually just go in expecting just relaxation. To say that this session was a saving … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 96: Saving Grace
When it rains it pours they say and I even posted about this in April when I had some other incidents happen. Well now it's something totally different. I had posted on the 10th of this month how happy I was to get on that mat and do DDP despite the pain but I powered … Continue reading Fitness Check Day 93
My last post was about my upcoming birthday and I was going to post that same day, but what a disaster it turned out to be. My mood was already shaky due to the ups and downs of perimenopause and my experiencing those hot flashes again, but alas I was still perked up and ready … Continue reading Post Birthday Check In: Hope, Uncertainty, Darkness
In my last post, I mentioned how the things were going and in the weeks that followed I did have some good things happen but I also had a lot to weigh me down. Soo much soo that I thought about quitting the blog, shutting down the website and just disappearing from social media completely. … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 89: Hurricanes of Life
Today I fully intended to continue my DDPY exercise but the day did not go as planned. I woke up early because I had an appointment to get a new passport during my lunch hour so I wanted to get an early start before work so I could meditate again (I started TM again yesterday … Continue reading Fitness Check In: Day 82
Yesterday after I was done with the elliptical, I felt something off with my left foot. It was the same kind of pain I had before my plantar fascia popped in 2023 which left me using a walker, then a cane and with issues wearing any shoes other than sneakers until this year. Turns out … Continue reading Fitness Check In: Day 80
As I have mentioned in the previous motivational video, I was proud to have been walking a mile a few times a week until I fell in the bathtub and bruised my back. I have been in pain off and on, but two days after I fell, I walked a mile and then a few … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 77: Yoga to Quell the Stress
Today I finally got to see The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship – Special Edition of 20/20 on ABC that I recorded in November of last year. It was a great behind the scenes look at how the girls were cast, interviews with the creators, bloopers, plus past clips of interviews from … Continue reading The Golden Moments of Life
Although today has been a rough day physically and mentally, I am ending my day with some positives that happened over the past few days. Firstly I did have my colonoscopy on Friday which let me tell you was rough. The prep sucked and the hunger pangs since my appointment was in the afternoon were … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 75
