Week 30 Fitness Update

by annemariedemyen, posted in Health and Fitness, September 2002

It has been thirty weeks since I decided that I needed to get more active and serious about my health. I would never have believed that this fitness journey of mine would become such a priority in my life.

It is sad that those of us over a certain age, whatever age that is to us personally, often buy into the idea that fitness is for the young and that our health issues are irreversible and due to a natural aging process.

Some of my personal health issues are chronic and irreversible – a genetic collagen issue I was born with, asthma, COPD, and Bronchiectasis. But, the problems relative to these conditions have been mitigated immensely since I have been working out. And, there are countless other issues which I was led to believe we’re due to aging, that are no longer the issue that they were seven months ago. My heartrate and blood pressure are good, I have less fat and more muscle, my circulation is much better, my balance is better, my flexibility has improved, my mind is clearer, and my mood and attitude are far more positive. That is not to say that I will or want to live forever. But I have a better chance of dying with my boots on than languishing in a nursing home bed for decades so that’s good!

There are two things that I found super positive this week. First… I added one more set of lifts to my dumbbell exercises and I crushed it! I felt the muscles work, in the right way, but I pushed through every night without feeling that I was having to push past a safe and reasonable level. Second.. I started eating a serving of baked oatmeal every morning before walking Molly, and while my version wasn’t great, I ate it and it did wonders for my digestive health, bloating and the like. So yay! I did get a new recipes for Baked Apple Oatmeal from a WordPress friend and I have a Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal recipe to try, so for sure I will keep this as part of my routine.

That is about all I have for this week! Life is good. Time to get outside and put some of this improved health and fitness to work cleaning up the yard and picking some tomatoes and peppers.

I was actually able to take one photo while I was out walking Molly yesterday. I don’t know what happened to this tree (it looked like beavers got it?) but the leaves were a beautiful cream color.

That is it for today. Take care and have a great day! 💞🌞

20 thoughts on “Week 30 Fitness Update”

  6. Go you!
    I’m delighted you are feeling great!
    Baked oatmeal sounds delicious! I found a healthy recipe today in my slimming world recipe book for that too so I am going to try it!
    xoxo

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  7. I have always thought of oatmeal as being very hardy – especially for our winter mornings, but I cannot handle the texture of stove top porridge. I love oatmeal in apple crisp so I was really excited to find that I could make baked oatmeal. The texture of the one I made is like an oatmeal muffin which is okay, but excited to try my other recipes.

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  8. I am a great believer in the therapeutic value of keeping moving. I believe that the world would probably be a better place with a lot more physiotherapists and fewer people handing out pills.

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  19. Congrats on reaching the 30 week milestone of your fitness journey. It’s always encouraging to see progress and to notice a difference. Enjoy the fresh veggies from your garden! I’ll be sad once the gardening season is over.

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