October 10th Update

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2023, Health and Fitness

I have a few things to cover on this week’s update.  None of them are particularly relative to the others, so I hope I don’t totally confuse anyone.

Yesterday was Thanksgiving in Canada.  We celebrated on Saturday with daughter Jen, her family, and a turkey supper including homemade apple and pumpkin pies.  It all turned out great.  The stuffing looked so good,  I helped myself to a big scoop before remembering it was made out of  yeast based bread.   I caught myself, put it back, and was giving thanks for the rest of the evening that I had.  It feels so good to feel good!

With no setbacks since mid July, I have gotten firmly back into the habit of working out six days a week.  I recently added a couple of calf and hamstring muscle stretches.  The one for the calf muscles is simply standing on my tiptoes and stretching as high as I can for as long as I can (with repetitions).  For the hamstring muscle stretch, I hold onto the front of my  desk and stretch out one leg at a time behind me as far as I can  (with repetitions). As promised, my balance has improved considerably, especially when I am wearing heels, and I am finding walking any distance is easier and faster.

This brings me to my third update!  For the third Sunday in a row, Dan and I took Molly out hiking.    This week we took her to the Wascana Trails, a few kilometers northwest of Regina.

You can’t really see it here but it was about twenty feet straight up on one side and twenty feet straight down on the other. 😮
Dan & Molly
The trails run alongside the banks of Wascana Creek.  It is gorgeous in the summertime.
I have no idea why the benches were built so high.   🫤
We took an alternate route back up to the parking lot.  This one looked a bit daunting.  Molly would probably have loved it.

Lots of dogs had their people out for a hike.  Molly got to meet a few of them, but her favourite was the sweetest little Bernese Mountain dog. 

And finally….  Dan has been cleaning up the yard and packing away the patio furniture for the winter.   He went  out for one of his last rounds of golf yesterday while I stayed home to power wash the patio and Molly’s pool.  There are so many benefits to being healthy and fit, but one of my favourites is being  able to do such chores around the house and yard.  A couple of years ago, I would have struggled to get the power washer  plugged in, hooked up, and the water hose unwound.  Yesterday, I got all set up, the cleaning done, and the machine put back together without breaking a sweat. Yay me!😊

From our home to yours, belated Happy Thanksgiving 💞🌞

22 thoughts on “October 10th Update”

  7. Happy Thanksgiving to you all there! The weather looked fantastic for hiking and Molly is so beautiful and big! I also want to say, you go girl and want to give you a high five 🙋 for all the hard work and perseverance in getting in shape and staying healthy so you can be productive!!! You are such an inspiration and I love catching up with your updates that you share. I could see the steep hills in a few of the photos, good to not over do it! ❤️😀🥰

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