May 14th – Progress Update

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2024, Health and Fitness

I have written a number of health and fitness update blogs.   This time, I had to go for a “Progress Update”  because it has pretty much been all progress so far  this year.

My strength is improving daily.   I have been working out with five and  eight pound dumbbells three times a week and that is paying off in spades.  Two years ago,  I was facing spring  wondering where I would get the strength to clear up our yard and plant our garden.   This year, I am working up planters, hauling seedlings up and down stairs to the kid’s playhouse (that I am using as a greenhouse), and lifting heavy bags and pails of dirt and sand.  I don’t know if I have ever been stronger.  I am sure that doing yardwork has never been easier.

Here’s hoping our garden will be as good as usual.

My stamina and energy are amazing. . I have been doing aerobic workouts  consistently six mornings a week.  I can go a solid sixteen hours a day.  One day last week, I went so hard and steady that I forgot to have lunch or do any snacking.  I have NEVER forgotten to eat – EVER.  Plus, that was a day when I was scheduled to do weights before supper!  I nailed them.  😊

And I crushed a tray of nachos for supper.  I did share with Dan, but I put away more than my share.

Other than that, I have been able to get out and about in the fresh air.  I have even been back to the dogpark with Dan and Molly.    I have EVEN been walking Molly with a regular collar – no harness or training collar.  I can’t wait to get out and do some hiking with her this year.

Molly is ready to hit the trails!

Both Dan and I have been doing pretty well at fixing and eating healthy wholesome meals.   Since I had to quit eating anything containing yeast,  takeout meals are few and far between.   I make desserts  when the kids are over for a meal, but the leftovers leave with them. 👍

Packing up the cookies to leave with the kids! 👋

My health has been holding up great so far.  I still do a fair amount of coughing, but certainly nothing like the relentless coughing fits I had all of last year.   It will take a while with my bronchiectasis.   I started taking a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar every morning with my beet juice and that seems to be thinning the mucus and helping a lot to clear it away.   If the wind can keep blowing the smoke from northern forest fires away from us this year, I could experience some true healing!   I doubt that I will ever be off of my inhalers for asthma and COPD, but hopefully I will NEVER AGAIN  need the antibiotics and oral steroids that I was on too many times last year.

“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” – Sean Patrick Flanery

That has been my motto for the past couple of years.   Speaking from experience, it is worth it.

Take care and have a great rest of your day! 🌞💕

24 thoughts on “May 14th – Progress Update”

  4. Hi Annemarie, . After my hernia op. in April, I’m due back to the gym 4 June. I’ve gotten a spurt of energy from you (thanks), and Betty thinks your motto, ( the Flanery quote ) is definitely a keeper . ☺️

    Paul/Betty

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  5. Good luck at getting back at it, Paul. I had umbilical hernia op a few years ago and it wasn’t too bad at the time. When I got really sick and bloated from eating yeast products it painted me no end and last year my coughing fits didn’t do it any favours. ( I think the mesh tends to push into fat, get caught in it, and pinch.). It is doing much better now. Hi to Betty and tell her I agree. 😊

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  7. What a wonderful update Anne!!! You are so inspiring. Your garden looks great and Molly is so beautiful! Your nachos looks so yummy, I may need to make some soon! I’m hanging in there and enjoying my sweet Murphy every day!! ❤️🐴❤️

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  9. Thank you, Diana! I am so happy to hear from you. I keep trying to get on here and trying to catch up with people but I spend little time sitting down anymore. I’m glad you are hanging in there and enjoying Murphy. 💞

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  13. No worries! I’m glad you are feeling so much better and keeping busy is so wonderful. I too have trouble keeping up with everyone and do my best when I can and so I cherish these visits here when you do get a chance to sit a bit and share!! 💞💞💞

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  22. That photo was from last year. I can’t douch until Dan builds a new flower bed to keep Molly out of the garden. Every time I work in any of the garden planters, she gets into them and all I am growing is big deep paw prints. 🤦

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  23. Gardening and getting that fresh air is the best right? I’m so pumped on this season’s gardening adventure. I just took everything out from the greenhouse and put them out yesterday.

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  24. My husband tore out our corner flower bed to build a new one so our dog Molly can get into the garden for now. I plant, she gets in and digs it up. This year is a bit of a process – but still good to get out in the fresh air. Good luck with your garden this year. 🌞

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