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exercise_every_dayHello everyone! My name is Romy. I am exercising for my health. After living in a sick building (black mold) and developing chronic bronchitis and asthma, I packed on the pounds. Now, at 37 years old, I have realized that as I get older, this weight could be a health risk for me as diabetes runs in both sides of my family. Truth be told, the diabetes frightens me more than heart disease.
I am trying to exercise everyday...trying. Currently, I am dealing with a shoulder injury so my main focus has been leg and ab work. weights and bands are out of the question at the moment until I heal. Any suggestions on care and treatment (and possible exercise) for a strained shoulder would be great! It's getting better, but I am impatient.
I am overweight, but have been steadily losing pounds for about a year. I have lost about 50 and I have at least 100 more to go. But, now and again, I do have setbacks (like my shoulder). I also have time constraints as I am finally pursuing two bachelors degrees after having a long relationship with low self-esteem. I am also studying abroad in Japan this fall for three months and I have no idea how that will be impacting my exercise plans - but chance are I will be biking a lot. I prefer to exercise in the morning, but that isn't always an option and I lose steam in the afternoon. I am still on a search for how to fit my 90 minutes into a neat little hole of time.
I have dissociative identity disorder so if I slip and throw a few wrong pronouns around ("we" in particular) please forgive me. But this also makes exercise a challenge. Then there is my significant other who, while supportive, sometimes gets in the way of exercise. It is just hard to exercise around her.
Recently, I have given up refined sugar and refined wheat flour which has made an incredible difference in my life. I have finally shed all that water that I retained and couldn't seem to get rid of. So, my diet has done a complete 180 degrees from where it was and I couldn't be happier.
For exercise, I engage in walking, occasional swimming when the weather holds (which lately, it has not), hula dancing, strength exercises, and balance ball for my core. (I also play around on the Wii Fit...but I don't know if that counts as exercise.)
I am trying to exercise everyday...trying. Currently, I am dealing with a shoulder injury so my main focus has been leg and ab work. weights and bands are out of the question at the moment until I heal. Any suggestions on care and treatment (and possible exercise) for a strained shoulder would be great! It's getting better, but I am impatient.
I am overweight, but have been steadily losing pounds for about a year. I have lost about 50 and I have at least 100 more to go. But, now and again, I do have setbacks (like my shoulder). I also have time constraints as I am finally pursuing two bachelors degrees after having a long relationship with low self-esteem. I am also studying abroad in Japan this fall for three months and I have no idea how that will be impacting my exercise plans - but chance are I will be biking a lot. I prefer to exercise in the morning, but that isn't always an option and I lose steam in the afternoon. I am still on a search for how to fit my 90 minutes into a neat little hole of time.
I have dissociative identity disorder so if I slip and throw a few wrong pronouns around ("we" in particular) please forgive me. But this also makes exercise a challenge. Then there is my significant other who, while supportive, sometimes gets in the way of exercise. It is just hard to exercise around her.
Recently, I have given up refined sugar and refined wheat flour which has made an incredible difference in my life. I have finally shed all that water that I retained and couldn't seem to get rid of. So, my diet has done a complete 180 degrees from where it was and I couldn't be happier.
For exercise, I engage in walking, occasional swimming when the weather holds (which lately, it has not), hula dancing, strength exercises, and balance ball for my core. (I also play around on the Wii Fit...but I don't know if that counts as exercise.)