#Gym Stats!
It was another push day and I came through just fine, no matter how it felt at certain moments. Working out has taught me how often I let how I feel at a current moment control that moment.
Between that and mindfulness, I’ve learned that I can step back and take stock independent of how I feel.
The result is progress on my goals. There’s a saying stenciled on the wall of this gym here. “The key to success is consistency to purpose.”
@NiveusLepus You inspire me! 129 minutes - wow! Is that daily or do you have off/on days?❤️💪❤️
@JGSchaeffer Six days a week. I take Sundays off.
I also do a half hour of warm up in the morning, just get going calisthenics. 3 minutes of plank, 100 leg lifts, things like that.
I spent a long time neglecting the health of this body, but over the last ten years, I’ve come to take better care of it.
I’m a long distance thru hiker, and I get so much from the work, even if some days its hard.
@NiveusLepus @JGSchaeffer Wow! That's awesome!
@TrueBloodNet @NiveusLepus Wow. Yes that is amazing. I’m working towards consistency and making exercise the centre of my gravity again. It’s not easy after decades of intense computer-focused work at all hours. I’m 54 now. Are you in your 50s too?
@JGSchaeffer @TrueBloodNet I am 42, 43 in January.
@JGSchaeffer @TrueBloodNet I am hoping the healthy choices you are making now will gift us many years of encouraging each other! ^_^
You are a rad and groovy soul.
@NiveusLepus @TrueBloodNet Awww… You Too!❤️🥰🤩🥰❤️
@NiveusLepus @JGSchaeffer Awww you just made me tear up a lil bit!
@JGSchaeffer @NiveusLepus Oh I'm WAY past perimenopaus.. can you be past post menopause? :)
I agree though, the only path is forward!
@TrueBloodNet @NiveusLepus This was me on Feb 5, my Crone Birthday, my Day 365!!! I think there is a past-post menopause phase - I still have hot flashes and some estrogen imbalance but waaaay less than before. Once they taper off, I won’t need the 37.5mg low dose Venlaflaxine at bedtime for nighttime flashes anymore and then I’d consider myself past post-menopause❤️
@JGSchaeffer @TrueBloodNet You look so joyous and happy! That is such a wonderful heart affirming image.
You are an inspiration to me to keep going!
@NiveusLepus @TrueBloodNet Go Go Go! ❤️🥰💃🥰💃❤️
@NiveusLepus @JGSchaeffer @TrueBloodNet
I’m glad it’s ok to lurk on CoSo. I loved y’all’s conversation, shared suggestions & mutual encouragement. 💜💛💙
@ATXJane @NiveusLepus @JGSchaeffer Yes, I enjoy the community here :)
@ATXJane @JGSchaeffer @TrueBloodNet
Wouldn’t be the same without you!
@ATXJane @NiveusLepus @TrueBloodNet That’s awesome!❤️❤️❤️
@JGSchaeffer @TrueBloodNet @NiveusLepus I'm glad you had such a joyous transition! Mine was abrupt, after 10 years of peri. Urgent hysterectomy at 51 years. I refused HRT and toughed out about a year of the hot/cold stuff. Everything wonderful since! Enjoy, sister!
@wolfwoman @JGSchaeffer @NiveusLepus Wow! Mine was sudden too but I didn't have that kind of drama. So sorry!
I was on BC pills since 14 cuz my periods were insane.. I had to stop the pills for surgery.. I had almost no hot flashes or anything and it was over like in a minute and a half.
@TrueBloodNet @wolfwoman @NiveusLepus Wow! So different. Mine was gradual from about 45 on. Now I make sure to tell all my in-their-40s friends what no one told me: chills? Hot flashes? Crying jags? Insomnia? Forgetting? Anxiety? Weight gain/loss? Rages? You’re not losing it; it’s peri-menopause! Its’s physical, not mental and it does indeed go away in time❤️
@JGSchaeffer @TrueBloodNet @NiveusLepus Yup! DD1 is 43 and suffering from the long-term crap I put up with. DD2 is almost 40 and questioning us daily.
@wolfwoman @JGSchaeffer @NiveusLepus I felt horrible for my best buddy at the time who was also going through the changes... she used to sweat like it was raining in a tropical jungle.
@TrueBloodNet @wolfwoman @NiveusLepus OMG so did I! I once captured it when it would just whoosh up on me and every pore would bead up with sweat. This one I’m actually going to print large; took it back in ‘22.
@JGSchaeffer @TrueBloodNet @NiveusLepus I hate to tell everyone this, but at 68 I still have night sweats. Seriously, WTF
@wolfwoman @JGSchaeffer @NiveusLepus Low(ish) blood sugar? I sometimes get those and it's that every time.
@TrueBloodNet @JGSchaeffer @NiveusLepus Hmm, maybe. I shouldn't say sweats although sometimes I do. It's more like the hot/cold/hot/cold blanket off/blanket/on thing ....
@wolfwoman @TrueBloodNet @JGSchaeffer it’s such a blessing to me to see you share your challenges and victories with being older. I hope I can age with a similar grace.
@NiveusLepus Awwww. I wish I had a great gif like you, to show my wolf self blushing. But alas, wolves don't readily lend themselves to cuteness ;)
@NiveusLepus @wolfwoman @JGSchaeffer You're very sweet. :)
@wolfwoman @TrueBloodNet @NiveusLepus my night sweats are now reduced so I can sleep through the night after my doc prescribed one 37.5mg low-dose pill of venlafaxine at bedtime. I can’t do hormone therapy. Research on it if of interest: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3870169/ ❤️
@NiveusLepus @JGSchaeffer Lots and lots of time to enjoy your progress. :)
@NiveusLepus @TrueBloodNet Keep going! As you keep it up during perimenopause phase, you will be so much the healthier for it! I’m in Crone Era now (freedom came and I graduated to post-menopause this past February) so my body has relearning to do for sure. But I’m doing my bit!