My Journey With Health And Fitness – Taking It Slow

Today is a stormy day here in Playa. My husband and I decided it would be a good day to clean out some of our shelf space in our closets as they were getting to be a bit cluttered. It really didn’t take that much time but I am glad we did it. We’ve decided to spend the afternoon playing some board games which I think is a good choice.

I am still suffering from my strained back issues though it gets a bit better each day. As a matter of fact, today I was able to bend down and pick something up off the floor for the first time in nearly a week. Yes, it takes some effort but I consider it to be a success. Because my back is still sore I recognize I have got to take things slowly because I need to fully recover. As such, the past 2 days I have only done one 45 minute walk each day. Yesterday I definitely felt it as I was walking though today it was a bit easier. The goal is to try for a full hour the next couple days with the commitment that if the pain worsens I back off.

The one thing I absolutely recognize is that there will be no fitness classes until the pain is gone. I know that if I try doing classes I will just push things too far and end up with a longer recovery. Even though the weights I have down here are pretty light, I still don’t want to jeopardize my recovery. Once I feel I am back to 100 % then I will book classes again.

Now funny story, I did my walk early morning yesterday and of course saw most of my kitties (my favourite one hasn’t been seen yet but I am confident I will see him soon). As I got close to being back to the condo I saw my trio of feral kitties whom I have been feeding 6 years and they came running towards me. I always drop 3 piles of food for them so there is no fighting over who gets how much. I was slow to bend down and drop the 1st pile because it was a bit painful. For that I got a whack on the leg from the group leader for being too slow to feed him. I laughed out loud when I went to drop the 3rd pile which is for the shiest of the 3 and she too gave me a whack because I wasn’t been quick enough. I was a bit faster today so they were happier.

Here’s hoping that by the end of the week things are back to normal but it isn’t then it is ok if I need to take a little more time. I know if I go slow and careful I will get there.