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Re: Exercise and Goal Setting

Hi everyone,

@MoonGal, congrats on making it to the pool and doing some aquatic exercise for the second time this week! Smiley Very Happy Are you liking the sensations of being in the pool again? 

My exercise today has been functional only: walking to and from bus stops and four hours of standing, short walking and squatting in my new volunteer job at an op shop. Yesterday though I walked on the beach for about 2km-2.5km all up. 

Wishing everyone lots of inspiration for movement. Cat Happy

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Great that you are keeping up exercise goals. @Former-Member and @MoonGal

Yay the pool Woman Happy

.. yay yoga .. Heart

@Former-Member with the meds it can be hard to be totally clear about what effects what re food and feelings.  Keep hydrated too ... and take care.

I raised a "lady-like" sweat yesterday and today.  At least I hope it was lady-like!  I walked an hour yesterday in morning and evening to and from train.  In a crowded tram a young fit-looking lady mentioned to me that she was sweating and I let her have access to the open window.  Hoorah we have finally broken through the its not lady like to sweat myth.  I have taken to carrying hankies to wipe sweat away.  One great lady confided to me recently that she did not sweat ... I did not believe her ... but didnt confront her on her porky ... I thought she hadnt sufficiently extended herself physically.

Today the sweat was caused by gardening.Heart

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oh thank you @MoonGal, I am feeling better , i have a doctor`s appoinment again on wednesday .

course of probiotics sounds like a great idea , Do you think Inner health plus is a good one to take ??

3 laps , thats wonderful @MoonGal,slowly concentrating on form rather than speed  is the way to go , I had a swimming couch who trained me -- I got up to doing 69 laps without stopping in a morning session , that was a while ago now

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Yep, I take inner health plus after antibiotics @Shaz51 usually for a week.
Thanks for the encouragement!
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Hi all...

Good to hear about the swimming/pool exercises, walking & functional exercise. Well done all!

I went to hot vinyasa yoga this morning. During a few of the asanas I wondered why I was there... Challenging. Although I do like that it is challenging! I guess I'm just a bit impatient to be "better" at it!! Wondering why I am there doing a challenging pose is a long way from when I came out of hospital for the 2nd time last year & had lots of intrusive suicidal thoughts during yoga practice...

I've reduced my antipsychotic, so it may be a rough few weeks or month... I don't want to be on these medications forever. I can take more Benzo medication if the anxiety becomes overwhelming - if psychosis rears it's ugly head I have my psychologist who does Cbt for psychosis &/or private hospital.

Namaste,

A

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Hi all. I am new to this forum and have bipolar.Have been depressed for two months but am on the up again. Today I rejoined the gym and water aerobics .I really need to get fit and healthy have done little exercise for10 months and put on weight. I plan to go to water aerobics and exercise Living Longer Living Stronger Body balance and Zumba Gold. I would like support from all the caring people that I have found on this thread. Thanks.

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@Polly48 - Welcome to the forums, so glad you have joined this Excercise and Goal setting conversation. I have found such great encouragement and an occasional shoulder to cry on as I go through the highs and lows of exercising and keeping motivated.

Wow! You have a great set of goals. I saw a public demonstration of Zumba once and it ws so energetic I almost couldn't walk after just watching it. Smiley Tongue

I do a set of exercises in the pool that were taught to me by a physiotherapist, and a few gentle laps and have only JUST got back in the water last week after a year of 'meaning to go'. I missed my pool time yesterday - I did a lot of functional exercise with house and yard work so made up for it though. Welcome!

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Welcome @Polly48

Today I just did some exercises with old physio rubber resistance bands. 

@MoonGal I was hoping I could post to the goal setting aspect of thread ... and forget the exerciseWoman Embarassed

That must be the aspie part of me ... splitting hairs.

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welcome to the forum @Polly48, how are you ?? I did some mowing today now i am going to cook some dinner

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thats a great idea @Polly48 to join water aerobics , I did it ages ago , it was fun , have not done it in a long time , -- have fun