{"id":11666,"date":"2017-04-04T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/?p=11666"},"modified":"2017-04-03T22:03:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T05:03:38","slug":"getting-healthy-one-day-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2017\/04\/04\/getting-healthy-one-day-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting healthy, one day at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few years ago I realized that being healthy and strong was critical to my overall well-being.\u00a0 In fact I began to see that when I was healthy, everything else in my life flowed better.\u00a0 As a result, each time I sit down to set goals, healthiness is at the top of my list: to walk as well as I can, to do strength training, and to maintain my joint health.<\/p>\n

For me being healthy is also one of my biggest challenges.\u00a0 Because I’m an amputee I can’t just take up jogging five miles a day, so I find that I have to be a lot more creative in the ways that I exercise.\u00a0 I also have learned that I can’t do this alone, so I have coaches and friends who keep me motivated to keep at my health routines.<\/p>\n

As of right now, this is my weekly exercise schedule:<\/p>\n

Monday:
\nEarly Morning, strength training with Coach Sarah<\/a>
\nEvening, gyrotonics with Victoria (at Beau Corps<\/a> studio)<\/p>\n

Tuesday:
\nRest Day<\/p>\n

Wednesday:
\nEarly Morning, strength training with Sarah
\nEvening, Iyengar yoga with Denise’s Intermediate<\/a> Class<\/p>\n

Thursday:
\nRest Day<\/p>\n

Friday:
\nEarly Morning, strength training with Sarah<\/p>\n

Saturday:
\nEarly Morning, Outrigger Canoeing Team<\/a> Practice<\/p>\n

Sunday:
\nEither a 2-hour yoga workshop or a solo paddle on my canoe<\/p>\n

What I like about this schedule is that it is a good mix of activities that I genuinely enjoy.\u00a0 And I also like that it is a mix of solo exercise and group\/team exercise.\u00a0 What I don’t like: is that I don’t get ample cardio exercise.\u00a0 I also feel like I ought to incorporate more stretching into my regular routines, such as a deep stretching\/yoga workout on Tues\/Thurs mornings.\u00a0 And I must confess that the first thing to go in this schedule is my Wednesday yoga class–it is so hard to keep that commitment between teaching into the evenings on Tuesday and Thursday (and also one Wednesday per month I am at our South County campus too late in the evening to get to my yoga class).<\/p>\n

I also just feel like overall it’s not enough.\u00a0 I’m not as tone as I used to be and I definitely get creaky and injured far more easily than I did even five years ago (not to mention having put on 10 pounds that is definitely not muscle).\u00a0 But I can barely keep up with this routine on top of my work and teaching, so I can’t really imagine adding more (like swimming, I really want to add swimming–but when?).<\/p>\n

I guess I’m curious if any of you can suggest ways that I could squeeze in a bit more exercise here and there, or if you want to share your fitness plans with me, as something I might emulate?<\/p>\n

(Note: photo taken 6 years ago, when my friend Crystal was doodling on my shoulders–that’s not permanent ink…)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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