Hi Diet Lady,
I have been reading the posts on your blog for over a month. The dieting hints, recipes and poems are great, but you do not mention exercising. Could you furnish us with some ideas.?
Fran
Dear Fran,
I am a firm believer in exercising. I did write about my experiences through the years with exercising about 2 months ago. How much or little we do, depends on our health issues and sometimes our age.
When I first began teaching my Diet Masters classes at age 40, I progressed from doing pool exercises once in a while, to almost on a daily basis. I added walking 2 miles around a beautiful nearby lake when I had the time. It soon grew to 3 miles, 5 times a week.
When I was 61, I began to use a mini trampoline in the house to the music of Billy Ray Cyrus. I consulted with a personal trainer to learn if it was the right form of exercise for someone my age, and they approved. I used 2 sticks with a rubber tip for balance. I continued using it for about 15 years and would bring the trampoline to my classes once a year and do a demonstration and show off a little.
Let's not mention age: My exercises these days are walking around the pool patio at a fast pace, ten times every day: weather permitting, with walking sticks. When the pool is warm, I finish the walk with pool exercises. I do several different ones, but my favorite is to use foam weights.
From there I enjoy our outdoor shower.
Last but not least, is using my wonderful stationary bike that my sister Bobbie bought me about 2 years ago for 20 minutes almost every day. CONFESSION: I do this to the beat of Billy Ray Cyrus. (guess I still have a crush on him)
Hint: If any of you readers have arthritis, going into a warm, 80 degree pool is the best thing for it, and going into a cool pool is the very worst.
I have been reading the posts on your blog for over a month. The dieting hints, recipes and poems are great, but you do not mention exercising. Could you furnish us with some ideas.?
Fran
Dear Fran,
I am a firm believer in exercising. I did write about my experiences through the years with exercising about 2 months ago. How much or little we do, depends on our health issues and sometimes our age.
When I first began teaching my Diet Masters classes at age 40, I progressed from doing pool exercises once in a while, to almost on a daily basis. I added walking 2 miles around a beautiful nearby lake when I had the time. It soon grew to 3 miles, 5 times a week.
When I was 61, I began to use a mini trampoline in the house to the music of Billy Ray Cyrus. I consulted with a personal trainer to learn if it was the right form of exercise for someone my age, and they approved. I used 2 sticks with a rubber tip for balance. I continued using it for about 15 years and would bring the trampoline to my classes once a year and do a demonstration and show off a little.
Let's not mention age: My exercises these days are walking around the pool patio at a fast pace, ten times every day: weather permitting, with walking sticks. When the pool is warm, I finish the walk with pool exercises. I do several different ones, but my favorite is to use foam weights.
From there I enjoy our outdoor shower.
Last but not least, is using my wonderful stationary bike that my sister Bobbie bought me about 2 years ago for 20 minutes almost every day. CONFESSION: I do this to the beat of Billy Ray Cyrus. (guess I still have a crush on him)
Hint: If any of you readers have arthritis, going into a warm, 80 degree pool is the best thing for it, and going into a cool pool is the very worst.
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