What do you do to stay physically active? Just curious, I know this will be different for everyone.

I tried to walk outside for a bit early in the morning. But with it being cold, I find myself oversleeping lately. Once I start late, then everything starts to snowball for the day. I find it more likely that I will doing it during the night. I try to take some to stretch myself out. I wouldn't call it yoga, but it helps me take mental breaks and get away from electronics. As much I would like to incorporate some additional activity like weight training, I'm already exhausted lately from everyday stuff.

Create a system and stick to it. If you switch it up, stick to that.

I workout every other day, so one week 4 times, another 3 times. I choose a body part for that day and determine how much time I have for that day and stick to it. If I have errands and they're in a walkable distance where my presence isn't determined by my looks? I jog/walk. At home but have to clean? I work out after or do some body or kettle bell lifts. Don't feel like lifting? Jump rope. Still want to move my body but not with what I listed? Exercise ball.

It's all current lifestyle, creativity and effort.

Gosh darn it, you're right! Maybe I'll only pick two weekdays plus a weekend day and start from there. Hm, I like the medicine ball, foam roller, and yoga blocks. Not very strenuous, but I'll start there and stick with it. I'll keep the daily walking routine at night too. Thanks!

I try to run 3 miles a few times a week and strength train with dumbbells at home the other days. I use the Peloton app for guided workouts, but there are a bunch of YouTube channels that offer good coaching too. I feel like 30 minutes a day is a good sweet spot for me.

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My HDL cholesterol runs lower than it should be. That was discovered when I turned 30. I'm 44 today. In addition to taking Mega Red and a Niacin supplement, my doctor advised me to walk 30-minutes 3 to 5 days a week. Ever the overachiever, I implemented a daily constitutional as a part of my routine. For years I was very good at it. Life took a wild left turn, but I was able to keep up several days a week, normally 45–60 minutes at a time. When I hit my late 30s and realized I had gone from 170 to 200 pounds, I started working out doing push-ups, lifting dumbbells, and doing jumping jacks. When I hit 40, I would doing about 1200 jumping jacks in an hour. Covid hit, and my circumstances changed, out went the work-out. I still kept up with the walking though and had gotten my weight down to 180. Another life change happened a few years ago when I moved home to care for mom. My walking went from 3 to 5 days to 1 to 3 days a week. When my sister got sick two years ago, before we knew what was going on with her, she started walking with me. Her health quickly went down further though and once she was in the hospital last year, I never got back into walking. Mom's dementia has worsened during the same time. So, now taking care of both of them and running my business, I just don't have the time. It is funny you posted this thread. I was thinking today that when I go back for a check-up in the Spring, my doctor is not going to be happy because I've gained 10 pounds since March. I had gone from 180 to 230 to 220 to 210 and now back to 220. A lot of that is my diet. I enjoy Starbucks almost daily, and I cannot seem to shake Coke. It is what it is. I don't stress myself out about it. I garden during the summer and that gets me some exercise. I enjoy my life and view it that if the Lord tarries and calls me Home, then so be it. I will have done everything meant for me to do here. I'll be Mr. Hercules in Heaven.

I used to walk all the time but now i have osteoarthritis and my joints can only take so much. I bought myself a metaquest last January and there are some great fitness games on there that get my heart rate into that fat burning zone. I have never been more consistent with any exercise in my entire life. Some nights i can do an hour if i am feeling good. So many different options to stay active with it.

walk, walk, walk

I love skiing and hiking. So, everything else is to help me enjoy that. Well, I also love kayaking and cycling. So everything else is to help me enjoy those too.

I try to do something everyday. Outside for a walk,cycling, ice skating, snow shoeing, x-country skiing. These are the things I can step outside my door and do.

Or Various yoga/exercise shows I've recorded. When all else fails, the dreadmill.

You all put me to shame. I have no excuses!

I used to love walking, I would walk or ride my bike anywhere and everywhere. My ex-husband stole my racing bike, he had already made it so I couldn't ride it anymore, he sold it for drugs. I had to stop walking so much when I started having trouble with my hips, but me and Boofus da Woofus still walked 2 miles every day, and I walked all evening at work getting vehicles to work on from the lot, and all evening inside the shop working of the vehicles.

Then I got hurt at work and my boss told me I couldn't walk in the yard, or a block down the street to catch a ride back to the shop. And after the surgeries that were supposed to "fix" my knee I've been in too much pain to do more than the minimum. If I do a LOT of gas station shops my knees and hips loosen up a bit and I feel better and can do a bit more, but every year that gets less and less.

It's possible, if I could do a certain amount of work on a regular basis, like 3 or 4 days per week, I could gradually get back to being able to do all but the largest gas stations that require pics of each pump. But the bonuses don't come so quickly anymore, and the work just isn't consistent enough. I'm to the point now where if I have to do a big gas station I need help, or I need to have my walker. I choose help more often than not, even though the walker is in the car.

@BarefootBliss wrote:

walk, walk, walk

And walk barefoot.