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10- Day Exercise Calendar
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10- Day Exercise Calendar

caroline

This is my list of exercises I put together for a healthy improvement for the lymphatic system. I am not an expert in exercise, not a fitness trainer, just someone who has Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lymphedema and Lipedema.

Day 1: morning: walk outside, Lymphatic exercise on youtube, cycle

Day 1: Evening: Lymphatic exercises on youtube

Day 2: Morning: yoga for lymphatic system, 30mins, cycle for 10 minutes,outside walk for 27 minutes

Day 2: Evening: yoga with Adrienne 30days, cycle for 10 minutes, walking for 20 minutes

Day 3: Morning: walked 20 mins, yoga for 20 minutes, dumbbells for 10 minutes

Day 3: Evening: lymphatic exercises, cycle

Day 4: Morning: 30 min yoga, 10 min cycle

Day 4: Evening: lymphatic yoga, lymphatic exercises, cycle

Day 5: Morning: yoga, abs, cycle

Day 5: Evening: lymphatic exercises, cycle

Day 6: Morning: yoga, cycle

Day 6: Evening lymphatic exercises cycle

Day 7: Morning: yoga

Day 7: Evening: none, rested and kept my legs elevated

Day 8: Morning yoga cycling

Day 8: Evening lymphatic exercises cycling

Day 9: Morning: 30 min yoga, cycling for 8 mins

Day 9: Evening: walked for 30 minutes

Day 10: Morning yoga with meditation and restorative yoga, cycling

Day 10: Evening 20 minute walk

Review: I did really well for 10 days. My goal was to do this for a whole month however some personal issues came up that I decided to do this challenge for 10 days. But it gave me a really good idea of the type of exercising I could do that seems to help me throughout the day and also is good for the evening. I will continue exercising I’m just not going to log it and share everything. I have not been outside walking for a while because of the smoke from the Canadian wildfire.

I am hoping to be able to walk starting tomorrow as they say the air will be much better to be outside.

Caroline

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Day 11-healthy challenge
anti-inflammatory · eating healthy · exercise · lifestyle blog · lipedema · lymphatic exercises · lymphedema · mindfulness · morning routine · personal blog · rheumatoid arthritis · self-care

Day 11-healthy challenge

caroline

June 6, 2023

I woke up exhausted last night. It is extremely difficult to watch someone who you love have their last few days of life. Cancer is such a horrible thing. As it weighs on me quite a bit it reminds me of the time when my mom passed. So I am very tired and I need a lot of rest and slow down.

I think my exercise will be on a slower side and not as detailed for at least the next week. So I’m not sure if I’m going to continue logging my daily routine I might instead blog a weekly review.

Morning exercise

Lymphatic exercises and cycling

Breakfast

Quiche

Lunch

Pasta salad with red and yellow peppers, and cucumbers

Dinner

Lettuce salad and pasta salad and water.

Evening exercise

20 min walk.

I noticed with the amount of stress I’ve been under the last few days, my legs are swollen and tired. Walking felt heavy when lifting my legs and they felt hot when I was finished walking.

I took a shower and used lavender soap to calm my legs.

Tonight I’m going to bed early.

Day 10- healthy challenge
anti-inflammatory · autoimmune · eating healthy · evening routine · exercise · lifestyle blog · lipedema · lymphatic exercises · lymphedema · morning routine · personal blog · self-care · simple life

Day 10- healthy challenge

caroline

June 5, 2023

Morning Exercise

Yoga with meditation and restorative and cycling.

Here’s my cycle.

Breakfast

Quiche

Lunch

Nothing

Dinner

Half sandwich of chicken

Evening exercise

None

Today was a stressful day. My dog was having a hard time managing herself and I had to clean up her mess.

Then my aunt made more of a decline. I saw her again tonight and I feel it will be soon that she will go and be with the Lord.

I might not continue my daily journal because I am exhausted and unsure if I’ll have the energy to write each day.

Caroline

Day 8-healthy challenge
anti-inflammatory · eating healthy · evening routine · exercise · lifestyle blog · lipedema · lunch · lymphatic exercises · lymphedema · morning routine · personal blog · rheumatoid arthritis · simple life

Day 8-healthy challenge

caroline

June 3 ,2023

I just couldn’t get myself going to take a walk. Feeling tired and today will be a long day.

Morning Exercise

Yoga cycling

Breakfast

Boiled eggs, cheese and orange

Lunch

Turkey Bagel sandwich

Dinner

Baked potato and broccoli

Evening Exercise

Lymphatic exercises and cycling

It was a stressful day. Visited my aunt who is in hospice care. It was a long day sitting and seeing her in pain.

Caroline

Day 7- healthy challenge
anti-inflammatory · autoimmune · dinner · eating healthy · evening routine · exercise · lifestyle blog · lipedema · lunch · lymphatic exercises · lymphedema · morning routine · personal blog · self-care

Day 7- healthy challenge

caroline

June 2, 2023

Woke up later than I wanted. 5:30am. I made my hot tea and tried to talk myself out of exercising. But I didn’t.

Morning Exercise

Yoga

Breakfast

Boiled eggs and cheese

Lunch

Nothing

Dinner

Left over pasta and chicken, cheese, cookies

Snack

Popsicle

Evening Exercise

None. I was tired and decided to keep my legs elevated and rest.

Caroline

Day 6 healthy challenge
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Day 6 healthy challenge

caroline

June 1, 2023

Yesterday I didn’t do so well with my eating habits. I realized there’s been no fruits in my system. When I eat fruits, I am less likely wanting to eat something salty or just not healthy.

Today’s goal is to have fruits.

I started my day at 5:30am. I made my hot tea.

Morning Exercise

Yoga, cycling

Breakfast

Egg over toast, spinach and asparagus

Lunch

A few slices of cheese

Snack

Popcorn and I had a coke.

Dinner

Pasta, chicken, spinach, mushrooms with Alfredo sauce. It’s gluten free and the sauce hasn’t upset my stomach!!!!

Evening Exercise

Lymphatic exercises and cycling

Today my legs ended up being extremely swollen I think partly because it was hot and I did not put compression socks on my legs today. Sometimes I have a hard time and compression socks on while I’m wearing a dress that would show the socks. I probably shouldn’t have that as a concern but you get stared at when you’re out in public that way. It’s something I still have to work through.

Caroline

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Day 5-healthy challenge

caroline

Wednesday May 31, 2023

I woke up this morning and it was stuffy in the house. It was in a high ’80s yesterday and the humidity wasn’t as bad at night but with the house closed up it was getting hot. I woke up around 5:00 a.m. and I fed my animals open the front door to get the breeze and made myself a cup of hot tea. I decided I’m going to take this week off from walking to heal my blister and it’s just too hot for me to walk outside.

Morning Exercise

20 min yoga with balance and core, 5 min ab work, cycle for 13 mins

Breakfast

Banana bread and two boiled eggs.

Lunch

I didn’t know what to eat so I had cereal.

Dinner

Fish, salad and baked potato

Evening Exercise

Lymphatic exercises and cycle

Caroline

Day 3- healthy challenge
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Day 3- healthy challenge

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Monday May 20, 2023

Waking up was hard. I wanted to sleep more. I managed to get up and start having my hot tea at 6:15. I’m trying to barter with myself to wash the floors in place of walking.

I felt a little hungry so I ate some dry Chex. So now I have to take a walk.

Morning Exercise

Walked for 20 mins, yoga for 20 mins, dumbbells for 10 minutes

Breakfast

Rice noodles, 2 boiled eggs, yogurt

Lunch

I made a smoothie with a banana and ice coffee, added in protein powder.

Dinner

I forgot to take a photo of my dinner. I had tuna patties, salad, and rice with water.

Evening Exercise

Lymphatic exercises and cycle. Then I cleaned the floor, mopping it. So that is an exercise in itself! I did not walk because it was too hot and I don’t do well in hot weather.

I also noticed a blister between my toes. It depends on how it is tomorrow morning if I go for a walk.

Caroline

Simple Morning Routine
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Simple Morning Routine

caroline

Today I woke up feeling lethargic and sad. Nothing happened between last night and this morning to bring on my sadness.

I ended up sleeping on the sofa for an hour after my pets wanted to be fed. Then I took a hot shower and took a short walk with my dog. I didn’t have enough time to walk her and make a hot drink before I had to sign on the computer for my first client.

Gluten Free Hot Chocolate

Hot chocolate sounded like a perfect feeling better hot drink.

I bought a gluten free hot chocolate Silliness by Nature/ silly ow farms. It’s expensive but certainly healthier for my digestive system.

First I pour almond milk in my cup to measure how much I need. Then I pour the milk in a saucepan. Heat it. I never bring it to a boil. I like the milk to be warm not overly hot.

While the milk is warming up, I measure 2 teaspoons of the hot chocolate mix and put it in my cup.

Then I pour the warm milk in my cup. And stir.

I had a few extra minutes so I started writing a list of books I want to read. I’m not an avid reader but I want to incorporate it into my evening relaxing routine.

After my session, I had time to prepare part of my dinner I will have tonight. Having an autoimmune illness, preparing meals ahead is helpful. Plus it’s supposed to rain and turn to a wintery mix. Ughh…

Last Friday I made chicken soup in a crockpot. I took that out of the freezer. And decided to make cornbread muffins. Using Krusteaz cornbread mix.

Cornbread Muffins

I decided to have a cornbread muffin with my lunch. It was tasty. Then afterwards I had the cinnamon muffin for some sweetness.

Off to the Office

Happy Day

Caroline