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I’m back to more-or less full activity after May’s abdominal surgery and the subsequent carpal tunnel flare-up from trying to work from an iPad in bed because stting up hurt.
I’ve also been seeing a … movement therapist? She uses yoga, resistance bands, and tailored exercise routines to help people live with chronic orthopaedic issues. This has been surprisingly hard work, as in I’m more sore for longer than I used to be after the gym, but it’s helping a lot.
Walking remains a balm, and I’m averaging 11,000 steps a day, most of it just by walking from one place to another downtown.
Intermittent fasting still works for me. I’m technically on an 8 hour eating window, but in practice, once or twice a week I eat only one meal a day, and once a month or so, out with friends, I just suspend the whole thing.
I know it messes up the digestion, for some folk, but four years in, having started really slowly and gently, I’m cool.
@dch Thank you! i am very proud, because my natural inclination is to spurts of furios activity followed by very long lulls, and persistence is an achievement.
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My wrists still aren’t quite up to plank type poses or the suspension trainer, but my little 10 minute morning mobility and cardio routine helps my mood and fitness, and I think it’s also, slowly, changing the shape of my body.
I’m still doing butterfly sit-ups, though the movement therapist cautions they might be rough on my lower back, because they make me feel like I have abdominal muscles for the first time in my life.