With petite builds, my Mother and I have never been one to hit the gym to exercise. We have always considered our active lives exercise enough! Now things have changed for my Mother. After her surgery this week she has been doctor ordered to do as much walking as she can tolerate and then do a little more.
Being unable to bend after back surgery, she has needed a lot of help from everyone in our family. I like to walk with her during the day. She likes to walk the perimeter of the back yard and the dogs happily follow us. Funny how I get tired before she does. I like to keep her talking so her mind will be off of her pain. Not that she complains. During the night the pain wakes her up and she will get up and walk around the den and around into the kitchen and back around again. She measured her steps and determined that it takes 18 of these rounds in the house to equal one walk around the yard. Our back yard is an acre so I guess that sounds about right. I just hope that this walking helps her make a full recovery soon.
Exercise is good for the body in so many ways. I don't think much about exercising because I do not need to lose weight and have healthy annual checkups. My mother lost 13 lbs. since all this started because the pain decreased her appetite. I hope this walking will help her appetite....and, I hope it doesn't increase mine as I walk along with her! I have heard the statistics on obesity and know that eating the right foods needs to be accompanied with exercise. With everyone so busy in today's world I think it is probably really hard to fit in an exercise regime if you are not into that sort of thing. Staying healthy is important. I found out that I actually enjoy walking and plan to keep it up on a regular basis.
Exercise is great and makes you feel so much better after you get done...I hope your mom is doing great and has an awesome recovery.
ReplyDeleteI think that your mom is doing an excellent job with the exercise. The more success she has the more she will commit to it, exercise is actually addictive!!! To mix things up get her to do work in a pool, it is a great change of pace!!
ReplyDeleteMaria, excercise is very important. In the past I used to workout regularly but I've slowed down alot and it shows.
ReplyDeleteWhen I stopped working as a bookseller at B&N, the weight landed on me. I'm not too overweight, but at the bookstore I'd walk for nearly 8 hours a day, and that helped. I don't walk as much as I should. I think I need to start doing more of it.
ReplyDeleteI hope your mom recovers well from her surgery.
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