PSC & Me

a personal account of life with chronic liver disease

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fitness friday, oct 13

This week was Canadian Thanksgiving, so I ate way too much good food. I also walked a lot, as usual. And I attempted to do some pull ups while at the park with the boy. Attempted being the key word....

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Fitness Friday Oct 6

This week felt like a year, to be honest. With nothing going according to schedule, I wasn’t able to research any classes this week.  But with beautiful, warmer than usual temperatures, we did get a lot of walking in...even if one did result in everyone having a melt down by the time we got home...but I digress... I finally have my Wii set up, and have found my dvds so I don’t really have an excuse to not attempt some yoga again...wish me luck!

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Fitness Friday

This passed week was rather uneventful on the fitness front. I didn’t attend any classes, didn’t go for a run, didn’t even pretend to plan anything resembling fitness. I did go for a few walks, varying between 1 and 5 km at a time. I attempted a pull up while at the park with the boy - attempted being the key word! Since my whole plan of ‘just do it’ doesn’t really seem to be working, I’m definitely going to have to start planning things.  I’m not sure if I am going to start going to a class, or if I’m just going to start setting aside time each day to work out, but I know I have to start scheduling it or it is never going to happen. So tonight and tomorrow I’m going to look at drop in classes, free work out videos and Pinterest some work out routines.   Have a fitness suggestion? send me a message and I’ll share your info here (if you want)

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Fitness Friday

well, my plans for the week were shot to hell with labor day closures, getting a small cold and some pretty yucky rainy days, I did not get to the gym. not once. but I did walk around 15-20 km this week through going to the park and library. So that should count for something, right?

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SMOOTHIE SATURDAY no new cup this week, just used an old one with a handle.  I’ll find a new smoothie cup soon inside this week’s smoothie yogurt coconut water Frozen banana Frozen mixed berries and cherries It was good, a little tart from the cherries, and totally lacking anything but sugar. But still.   I’m slowly getting back on the smoothie train.  Next week’s smoothie is going to have....kale....wish me luck!

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Fitness Friday - Sept 1

Friday again, and I have something written and ready on time! Yay me! But, it was easy to get something written for this week.  By Tuesday evening I had already walked almost 10km just taking my little guy to and from the parks and library. I guess you’d call it one of the ‘perks’ of not having a car! With #awesomehusband back to work this week, using the car, the boy and I have gone back to walking and public transit for our adventures - and my legs and back are reminding me how lazy I was this summer!  Thank heavens for rainy days where we can just watch a movie on repeat all day while snuggled on the couch.  I think they are called recovery days. I also managed to score another 2 week pass to our local sportsplex through our library, so there are dreams of going to the pool with the boy this week, and maybe a couple of yoga classes, if my body agrees!  I want to take advantage of it, but the timing just kinda sucks right now. What have you been doing to stay active this week? Pro tip for next week: Take the stairs up to kill time and calories if you are at your destination early, or take the stairs down for a few mintues of quite time.  Either way you get your blood moving more than if you were in the elevator, and if you enjoy it, you could eventually make a habit of it! I used to try and do this when we lived in an apartment, but then when we had the baby and had a stroller and stuff - so much stuff - for said baby, taking the stairs was a bit more of a hassle.  Now we are in a house and I work from home, so it’s only a real option when we go out to socialize or for appointments.

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Smoothie Saturday

Well, this week’s smoothie Saturday doesn’t have a photo....because of a kind of silly reason. I didn’t have a cup or glass that I considered pretty enough to photograph. See? silly, I know.  But I don’t like having logos or pictures on my cups in my photos, and my last ‘plain’ glass broke, so no photographic cups. Now I have to buy a nice glass for smoothies at some point in the next couple of days or there will be no photos for next week either. and with no photos, you can’t see how pretty these yummy smoothies are! This weeks smoothie was pretty basic, but still pretty yummy. Inside: coconut water cantaloupe yogurt frozen mixed berries & cherries. It was pretty purple colour, but you’ll have to take my word for it.

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fitness friday aug 25

as the summer slowly comes to an end, we’re starting to get into fall mode here.  And that means back to work for #awesomehusband, who had a few weeks off between contracts to just laze around.  A summer vacation, if you will. So, since we have been lazing all summer, we haven’t been keeping to a schedule on anything, including our fitness time.  (fitness time? What fitness time?) As #awesomehusband heads back to work, we are back on a schedule, meaning weekly family nature walks {if nature allows}, regular trips to the pool and the possibility of attending a regular yoga class for me. We’re not going to do everything instantly, but we do have a plan for getting back to an active, healthy lifestyle without too much shock to our systems! ha! And all of that means that my Fitness Friday posts will actually be about fitness! and on Fridays! on a regular basis at a regular time!  woo hoo! But for this week, we’re just making plans and enjoying our last little time together (read: trying not to kill each other because we’ve spent too much time together... hahaha)

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I got in under the wire! Fitness Friday! I didn’t do a hell of a lot this week because we took a mini vacation midweek to visit family.  But I did mow the lawn when it was slightly wet, so that ain’t nothing.   I’ll get back on my regularish scedule of posting in September, when normal routines resume. Until then, Happy last little bit of summer!

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Fitness....Saturday....again

I know, I know. I keep saying I’ll be better and then I’m not. But at least I keep trying! This week I didn’t spend a lot of time on fitness, per say, but I did spend a lot of time being active. We went on a long family nature walk (about 2.5 km), walked to and around the park a few times, and *finally* finished painting our stupid big deck. I spent a lot of time in the sun and fresh air, and absolutely loved it. This coming week we are having a short family vacation, and I plan on doing lots of walking, maybe a little biking and a lot of sleeping. What are your fitness goals for the week?

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Smoothie Saturday! A sweet treat on this hot week! Inside: coconut water vanilla yogurt fresh peach Frozen pineapple fresh banana

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Fitness...Saturday?

Well, I missed writing about Fitness Friday again. I always seem to remember that I’ve forgotten to write something just as I am falling asleep...I guess it is time to move my notebook to somewhere more obvious so I will remember to write earlier in the day! and on that note, I did do some ‘fitness’ this week.  Although most people wouldn’t call it that. I mowed the lawn, which is a good hour of walking, and that mower isn’t light!  That is a lot of pushing and pulling! I’ve also worked on painting my deck.   I always thought I had a medium-large deck.....now I feel like it is enormous.  Too big.  Far too much painting done, and still far too much to do.  ugh. And I’ve taken the boy on the a couple of early morning walks, before it gets too hot.  All in all, it was a hot week without any fun workouts, but at least I am still getting outside and getting active! what are you doing to get outside this summer?

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and....i missed Fitness Friday and Smoothie Saturday.   Again. Sorry. Better Luck Next Time?

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I’ve been slacking on posting again.....oops, sorry. I have a schedule written down for what I want to write and when, but I just haven’t been spending as much time in my office working as I want to be. Part of my office avoidance is because it is hot as Hades in our little metal box of a house, making it pretty uncomfortable to sit in front of the computer for hours on end researching and writing.  The other reason I haven’t been around is because I have just been ‘doing other stuff’ - work around the house, prepping for holiday markets (yes, preparing for CHRISTMAS markets....in JULY. UGH) and just spending time together as a family.  A mini stay cation, I guess.  But it is back to the grindstone on Monday, as I start gearing up for market season again, which means I have to get back on track with my eating in order to keep up with the demands of work.  My garden hasn’t exactly worked out, with few of the seed and seedlings taking root, but I do have one kale plant that is thriving.  This is a bit of motivation to have my green smoothies, eat my good foods so I can keep feeling good.  Plus #awesomehusband won’t forgive me if I waste the one vegetable that did survive my gardening attempts.  So look for regularly schedule posts again, on a variety of topics.  I may even start an Instagram feed for all of my smoothie and meal photos, who knows! But for now, it’s not yet Monday, so I am going to go enjoy my last little free time and read my book in the sunshine. and humidity.