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Posted 4/4/2015 7:38 AM (GMT 0)
hi all. since my mental health has improved i am pushing myself a little more. i have chronic issues, albeit they are not excuses. although i will say that from a mental health point of view that when you begin to feel better then up the ante-you do begin to feel good flow and better levels of serotonin happening, and sugars levels drop as well. and weight!!! this message is will self destruct in 5, 4, 3. 2......have a great day.
Posted 4/4/2015 12:36 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, that's true! yeah A nice walk helps sometimes to clear the mind and it also gets the circulation moving faster and that has lots of benefits. It's spring here and planting flowers is very cathartic, too! :-)

Hope you're doing well. Have a great Easter or Passover.
Posted 4/4/2015 3:12 PM (GMT 0)
Happy Turtle and Lanie, you are so right! A few years ago I was going through an extremely stressful time. My blood sugar shot up because of this and I couldn't eat or sleep. All I did was cry. The only thing that did help me was walking. The gentle exercise was great for my chronic pain and diabetes plus I could see all the beauty around me. I wasn't focusing on my problems. Walking, I feel, kept me from having a nervous breakdown so i know it helped raise my serotonin levels.

I continue to walk daily and this has helped keep my weight under control...hence my diabetes under control. If you don't walk daily, give it a try. If you live in the frozen north, you can get walking in place videos. I have one by Leslie Sansone that is great!

Sherrine
Posted 4/4/2015 3:19 PM (GMT 0)
yargh, i like a little walk. the stick needs it's exercise too!! yes i do mindfulness as i walk. i do miss my walking buddy though. been choppin' a rubber tree down. big one. prickly bush next. happy easter / pass-over.
Posted 4/4/2015 5:49 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Turtle! A rubber tree plant! That reminds me of an old Sinatra song! tongue He's got high hopes, he's got high hopes, he's got high apple pie in the sky hopes..... lol Good luck with that and don't hurt yourself!
Posted 4/4/2015 7:46 PM (GMT 0)
Been walking for over a week now that the weather has warmed up but still getting snow, if not walking then I go on the bike, I don't think I can see myself walking in one spot I would get bored of the same scenery and I don't think the boss would like me to keep moving the furniture around just to get a change of scenery nono smilewinkgrin
Posted 4/4/2015 7:54 PM (GMT 0)
Right. Don't annoy the boss. Probably best to get out of the house and make her happy! turn And you get some good exercise and fresh air.
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