Exercise..

This thread topic pops up a lot but I dont mind answering again. It seems to be all over the map. For me, Both my mood and my overall physical feelings respond well to exercise- ditto being on funky meds like biologics- I felt that if my gut was gonna be a mess then at least I could try and keep my body from being too pathetic. In flares I would skip exercise on severe days but generally I wouldnt go more than 2 days without some good exercise- indeed, since I used pred quite a bit, I tended to increase my bone density building weight training exercises in proportion to how much pred I was taking- and mixed in some sweaty cardio on alternate days in an effort- however futile- to think I was sweating/melting off some of my pred face.

If I am feeling terrible I try to at least get in some mild yoga. I love running, but I gave it up for 4 weeks when I was diagnosed and flaring. I am back to my normal run schedule of every other day now.

i never exercise when i feel sick. there is no point when i can't even eat and my gut feels like it's on fire. exercising makes it worse. it would just make me weaker.

when i feel good, then i love exercising.

I am an avid runner/walker. When healthy I run 5-6 days a week and walk the others. I've been flaring for quite sometime now, and while prednisone was working I was able to keep exercising almost daily. Haven't been able to do more than maybe a slow 20-30 min walk in quarter mile laps next to a restroom since early Feb. And only like 5 times. Most attempts at even walking my kids to the park 10 minutes away ends in intense cramps or an accident. For me at least, loss of exercise is the most mentally difficult aspect of having UC.