730 Days

Dizzie

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Today is the 730th consecutive day of my "No Excuses" exercise regimen. :yahoo1:

My MDR is 32 minutes but I frequently exercise much longer or do two different things in a day. That includes walking fast with hiking poles, biking, weight training, treadmill, or swimming. Swimming is my favorite and my body's favorite. I usually swim for over an hour.

OCD is a dominatrix. Not wanting to break the consecutive day count has been a positive driving force. Living where I do (location, location, location) has been very good for me. I live in a small (207 homes) retirement community with a small gym and Junior Olympic outdoor pool. I am a 2 minute walk from the facilities.

A friend says I have to accept my body. I say HELL NO! Accepting is for wimps. I have seen acceptance and I don't like it. Besides, I have to stay strong to move my audio equipment around. :lol:

Tomorrow will be day 731.
 
Congratulation Dizzie, that is a great accomplishment.

I spend as much time licking my wounds from my brain writing checks my body keeps cashing.
 
Keep at it, :celebrate008_2:

Thanks, I am. Now that I have turned the corner on 2 years my sights are on 3. Only 363 more days to go (leap year). Today I walked to the gym in the rain at 0-dark-thirty.:umbrella:

No excuses means no nap after sinus surgery. Go to the gym instead. Donate blood and no strenuous exercise for 72 hours. They can't be serious. :rofl: After donating over 13 gallons I know my limits.
 
Congratulations! It takes commitment and dedication.

I have been working out 5-6 days a week for the last 11 years. I had a life threatening scare as I traveled internationally quite a bit for business and let my health suffer; it became a lower priority. Today, my rest heart rate is in the high 40s as I swim, run, weight train and stay very active. I do, however, still enjoy good wine!

Cheers! And, keep going!
 
Congratulations! It takes commitment and dedication.

I have been working out 5-6 days a week for the last 11 years. I had a life threatening scare as I traveled internationally quite a bit for business and let my health suffer; it became a lower priority. Today, my rest heart rate is in the high 40s as I swim, run, weight train and stay very active. I do, however, still enjoy good wine!

Cheers! And, keep going!

Well done Mike. I thinking working out most days instead of every is just as healthy. In fact it might be more healthy by giving a body time to heal. That depends on the intensity of the exercise. Cross training also helps a body heal.

I have always been active but it gets harder as I get older. My problem is if I give my body time to heal I also give my mind time to find an excuse.:roflmao: Hence my "no excuses" exercise every day regimen.
 
Thx D!

What’s interesting is that I’ve always taken care of myself but it took a few years of significant international travel in which I let myself go a bit for the scare to take place. But it’s all good now; I’m retired in my 60s with my priority being taking care of myself so that I can be present for my wife and have the ability to enjoy my retirement.
 
1095/1096 Days

Today I reached the 3 year mark in my "no excuses" exercise regimen. I missed one day but it was a leap year so cut me some slack. I had outpatient surgery. I made sure I exercised before surgery on the day of. The next day the pain was so great I took 5mg Ocycodone with breakfast. It trashed me. I was violently ill the rest of the day. I could barely move. There was no way I could exercise. That still frosts my pumpkin.

I had many double days or days I exercised much more than my time MDR. Even with a bad shoulder I was able to log 3100 laps (89 miles) in the outdoor pool. My diet became more strict so naturally I gained weight and not all of it is muscle. ☹️

Tomorrow will be day 1096.🏋️‍♂️
 
Way to go Dizzie! No way I would have tried to work out the day after my sinus surgery. I remember going back in 10 days and the nurse saying "This is going to sting a little" as she grabbed the packing with her forceps and began to tug.

Anyway, back to working out.... Is 1095 out of 1096 supposed to be impressive? I could easily claim a success rate that was 99% of that. (If I had worked out about 1085 times more than I did during that stretch.)
 
Wow, way back when, I was running marathons, riding 100 mile bicycle rides and lots of ice skating and speedskating,
I don't think that I ever did 30 consecutive days.
Speedskater,

My secret is I don't do anything epic, just consistent. Marathons and century rides deserve (demand)days for a body to rest and recover. I have never come close to what you did. Congratulations and my respect.

My only epic workouts were when I was in karate from ages 32-38. Not a puppy but I hung with the younger ones (mostly college age) and earned a 2nd degree black belt two weeks before I abandoned Ohio for my new home in California. I could not find a good school here. Everything was focused on kids. My knee was starting to give me problems so I moved on.

Not wanting to break my exercise streak is a great tool. No excuses. It gets me out the door which is where I am going now. My "private" gym is only a 2-minute walk away. I am almost always alone in the gym in my small retirement community. I "own" the pool too. On the few days I am not alone in the pool I at least "own" the lap lane.
 
As I just got back from my daily 2 mile walk, I opened my pc and found this thread. Congrats on keeping active. I'll be 73 in 18 days and keep active, too. The older one gets, the more obstacles have to be overcome. I had been walking anywhere from 2 miles, to up to 9 miles, almost daily for years. I have now reduced the walking to 2 miles daily, as recovery from that is easy and it doesn't aggravate my right heel. It turns out, that as one ages, the padding in the heel reduces. Who'da thunk? Anyway, I also lift weights, not very heavy, but continue to do it, anyway. Keeping strong is important, to me. Anyway, just thought I'd post to a fellow exerciser, who understands the importance and well being from it.
 
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