This week there were just a few things I thought of as a recap to things I’ve learned or wanted to share with whoever might actually read this besides my friend Barbara ;).  Here are my revelations for this week.

• Just do what you can do because something is better than nothing.  It’s all about movement and even if that is walking, it counts as exercise.  Not all exercise is the same but it isn’t supposed to be.  The older I get the more difficult the recovery becomes some days.  I know weight lifting is good for keeping you strong and able to do more with less effort but for me, it’s causing a health issue that has subsided since I stopped.  Not much motivation there to do a heavy lifting routine when I’m not in pain not doing it. Walking is good, riding my bike is good, running is good and some weights are good. I like to try to do something 6 days a week and I even count gardening since it’s a bitch to pick up those mulch bags!

• Be honest.  I began trying Keto last week and found that I already eat much like someone doing a Keto diet.  I eat very little bread and rice and potato and love me some burger and fish and greens.  I was already halfway there but have some things I could change like my non-dairy creamer that is carb loaded.   My cream of wheat is also carb high so I’ll give that up too.  Being honest in where the problems are and giving them up is half the battle, no most of the battle!  I also had marked my Carb Manager profile noting that I was moderately active.  I don’t think that’s true because I’m not losing any weight. It has to be the number of carbs I was allotted.  My mother does Keto and she only gets 20 per day and she’s dumping weight like crazy.  I’m not as heavy on weights now so I dumped my carbs to 20 and eliminated a couple of things that kill me in carbs and I adjusted my activity level and we’ll see how it goes.

• Remember this fitness journey is a Marathon, not a sprint.  It takes some people years to get to their goal and I believe that the older you are, the longer it takes because DAMN! I get tired now more easily than I used to.  Age slows down progress.  Now that isn’t to say that age halts progress because look at Ernestine.  She’s 81 or maybe older and in great shape.  I just don’t have the want to to be in the gym for hours every day.  I don’t care that much so I give it a time slot every day that is between 45  minutes and an hour and a half on weight days when I have them and that is the end of my dedication.  Wherever it takes me in a year, two years, 10 years is ok with me.  My effort goes up and down but my persistence stays the course.  I get what I put in and that is ok with me.