I was able to exercise about an hour each day last week:  Mon.-yoga. Tues. -RSB,  Wed.-Kayaking, Thur.-RSB, Fri.-yoga, Sat. biking and Sun.-kayaking.  This is a huge improvement, thanks to Richard who is right there with me.

Trying to cut sugar out of my diet, which is hard. Weigh only 111 lbs., but still have a lot of fat around my belly and definitely lack core strength. 

Having a problem with not being able to move certain parts of my body certain times of the day.  For example-sometimes I can't move my shoulders up and down.  Seems to occur a couple hrs after I take my meds. Need to ask neuro about this. 

I can't believe it's been 5 years since I last posted. Well, I've tried using this blog to share my thoughts about having PD.  Then I tried using it to keep track of when I'd had exercised.  Now my purpose is to use it as a journal, which takes in everything.

Today I woke up early-around 6:30 am.  Felt low as usual, but pushed through breakfast and shower so we could leave to kayak at 8:30 am.   Meds @ 7:15, (1 sinamet)   Had cereal, almond milk and a few sips of OJ. And 3 pcs. of dark chocolate.  Kayaked for an hour-felt great!  Dystonia started around 10:00. Lasted around an hour.  We drove by little run down church by dam. Decided that would be our dream home.  Need to contact Donna L. about it.  Went in Monzi's to see what Monica knows about it.  Difficult speech. Embarrassing.  Went to dishroom.  When walking home met young man, Tim. Talked to him for a while.  Speech still not right.  Took 2nd sinamet around 12:20.   Felt some dystonia right before taking it.    Weird.  Worked on this for a few hours.  took 3rd PD pill at 6:00 pm. Experiencing some dyskenesia an hour later.

Morning run

7:00 AM- Met Donna for a 3 mile run. Hard to believe that I'm able to get up early to run/bike again.  I thought those days were over.  Thank you, Lord.  Don't ever let me take for granted the ability to move. It's a precious thing that most of us don't even think about until we are faced with the fact that our body is slowly losing its functions.  

Tonight I went to NIA.  It's such a good mind/body workout.  I highly recommend it, particularly for those of us on the "older" side.   I've been trying to get ladies to come, but haven't been able to convince anyone thus far.  Thank you, Laura, for making the trip to Tunkannock every week to teach us.


Here are some images that maybe will entice those who are thinking of joining the class.











http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nia_(fitness)

I'm reviving an old blog.  I've decided to turn it into a workout log blog.

Today I did a track workout.  I've been trying to do this once a week since I've been thinking about doing more 5Ks.  I know this is pathetic if you are a runner, but I finally broke  2:30 for 1/4 mile.    I don't know if I will ever get back to 1:45s (probably not),  but as I keep saying-I'm

happy to be moving.  I did 3 miles of walk/jog repeats.

Wellsboro

Last Friday Hubby and I drove out to Wellsboro to ride our bikes along the Pine Creek Gorge.  This is a very scenic place and I highly recommend it for hiking, biking or walking.  Even if you don't like to do any of those things, just driving out there for dinner and to walk around the town would be a nice day out.

We rode 28 miles!!!  This is a world record for me since I don't know when.  The last several miles were quite difficult though.

Took last Sat. off.
Walked to church with friend, Joyce on Sun.

Yoga

I try to go to yoga at least once a week.  It is another very good exercise for the neurologically impaired.  Last Thur.  I attended a class at Donna's house.  It was a hard workout, but I needed the stretching.