Nothing really going on. PT went well on Thursday. Past two days have been spent at Laura's watching the dogs and the Olympics, as well as messing around on TWW (brentroad.com, lots of NCSU people).
It's still very hard and painful to bend backwards while standing up. I can lift the thigh and bend, but if I keep my thighs parallel, and try to lift my calf up, ouch. Those hamstring tendons OMFG. It's the ones--look at the hamstrings, and then see that at the knee, they've got 2 tendons on the outside, and on on the inside. THOSE KILL.
So yeah. Going down stairs has gotten easier. I can almost pretty much alternate now. Which is nice because one step at a time is so damn slow. It still hurts to extend my leg all the way, and it's really hard. I've GOT to work on it.
I'm gonna need some help to push me to exercise. I only did a little yesterday :(
And TODAY! I will go to Food Lion. Dangit!
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I'll be glad to give you a daily reminder to exercise! But with school starting on Wednesday, perhaps you can set a certain time of the day aside every day that is exercise time, and treat it like "class"? That might work better for you.
You aren't a morning person, so before class is probably not good -- and you would feel rushed, which is not good.
How about when you come back from your afternoon class -- get a quick snack, walk Rikku, then do your exercises?
Or, after dinner, put some tunes on and do your exercises before starting on any homework?
Or in the evenings after an hour of homework time, take a break to walk Rikku, do your exercises, then get back to homework?
Maybe there is a daily TV show that you like to watch each evening? How about doing your exercises while that is running?
What I'm trying to illustrate is that if you make a certain time of the day every day your routine time for exercises, you may be more inclined to do it. And before you know it, it's a habit. Which it needs to be, since you will have to be doing exercises for many weeks.
Actually, having a dog may help. After walking or playing in the backyard with Rikku, your heart rate would already be up, your muscles warmed up. Then you could easily move into your exercises before doing something else -- making dinner, doing homework, crashing!
I know you know all of the above -- it's not rocket science after all! But I hope I helped some! And if not, and you would prefer a daily reminder by AIM (you have to be on!), by phone, or by email, let me know and I'll be glad to be your "alarm clock"!
Love, Mom
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