Exercising regularly is a healthy practice. While exercising needs to be actively included in the schedule, and it can take a bit of motivation to get moving, the rewards are worth the effort.
The fitness I have allows me to enjoy my activities on holidays and weekends with friends and family.
I have had a busy week in which I have been fortunate enough to see Blenheim, Nelson, Canterbury, Southland and Otago as well as spend time with extended family and close friends.
Although I was travelling for work, I got to see some beautiful parts of the country I live in and I am grateful for that.
Traveling that much in such a short time has meant early mornings, lots of driving and low sleep. In short, taking care of myself has been done "on the run".
As I come home, I am very aware that what I feel I need most is chill out time with my family. "Seeing my children grow up” was my number one motivating factor to do all that was necessary (that I was able to) in order to stay alive after my cancer diagnosis so I am honouring that instead of writing what I had planned to write about moving well and exercise.
I still have a lot to share about exercise and moving well - my views and my experiences and discoveries.
I am still fully committed to my "blogging once a week for the year" project.
But if I didn’t follow my own advice of taking care of myself then my advice wouldn’t be worth considering.
Thank you for your understanding, normal “service” will resume next week.
Part of my healing was that I needed to include self-care, taking care of myself and these therapeutic/ rehabilitation exercises were part of this (as was the lymphatic self-massage that I did in the morning).
Now that I am further along in my recovery I definitely feel that one of the things that works best for me is a warm up routine to support my flexibility and movement in general, and also help my lymph flow since I have had lymph nodes removed.
When I was looking into cancer when I was first diagnosed exercise being important for health, wellness and mental well-being seemed to be universally agreed on.
Using nuts and seeds to snack on and having main meals containing protein (fish, eggs, lentils, soybeans, legumes) will also ensure that the amino acids that are necessary for the detoxification process are available.
We need to re-calibrate to focus on NUTRIENT dense rather than CALORIE dense foods.
What you eat is meant to nourish you.
Support gut health (repair from the treatments and digestion from now on)
Energise us - and have our energy be stable and building over time (Food is meant to make is feel good).
Provide us with all the nutrients we need to healthy processes in our bodies (including strong immune function)
Support elimination of “toxins” so they don’t get stored in our fat tissues “for later” and build up.
Taste good (this is a controversial and subjective subject, even within my own household.)
Luckily our diet has this capability.
