After my recent doctor visit, I started back on my treadmill. He said my blood work came back borderline diabetes and stressed again that losing weight and exercising will fix this up. So now my DH does his thing as I do mine. I'm hoping when I go back in 6 months there will be a positive change. My walking isn't very intense because I pulled something in my left leg when we were removing a tree that fell in our yard a month ago. The doctors in the emergency room said it sounds like I have a sciatica nerve problem. Sometimes I have a hard time walking and sometimes it's perfectly fine. Until I turn my ankle a certain way, then I start limping again.

I did a 30 min HIIT (high intensity interval training) ...this was a hill climbing exercise. Do a 5 min warm up walk on flat land, and walk to the base of a hill...power walk/jog/run up the hill for 60 seconds, (whatever pace you need to really work hard) then turn around and stroll/light jog your way back down the hill to recover. When you get to the bottom, turn around and go as fast as you can back up the hill, and so on. Do this as many times as you can in about 15 min. Then do a moderate pace back on flat land for 5 min, followed by a 5 min walk to cool down.

I walked while shopping, got on the treadmill for 30 min. Sunday. Did U know: Home Depot honors competitors coupons? (I don't mean exact item matches, the percentage off, like Harbour Freight). I have an ACE game day coupon, 50% off. In fine print it says "on any item under $30", but they take their meet or beat price guarantee very seriously and just give the 50% off. Yesterday was "game day". There are "LOTS" of Sunday "game days". I purchased a new locking door knob, Halifax Smartkey. It lets you put YOUR key in it and you can change the key pattern without a locksmith. So COOL!

My fibro has been acting up and I have to fight myself to get out of bed every day. This is when it's most important for me to stretch and move. I've been going to the beginner's yoga and Pilates classes, and using my recumbent bike and returning to my chair yoga at home several times a day. I would love to swim but I can't bear the thought of the cool water on my skin right now. I crave the water aquatics and my solitary laps in the pool.