Rabbit's Return to Fitness

[RabbitLorna]

I have caught covid twice in less than three months, and I've accepted that I'm going to have to slowly work my way up to full fitness again!

I'm starting with Baseline, and hopefully in 30 days time I'll be ready to take on one of the Level 2 programs!

Day 1: Sept 26th
Baseline - Day 1 - Level III

 

[Sif_Shepard]

That sucks about catching covid twice, hope you have an easy time getting back to normal!

 

[TakingBabyStepsBack]

I'm sorry to hear that COVID has been a royal pain for you. But you can get back to full strength. Wishing you a safe journey back to where you were.

 

[RabbitLorna]

@Sif_Shepard @TakingBabyStepsBack Thank you both for your kind words Thankfully the symptoms haven't been too bad, but I also don't want to push my luck and do too much and make my recovery longer!

I did the exercises just after midnight, but it's been a busy work day and time just got away from me
Will try and exercise a bit earlier tomorrow!

Day 2: Sept 27th
Baseline - Day 2 - Level I

 

[RabbitLorna]

Sinus headaches and general fatigue caught up with me these last couple of weeks, and it's been hit and miss as to whether I exercised or not... but I'm trying not to beat myself up about it and I'm getting back to the program!

I'm very grateful for the tick box for completed days, so I can remember where I got to!

Day 1: Oct 8th
Baseline - Day 5 - Level II

 

[Mianevem]

I hope you'll get better soon!

 

[Anek]

Healing vibes!

 

[Montserrat]

 

[Sif_Shepard]

 

[RabbitLorna]

@Mianevem @Anek @Montserrat @Sif_Shepard Thank you all for your healing vibes! I'm feeling much better now

I'm going to start Baseline again because it's been such a long break, and hopefully I won't need to stop to recover this time!

Day 1 - Oct 31st
Baseline - Day 1 - Level III

 

[Sif_Shepard]

Welcome back!

 

[RabbitLorna]

@Sif_Shepard Thank you! It's good to be back!

I'm hoping that taking it slow and steady will get me back into the swing of things, and so far it's going well!

Day 2: Nov 1st
Baseline - Day 2 - Level I (note to self: exercise before you leave the house for 12 hours, so you don't end up exercising at nearly midnight, lol)

Day 3: Nov 2nd
Baseline - Day 3 - Level III

 

[RabbitLorna]

I'm still going! Glad I picked Baseline as a program, because the 'sit to stand' exercise is challenging, so I think anything more difficult would have been too much for me right now

Day 4: Nov 3rd
Baseline - Day 4 - Level I (did not learn my lesson and ended up exercising at 11pm after I got home, lol)

Day 5: Nov 4th
Baseline - Day 5 - Level III

 

[RabbitLorna]

Had a busy weekend doing fun things and it's been so good to get out and do things and not be tired all the time!

Day 6: Nov 5th
5km walk (went to see the fireworks!)

Day 7: Nov 6th
6km walk (and visited the market!)

Day 8: Nov 7th
Baseline - Day 6 - Level III (and done at a reasonable hour in my lunch break )
15 mins on the exercise bike (first time back on since covid)

 

[RabbitLorna]

Exercised after work but before dinner!

Day 9: Nov 8th
Baseline - Day 7 - Level III

 

[RabbitLorna]

Midnight exercising is back Going to make a promise to myself to exercise before dinner time tomorrow!

Day 10: Nov 9th
Baseline - Day 8 - Level I

Day 11: Nov 10th
Baseline - Day 9 - Level I

 

[GentleOx]

Do you have a favourite place to exercise? I'm guessing at home?

 

[SkorpionUK]

Midnight exercising is back

Hi5! Me too!

 

[RabbitLorna]

@GentleOx I've been exercising at home while I recover (and while it's dark and cold outside!)

@SkorpionUK *high five* I've been trying to become a morning person, but it doesn't come naturally to me!

Day 12: Nov 11th
Baseline - Day 10 - Level I
20 mins on the exercise bike

 

[SkorpionUK]

I've been trying to become a morning person, but it doesn't come naturally to me!

yeah me neither... or, worse, I do wake up early and still can't sleep at night. The worst.

 

[RabbitLorna]

@SkorpionUK I feel you on that, I've always struggled with sleep, and when I do finally get into a pattern, it only takes one little thing to throw it all off! And I'm a zombie in the mornings, so even when I do wake up early, it takes me so long to actually do anything useful...

I was back on the bike for the first time this weekend, and even though it was tough, I feel like I've already regained a lot of my fitness!

Day 13: Nov 12th
1h20 / 11km mountain biking (it was so muddy and I loved every minute of it!)

Day 14: Nov 13th
6km hike

Day 15: Nov 14th
Baseline - Day 11 - Level III

 

[SkorpionUK]

@SkorpionUK I feel you on that, I've always struggled with sleep, and when I do finally get into a pattern, it only takes one little thing to throw it all off! And I'm a zombie in the mornings, so even when I do wake up early, it takes me so long to actually do anything useful...

I'm exactly like this! Have been for decades...
I came to realise that 2pm is when I can expect to function, so anything I do before then is a bonus. But I can continue on much later than others so it evens out.

 

[RabbitLorna]

@SkorpionUK I'm the same, I don't tend to function fully until after lunch! I've learned over the years to do light or easy things in the morning, and leave the difficult stuff to the afternoon.


Day 16: Nov 15th
Baseline - Day 12 - Level I (return of the midnight exercising, lol)

Day 17: Nov 16th
Baseline - Day 13 - Level II

 

[SkorpionUK]

(return of the midnight exercising, lol)

oh yup, it's 22:30 and I've yet to check mine off the list, better get going...

 

[RabbitLorna]

It's the new year and I'm back! Energy levels are still really variable, so I'm going to try and work up to exercising every day.

Current goal: finish Baseline programme in six weeks (exercise 5 days out of 7)

I started last night (at nearly midnight - some habits die hard ) and then managed to exercise before dinner today, woohoo!

Day 1: Jan 2nd
Baseline - Day 1 - Level I
50 mins walk
Unwind yoga workout

Day 2: Jan 3rd
Baseline - Day 2 - Level III
Face the Day yoga workout

 

[Fremen]

Happy New Year

 

[RabbitLorna]

@Fremen Happy New Year! I hope 2023 is a good one for you




It's been good to get back into exercising, and I'm feeling less achey after just three days!

Day 3: Jan 4th
Baseline - Day 3 - Level III
Self-Care yoga workout

 

[RabbitLorna]

Managed to exercise 5 days out of 7 last week!

(Also got two job applications in!)

Going to add 30 Days of Yoga to the mix so that I don't have to think about which yoga workout I want to do each day

Jan 9th
Baseline - Day 6 - Level III
30 Days of Yoga - Day 1

 

[RabbitLorna]

Exercise is keeping me sane while job hunting and I got another job application in! I'm slowly getting into the swing of it


Jan 10th (more midnight exercising, lol)
Baseline - Day 7 - Level I
30 Days of Yoga - Day 2

Jan 11th (exercised in the afternoon, yay!)
Baseline - Day 8 - Level I
30 Days of Yoga - Day 3
And... about an hour moving very heavy furniture

 

[RabbitLorna]

Got an interview next week!!! I'm nervous but excited all at the same time!


Jan 14th
Baseline - Day 9 - Level I
30 Days of Yoga - Day 4

Jan 15th
Baseline - Day 10 - Level I
30 Days of Yoga - Day 5

Weekly goal achieved! Exercised 5 days out of 7

 

[GentleOx]

Well done with your weekly goal! And good luck with your interview.

 

[Fremen]

Good luck

 

[lofivelcro]

Good luck with the interview!

 

[aku-chan]

Good luck with the interview!

 

[RabbitLorna]

@GentleOx @Fremen @lofivelcro @aku-chan Thank you for the good vibes! I didn't get the job, but it was clear that the job description and the person they were looking to hire were two very different things

Weekly goal achieved as I did more than 30 mins of walking on 5 days, but no progress on the Baseline programme.

Once I'm done writing this I'm going to go and do the next day of Baseline and 30 Days of Yoga and get back in to the swing of things!

 

[RabbitLorna]

I’m back! Job hunting has been super stressful and I haven’t yet managed to get a job

I have been staying active, but not in any organised fashion, and it’s often taken me a while to recover which is not helping the whole having a consistent exercise routine thing.

So, I’m going to start with Vitality and see if I can stick to it for 30 days, hopefully by the end of the month I’ll have at least built up my general fitness!

(And in true rabbit form, I started at pretty much midnight, lol)

Day 1:
Vitality - Day 1 - Level I

 

[Tileenah]

 

[Fremen]

Welcome back

 

[BlackButler]

Welcome back sorry to hear that I believe something awesome will turn up for you

 

[Anek]

Hello again!

 

[RabbitLorna]

@Tileenah @Fremen @BlackButler @Anek Thank you all for the warm welcome back!

Yesterday was a busy day, so more midnight exercising, but tonight I managed to exercise at 10pm rather than my usual midnight, lol

I'm finding Vitality more challenging than I expected, which means it's the right programme for me right now, hopefully give me a chance to build up my fitness before tackling anything more difficult!

Day 2:
Vitality - Day 2 - Level I

Day 3:
Vitality - Day 3 - Level I

 

[RabbitLorna]

Another couple of busy days including a last minute job application!

Going to try and exercise before dinner over the weekend (should be an achievable aim!)

Day 4:
Vitality - Day 4 - Level I

Day 5:
Vitality - Day 5 - Level I

 

[Tileenah]

(that is two hands and one foot, I can't do it on the other one because of blisters)