The biggest challenges that I face everyday with exercise and diet is the schedule I live in my home. I work at a before and after daycare, my workday starts at 6:30 am to 8:30 am, then study until 2:30 , return to work and finish at 6:30pm. Dinner normally happens about 7:00pm or later.I have an eighteen year old son that plays baseball who keeps an extremely busy schedule. My current exercise consists of playing with the kids at the daycare and caring clothes up the steps of my home six or seven times a day. As you guys know, I am a breast cancer survivor, eight years I was very thin and fit. Eight years of cancer treatment has put about 45 pounds on me. It has been a constant battle do the medication that I must take to prevent cancer from coming back.
The next five years brings a lot of excitement for me. The ten year cancer free mark will help me get off almost all my medications. Not having these medications I will be able to lose much quicker. Also, upon graduation I will be teaching school and I will not be working late hours any longer. I have taken the right steps already. I joined Fit After 50 where I go work out every other day. I am not fifty yet, however, I do not have to go watch all these skinny young girls working out wishing I could be there again. I know that I will probably never get back to that, however, I can lose the weight that cancer added and firm it all up.
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I do agree with you that the schedule that you have does not allow you to eat health . I think most women and men have a very busy schedules that makes them to spend most of the time away from home. Most of time they end up eating fast foods which are not healthy. I support you on joining the fit center I think this is a very big step towards staying healthy and loosing weight.
Monique,
You have a plan to help accomplish your purpose...to lose weight. Cudos to joing the fitness center to assist in facilitating your exercise regiment to becoming healthier. Continue to take your prescribed medications as directed by your physician and in due time you will be enjoying the life you are so looking forward too. I pray that I have the energy you have when I'm your age...keep living!
I have the same problem with having a real busy schedule. I have came to the conclusion it is important to fit exercise into the schedule because it is a determining factor in how long a person lives and how healthy they are throughout their life.
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