Year 2: Day 313: The Schedule

I thought long and hard last night and most of today. I think I've got a workable schedule for getting in about 90 minutes of movement.

At this point in my journey of walking...well, I have to stop walking.

In fact, walking has been really difficult since my piriformis muscle pinched my sciatic nerve.

I find some days that all the walking I can do is puttering around the house and other days I can walk for about 15 minutes, but not very briskly.

It is so frustrating.

Yet, I don't want to dwell on the negatives and the can nots. I want to dwell on the positives and cans.

I can stretch.

I think I can work on my core muscles - like abs and lower back.

I think I can also work on my upper body - specifically doing arm exercises.

I really want to do some kind of cardio....and I think I can do something like chair dancing. Something that gets the heart pounding, but doesn't put any pressure or weight on my leg (specifically my foot which is bothering me the most right now).

I know swimming is a great work out, but driving to a heated/covered pool is not an option. Everything I do, must be done at home. I just live to far out from town.

My tentative schedule is to do some yoga type stretches for 30 minutes when I first get up (I get up an hour before my children, so this should work perfect). Then, when I give my children a 30 minute "recess" in the middle of our school day, I can spend that time working on my core. Finally, after lunch (or during quiet time) I can get 30 minutes of cardio in.

I fully expect my efforts in the beginning will be rather pathetic - hardly moving, bending, lifting, etc., but I also fully expect that over time (slowly over time) I will find that I have strength, stamina and flexibility - all with a body that is fully aligned and mobile.

I'm kind of excited to see how this schedule works.

Happy Walking!