Well, my dear darling daughter has gone on holidays with her dad for two weeks.  Not sure how I feel about that.

I do, I'm sad cause 'something' will happen to delay their return.  Do I trust this guy? Not in the least!  I was married to him, I know (unfortunately) how he thinks.  I don''t understand it, it doesn't make sense to me or anyone else for that matter, but none-the-less, I have no kidlet for two weeks.  Guess I'll clean my house, work out, meet my girlfriend for coffees, I'll make it.
I think my Hby is off for some of that so we'll probably go on a little holiday on the bike, so I'll make it.

I did get up this morning and have a good work out.  I did numerous double leg lunges to warm up, 50 reps of single leg lunges, back/trap/lat/legs/butt pulls, bicep curls, chest press, ab/oblique raises with 'chin-ups', back to do 40 more single leg lunges, and plie squats.  That feels more like it.

I'm drinking lemon 'tea' (boiling water over sliced lemon-GOOD detoxifier!) to make sure I'm 'clean', and I'll take my supps with my dinner of scallops, shrimp, onion, garlic with veggies.

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Wow, the humidity is ... well, humid-I won't even bother trying to keep my hair straight!

NEW ab work out!

Now when I am laying on my back on the Gym, I grip the bars over my head, and not only just lift my legs, I lift and over to the side to work the obliques. Hubby is doing really well with his abs so now I need to up my anti-game.  I also did 70 reps on each leg, 50 at a time, rest, then 20 more.  Then I do however many I can together.

The frustrating thing is that I have some muscle wasting on my right side so I trying and doing more to build/keep it up.  Can you ever get it back?  I dunno, but I won't stop trying.

I made a twist on a Caesar  salad for supper last night, and it was AMAZING!!!
For the greens I mixed romaine, iceberg, and bok choy
Bacon bits
croutons
lemon juice
shredded cheddar/monterey jack/mozza cheeses
pre-made dressing
garlic flakes

wow! it was good.  I also sauteed some scallops with onion, butter, and garlic pepper seasoning
Hubby bbq'ed some chicken breasts and man! THAT was a good dinner!
The cool thing is that even my daughter liked it, and she doesn't try anything new.  Course, you don't tell her it's different until she's eaten it and liked it - ahh the games we must play to get our kids to eat! Hmph! You'd think it would be over by 13-not so!  So (quue the ta-da music) I WON!!!

It's like the "One small step for mankind (mother), ..."

Now this 'Mankind mother' has to go shopping with the child.  Tee hee, we had an awesome day yesterday, and sitting on the deck after supper hubby was playing music off his phone and she was guessing (telling) what song it was.

Man my kid has superglue for brains!  Practically two notes in and she's nailed it.  Of course except some of the obscure stuff from caveman days!

Going to pick up some flax seed to grind fresh on my yogurt and eggs etc. Also some broccoli, cauliflour(why can't I spell that?), onions and garlic for magnesium and sulpher(again!) and cruciferous  veggies to open and relax  blood vessels thereby lowering blood pressure and fighting cancer.  I love those foods anyway so it's basically 'carry on, carry on'!

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Well, Hubby is now 'come to the  dark side' in terms of being careful about what he eats, and he now 'gets' my obsession with supplements and food.  That has got to be the most validating feeling I've had in a long time.  He was listening to a newsclip about different things regarding health and he said that THIS is probably why and how I've kept my MS 'down' and why I'm doing as well as I am.  He's right - the fact that I don't eat red meat, and stick to mostly fish and some chicken, along with all the veggies has probably kept me 'standing' for this long.  I always wonder where I might be if I hadn't adopted this way after chemo.  I think, and firmly believe, that sure chemo may have given things a shake and slowed them, maybe even stalled them for a time, but the fact that I HAVE changed my diet/with supplements has been what has kept things in check.

And also how 'they're' talking about the benefits of exercise on MS, even more importantly so than on a 'regular joe'.

Yes there are things I can't do. And to a degree it's frustrating, like the volunteer work I was doing at the MCC.  I felt good about doing it, but it took too much out of me.  I know people think that it's not that I worked so hard physically, I stood.  But standing is SOOO hard when you think about how many muscles it takes.  It's so easy to take it for granted, and sometimes I do too, but when you combine that with keeping and using balance, constantly moving and using those muscles, my poor little noggin apparently can't do it.

I haven't worked out today - it's fairly warm out (hot in the sun), so I've been puttering around the house and outside doing bits here and there.  But when I texted hubby to tell him what I've been doing, I was flabbergasted and impressed with ME.  Get a load of this!
I:
cleaned the yard (picked up the dog poop)
weeded the back garden
watered garden
transplanted some onions and fixed herb pots
planted some fig trees
watered the front flowers
did a load of laundry
bathed the dog

And it's hot out!
I texted hubby to tell him that supper was his deal, I'm done.  So he phones and tells me to take some meat out of the freezer to BBQ.  Hmmm, not what I was thinking, but at this point - whatever! ;>

Supplements are the same, flaxseed oil, omega3's VitD, B12, VitC so nothing has really changed there.

Ohhh, the heat, and my work has taken it's toll - I just got a whiff of 'me' - it's time to shower.

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Ok, went downtown, had the pics done for xtra work, but when I looked at them on my profile, UGH!!! My hair decided to take a day off, my posture wasn't right, I looked like I had racoon sunglasses eyes(they didn't look like that in real I'm SURE!), on and on...

My legs definately are sore after yesterday's workout.  But not in my quads where I THOUGHT they would (70 reps should've hurt), but in the top inside of my thighs from doing deep plie squats.  I guess I have to do more of those so tomorrow is a new day...

Was good for eating - trail mix, apple, grapes, and water spread out over today.  Yeah I know, not enough, but after seeing those pics,  just UGH!!! We gotta do better than that!

We'll see where this goes.

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Well, it's been a bit, but I'm back!  MS has been 'good' to me, leaving me be - how 'thoughtful'

I've been out of the 'workout' game for a bit as I had company for 2 wks so I did get back into it this morning.
When listening/watching to what the 'key' is to toning/trimming your legs I keep hearing the same song: light weight/high reps.  SO I pushed my reps for my legs up this morning to 50.  It used to be 10, then 20. now enough is enough - go hard!  And it was!  doing individual legs, 50 reps each, rest for 30 sec, then 20 more.  We're gonna beat this thing!  Ok, maybe that's a little over-the-top, but I can at least try, and I'm sure there will be results. There's gotta be!

Also took a break from supplements for a bit(except B12 shot) so we got that going today too.  I do believe that it's a good thing for your body, why? That I'm not sure.  Maybe I'm wrong. But I keep thinking that one's liver needs a break as it has the huge task of breaking down and sending the appropriate nutrients to the proper 'home'. Hey, We get holidays...!

Got an early day tomorrow as I'm going downtown to get my shots in for 'xtra' work for film/TV/movies etc.  Now THAT is exciting!!  Maybe all this body work I do will pay off...!
Wish me luck! ;D

l8r g8r B hlthy!

Oh. Sorry to bug you again. Someone asked if I take a pet.  You mean with me to the park? Well, yes I do, it is a dog park I go to.  However the one with the big hill that I used to climb isn't an off leash park and the 'Park Nazi' caught me and gave the 'What-For'- so, now I go to the park that's 'off-leash',  no hills, but I do lunges and leg work outs more to compensate.

And what does it mean if a person 'galvanizes'? Forgive my ignorance but 'galvanize' to me is a type of metal, that we used in 'Shop' class in school, the bucket I fed the pigs/chickens with, a bucket you picture for catching the milk milking a cow...I dunno, I've never heard it as a verb/action/mood/state of mind, please clarify.

My Mom is here, hence no posting just because...well, that's how it is with company.  I have worked out but not regularly, no biggee, it's been nice having her here.  Wait... it IS nice having her here!

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I'm a cleaning crazy fool!  MY MOM IS COMING IN 2 DAYS!!!

No that's not a bad thing, I LOVE my Mom!  But 'running' around cleaning and doing laundry like a mad woman, and then grocery shopping - I am one little pooped out puppy!

On a brighter note, I had a good workout today - I'm really focussing on my legs' toning.  I mad a 'little' mistake and showed my hubby a new ab workout.  He's going to 'try' and win this competition.  Little does he know that I can wipe his little butt whenever I want to in the abs department!
He emailed me a pic of his abs...pretty good!  I've got a string bikini that is begging...for what I don't know

I only did 30 reps of plie squats today, I was just too tired, so I did a whole smack of lunges/quad toning.  Then I switched back and forth with upside down abs/legs, and pulls with extended back.

Also, I get regular emails from Men's Health (I know, but I'm a girl!) and they were talking about wys to tone up the abs, so I did a raised plank off the bench.  They suggested 'walking' with your hands while up in the plank, but, I'm not stupid, I value my face at this point.  I'll work my way up.

Hey!!! THERE'S a good way to do the plank!  None of this having to 'lay' on the tops of my feet. Up the ante and raise your legs to do the plank (yes it was hard)

Must fly, and do dinner for the fam...

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Y'know, I've had a few comments about how encouraging my blog is, and sometimes I see it, of course there are days that when I read it back I'm thinking 'What a downer!'

Well I have my off days too.
A) I'm a woman so...'nuf said!
B) I'm a mom so again, 'nuf said
C) I'm human,
D) I'm a woman, wait I said that, well it still stands! Sometimes the hormones/emotions get mixed up with who they are - how am I supposed to keep track?? And who am I - today?

K. Now I'm just sounding like an absolute NUT!

I think back to the days when I was in a wheelchair... it seems like a 'not real' time.  How different my life was just because of that.  What does hurt, is I see how some friends 'left' at that time, and it just shows me how surface, fickle, and un-genuine people can be.  That hurts.

BUT, when I think of those days, I also come around to the whole time of getting out of the chair.  The most satisfying thing was when I went back to the MS Clinic for my 8 month check up after chemo (YUK! you can't write that word without a big YUK!) when the student neurologist did the regular tests, then my Dr. comes in and studies her results.  As if she figured the tests were done wrong, she does them again herself.  When she did the 'foot lift', and pushed down on my feet to test the strength/resistance, she couldn't move them, and exclaimed 'OMG Robyn! That's what I'm talkin about! Now...tell me nutrition is a bunch of bunk!  I know it doesn't cure ALL and I will still go to a regular Dr. if I have an infection or something, but now I know I can keep myself up to snuff.
The Neuro also said that because (at the time) I was nearing my 40's, and the immune system settles a bit so I should have 'kicked' the worst of it.

Driving home from UBC I must have looked like someone died, I could hardly drive I was bawling so hard! For quite awhile after that visit I would still bawl out of the blue when I thought about that.

I worked SO HARD on this - it took almost 10 yrs but I'm up standing on my feet, fine I don't 'run' but I can go to the grocery store without worrying
a) that someone might see me, I was/is stupidly proud,
b) that I can actually just browse and not worry that I won't make it
c) I can actually push a grocery cart! Not have to have someone do it for me

When I think of what I have and can do, not what I've lost and can't do - even I am encouraged!

So I can't run a marathon, or even a mile for that matter - so what, do I really want to anyway?  Plus studies have now shown that marathon running isn't good for your heart anyway, it's a muscle and that's one we don't need or want to build!  It works enough!

I just want everyone/anyone who has MS to concentrate of 'haves' in life, not the 'don't haves'

Now,
B Hlthy - the BIGGEST/BEST thing you can do for yourself!

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Ahh Friday!

Being an 'at home Mom' in some ways you'd think it wouldn't make difference but it does.
I've tried 3 times to type how it makes a difference, I still come out sounding like a whiny suck no matter how I put it, so I'll just save you the complete boredom. It's different.

I think I'm noticing more energy with the upped B12.  I'm definately noticing the results.

The deep plie squats target the high back of thigh fat whiles toning inner and top quads, raising your legs behind you on the Total Gym lifts your butt and tones your lower back.  Doing the 'chin-up' backwards and forwards tones shoulders, biceps, and triceps on both moves.  The reverse pull/sit-up tones up the abs from pelvis to chest.  Full body work out - I love it! The only thing the gym doesn't do for me, and maybe I just need to be shown or told, is that plie squat move.  I use 25lb dumbells so I haven't figured out how to incorporate that.  And really, why, I've got the weights and the space so... You switch machines at the gym, so why not here?  I feel like I'm cheating on my Gym!

Wow. How sad.

On another note, while I've been doing the stepper I've noticed that my right leg doesn't buckle as much, but of course I see this and get excited so I immediately go to the squats.  Then it 'started' to buckle.  I still got my 20 reps in though!

I saw some results and tasted the 'gold', I'm like that in that I will go for more after just a taste!  I think that's a good trait don't you? Hee, hee.

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