Looking after ourselves
@CannonSalt - Walking from Zombies, i didn't even know that was a 'thing'. 
Best of luck with it I hope they never catch up!
Loving this thread! Big cheers to all of us becoming more active than we were! 
Over time I have gone from barely able to walk the couple of minutes across the road to the beach, to walks up and down it that take an hour or more, at least a few times a week. Gentley Bentley has definitely been the way to go for me with this (including going as slow as I need to and taking breaks if I need them, as I still have trouble with my lower legs and feet).
Like you @MoonGal I also use the shops and appointments as exercise time too, walking as much as possible to get to and from these. I will turn down offers of being driven to be able to do this, preferring to get out on the beach to walk the 40 minutes to the local shops, or catch the bus if it's further away (so there is the walking time at either end of the journey).
As someone with social anxiety, prone to be housebound, I also find the random social contact with strangers a gentle way of increasing my ease with people (learning to be okay with other people around as I go about my activities). I was very paranoid about everything outside my four walls when I started, and this has improved considerably over time through the simple act of getting out and walking.
I also have a big history of starting things like a rocket but running out of fuel and crashing back to earth with a splatter. These days I regularly have one motto in my mind: 'slow and steady wins the race'.
My goals at the moment are:
- keep up the beach walks at least 3 times a week
- continue walking as much as possible around daily activities
- restart physio exercises daily for legs and neck
- ease myself back into 10 minute rides on the exercise bike (1, 2 or 3 times a day)
- gradually add more exercise as legs are able to manage it (eg. weekly tai chi)
Just one final note to @MoonGal: when I was first prescribed an anti-psychotic it gave me the kind of eating cravings you describe. I specifically gobbled white bread in an extreme way, sometimes a whole loaf in one fast sitting (no butter or anything). Needless to say I was putting on weight quickly. I told my doctor about this and he changed me to a different anti-psychotic. The general food cravings and bread mania disappeared (weight is stable over many months now though I've not been able to lose yet). I wonder if it might be worth you talking to your psychiatrist about whether there might be alternatives.
Hi @MoonGal...
Well done on your recent efforts - 2.5 km's in 35 mins isn't as bad as you seem to think it is! Not trying to exert myself I will walk 5km's in an hour & I don't have any physical aliments. I was running 10km's regularly in the 2nd half of 2014 & ran a 20 km fun run in August & then my first half marathon in September 2014. Last year wasn't a good year for running - I did some 5 km non-stop running in the first half & the most I ran non-stop was 7 km's. I had two hospitalisations totaling 2 months & I tried several new medications for my depression - I finally persevered with a mood stabiliser. However, the dose has to be built up to a therapeutic level very gradually (to avoid very risky side effects) & after that it can take up to 6 months to have an effect - I think it started to have some effect after 4 months for me... therefore I was struggling immensely for 5-6 months. Thus, my running fitness suffered. I have been going to yoga twice a week for 3 months (I think) now! (It has only been a few weeks that I've only managed to go once due to headaches & one week I went 3 times!)
I hope you get to the yoga class @Former-Member & ENJOY it! Stair workouts are good - I almost always take the stairs
Very good goals @Mazarita - glad to see tai chi in there!
I will try to make my goals more concrete, as sleep & anxiety hopefully become more manageable & I start doing more & know what I am capable ot.... You need to wake up early in summer to go for a run! Extremely difficult if you were up till 12 am, 1 am, 2 am, even 3 am with anxious racing thoughts going around in loops & twists & turns.
Also my partner brought a second hand gym set with Xmas $$ - I plan to workout on that at least 3 times a week. (Leg press, lat pull down, one other upper body, another legs). I will do 3 sets of 12 on each.
Keep going strong everyone!
Namaste,
Anna 
