i went for a walk today, it wasn't long, we were out for an hour, and it wasn't quick either, but it was a walk lol
my main problem is drinking. i don't drink enough water, i know i don't. Very rarely do i drink 8 glasses a day, i just can't, i hate water. But i'm drinking more at the mo, or trying to. In my job, that's not easy...having to find public loos is no fun lol
Don't worry then! Modern science has debunked that '8 glasses of water a day' edict - when first espoused, it was apparently an idea pulled out of the air which no-one contested. These days, the thinking is that your total fluid intake should roughly equate to that - tea/coffee/juice/beer/wine/water all count, even food if you can calculate it's liquid content. I'd be hard pressed to remember the last time I drank water from a tap - I only know that it's sometime within the last seven years as that's how long I've lived here, and it was so foul compared to the water back in Oz that I said never again. And being 50% Scottish, I refuse to buy bottles of the stuff when it should be free
No shortage of water here BB ,powers a lot of the electricity ,that and those wind turbines that are sprouting up on a daily basis , funnily enough our local lecky bill last month went down !!!
Spot on BB, it's a load on BS - I am surrounded by people who walk around all day drinking from water bottles they re-fill at water chillers at every opportunity...I drink water at home that has been through a water filter, but not 8 bloody glasses...that other old nugget of 5 fruit and veg also gets on my wick - mind you still a glass of Cider, a Bloody Mary and a slice of Lemon in my Rum & Coke and that is 3!
In Thumrait we were encouraged to drink at least 10 pints of water a day although the normal temperature was 55C and as soon as you moved you were sweating!
Done 45 minutes in the pool this morning, just waiting for my jacket tattie to cook. Tomorrow I may just add a gym session as well as the swim
Steady Al a nice slow steady build up does it , I would also suggest the gym first before the swim! but after a good warm up first of course!
Cannot mate, as the pool closes at 9am So I have to do it in reverse, only thing is all the swimming has agravated my arthritis and not only in my knees my elbows as well Now where is that shotgun
bloody hell Al whats happening to you mate ! there are advancement in drugs for arthritis , but I have no idea about side effects and the like ! I would take a leaf out of Mrs N `s book and start doing some net research on types of arthritis , treatments, new innovations etc , get really clued up figure out what is the best for you and then go see your "specialist"
I think the medical term is falling to pieces If I was a horse I would be in the knackers yard I will sit down this afternoon and have a trawl on the net and see what I come up with I just get so frustrated knowing that I cannot do the phys that I used to, it is so depressing and even if I do a little bit too much I feel it
True - but that doesn't mean they work though! I've just finished the first of my twice daily 'ramble' around the village - takes about 30 minutes - during which I have to be careful with my knees or I suffer later. Don't know what I'll do next week when I'm back at work as twice a day will be out of the question. And the weather here is quickly making walking a nightmare - 3c and the roads are currently being gritted
I feel the difference when the weather turns and I turn to tiger balm, which gives my knees a lovely warm glow (ready brek anyone) and by the feel of it I will using it on my elbows as well this winter!
Just been in a corner shop to get a stamp and while I was in there, I sooo wanted to get a bar of chocolate but was able to resist.
I tend to get arthritus in my hands and feet,fingers lock up,can you use tiger balm there...or what about horse linament? If I use that I'll feel fit cos I'll be thinking I've just come out the changing rooms-mind you nobody would come within 20 feet of me!
Be hard to if your fingers are locked up . My wife uses a handwarmer which helps a lot with the arthritis in her fingers - all sorts available, disposable ones which only hold the heat for less than an hour, or longer lasting ones like charcoal burning, battery operated or lighter fuel operated. Bonus is, none of them smell!
You have to careful where you use it, I would not use it on hands as it can stain clothes or anything else you touch There are two kinds though there are white tiger balm and original the original does stain! I love the smell of it, it is also good for blocked sinus and apparently headaches(not sure how)
