ElderExercise

Bastille Day found me at home like a total couch potato. I was just tired and needed to do … nothing!
July 15th: my daughter dragged me to go swimming with her. And that was a good thing because my second time swimming turned out much better than the first time. The weather was nice and they had opened the glass roof, so it felt like an outdoors swimming-pool. And this time, I didn’t have cramps nor was I out of breath like the first time. So I swam 700m, stopping a while between laps.

That same afternoon, I had a doctor’s appointment at the hospital. Dr Hansel measured and weighed me and found that my waist was 9 cm shorter, and that I had lost 9 kgs. My cholesterol count has improved but not all that much, so I might end up taking some drug after all, but as I have been such a good pupil I still have a reprieve till next October (my next appointment). I have to tell you that Dr Hansel just understands about people –at least about people like me

When I told him that I thought my tummy was flabby, in spite of the lost 9 cm, he suggested a two-minute routine with abs. I loathe abs! But two minutes… let’s face it! It’s manageable.
So I’ve added those two minutes every morning.
Going to hospital and back, my pedometer said 8,000 steps.
I got out of that appointment feeling like a million dollars and ready to resume my routine.
Going to hospital and back, my pedometer said 8,000 steps.
All in all, a productive day.

July 16th: 2mn abs, 30mn aerobic on the Wii, 6,000 steps.
July 17th, weather in Geneva was hot and stuffy, we only managed 12,000 steps and decided to take the train to Lausanne, which was cooler.

The Jet d’Eau fountain under ominous skies

July 18th in Lausanne was lovely. We walked up and down the streets, –Lausanne is such a hilly place– and went to the Hermitage, a very nice museum, where they had an exhibition on Italian Renaissance Artists, and had a delicious lunch there.
I lay on the hotel floor and did my two mns abs and 10 mn stretching exercises. Then our pedometers (my friend Liliane has one too) said 14,000 steps.
July 19th, back in Paris, two mn abs, 30mn aerobics on the wii, my pedometer said 11,000 steps.
Today July 20th, I’m back in Bénerville and fast walked 25mn to a restaurant, had dinner (not really reasonable, but what can you do?) and fast walked back in 20mn.
Pedometer said 8,500 steps, and I did start my day with 30mn on the Wii, aerobics and balance, and did my two-mn ab routine.