15 Jun
Sixty years old and I've decided I am absolutely not going to a gym. Just said it. Not happening. The thought of standing there in some sort of class with women half my age doing things at speed while I work out which way is forward... no thank you. What I have been doing, very quietly and without telling anyone until now, is some gentle stretching and a few slow strength things before bed. Off YouTube, nothing fancy. I look ridiculous. My cat judges me. But my hips feel less like a rusty gate in the morning and that is honestly enough of a reason to keep going. The bit I wasn't expecting is the protein thing. Someone mentioned it somewhere on here and I started having something with a bit of protein after I move, even just a small thing, and I do feel less wrecked the next day. Could be coincidence. Don't know. Noting it anyway. I do want to ask my GP about the fatigue side of things. Because some days I genuinely cannot tell if I am tired because I moved or tired because I am always tired now and moving is just coinciding with it. I want someone to help me understand what my actual limits are rather than me just guessing and then either overdoing it or using fatigue as a reason to do nothing for a fortnight. Which I am very capable of.