6d ago
46, postmeno, and I've been doing these little walks around the block after dinner most evenings this week. Nothing dramatic. Like fifteen minutes, sometimes less if my knees are being jerks about it. And I keep waiting for some big shift and it doesn't come but... my mood is genuinely less terrible on the days I go? That part I wasn't expecting. Not fixed. Still tired, still puffy, still annoyed at my jeans. But something is slightly less loud in my head. The joint stuff is real though and I want to bring it up at my next appointment because I don't know if the aching when I move is just being 46 and postmeno or something I should actually flag. It feels different than it used to. Also been doing this thing where I eat something with protein after I get back, mostly just because I read it somewhere and figured why not. Eggs, cheese, whatever's easy. No idea if it's doing anything but I don't feel like I'm running on fumes at 9pm the way I was. Anyway. Walks help my head even when they don't help anything else. That's the whole post.