RE: Discovering Another Fatigue Trigger - Reclaiming Health
For exercise - just commit to 10 minutes a day without fail, @viking-ventures. I know I sent you my stretching videos, and that is a good place to start. Or, here are a few videos I do in from of the computer. Please do not wait until you have money to work out. Modify these and other "easy workouts" you can find on yt and it will help a lot. 5 minutes, 2X a day, and you are done. In a month you will be feeling much better and doing more most days. But always do the 10 minutes, no matter what.
Here is a good warm up I can mostly do:
Leslie has many of these at various levels. In 8 years fit, I have never been able to go over 30 minutes with her:
I love these girls and do this one a few times a week:
Unfortunately, potatoes are the "most sprayed" of all us vegetables. If you are going to double down on them, look for organic. The pesticides are really damaging - especially to your endocrine system. Take time to look up the ingredients of your hash browns if the are not homemade or organic. Even wiki will tell you any warnings.
Americans can eat EU wheat too. It's the us hybrids (gmos) causing the trouble. Sugar beets are also something like 90% gmo, so that would be a place to go organic as well.
"Real Salt" from Utah is a good one on Amazon or should be in your local store. Not expensive at all, from underground, and very yummy.
Don't give up! you can do it :)
I am already doing more exercise - just going to the stores, and things... and the off days, I'm getting out to walk with my daughter - just around the block for now.. but it will get better again. I used to walk quite a lot.
I don't remember if I had noticeable wheat issues when I lived in the UK - but then, if there's a cross-allergy thing going on as well, I wouldn't even notice... Thus far, wheat isn't a GMO - it's been trialed, but that's as far as it's been so far... I'm more worried about the pesticides being used on wheat in the US - probably the larger factor at the moment.
Again, organic is seldom an option for me. I did luck into a few bags of organic potatoes at the food bank the other day, so I'm using those right now. If I see the option and it's affordable, I will do it.
I actually blend some Himalayan salt, "real salt" and sun-evaporated salt together. Reading what Chris Kresser said about what they're doing with table salt is frightening. Gee, can we find any more ways of raising your blood pressure?!
Maybe try the top video - warm up - before and after your walks. Before I got a fitness trainer to really help lose weight, I was up to 1.5 hours of walking 5-6 times a week and it did nothing but kill my hips and knees. He got me to stretch 15 minutes before and after, and walk 20-30 minutes. BOOM - I felt so much better and the weight started coming off.
But that was also when I went organic too. The pesticides, colors, flavors, gmos and other additives are really bad for your system. My food became much cheaper. You really have to make an effort at it,but you can find cheap organic food. Check the sale bins. It is often there at a good price.
Yes, the regular salt is horrible. The "iodine" is industrial waste that would have to go through EPA hoops if they did not sell it for food.
I was able to eat Italian and Mexican pasta when I was in the states. I also stated baking my own bread with a bunch of different organic flours I found cheap. That was a real treat and not hard. I do not have an oven here, and sure miss my bread :)