Update on What's Been Happening - Winter 2025

Yikes, it's been awhile. This has been a really bad winter in terms of illness - I think my partner and I have had one weekend since Christmas where we were both healthy! :(

Needless to say, I have really fallen off the exercise wagon. Part of that was due to illness, and the other part was due to getting a weird blister on the sole of my foot, then a few weeks later bruising the arch of my other foot in an accident (I slipped in a pool and stepped down on a step I didn't realize was there). My foot is still a bit sore and bruised, but hopefully that will be healed soon.

I also did bloodwork in the middle of February, and spent the week worrying over the results (specifically over my kidneys and thyroid). Thankfully my doctor dispelled my fears - all is fine on those fronts right now. My cholesterol is still high though, so he was most concerned with that (I was actually less concerned with my cholesterol because thankfully it has come down from the high I saw in November - it's still too high, but moving in the right direction). So that was a huge worry that is now mitigated.

One good thing that happened though was that I've actually made it out a few times snowshoeing and skiing! The weather this winter has been pretty awful (it was either -30'C or like +7'C), so it was really hard to go out in the snow. But over the last few weeks we've had some more stable moments, and I've taken full advantage of that! I even went out skating for the first time in many years this winter, so that was fun (lol and a bit scary - it took a while to gain confidence on skates again). I'll need to go looking for a different pair of skates though - I grew up with figure skates, but ended up with a pair of hockey skates this time around, but they were hurting my feet. I'll have to try to find a different pair for next year.

As I'm still recovering from illness and a bruised foot, I need to take it easy for a little longer. My main focus for March is to recover from this and get back on track with exercising. By the end of the month I hope to be back on track with Karin Dmitrova's Beyond Flexibility program (I wasn't able to do any of the squats because my feet have been hurting, so I stopped). And hopefully keep up with other outdoorsy activities, whether that be snowshoeing, skiing, or walking should the snow melt again.

I was trying to think of a good reward for doing so, but honestly can't really come up with anything fitting. So I'm going to just see how things go this month, try to get back on track, and reassess in April. :)