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So, my leg swelling got a problem again... water retention, too much sitting down, not enough exercise, due to this virus lockdown...
So, we started walking more.
and, very quickly; my shoes fit again, and the laces are long enough all the swelling gone
We did quite a lot more walking. 112000 steps of it, or 50 Miles in distance, in the past 7 days - yesterday and today though are days of rest; we just did a 3 mile walk last night, just to get fresh air, and will probably do about the same tonight, when its quiet out.
For those 7 days, we did 2 walks a day; one in morning, when it was absolutely scilent out, no one at all (we chose the routes carefully), and the second, at night; when no one cept druggies, tramps and takeaway delivery people, are on the streets

Weighed myself; lost 5 Lb (about 2 KG) which is better weight loss than I've had from the gym, in ages . . . I guess the effect of no beer might have something to do with that; I averaged 3500 KCal expenditure each day (according to the watch), and my KCal in, stays about the same each day; between 1500 - 1800 per day have read about 30 books so far... all trashy short fiction books as that's what my post chemotherapy brain/concentration can handle and... nothing else really... did laundry... changed bedding, washed bedding, washed towels, did housework, cooked stuff, blah blah blah… oh, and finally got my delivery of hand creams/moisturisers, so at least my hands are a bit less sore

Excellent

Were you not losing weight at the gym because of gaining muscle mass? Losing water retention will have made a difference to you, too, yes.

I find it a struggle to get up to 1800 KCal per day, so I lost a couple of pounds this last few weeks but I need to do more wheelchair pushing and less mental overexertion to help with that, I think. The weather has been very pleasant and a trip outside is much more refreshing than worrying about things I can't do anything about.

Glad you got some good hand cream - that makes a difference, too

My skin seems to be less good than it was, not even that long ago... - I'm blaiming the steroids, thinning my skin... (and refusing to acknowledge there is any age effect! ) the hand cream, and cuticle oil helps a bit but my hands are constantly painful these days; that's probably the nerve damage from chemotherapy, though, at least I assume so

Yeh; I think the gym is always too much muscle/resistance training, just not enough cardio, so I get more weight gain from muscle growth; my legs at the top of the thighs, have no fat (can't inject subcutainious there anymore), but are now 26 inchs diameter - troushers just don't fit! and similarly my shoulders/back and arms I'm wearing female clothes less, thesedays, they just don't hang right on my muscles