@lindes You wrote "Physical problems prevent me to exercise an hour a day, or do most Yoga exercises."
Exercise need not be an hour a day to be valuable. It can be 2-5 minutes, several times a day, working up as your stamina improves. This can be accomplished as simply as walking around your house or apartment for a few minutes after every trip to the bathroom, or before every meal or snack.
Not to say it is easy - when I was recovering from one surgery, for the first week my walks were about 50' to the mailbox and then back again - the temptation to sit back and get someone else to do it was great, but I knew the exercise was essential. Some days, with my lungs, I feel like I'm "breathing underwater" but I force those 5-10 minute walks several times to help clear the mucus.
I would like to introduce you to one of our inspirational members @artist01, who also has many issues that prevent exercise, but who has made a commitment to move and try to improve - she calls them baby steps. Some days her walks are only 500 steps, then she works her way up a bit. After every challenge, she gets back up and tries again. You should read some of her posts - and they can be very entertaining as well.
Our goal here on Connect is to help each other live our best possible lives, in spite of limitations and challenges. Can I encourage you to take some "baby steps" of your own and share them with me? Perhaps if you can move a little, your body will be physically tired, instead of fatigued, and sleep will be a bit easier.
Sue
@sueinmn and @lindes. Sue, thankyou very much for your kind words. Only this week, am I'm able to get outdoors and start my walking regime once more! What with three hospital admissions, a very bad fall with concussion, a serious reaction to my 2nd Covid vaccination, my inability to get enough calories into me due to IBS complications and a very painful autoimmune mouth condition, a blackout in my seniors' residence dining room the other day, a 3.3 low reading on my blood glucose reading after dinner yesterday, etc., etc., the past three days are the first time in a very long time that I'm again out of a wheelchair and going outdoors with my trusty walker! Yaaay!
I only list a few of my multi-maladies so that @lindes might see that she's not alone. I certainly sympathize with all she's going through but its vitally important to move our bodies, even if a little at a time. Baby steps. I only did 700 steps on my pedometer the first day, but today 1394 steps! Every little bit helps. My goal is to get back to my 1.3 miles in April!! C'mon, @lindes, you can do it! Hugs, Laurie