You guys are all great.
Your support really helps and I like your suggestions (especially the taking a nap one!).
Doing triathlons is actually not that hard! I never thought I would say that! I started by swimming because jogging was too hard (although now that I've done both I would have to say that swimming is much better exercise than jogging). Once I could swim 2 miles nearly every day I got bored so I started jogging. That was horrible! It was so hard on my knees (and my boobs, sorry
). Then my friend who is a very good athlete said he would do a sprint triathlon with me instead of the full one (the sprint triathlon is like a mini-triathlon). Once I did those a few times I moved on to the full triathlon. That was much harder and I didn't finish the first time. I did perhaps 4 or 5 more after that and finished them (did pretty good too, if I can say so!).
Sorry that was very long-winded. I just want to say that it's not that hard once you've done it. Baby steps!
I have found that even with all the exercise I don't lose weight but at least my weight is stable. My family has a history of hypothyroidism and diabetes but so far I have not tested positive for either of them.
Also Margarita, thank you for saying what you did. Many of my parents friends think that it is only natural for the daughter to take care of the parents for as long as they need it. It is exhausting but my mom would never agree to allow anyone else near her. I know that is not acceptable but right now I don't know how to change it. I do get regular exercise and most of the time I eat properly, the problem is I get very little sleep and no time to relax. It is very stressful.