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Originally Posted by newgal2
Went jog/walking this morning. Increased the running portion by 30 seconds. I know it may not sound like much, but with fibromyalgia and the potential for exercise-induced flares, it was all I dared to do. On days that I do this exercise, it makes me feel so good. Is great for my lingering depression.
Self care = going to an AA meeting and then lunch with a friend afterward. She's one of my friends that I was going to do the 55-mile relay race with. I think I need to tell her today that, due to my fibromyalgia, I don't think I'll be in shape enough to do a 3.4 mile leg of the race by the end of April. 
It would be awesome if, eventually, I could work my way up to running a 5k. At this point, it seems like a pipe dream. I know of other people who have fibromyalgia and run miles, so they're an inspiration for me. They speak of getting painful flares occasionally from their running. I really wonder if they get the tremendous fatigue that I get as part of my flares. Monday I have an appointment with my physician and I'm going to talk to him about my exercise-induced flares to see if he has any treatment/prevention ideas.
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5k? As in 5km? As in 3.1 miles? I'd like to try that, but the last time I jogged outside properly (also the first time hah, since my shins keep getting sore, I went towards long-distance walking) it was half an hour or something, possibly up to 2 miles. I was wrecked afterwards, but it felt amazing. I had to keep stopping and starting... dunno how people jog for so long without stopping.
I like to think I'm relatively healthy (albeit overweight) but man jogging/running makes you realise just how out of shape you are. I'll give it another go soon, since I'm a few lbs lighter. I'm biking more, interval style (1 mintes) on the hardest setting, so hopefully that'll sorta train me up.
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Originally Posted by newgal2
Rest day from jog/walking today. Again, despite the slight increase in jog time yesterday I'm not in a fibromyalgia flare. Really glad about that.
Self care today = volunteering at the museum and going to an AA meeting. Getting out of the house and around people is always a good thing.
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Totally agree. Kinda wish I didn't make myself so much of a Billy Nomates, because it's hard to get that sorta social, almost extraverted life back again. x_x At least it is for me. xD
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