Fitness/Self Care Check In

I start my diet tomorrow.... it will be extremely difficult but I can do it.

Have you chosen a particular diet or are you just doing as I do and winging it? xD

I wish you all the best with it. It's tough, but don't let the odd slip-up beat you, just, as they say, get back on that horse!

Thank you! It's not a specific diet, just making much healthier choices

Good luck Blue_Bird! You can do it!

Today is a rest day for me exercise-wise.

Self care includes volunteering at the museum to: (1) get out of the house; (2) do something worthwhile and feel good about myself; and (3) be around people

Self care today means eating a healthy lunch.

Did Yoga & Step Aerobics, so feeling energized for that!!

For self care I wrote in my journal and took the day off from doing school work because my I haven't been feeling well today.

I managed to eat healthy all throughout today too

Had a slight slip up last night... 'though I could say it was just a treat. I ate a bar of white chocolate and a packet of light biscuits. Oops. I have done a lot of walking, have otherwise worked out, and still eat very healthily with plenty of salads, so... eeeeeh, I should get away with it. My weight is still around 192lbs. I'm looking forward to seeing it go down. I've been stuck at this point for a few weeks. ¬_¬

Got some sort of bruise right under one of my nails on my left foot... t'was swolen at one point, now it's just very red and sore. I was quite worried so went to the doctor when I noticed it was so red. All is good, my toe ain't gonna fall off. xD Must've caused "trauma" to the nail area, somehow, probably from all the walking. -_-

Edit: Just had a lush salad. Was gonna go for a long walk today, but my boots are still very wet after I cleaned them because of a ton of mud.

Went jog/walking again this morning will my golden retriever, Belle. It felt good, as usual.

Self care = getting out and volunteering again today and see my T afterwards.

A bit of a pain in my SEMITENDINOSUS muscles (back of thigh) after doing the Donkey Kick in yesterdays aerobic workout and the big hill today. Cure: Watch TV from under duvet.

You know you're out of shape when you break a sweat from going to the mailbox and back.......

Ha! The duvet cure worked. Up and at them!!!!!!

It's coming to the end of my 3rd day eating healthier, so far so good. Got some healthy stuff at the grocery store today

I shoveled... again... will it ever stop snowing?!

Send your snow here, we barely get any here in Kentucky. I'm from upstate New York and miss all the snow!

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.

Thanks for reading my long post!

Scheduled rest day for me. Will still take the dogs for a long walk.

Am super psyched that, after my slight increase in jog time yesterday, I am not in a fibromyalgia flare! Keeping me eye on the prize (a 5k).

Self care = just spending time with my husband today and trying to make the most of my time doing something other than being on the computer

I seem to be the only one posting on this thread for the past couple of days, but I'll keep on posting.

Today is another rest day from my jog/walking routine. I will be walking the dogs for about a mile with my husband though.

Self care = just trying to keep busy to ward off feelings of depression. Going out to brunch with my husband and his family

Yoga going well. Including two new poses in routine.

Also started doing jogging/ walking on the beach. Just taking it easy.

Had a few drinks on Friday, but having to work on the stresses of life without the refuge of the bottle is difficult. Will take some time to get this established, but I'm determined to do this. It will happen.

I lost 3.2 lbs this week

Did jog/walking again this morning and it improved my mood slightly from the pretty low point it was at when I first woke up.

Self care will be going to an AA meeting later on.

I'm lighter than the average bear. Several pounds lighter, now. Creeping up to a normal weight... not gonna have a nice six pack anytime soon, but I'm getting there.

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.

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.

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

Good that you're getting over this problem after a difficult few weeks. Resist the temptation to overdo it!

Hope your AA regimen works out for you. I really don't think it would work for me. I have my yoga to help me through, but if this fails I may have to try AA. I can definitely feel my mind & body adapting to detoxification. I just feel that I'm in the right place and frame of mind to see this through.

After going through a very rocky time, I just want as few issues with others as possible. Just work on my own life, and develop my strengths. (And un-develop my weaknesses!) Simplicity is bliss.