Month: January 2019

Fibromyalgia, Weight

Recovering from illness……..

louiseissy

I haven’t been able to post for a while because of illness. Due to being on strong painkillers I missed the symptoms of cystitis and ended up with a nasty kidney infection again. The antibiotics I was given caused some serious gastrointestinal problems. Long story short I was pretty sick. The infection has now been cleared with a different antibiotic and I am recovering.

What I am left with is extreme fatigue, smell sensitivity and a total dislike of any food I ate previously. I know it’s normal to go off the food you ate before being sick but this is more extreme. I like to eat the same thing for breakfast and lunch everyday, it just makes my life easier if I don’t have to think about my meals. I was really worried that I’d end up only being able to eat food that didn’t fit into the Slimming World plan and maybe gaining weight. Fortunately I remembered that Blue Diamond Almond Breeze milk is only 6 syns for a litre so I have been making rice pudding with it. I know it’s a bit weird having rice pudding for lunch but it is really working for me. Today I got my 5 stone award and my total weight loss from my heaviest weight (which is 2 stone heavier than when I started Slimming World) is now 102lbs. I haven’t been this light since my early twenties.

As far as exercise is concerned it’s a bit slow. I had to take a week and half off from doing my walk while I was ill and I only started again yesterday. My pace is very much reduced but I am sure I will be back to where I was fairly quickly. Yoga is still booked but again has been delayed. David and I are planning to go to our first class next Monday evening. I have high hopes for yoga in that some of the techniques will enable me to reduce my pain medication.

It’s been a frustrating time. I had all these plans for January which had to be put on hold for while. My 2019 begins here!

Depression, Fibromyalgia

Post Christmas Slump……..

louiseissy

For as long as I can remember I have always found the period from New Year to my birthday mid February difficult. I used to put in down to seasonal affective disorder with the lack of daylight being the cause. If this were true however, the effects should have started before January when the shorter daylight hours began. I think the fact that there are a number of family birthdays and Christmas to prepare for in November and December help to keep me focussed. There were things that had to done within a set period of time.

Now I am faced with having to motivate myself to do things without the pressure of time which I have always found difficult. At school I was the pupil that left their homework to the night before it was due especially if it was for a subject I didn’t like. My situation is also complicated by the fact that my CFS isn’t great at the moment. I am feeling tired a lot of time so my brain is on a go slow and everything feels like such a monumental effort.

I’m doing all I can to keep the house ticking over thereby removing any additional stress from David who is also finding things difficult at the moment. It is the first time in years that I feel that I am pulling my weight in our partnership and I don’t want to go back to being totally dependent again. It is for this reason that I am doing my utmost to keep my eating and exercise regimes going, even though it’s extra hard at the moment. I have my one-to-one yoga session on Wednesday morning which I am actually looking forward to.

I have decided to delay my medication changes until after my birthday as I don’t see the point of making an already difficult time worse. The fact that I have felt able to do this is huge, usually when I decide to do something and plan a date I stick to it regardless of whether it is advisable or not. My Slimming World consultant, Paula said on Friday that I have learned to be kinder to myself and I think this is the reason why I have been able to make progress long term.