The Ups and Downs of October

I would love to say this has been the best month ever! Sadly it was more of a 50/50 month. I started off a little shaky with the workouts and meal planning. After a day or two I got into my groove and went strong for two weeks straight. I was working out noticing I was gradually getting stronger and had tons of energy. I was was even cooking, and enjoying it! I bought the Oh She Glows cookbook and was making a few meals. They were amazing!!

Naturally I hit my wall. I was impressed however because it had been a full 2 weeks and I was just now starting to get tired. I knew I needed to let me body reload so I took a few extra rest days. By day 4 I knew this was going to bad. I was extremely tired, sleeping an average of 12 hours a day, I was in a lot of pain and I just felt horrible. I was becoming very frustrated, but I know the routine. I needed rest. The problem was trying to get back. My body and mind were at war. My mind was spinning with all the things it wanted to get up a do, but my body was viciously fighting back. It has been a very rough two weeks.

I hate that I don't have anything else to report for you. I am slowly getting back to a good point. I hope to start working out again next week, of course altering the schedule a little. I think I will need to ease into it a little more and maybe take 2 rest days a time. I will say however I am not giving up! I am still very excited about doing this Sprint Triathlon. I just need to keep make the proper adjustments.

There are so many people suffering every day and trying to do everything they can to get better. I am inspired by those individuals and I will keep moving forward, as I hope each of you do too.

Until next month

Have a Safe & Happy Halloween!!

Not off to the best start - Week 1

I promised to be open and honest about my progress, so here it goes. The first week was not as great as I was expecting. The exercise were great, the food planning/cooking, not so much. I know it's going to take some time for me to really get the hang of being in the kitchen. I am up for the challenge though. I know how important it is and how much I need to rely on my food intake in order to not have as many "fibro flares". I have to be so careful what I eat so I don't get sick. In an effort to do that, I have to make sure I am getting the right mixture of nutrients. Of course this helps so when I do workout I am not in pain and sleeping for days. As I have mentioned before I love to eat out. I know this is a very bad habit and I am working on it; however when I do eat out, I make sure I am eating according to my dietary needs. Most companies have their ingredients on their website and you can substitute most things. I have limited this to once a week as a treat! Which is what going out to eat should be!! Brandon is very good at reminding me of this.

I did have a bad day on Tuesday, which started to come on Monday night. I can usually tell the signs. I start to get really tired to where my body will not move no matter how much I want it too. Than I am out! I just fall asleep for about 45 to 75 minutes. I have done this to Brandon a few times, right in the middle of a conversation. He has gotten to the point where he just puts a blanket on me and waits. I would get so mad when I would wake from a 45 minute knock out, because I was doing everything right and still having bad symptoms. However, the more mad I got, the more stressed out I got and the more pain I got too. I had to learn when to fight through and say OK, I have not had enough iron today, that's why I am so tired. Or, I just did a long bike ride and I need to rest. Knowing the difference between normal tired and fibro tired can make a big difference. You don't want to assume just because you are tired it's the fibro, because than you will not do anything. You have to know when to fight and when to let your body rest. This is true for anyone. Listen to your body and give it what it needs.

In a positive light, the strength training has been going awesome! I love that I can start lifting weights again and do cardio in the same week. I plan to start swimming next week. I am very much looking forward to it.

Until next time my friend.....