The beat goes on

Well, the challenges of Fibromyalgia never seem to dissipate, but it is still manageable. The snow has fallen and it is officially a snow day for the kids, so this is a great opportunity for me to try to catch up. Unfortunately, I twisted my ankle two weeks ago (it still hurts) and last night I twisted my other knee. This means I have to re-think my aerobic workout, so out comes the stability ball and two cans of spray starch. I bounce on the ball and use the cans as weights while I raise and lower my arms to build up my heart rate. It works! And without stressing my pathetic leg joints. I also get to watch television or listen to the radio. I recently started downloading a podcast called Fitmusic, and that has been great, too.  Of course, I love my Fibromyalgia Cookbook - quick healthy recipes.

I have wrapped my knee and I am trying to keep moving. I do love the show. It makes everything so beautiful, but it makes walking a little tricky. I might try cross country skiing this weekend if my knee and ankle will cooperate.

Recently our health insurance offered me a free health coach. I took them up on it right away. The best thing she did for me so far is told me to take baby steps. Of course, I have a list an arm long of the things I want to start incorporating in my health routine: lose weight, swim, yoga, tai chi, aerobics, bike riding, work out at the gym, etc., etc. She said I need to slow down, added one thing (additional 15 minutes of aerobics three days a week) (I already do 15 minutes each day). Of course, one of the limiting factors with fibro is that I can only do 15 or 20 minutes at a time so that my muscles can recover. I learned that the hard way when I kept doing 45 minutes at a time, but kept getting worse and worse.

Anyway, things seem good, but it is important to keep focused and work through the pain, make accommodations so that you can stay active and, most importantly, keep thinking positively! I would love to hear from other about their struggles because I know we all have them, but with support we can all overcome these limitations in time.