So, it appears that I haven't blogged since May. I've also fallen off of Twitter for a while. You may well ask where I have gone.
The truth of the matter is that I've retreated back into my illness. Not intentionally, of course, it just kind of happened. We have many theories as to why I have disappeared of late, ranging from weather to holidays (or lack of) to just plain overdoing it, but none of them are conclusive. I've just been... ill. Even if you've seen me in person, you will probably have still thought that I've disappeared. There's nothing like a few months of mental vacancy.
I've taken a period off in an attempt to do everything I can to get myself feeling better. I'm trying all sorts of new techniques, so I should have some good reviews once they start to take effect. In the meantime, blog posts and tweets will continue to be intermittent. Bear with me - normal service will be resumed as soon as normal health is!
Showing posts with label rest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rest. Show all posts
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Day 18.
I'm now onto the third week of hCG + Food Plan, and it seems to be going quite well. I've lost 17lbs so far, which is very enviable. For a while Merlin the rabbit stopped talking to me, but he's back on side now. We think he probably just smelled the detox taking place in my system and didn't want anything to do with it. I contemplated doing an extra 3 weeks for a while, but I've decided not to as I can afford it and I'm rather looking forward to eating something other than chicken, steak, tuna or omelette. There are many other options on the list, but given how I have responded badly to some of these in the past I've decided to stick to the proteins that I know and trust. I've stopped detoxing and craving, I'm barely feeling hungry at all, and I'm starting to feel a bit less tired. I don't think I'm going to get the complete health revolution that I was hoping for within the next week, but any weight lost is to be praised, I do feel like I'm on better terms with my body, and I can go back onto hCG + Food Plan without the mentoring once I have completed Consolidation.
I've learnt an awful lot from Leslie over the last two weeks, and I can't help thinking that I've got a lot more to learn over the next 7 weeks. I've got a lot to learn from my body too. I suspect I know what it's going to tell me, and the future of squidgy chip shop chips does not look good for me. But the rule with Cura Romana is not to create a list of rules for what thou may and may not eat, but rather to make you more aware of the impact each food has on your system. If I know that chips make me bloat, for example, I can choose to indulge occasionally knowing that the result will be a bloat. Or I can choose to eat something lighter, and pinch one or two of my husband's chips to get a taste.
I'm still struggling to rest as much as I should be. It doesn't help that this week seems to have a busy schedule in store for me, following on from a busy weekend. I just seem to be incapable of taking time to chill out and relax and, interestingly, that is starting to really annoy me now. I just want to put all of my commitments on hold so that I can spend an hour lying on the sofa listening to plinky plonky music. Or maybe head over to the "spa" at Larkfield Leisure Centre to have a dip in the jacuzzi and a quick sauna. Hmm, that sounds nice. I've never really been annoyed by not being able to take time to relax before, just tired. It does explain how I've managed to wind up with a fatigue deficit quite as large as I have!
It probably doesn't help that I've signed up to NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. It's a challenge that requires participants to write a novel (or at least 50,000 words thereof) over the course of November. It's going to be tricky, and will probably be keeping me very busy, but it will be something different, interesting and potentially rather cathartic to do. It also keeps my stuck on the sofa behind my laptop, which is a good place to get some rest. So now, as well as keeping you posted on the progress of my weight loss, I will be keeping you posted on the progress of my novel. It sounds like a fun month.
But at least I'm not trying to take part in Movember.
I've learnt an awful lot from Leslie over the last two weeks, and I can't help thinking that I've got a lot more to learn over the next 7 weeks. I've got a lot to learn from my body too. I suspect I know what it's going to tell me, and the future of squidgy chip shop chips does not look good for me. But the rule with Cura Romana is not to create a list of rules for what thou may and may not eat, but rather to make you more aware of the impact each food has on your system. If I know that chips make me bloat, for example, I can choose to indulge occasionally knowing that the result will be a bloat. Or I can choose to eat something lighter, and pinch one or two of my husband's chips to get a taste.
I'm still struggling to rest as much as I should be. It doesn't help that this week seems to have a busy schedule in store for me, following on from a busy weekend. I just seem to be incapable of taking time to chill out and relax and, interestingly, that is starting to really annoy me now. I just want to put all of my commitments on hold so that I can spend an hour lying on the sofa listening to plinky plonky music. Or maybe head over to the "spa" at Larkfield Leisure Centre to have a dip in the jacuzzi and a quick sauna. Hmm, that sounds nice. I've never really been annoyed by not being able to take time to relax before, just tired. It does explain how I've managed to wind up with a fatigue deficit quite as large as I have!
It probably doesn't help that I've signed up to NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. It's a challenge that requires participants to write a novel (or at least 50,000 words thereof) over the course of November. It's going to be tricky, and will probably be keeping me very busy, but it will be something different, interesting and potentially rather cathartic to do. It also keeps my stuck on the sofa behind my laptop, which is a good place to get some rest. So now, as well as keeping you posted on the progress of my weight loss, I will be keeping you posted on the progress of my novel. It sounds like a fun month.
But at least I'm not trying to take part in Movember.
Monday, 1 August 2011
Boom and Bust.
Wow. What a busy weekend. On Saturday Robin and I went down to Eastbourne to eat chips and doughnuts on the pier and then see Anything Goes. Yesterday I went running round a cave dressed as a rabbit (don't ask). All in all, today I am exhausted.
I've reached the stage in my illness where I no longer seem to be crashing after partaking in even the slightest hint of activity, so although I'm very tired and aching today I actually don't feel too bad. All my instincts say that today is a day to sit on the sofa and rest in front of the TV, but I've decided I'm going to overrule them this time.
I have a good friend who is also an ME sufferer and she found that she began to feel much better once she learnt how to pace herself, which involves 5 minutes of rest, 5 minutes of mental stimulation (even watching TV or reading is enough), 5 minutes of rest and then 5 minutes of physical activity (such as doing the laundry and all those things that make me wince). Rinse and repeat.
I hadn't tried this method of pacing until very recently, and I am finding that it seems to keep me more level in the long run. I still have days where I don't do it, such as when I'm at the theatre or running about in fancy dress, but on all of my regular, sofa-bound days I am now making sure that I routinely add a little mental and a little physical activity into my day. Rather than chilling all day and then going for a nice long walk, I'm chilling while I watch TV and springing into action when the adverts come on. It's not quite as structured as my friend's method, but it seems to be working for me.
It is really hard work on some of my rougher days, trying to find the energy to get up and move about every 15-20 minutes or so, but it does seem to be bringing my energy into alignment so that I'm not really experiencing boom and bust any more. It's more good day/bad day, and at the moment that's the best I can hope for.
I've reached the stage in my illness where I no longer seem to be crashing after partaking in even the slightest hint of activity, so although I'm very tired and aching today I actually don't feel too bad. All my instincts say that today is a day to sit on the sofa and rest in front of the TV, but I've decided I'm going to overrule them this time.
I have a good friend who is also an ME sufferer and she found that she began to feel much better once she learnt how to pace herself, which involves 5 minutes of rest, 5 minutes of mental stimulation (even watching TV or reading is enough), 5 minutes of rest and then 5 minutes of physical activity (such as doing the laundry and all those things that make me wince). Rinse and repeat.
I hadn't tried this method of pacing until very recently, and I am finding that it seems to keep me more level in the long run. I still have days where I don't do it, such as when I'm at the theatre or running about in fancy dress, but on all of my regular, sofa-bound days I am now making sure that I routinely add a little mental and a little physical activity into my day. Rather than chilling all day and then going for a nice long walk, I'm chilling while I watch TV and springing into action when the adverts come on. It's not quite as structured as my friend's method, but it seems to be working for me.
It is really hard work on some of my rougher days, trying to find the energy to get up and move about every 15-20 minutes or so, but it does seem to be bringing my energy into alignment so that I'm not really experiencing boom and bust any more. It's more good day/bad day, and at the moment that's the best I can hope for.
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