Pain and exercise just don't mix

I had to cancel my gym meeting on Friday. I've been really under the weather. Possibly didn't give myself enough time to get over all the stress and tiredness after my friends wedding at the beginning of the month. Maybe I should have given myself a couple of weeks before getting in to the exercise again.

It's not been helped by my back pain. It wakes me up every hour or so through the night and I can only stay in bed for about 5 hours at a time. By then the pain is so bad I have to get up and sit on the sofa for a hour or two while my back un-kinks and the pain eases. As i'm an 8 hours a night girl it just means i'm exhausted. Saturday and Sunday i was up at about 5am and back in bed by 9am! So I got my 8 hours sleep but in 2 broken chunks which just doesn't seem to be as effective.

This morning however I am trying to stay awake long enough to make it to aquafit at 9am. So not feeling the love but I need to do it. I've got my first Wobbly Workout tonight too so I may try and get a couple of hours sleep before it.

At least it's only a week until my doctors appointment and 3 weeks until I see my arthritis consultant so hopefully i'll be fixed soon. :)

TTNF
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Ouchy!

That kinda sums it up really...

Incredibly painful hips today. So bad in fact that i've had to cancel pilates and swimming tomorrow as i'm really not sure i'm going to be able to walk by then. Not amused!

So all in all not a positive day.

TTFN
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The Start Of Aquafit

First day of many hopefully. Although it hurt like crazy. Had a nice chat with the lady who took the course today, Kathy, and she's suggested wearing socks to make it a bit easier on me. Because of my size I'm very buoyant so have major problems keeping my feet on the floor which means i have to work harder. The socks should at least stop my feet from slipping on the tiles so I won't hurt myself, even if I can only keep my toes on the floor. On the plus side we now know that i'll never drown... :)

Kathy also suggested trying the deep water aquafit because it's harder but the moves aren't as repetitive so I might not hurt so much. Either way i've booked in for the Thursday class to find out. I've also booked myself in for Pilates on Wednesday and a class called Wobbly Workout for next Monday. Wobbly Workout sounds like good fun, it's a gym ball class so no impact and good core muscle workout. Fingers crossed we'll find a good balance of stuff I can do.

I'm also thinking about asking for the wii fit plus for christmas as it's supposed to have many more balance games on it and they strengthen your core, which in turn should ease my back pain.

The exercise has one other bonus which is that it's making me hurt so much I don't want to get up to get food... A whole new way of dieting! :)

That's all my news for now so...

TTFN

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The Longest Day Ever!

Today has gone on for at least a year! Seriously!

Has anyone else noticed just how difficult it is not to eat when you're bored?

I'm quite looking forward to aquafit in the morning, although i'm guessing it's gonna hurt like crazy. Hopefully it won't and then i'll find it easier to keep my motivation going. I'm also hoping that seeing as far fewer people worry about their weight in winter it'll be a nice quiet class. Nothing worse than having to try and fight for a bit of the pool where you can keep your feet on the floor.

I'm also hoping that i'll get a chance for a quick soak in the jacuzzi afterwards because I think the hot water might help ease my joints. You never know! :)

Anyway i'm keeping it short and sweet until I actually have something to report.

Until we meet again...

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Attempt Number 4,978!

So I'm back and blogging, possibly.

Looking at my diary I should weigh about 14 stone by now, if i'd stuck to the plan. However as you can probably guess I didn't and i'm weighing in at 20.1. Not a good thing.

I went swimming for the first time in months yesterday. It doesn't seem to go particularly well with my arthritis and my knees and ankles were complaining afterwards but painkillers saw me through it. My friend and I only managed to do about 10 lengths before I started to hurt but I'm hoping that i'll get another couple done every time I go.

I've also booked in to see the nice man in the gym on friday to talk options for workouts that won't make me worse. I'm guessing that cycling and rowing are out as the repetitive motion has gotta hurt. My gym minded friend and I think that walking slowly at a high incline and few reps at high weight on the other stuff is probably the way forward.

Either way with that and swimming a couple of times a week and aquafit once a week hopefully i'll be feeling fitter soon.

That's the general plan. I'm not going to think too much about my weight, although I am going to see the doctor to see if I can get any help or support from them, just try and raise my fitness levels and in theory watch my weight fall.

Maybe this time will be the success story...

TTFN xxx