Throughout the summer, Sheffield has been home to a massive herd of elephants. The herd have been raising money for Sheffield Children's Hospital.
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I have been feeling increasingly frustrated of late. Frustrated by my limitations. I mean I am trying to keep active, I am trying to go to the gym regularly, I am trying to walk regularly and I am trying to do as much as I can physically, and yet it never seems to get easier. It hurts as much as it ever did and I never seem to be making progress. After toying with the idea of setting up a Fibro blog for years, 9 days ago I finally did it! To kick the blog off with some serious momentum, I decided to take part in a 30 day blogging challenge; posting 1 article each day for 30 days. So how am I getting on? Well I have successfully posted 8 articles so far, I have connected with other bloggers, was approached about turning one post into an article for a charity newsletter and am really becoming comfortable with not only writing for the blog, but also sharing my experiences. It’s been a great week. The main ethos of the blog is positive, uplifting and supportive posts about my life with Fibromyalgia while living in Sheffield. Only just joining me? Here’s what you missed from the first week of A Sheffield Fibromite. I bought a Fitbit Charge HR last year and it was one of the best purchases I have ever made. I had been using apps on my phone to track activity and record sleep in a bid to feel better about the amount of exercise I was doing and find out how much sleep I was achieving each night. It wasn’t until I got the Fitbit that I started to recognise the patterns between flares and exercise, the quantity of movement I was doing in relation to how tired I felt, and the number of hours sleep I was actually getting. I have found the Fitbit incredibly useful for learning more about my body, my capabilities and how exercise and sleep quality affects me and my Fibromyalgia. So much so that I actually am quite obsessed with monitoring what I am doing and hate to leave the house without my Fitbit on my wrist. Here are the four things I love most about my Fitbit: One of the most frustrating things about becoming ill was how little exercise I could actually do. Even just walking with Fibromyalgia was a challenge. Two years prior to the symptoms starting I had introduced quite a rigorous exercise regime and had lost over 3 stone in weight. Initially, I thought the pain in my back and knees was caused by 'over doing' it with the exercise and so gradually I reduced what I was doing, until I wasn't doing very much at all. The weight started to pile back on.
Hiking through the Yorkshire countryside has always been something I loved to do and something we tried to do on a regular basis. Over time it became clear that I couldn't keep up, that I needed help carrying my back pack, that I needed to stop more often for a breather. |
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