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ORIGINAL: Diana50

I've tried water, for some reason, I suffer allot after, must be the resistance from the water, on my muscles and joints?

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ORIGINAL: lmpishlilhellcat

On the plus side of this all I'm down 6 pounds in the last 4.5 weeks.

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I've tried water, for some reason, I suffer allot after, must be the resistance from the water, on my muscles and joints?

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ORIGINAL: kalikshama

Might be the chlorine. A lot of people I know with FM also have some chemical sensitivities.

My YMCA in Florida had saline-cleaned pools, which is better for me than chlorine.

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ORIGINAL: Diana50

Thank you LilSquaw, good references, I'll be sure and read them.

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ORIGINAL: Diana50

On a happier note: I decided to put my ear buds in yesterday, turn to a 'dance' radio channel, and danced 'lightly' for 15 minutes.

The only negative so far is, one sore foot, because I was bare feet ... that'll teach me.

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Cynthia
Getting your body is a wonderful thing!
It's hard when you have physical conditions that give you the "excuse" to do nothing. You really do psych yourself out sometimes. I know I used to okay maybe I still do on some level with my knee. (my rt knee pops out) and I have a a pinched nerve in my back.

This is no joke.
When I 1st started my journey in May, I could only do 3-5 minutes of light work out. I was doing the Jackie Warner dvd, but I was taking more breaks and for my dumb bell presses or any other exercise that required weights I was using canned veggies instead of weights.

Eventually I got used to moving again, I got over my mental fears (I stayed aware of my restrictions) but I slowly have increased the intensity of my work out.

An idea for when you feel like kicking something. Sit on the edge of your couch or a chair, and kick your feet. Bring you foot straight out each time you kick.

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My work out today I did my 5 minutes of jogging back and forth between my patio door and my dinning room on top of my other work out and it reminded me of why I used to hate running around the track and choose x-country. Lol

Let me get this out of the way first. An announcement. When I look down, I see tits! Not belly, just tits. OMG, when did that happen? I think I have a tiny bit of abdominal muscle tissue again under all that fat somewhere.

I want to get on the scales, but at the same time, I don't want this to be about the scales, yanno? This is about ME building MY atrophied muscles up again and getting more physically fit. (I've known thin people who couldn't do more than a few sit ups, much less keep up with me on the stairs.)

Eating is also an issue. I rarely eat more than once or twice per day when I'm home and keeping a food diary was more about making me more conscious of when I'm eating and what. Most of the time these past three weeks I have been eating three meals per day, yay, even if my third meal (lunch) is just an orange. An old friend told me that to help our metabolism recover we should nibble something every 2-3 hours...I tried to do this but there was just no way I could eat that many times per day. Even just a hand full of grapes or peanuts. Changing how many times per day I eat is much rougher than changing what I eat.

TheLittleSquaw, killing myself to stick to it for three minutes was ego busting. I couldn't believe it, I knew I was out of shape but THAT out of shape??? My slave can do the program for an hour, so can Penny. I made up for it by doing 3 or 4 reps. The last one I did...took me six minutes before I wanted someone to shoot me. I only did one more rep later of four minutes. If I had to watch some thin chick leaving me way behind in her dust, or so limber that she could twist her body up like a pretzel while saying, "Do this", my "kill it" button would be pushed, lol. It's good to be copying a woman who has some THIGHS on her so I don't feel so bad.

About the sit down and kick exercise. Maybe someday. The muscles and ligaments on the front of my right knee are so bad that...sitting, I cannot raise my right leg more than about 3 or 4 inches before the agony stops me. Lifting my knee up while standing is more workable. So is using a different muscle group when I'm lying down on my bed and kicking. I look forward to the time when I can kick while sitting. I might need surgery first though. When I say I tore something up, I really mean it, lol. The last time I broke my leg (my right one), I shattered it and bone came through my inside calf. I have two steel plates and screws.

I've got to go shopping and pay bills tonight before dark, as I'm having electrical problems with my car (something is shorting/grounding/whatever and I have no tail lights nor license plate lights). I get so worn out by shopping, even when I use a battery operated cart, that I cannot imagine doing exercises when I get home. I'm usually very sore and my right leg is tight (edema due to past cancer surgeries that removed all of my lymph nodes there).

Because of this thread...I will try to force myself to do the exercising anyway.

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A few months ago I went to put on one of my favorite corsets which I only wore 1x before and it literally feel off me. I was pissed because well it was expensive and I only wore it once but I was like... "um when the fuck did this happen?" Lol

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I am hovering around 270. Considering that I was 325, that is a lot of weight lost. I want to get back down to 235 but I have to deal with a thyroid problem and it is winning so far.