Living with A.S.

[Germanamazon]

Well here I am.
Still functioning, still moving, still walking upright. Still in a ton of pain on some days. I didn't know what to do. Still don't know exactly what to do. My doctors keep telling me to keep up an active lifestyle, but not to lift more than 3 kilos, no lots of lifting, no over doing it. Except they can't tell me when it's going towards overdoing it. Soo. . . Yeah talk about being confused.
So what did I do? I froze. I didn't do anything. Hey it's the truth. Then for some reason three days ago I woke up from my frozen state and started doing little things. A walk, resistance bands, a workout with my physical therapist, darebees haunted hive. I am having a blast!!
I wanted to go bike riding today, was looking forward to it. BUUUUTT. . my A.S. acted up in my gut. Oh well, postponed is not canceled is what we say on Germany. I will go for my bike ride hopefully tomorrow, if not tomorrow then as soon as my gut is ok again.

I wish darebee could/would do a thing like haunted hive once every two months. I know it's hardly possible since it takes so much work. I appreciate the haunted hive that's going on right now immensely!
So looking at the programs darebee offers and the levels I think zero to hero might be for me. Don't have to do it daily is all I have to remember. Definitely on my Goodison days though

 

[WolfDreamer]

I am having a blast!!

That's good to hear!

I wish darebee could/would do a thing like haunted hive once every two months

I think in the winter months (winter for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) they do a "snowball fight," which might be like so many reps = so many snowballs, etc., and I think you have to do a certain number of burpees to "dodge" the snowballs.

I think zero to hero might be for me

That's a really good one! I'm glad you're here. You'll find a lot of amazing, supportive bees here to cheer you on!

 

[Anek]

Hello!

 

[Germanamazon]

You would think living im Germany with a chronic illness is all help and no hurdles.
Yeah. .no.
Doctors help you a lot don't get me wrong, but just like all over the world they are human and don't know everything. I watched a documentary from the Ernaehrung docs from the 28th of this month with my chronic illness as a topic. I wish I could go see them, but they are a few hours away and my health insurance won't comp me for gas. Lol
Anyway has anyone ever heard of the confetti diet? I hate using the word diet for a way of healthy eating, but for lack of a bett word I'm using it.
It's basically concentrating on eating mostly veggies and fruits to use the anti oxidation in them. (ok my English has reached a wall not sure if I used that correctly.) Along with green tea, specific supplements and nuts it should help reduce inflammation and pain. Sounds solid since I always believed food can be the best medicine or the greatest poison.
Change in eating habits is tricky and tough. Luckily we darebees know of darebeets . When it comes to eating more veggies they are a treasure trove of recipes.

I participated in the haunted hive boss battle today. 200 over head punches in total. Proud that I was able to do it. Sad that I won't be able to do anymore than that. Anything overhead does more harm than good if I do too much. I can already feel the tightening of muscles that will give way to pains and aches. Stretching is called for. Then breakfast. Yeah good plan.