[Blesha]

Hello,

I'm new on the boards as of today.

What I would like is some support in the process of doing exercises. It will however only be light exercise, because I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME. This makes me unable to really go to a gym and work out, but I started doing a couple of light exercises today.

Am starting with pulling weights - the kind that hang on the wall, and you can adjust how many kg you will pull. Starting with 1 kg, maybe going to 2 kg in a week from now.

Also if there are any others out there with CFS/ME or similar conditions, I'd love to hear from you.

[Vaughnde]

While I don't have CFS or ME I do have a medical condition called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity which prevents me from working in some places. My exercise right now is in the pool and walking...when its NOT too hot as it is right now.

I hope you can get some more responses to this thread

[JoannB]

Hi Blesha! It was fun chatting with you today a bit -- welcome, welcome, welcome!! I'm glad you found this board -- I hope that you find someone whom you can connect with, for sure. I don't have anything that prevents me from exercising, except laziness. lol. I've been doing a really cool program that our resident in-house fitness guru Jan (ScrappingForever) got me started with -- but I'm not sure how well it'd do with you. I'll have to ask her. Oh, Jan! Any thoughts?

Anyway, my gut instinct is to say that start little, and go bigger, as you get more and more fit. I think you're right on with what you're doing right now. Weights make muscle, which keeps you strong. That will account for something, I'm sure! I can only imagine that having good muscle tone will help you feel better in everything you do.

[scraphappen]

Welcome to scrapgirls. I wish you luck on your exercise program. I too need to excersice more but with the heat wave I can't seem to do much. I have Cystic Fibrosis and excersice is important for lung function. I wish you luck. maybe if there is enough interest we could start a sub group or soemthing.

[Blesha]

JoannB, on 28 July 2009 - 04:23 PM, said:

Hi Blesha! It was fun chatting with you today a bit -- welcome, welcome, welcome!! I'm glad you found this board -- I hope that you find someone whom you can connect with, for sure. I don't have anything that prevents me from exercising, except laziness. lol. I've been doing a really cool program that our resident in-house fitness guru Jan (ScrappingForever) got me started with -- but I'm not sure how well it'd do with you. I'll have to ask her. Oh, Jan! Any thoughts?

Anyway, my gut instinct is to say that start little, and go bigger, as you get more and more fit. I think you're right on with what you're doing right now. Weights make muscle, which keeps you strong. That will account for something, I'm sure! I can only imagine that having good muscle tone will help you feel better in everything you do.

There might not be a "going bigger" for me. There is a big chance that I'll have to stay on a maximum of 3 kg when it comes to pulling those weights. That is ok though, because even though 3 kg (around 6 lbs I think) doesn't sound like a lot, I sure could feel it when I tried that last time I was at the physio therapy clinic.

Am walking to and from school with our youngest child, and every step counts.

[Smiles]

Blesha, if you can't increase weight, you can work on endurance with increasing repetitions as you progress.
Back when I was working out faithfully, I really liked the combination of weights and walking.
If you can add stretches, that will help your flexibility, too.
You might ask your physical therapist about yoga???
Let us know how you're doing, OK?

[Blesha]

Smiles, on 14 August 2009 - 10:55 PM, said:

Blesha, if you can't increase weight, you can work on endurance with increasing repetitions as you progress.
Back when I was working out faithfully, I really liked the combination of weights and walking.
If you can add stretches, that will help your flexibility, too.
You might ask your physical therapist about yoga???
Let us know how you're doing, OK?

Yes, I will keep you updated on it.

It is my intention to go from the 15 repetitions of each excercise (I have four different ones with those weights now) to 20, and then to 25. It might take many weeks or even months to do so. This is because I have to think about my body's reactions afterwards, not just the muscles. My muscles can be fine with 25 repetitions now, but then I'll crash energy-wise right after and be down physically for two days.

Today I will be walking a little bit, because DH said he is going to take our child and me to a mall. We need a new stove, and will hopefully be buying one today. They'll drive it to our house next week if we buy it today.