My story so far

Earlier this year I got diagnosed with Fibroymalgia. I was not as scared as some may be as my mum has had this for years so I knew what I was up against and was aware of the fight I was now part of of, On top of this i had also been diagnosed with Stage 4 Endometriosis back in 2014.

I work full time and this can be hard to push through, I get very tired and i am in pain 90% of the time, anyone with fibro will be very a ware that when I say tired I don't mean the normal standard 'I fancy an early night' kind of tired, i mean complete mind and body tired, fatigue or as I like to think of it the devils best friend lol.

Anyway i'm not going to go on and on about symptoms that's not why i am doing this blog... so why am I doing it?.... Well recently I noticed I had put some weight on (splitting a pair of jeans as I struggled to pull them up gave me quite a hint) so I decided to buy a fit bit, after a few days I fell back into old habits of eating the wrong things, I blamed my medications, I blamed the 6 cm what the hell I blamed my boyfriend for shrinking all the clothes I owned, the one thing I didn't blame was myself, the cyst and the medication may not help but I it is down to my, bad eating and the lack of exercise (not convinced Andre doesn't shrink my clothes though lol).

Right lets fast forward to today and the reason I am typing this in the first place, so Fibromyalgia = chronic widespread pain and chronic fatigue but i started thinking does this really mean I can't work out like I want to? I decided the answer to this was no, I can do anything i want to really its my body and fibro is just hijacking it, i can fight and take back control (at least for a little time anyway) so today i decided to set myself a goal, I will to kettle bell training for one hour a day from Monday to Friday. I will force myself through pain and fatigue and do this because I WANT TOO. 

I posted my goal into a Fibro support group and the support I got in my comments made me think.... I'll do this journey and document it with a blog, maybe it will help to inspire some others and motivate me at the same time. Tonight 20th November 2017 is day one. I will keep this blog up to date with any struggles, highs, lows and general feelings along the way. fingers crossed hopefully it will be a success story not a warning to others not to try this at home!

Gentle hugs to all and I hope you enjoy the jounery.

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