Oof...

[euryleia]

Busy and not particularly pleasant few months. I found out an old friend died, two hours after that mum rang to tell me she had cancer (now all-clear after chemo). This was followed a couple of months later by the sudden death of my maternal uncle mid-September, followed by my maternal grandmother in early November after a week fading away in hospital and finally moving on when my mother and I were there. Her funeral is tomorrow and I desperately hope that's the end of the crap for our family.

My gym membership finally expired, and I've switched to MoveGB, which has opened up a whole world of yoga classes (you can't spit in Bristol without hitting three yoga teachers). I'm now doing Iyengar classes, one Sunday morning Hatha class, and a pilates session, and it's ridiculously good value and means I'm not limited to one gym but can actually go to places designed for yoga rather doing the hyperspeed classes with sod-all assistance that most gyms seem to put on. I am not thin, I am not bendy, I only have little legs, and I sure as hell can't go from a downward dog to a high lunge in one exhale. Fibro muscles no likey.

I'm hoping to go back to my old gym/pool using MoveGB but haven't had the inclination/energy. I have half a mind to become a yoga teacher for larger, beginner or disabled people (low-impact, gentle stuff with props, chairs, and *maybe* a sun salutation as the main course) but that's a few years down the line.

I'm hovering around the 18-stone mark at the moment, and I think my compulsive eating is getting worse, not helped that my boyfriend is 6'3", has a stupidly fast metabolism, and is always eating (I've tried to get him to give me half his portion size, but no luck). However, newsthump.com/2015/04/23/ex... so I'm going to the doctors about it, as well as about the suspected plantar fasciitis I developed after trying the C25k program earlier this year, which isn't helping the yoga.

[Villageduckpond]

@eurylei, you have amazing energy.....wow....I am impressed. I think a yoga class for the less able sounds an excellent idea.

Very sorry to hear about all your very sad losses but I am afraid that is part of life and try and remember them as they were ..... that is to say your good friends and relations.

I had a similar situation last year when I got a 'phone call from the goddaughter of a childhood friend telling me that her godmother her died and I didn't even know she had been ill!

[euryleia in reply to Villageduckpond]

Thanks. Yikes, that must have been horrible :/

I don't see death as a bad thing - more of a release of the spirit - and tbh by the end we were all willing grandma to go and be with her son. We have lots of lovely memories of the two of them at least. I'm just trying to be there for mum as much as possible.

[Villageduckpond in reply to euryleia]

Nice to hear from you and I am so pleased you are there for your Mum.

[Ceals]

Welcome back euryleia you have clearly been having a tough old time.

Come and join our Newbie Club, which started in September and is a good place for you to connect with members, who are also just starting out, or re-starting. Just post a few words on the November Newbie Club thread to introduce yourself and respond to others there you will soon feel part of the club.

Follow this link to the Newbie club:

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

Please read all the information carefully, it is very useful and can be referred to whenever you want to check something.

The FAQs are a veritable mine of information check them out here: healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

I wish you well on your journey.

Ceals

[Hidden]

Sorry it's been so rough lately. I'm glad to hear some pep in your step. For plantar faciatis try putting a tennis ball on the floor and rolling your foot on it a couple times per day.

[euryleia in reply to Hidden]

Thanks. I have a little spiky roller thing and have just been given a massage footbath so hopefully that will do some good