MOTIVATE ME - HELP ME TO GET ACTIVE

As you may or may not know, I have fibromyalgia (on top of a couple of other health issues but I won’t bore you with those).  Most of the time, you wouldn’t necessarily know anything is wrong - I can be stubborn and don’t like to show how I’m really feeling most of the time.

Fibromyalgia has many aspects - including profoundly affecting sleep (which has a knock on to so much of the day ahead) and causing widespread pain throughout the body.  For me, this can be sharp, flashes of pain through to dull, nauseating aches and everything possible sensation in between.  I can get very stiff muscles, exhaustion and a whole range of other symptoms that change from hour to hour, day to day.  Some days, if I “do too much” I can barely lift my arms or get out of bed.  Sometimes I feel quite miserable and other days highly anxious.

As a result, I really struggle to keep regularly active.  I know I need to get physically fitter but it can be a bit of a vicious circle (for example, I love swimming but it sets off my fibro pains for several days after every swim).

In 2020, I want to pledge to do something active every day (a minimum of 30 minutes each day walking, exercise bicycling, Pilates, dancing, etc).  I know that this may seem a small goal for some people but it is a challenge for me.  Therefore, to keep my motivation, I want to get sponsorship for a good cause.

I have volunteered for Bristol A.R.C. for 15+ years now and they are a charity very close to my heart.  So any sponsorship I can get to help motivate me over the next 60 days will be brilliant.

Initially, I pledge to do 60 days of activity between 1st January and my Birthday at the beginning of March (it is actually about 68 days but, realistically I need to keep a few spare days in case my fibro is really bad and I need to let myself have a rest day).

Please consider sponsoring me - it will really help me keep my motivation.  You can give me an amount per day (you never know, I might make it past 60!) or a single amount - whichever, I’ll happily take your money.  😉😉

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