January 20, 2008

I have made a revelation about me and exercise. I don't know if it's just because I'm out of shape or if it's the Fibromyalgia, but my thigh muscles can't do a whole lot of strenuous stuff. We had a Pound Plunge fitness class today, and I had to stop a couple of times because my legs gave out. That's never happened before. I'm not going to be able to walk tomorrow.

There are certain things I can't do while exercising, and I need to remember that. I have to be careful with anything pertaining to feet or knees. I have hyper extension in my joints and in my feet and hand bones, so my feet splay out too much and my knees move around more than they should. And now I know that my leg muscles don't like to stretch too much or too far. Could be part of the fact that my hamstrings are too short. I'm a mess.

I hate exercising. It hurts. And then my muscles start to get all weak and shaky. And now I'll hurt even more tomorrow. I don't think I'll throw away the fitness classes, but I'll take it more slow. I'm OK with doing things differently from the rest of the class. According to all the research and stuff, exercise will hurt me, but in time it will make me hurt less in general. I just need to stay away from high impact stuff. We have aerobics next week, so I'll have to make sure I don't overdo it.