Housework

February 14, 2008

I'm with you Sharon and Judy,

just described what I did before I had fibromyalgia, not what I can do

now. I used to love to turn on the music and dance around while I did my

housework. It made it fun. And yes it was great exercise, but then most things

I did back then required some exercise.

A description of today:

Now I do one thing, like go downstairs and put a load of wash in and take one

out of the dryer, fold it and bring it back upstairs.(The clothes are now

sitting on the stairs that go to the upstairs waiting for me to take them there

and put them away.) With that comes my left hip and lower left back having

shooting pains from doing the stairs and my upper back and shoulders in sharp

knife like pain from lifting my arms to fold the clothes from the dryer. I've

done that twice today. Before that I mopped the wood floor in my living room and

had to sit back down. I walked out to the mailbox and came in and sat down. I

put away the rest of the groceries and sat down. Now I'm sitting at the

computer completely fatigued, and in a lot of pain typing while I wait for the

pain to subside so I can get up again and do something and it's already 1:30.

When I've recovered a bit, I will get something for lunch and go through the

mail. I'll keep doing this routine until it's

around 6:00 and then my mind and body will give out so I will sit in my

recliner and thumb one of the magazines I get that I don't have time to read

anymore because although it doesn't seem like anything gets done, I am always

busy.

I don't burn many calories this way, but it's the only way I can get

anything.done. Yesterday I changed the sheets on three beds, getting ready for

my grandsons to come Saturday and that did me in for the day.

I need to finish everything but maybe washing my hair, which is really tough,

before tomorrow so I can rest so I won't have rebound pain and fatigue when they

come.

This is just the way it is with me now and I just try to accept it and get

what I can done. If I am having a flare, nothing gets done and I live in my

recliner, like Judy says, except for going to the bathroom.

Of course if a flare comes on I will have to cancel having my grandchildren

which is why we don't tell them until the last minute. It would annoy my

daughter to no end if I have to cancel, well Hell it will frustrate and annoy

me, but that would be the way it would have to be. I'm doing pretty well with

this routine right now so I'm not anticipating having to cancel and I want to

have them come stay so badly it hurts. No pun intended.

Wish me luck,

Marti

sharon studley wrote:

I KNOW THERE ARE ALOT OF CALORIES TO BE BURNT DOING JUST THINGS AROUND

THE HOUSE, AND THIS IS WHAT I HAD BEEN DOING ALL ALONG AND FELT PRETTY GOOD THAT

I COULD PUT ON THE MUSIC MOP MY WOOD FLOORS, VACUMN, DUST WITH A LITTLE TWIST

ADDED HERE AND THERE. BUT NOW I PAY DEARLY FOR DOING THIS IN A TIMELY MANNER

THAT BURNS ANYTHING EXCEPT WHAT ENERGY I MAY HAVE HAD TO DO SOMETHING FUN LATER

IN THE DAY. I DID THOUGH HAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME THE BEST DAY YET. FELT SOMEWHAT

NORMAL WHATEVER THAT IS. EVEN WENT TO THE STORE. THOUGH IT WAS PACKED AS

EVERYONE WAS BRACING FOR THIS ??? SNOW STORM WE HAVE HAD. I FOUND MYSELF IN A

FOG WITH SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND. ANYWAY, SOME OF US HAVE TROUBLE NOW DOING THE

CALORIE BURNING THINGS WE ONCE DID, AND HOUSECLEANING WAS MY THERAPY!, I HAVE

ALWAYS LOVED CLEANING, AND EVERYONE THAT KNOW ME TEASES HOW BAD I AM ON DOING IT

NON STOP BUT LATELY IT IS A 2 DAY CHORE. I ALSO TRIED YARDS LAST SUMMER AND TO

MUCH, SO WILL TRY THE YOGA. GOOD FOR

THOSE WHO CAN CONTINUE WITH CALORIE BURNING AROUND THE HOUSE, KEEP IT UP AS IT

IS A HELP. SHARON

loveit1@... wrote: .

How mant calories for getting up, going to the batheoom walking to the bedroom

and fall to the floor as intense pain hit and back,hips and legs give oui from

intinse pain kicking pain reflex.

Judy Mer

---- wrote:

> Hooray for Housework!

> Sure, mopping floors and tilling the garden is hard work, but exercise?

Researchers say it is! The great news is that chores help you burn calories

while you get things done! If you do them often enough, you won't have to go to

the gym! Try turning on the tunes and moving briskly; add squats, biceps curls,

and other moves as you go. You can burn 200 calories an hour mopping, vacuuming,

or washing windows ï¿½ the same as medium-intensity aerobics; 400 calories per

hour of mowing the lawn ï¿½ the same as cycling; and 500 calories per hour of

washing and waxing the car ï¿½ the same as jumping rope! So don't delay! Get

busy with that to-do list today!

>

> If you start moving your body, your mind will follow!

>

> Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the

experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to

do so.

> -

>

February 14, 2008

housework i use to be able to clean the whole apartment after working but now

since i can't work housework i just get so tired and i have a tedency of pushing

myself to get it done it's not easy as it use to be plus after moving last year

and b/f being in a car accident and he has problems with his back so i have been

able to get the place to look the way i want it too so has stuff that makes the

place look junie to me but b/f says it is ok but i do try to dust and vaccum and

clean the bathroom so it just makes me upset that i can't get the place to look

the way i want

Housework

I'm with you Sharon and Judy,

just described what I did before I had fibromyalgia, not what I can do

now. I used to love to turn on the music and dance around while I did my

housework. It made it fun. And yes it was great exercise, but then most things I

did back then required some exercise.