Encouragement from a newbie!

Levanaah

So here I am sharing my achievements with other members as a way to say "keep on going, each and every step you take is a step forward".
A little about me...
For 11 long and horrible years I have been very ill, anything much more than breathing was often way too much for me. I was misdiagnosed with m.e/cfs and fibromyalgia and was more bedbound/sofa bound / housebound than up and around. Finally an error on my blood request form from the nurse meant my vitamin B12 was checked and finally I had the answer, I have pernicious anaemia/vitamin B12 deficiency.
I started injections Oct 2014 and then opted to self inject every 2 days for a year and 8 months until I felt as well as I possibly could. I am now injecting every 5-7 days as 1 injection every 12 weeks is like offering a drop of water in a drought. That regime saw me constantly crash around day 4 post injection.

Am I glad I took note of others with B12 deficiency as, not only am I upright every day, I am now on a mission to lose all the weight I gained from inactivity and eating quick fix foods! I have over 5 stones to lose

Just over 4 weeks since starting with my fitness pal and I am only 2lb short of losing a stone (14lb) and lots of inches from my body. Bigger than that though is my physical activity. I got back on a bike 2 weeks ago and today I moved up a rank from "leisure" cycling (<16kmph) to "light" cycling (16-19kmph.) I have been doing the same route/same distance 3 times a week. Initially I stopped a couple of times both outbound and inbound for the first and second time out, but then I pushed myself to make it without a stop apart from at the end of outbound to take on some water.

I cannot tell you how chuffed I was when "mapmyride" showed me today that I had covered 2.72km in 9.34 mins at a speed of 17.1kmh. I squealed so loud that the tunnel at the end of my ride echoed.

I know that with time, eating regularly and healthily my weight will lessen and exercise will get easier. I am beginning to feel alive again and I am getting that post exertional buzz.

If I can do this then so can you, now I need some fitness pal friends so please stop by and say "Hi"

judydj1220

I'm glad you were finally diagnosed with the right condition! And good for you for your improving health! I'll send you a friend request.

KEVKansas2017

Great story. Thank you for sharing.

poppysierra

Good for you and good luck on your journey back to health and a new life! I'm sending you a friend request.