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Benefits of Movement for CFS/ME (NHS TiP Course- Pt2)
Exercise has a very bad reputation in relation to CFS/ME, and I did discuss it in a previous post (link) but it was something that was covered in the first session of the advanced NHS course.
The physio who lead this particular part of the session, spilt out movement into two separate elements:
Where function includes particular tasks, every day things really & exercise is movement with health at the focus. Continue reading
GF Toasted Marshmallow, Chocolate & PB Cookies
Warning: These cookies these are not for the faint hearted, they are incredibly moorish and not being modest at all breathtakingly yummy.
I made these beauties to take into the office for a Movember bake sale, I wanted something that I could eat (and my fellow GF collegues) but that anyone could eat without having a clue it was GF.
This did just that, no one knew they were GF until I told them after they had scoffed them down/ realised I had brought them in.
Gluten Free Christmas Cake (Step by step guide)
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… well it is in my kitchen anyway.
So it is a little bit over due, with several of my friends making their cakes at the end of September, but better late than never and now a the perfect time.
Making a Christmas Cake can be pretty daunting (to fruit cake virgins) so I have documented the process step by step. Continue reading
Slim Fruits the Gluten, Sugar & Fat Free Sweets from Down Under
I love sweets Skittles, Starburst, Haribo and not to mention JELLY BELLY BEANS!! just to name a few but coming in at over 250cals a time (if your lucky) they have to be relegated to a every now and then, unless you want to be rolled out your house or fly away from being so high on sugar!
Ok so you want some sweets but your trying to be good! I’ll have half a pack thats like half the badness; but unless you are some sort of saint, which I am most certainly am not that never ever works. So you hang your head in shame.
Fruit just isn’t the same and I love fruit, so ARGHHH where do I turn?
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NHS From Theory to Practice Course for CFS/ME Part 1- Recap and Pro’s of Self Management
In previous posts I have talked about my positive experience with the NHS and having CFS/ME from my:
- Speedy diagnosis from my GP and referral to Bristol specialist clinic (Link)
- NHS Foundation course where we got information on: CBT, GET, Activity Management (Link), Rest, Relaxation (Link), Sleep and Stress Management (Link)
- To my second 1-2-1 where I asked for further information on: Phased return to work (Link) and movement/fitness (Link)
It was in my second 1-2-1 that I was offered to attend the clinics advanced course names from Theory to Practice which was held over 5 sessions, and it is the first of these that I am going to discuss now. Continue reading
Feed me Primal – GF & Paleo Eating in Camden
When I was in London for Toby Morrison’s UK CFS seminar (Link), a friend and I went for lunch at Camden market.
I hadn’t been back to Camden since going GF and I was very nervous firstly that I would be able to find anything GF, but also about cross contamination. Continue reading
The Rainbow in the Storm- Checking in with CFS/ME
Lying on the sofa in PJ’s for the third day in a row might seem like a luxury to non sufferers and it used to be for me as well before I got ill. However my PJ’s and a cheeky hot chocy were accompanied by searing pain, tingling in my arms and legs or at times the inability to even concentrate on the most mind numbing TV.
So my current stint on the sofa hasn’t been all that luxurious, the forecast has been filled with severe weather warning of: impenetrable brain fog, with pain showers throughout ranging from an annoying dull continuous drizzle to a full out thunder storm that brought a tear to my eye.
But though all the fog, the drizzle and the storm there has been a rainbow; evidence of the rays of my progress with this condition trying to burst through. Whilst these rays are not strong enough to banish the fog and the storms, the rainbow to me symbolises hope and makes me feel content and one might even go so far as saying happy with my situation. Continue reading
How are you? The not so simple answer to that simple question
How are you?
Such a simple every day question. But nothing is simple when it comes to CFS/ME (or any type of chronic illness) and the answer to this question is no exception!
How do you answer:
Toby Morrisons 5 CFS Pillars of Health (Toby Morrison UK Seminar Pt 4)
So in previous parts of the seminar, Toby talked briefly about what CFS/ME is and how and potential causes (Link), Toby’s Triangle of success: Survival, Accept, Adjust, Believe & Achieve (Link) and the effects of stress and mindset to recovery (Link).
All the above are great, but how do we get past the acceptance stage and start adjusting, how do we keep a positive mindset and hope if there is nothing we can do to help ourselves or we think we have no hope of ever getting better?
In most cases this simply is not true, there are things we can do to help ourselves, it may not mean recovering fully from CFS/ME but giving you access to a better quality of life. Continue reading
Gluten Free Adventures & M.E 