Two hours of well-paced food preparation and batch-cooking.
Much rarer than I'd like it to be, as I find it quite exhausting using my arms and standing for long.
#LongCovid #Pacing and #Micropacing to avoid overexertion 🙏

Two hours of well-paced food preparation and batch-cooking.
Much rarer than I'd like it to be, as I find it quite exhausting using my arms and standing for long.
#LongCovid #Pacing and #Micropacing to avoid overexertion 🙏
Resisting A Rest - pen and pencil drawing by Germaine Hypher.
#drawing #cartoon #humour #humor #pacing #art #spoonie #chronicfatigue #chronicpain #chronicillness #invisibleillness #ME/CFS #fibromyalgia #longcovid #mecfs
ON PERCEIVED TIME
Does the current hour feel like it is dragging, or rushing past you?
Put the phone face down. Count to sixty without a clock, and see how your internal rhythm aligns.
Learning to say no was one of the hardest things chronic illness taught me. But it was also one of the most freeing. Protecting your energy isn't selfish, it's survival.
EliteHRV and KubiosHRV are also noting my body's continuing Stability, Balance and Readiness this Monday morning 🙏
#Pacing to avoid overexertion.
Well-within today's #visible_health PacePoints because I have mostly been lying down today - including during my time here in the gym!
#Pacing and #Micropacing to avoid exertion and debilitating #LongCovid #PEM symptoms 🙏
On arrival at the gym:
So far today I've used 40 minutes of my 60-minute daily quota of 'Moderate' movement [ #KiActiv smartwatch accelerometer ].
A reduced series of Flexibility, Strength and Cardio exercises today, I think.
Better to play on the side of caution 🙏
Micropacing the gardening.
Another session like this 👇 using my second 20-minute quota of 'Moderate' movement [ #KiActiv ] and then I'll have enough for a gym visit 🙏
Leitfäden JGU Mainz zu #Pacing (PDF)
Pacing auf der körperlichen Ebene:
www.sportmedizin.uni-mainz.de/files/2023/0...
Pacing auf kognitiver und emotionaler Ebene:
www.sportmedizin.uni-mainz.de/files/2023/0...
#PEM #MECFS #Longcovid /3
Zusammenfassung des Konzepts von Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Perikles Simon mit Quellen:
www.ergo-lindauer.com/30sekundenpa...
zB Die zentralen Elemente des 30/30 Trainings: youtu.be/yTUcYYCbgKo?...
Artikel: www.healthrising.org/blog/2024/06...
Das "Management" von #Pacing zur Vermeidung von #PEM ist schwierig.
Der Ansatz von Prof. Dr. Dr. Simon ist sehr schlüssig & funktioniert bei mir besser als alles andere.
#MECfs #Longcovid
Podcast:
youtu.be/eYmZsyPwDvI?...
Interview
Teil 1: youtu.be/9NoOtxNyEPQ?...
Teil 2: youtu.be/FwAlG6zg0jQ?...
Invigilating exams is itself pretty sedentary.
Moving chairs and tables beforehand and afterwards is more energetic...
Repeatedly walking upstairs to the staffroom in-between the four exams also resulted in exertion 🤔
But the overall impact has been low 🙏
#Pacing to avoid #PostExertionalMalaise
Friday on waking. Reset by 12 hours of REST, including a good night's sleep 🙏
Trusting that nothing lost in stillness is wasted.
After long seasons of effort, the world slows itself.
Leaves fall. Rivers thin.
Rest isn't retreat. It's repair.
Bluesky is not properly showing me all my replies I posted to @tomkindlon.bsky.social about #Pacing for #MECFS so I am creating a new thread and tagging him here. 🧵👇
Eight and a half hours on the go, and I have taught a full day of five hour-long lessons today.
Proud of this #pacing 😊
I managed to keep my heartrate low at times - including during some of the lessons.
Feet-up for a few minutes now in the staff-room 🙏
Seit 1880 und heute bis 19 Uhr geöffnet, an der Bahnhofstrasse; das reicht. 👌 #Pacing 🍒
#Victoria #Zureich Apotheke an der Bahnhofstrasse Zürich – Rotpunkt Apotheke | Victoria Pharmaworld share.google/yLRJ3aVKxWRU... #Interaktion
ON PERCEIVED TIME
Does the current hour feel like it is dragging, or rushing past you?
Put the phone face down. Count to sixty without a clock, and see how your internal rhythm aligns.
Learning to say no was one of the hardest things chronic illness taught me. But it was also one of the most freeing. Protecting your energy isn't selfish, it's survival.