Sunday 13:45

Pre-gym Baseline:

#KiActiv sportswatch data shows just 40 minutes of 'Light' activity shown in light blue. 11 minutes of 'Moderate' activity shown in dark blue.

#VisibleHealth Pacing Data (based on heartrate) shows just 0.9 out of 24 daily pace points. 10.6 behind today's pacesetter.

17:30. Very low Resting Heartrate as the day progressed. Just 51bpm sitting here on the sofa 🤔

Incredibly I used just a handful of #VisibleHealth PacePoints today, despite teaching 3 separate 60-minute lessons to teenagers.

Currently 12 PacePoints behind my daily Pacesetter and full of beans 😊

#Pacing my Friday well (physically) 🙏

7.6 pace points behind today's daily Pacesetter ( #VisibleHealth )

...But I was still a whole #VisibleHealth pacepoint ahead of my pacesetter when I started to get sorted for this afternoon's fieldwork. . . [Which was lovely, by the way] ...

In bed by 9pm.

I did everything I could to put my #LongCovid body in the best position possible for the inevitable stresses that lie ahead today.

It's now Wednesday morning, 04:45:

#VisibleHealth notes another day-on-day reduction in Resting HR and increase in HRV.

STABLE and STILL IMPROVING!

A very active Year 7 Geography lesson that took my heartrate up into my 'Exertion' zone earlier this afternoon.

The #VisibleHealth app showed me how sitting planning at my desk wasn't lowering my heartrate much...

So...

2:40pm.

Left Totnes 7 hours ago.

Drove an hour to E. Cornwall.

Walked 4000 steps -including around an 18th-century Rectory & an immersive Museum.

Explored a small village nearby.

All for less than a single #VisibleHealth Pace Point 😮

Kept heartrate low by sitting regularly on telescopic stool.

#Confused 🤔

7pm on Friday evening after another busy day of teaching.

FOURTEEN #VisibleHealth PacePoints behind my daily pacesetter and my heartrate rarely exceeded 100bpm all day 🤔

#LongCovid is tricksy...

Decided to attend our orchestra rehearsal. Parked just outside, so just a few additional steps. All very relaxing.

Back behind my #VisibleHealth pacesetter line 😎

#TubaPlayer #LongCovid #Pacing

Skipping this afternoon's Funk Band rehearsal 😔 & RESTING instead

30 minutes with my feet up in the staff room has started to 'flatten the curve' of my Pacing graph [ #VisibleHealth] 👇

Time to get myself home, for a proper restful evening.

Busiest workday tomorrow 🙏

#LongCovid #LongCovidTeacher

So, by the time I was teaching my fourth lesson of the day, my heartrate was largely into my 'Exertion' zone - Orange bars on the #VisibleHealth heartrate graph below 👇

Finally resting with my feet up in the staff room 🙏

2.5 kilometres walked - spread across 1.5 hours.

Falling further behind my pacesetter, despite the walk.

Paced very nicely - HT #VisibleHealth

13:30 Saturday afternoon.

LOTS of welcome REST 🙏

A single #VisibleHealth PacePoint, despite a shopping trip and a fair bit of light housework this morning.

#LongCovid #Pacing to avoid debilitating #PostExertionalMalaise

Ending my busy (5-lesson) teaching day EIGHT #VisibleHealth PacePoints behind today's Pacesetter.

Strangely the busiest teaching loads can often lead to lower exertion 🤔

Good times.

#LongCovid #Pacing to avoid overexertion and debilitating #PEM symptoms 🙏

Anyway, it's now my lunch break. And I've used fewer than three #VisibleHealth pace points all morning.

6 in-hand and well-behind today's Pacesetter 🙏

Two more 1-hour lessons this afternoon.

Approaching 4pm. Just a couple of #VisibleHealth PacePoints used so far, despite doing a fair amount of housework, cooking and some planning for work.

Still amazed that I've reached a routine of twice-weekly gym sessions. Long may this continue! I'm going in 🙏

It was very close (!) but I ended Monday within all of my known 'Budgets' - For movement [ #KiActiv ] and for PacePoints [ #VisibleHealth - Based on Heartrate across the day ] 🙏

My gym sessions are now twice-weekly 🙏

Flexibility, Strength & Cardio.

Fewer than three #VisibleHealth PacePoints used despite (carefully paced) weight training and two runs on the treadmill - one minute of which was sprinting 🙂

#LongCovid #Pacing

This Sunday morning #EliteHRV suggests that my body is READY for the day ahead (10 out of 10) & that my PNS & SNS activity are in Balance.

#VisibleHealth check-in notes Stable & Improving.

#KubiosHRV also gives a good Readiness score.

This is because I'm #Pacing my life well.

I'm still unwell.

I've had #LongCovid for 4 years now.

I soon learnt to Pace myself better, to avoid Crashes in my #PEM symptoms and worsening #Dysautonomia.

#VisibleHealth has revealed improvement over time.

Now #EliteHRV seems to be doing the same 🙏