Feeling S*****

Since my diagnoses of chronic vestibular migraine (two years ago) I decided I would do everything to help myself. If you have read my Blog. you will know that I have done just that. From taking the medication prescribed to me and completing numerous rounds of vestibular rehabilitation to changing my whole diet and getting rid of all junk (the foods I love). As you know I also began to workout daily despite the fact I feel like S*** every waking hour (Sorry to be so vulgar but s*** is exactly how I feel). I figured that if i got the rest of my body in shape then maybe my vestibular issue would correct itself. I can tell you that I have done more squats, burpees, press ups, lunges and runs than I care to think of.  All the while dealing with a head that simply hates movement of any kind.It's been tough and much harder than one can imagine (unless you also live with vertigo daily) All this exercise and wishful thinking has not helped my vertigo brain at all. I really thought it would. Not many people suffering vertigo would attempt to walk never mind exercise, and that's fair enough because it is a bloody horrendous thing to live with. I decided to do it for me and have to say I am gutted that it has not improved my condition.

However, what it has done is improved my health and body. Sure, I really cannot feel the true benefits because of how crappy my head and vision is daily but I know I am fitter, I know I treat myself better diet wise and I know I have improved my physique. I am stronger and fitter than I have been in about 15 years.

Working out may not have been the answer to curing vestibular dysfunction but it's taught me that dedication,will power and perseverance can work wonders. I will continue my fitness journey and hope it will eventually correct whatever went wrong with me back in 2007.

Anyway despite the relentless head issue I was successful at losing weight and toning up. Here is why:

1. The WANT to workout and be fitter, healthier, stronger (It begins with you)
2. Dedication 
3. Perseverance (results come in time. Those first few weeks are hardest and you want to give up because nothing seems to change but carry on because all that initial effort eventually starts to appear).
4. Substitute bad food for good healthy food(very important)
5. PORTION CONTROL Very important, I love digestive biscuits and pizza and I still allow myself to eat them. However instead of eating half a pack of biscuits or eating a whole pizza I practice portion control. I eat 2 digestive biscuits daily and have 2-3 slices of pizza once a week (not the whole thing). Do I want the whole pizza or the whole pack of biscuit? hell yeah but I control myself. 

Crazy  isn't it. I am fit as hell but dizzy as F***. Keep positive guys

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