Three hours of marking GCSE mock examination scripts and RESTING my body at the same time - I recline sideways when marking at home, to keep my heartrate low.
Other than mending a panel in our greenhouse (a 10-minute exertion post- #StormIngrid) this has been a recovery day.
#VisibleHealth pacesetter ๐
Lunch time, 6 hours on...
Well-behind my daily #VisibleHealth Pacesetter and feeling great, even after my outdoor lunchtime duty!
How?
1. Stability this morning due to lots of REST
2. No interactive Biscuit Game shenanegans today!
3. PPA from 10-11am, followed by Mock Exam Marking (seated) ๐
A restful 25 minutes spent near-horizontal in the staffroom, watching the Sunset across the River Dart valley and rolling Devon countryside.
Life isn't that bad!
Heartrate graph zoomed-in to show how REST gradually reduces my HR ๐
Very grateful for the #VisibleHealth HR monitor, app and support ๐
5pm Thursday
Reclining across comfy staffroon chairs and starting to REST after another highly enjoyable, yet full-on teaching day.
42 out of today's 30 #VisibleHealth PacePoints used - Already 12 over budget
Heartrate has been racing again today ๐
#KiActiv (movement) data: AT my daily limits already ๐.
Well-and-truly RESTED today; just a short shopping trip and some hoovering to get some light movement in.
Going to end the day more than 20 #VisibleHealth PacePoints behind today's pacesetter ๐
#Pacing to avoid debilitating #LongCovid #PEM symptoms.
Fortunately it's my Tuesday off-work.
No gym visit today. RESTING to aid recovery and to avoid full-on debilitating #LongCovid #PostExertionalMalaise symptoms ๐
Lying here in bed at 0745 I feel fine, but my #VisibleHealth data reveal otherwise ๐
It took me 75 minutes to walk what used to take me 30 minutes.
And I remain well-within my known 'energy envelopes':
Just over half of today's #KiActiv 'Moderate Movement' budget used & still lots left in the tank ๐
And as I lay around all morning, I'm well behind today's #VisibleHealth PacePoints
Sitting to rest on every bench along the way. It feels liberating to not have my stick-seat with me, but I know this footpath very well and the benches are aplenty!
#VisibleHealth heartrate graph proves how carefully I'm pacing this ๐
Not a moment of actual 'Rest' all morning, from arriving at work (secondary school) at 0815 through until my late lunch-break now; almost 6 hours on the go, with meetings, and four 1-hour lessons taught.
But I'm pacing well ๐
Just behind today's #VisibleHealth pacesetter ๐ ๐
Dr Ben King