An exciting 'Biscuit Game' with Year 8 was always going to raise my heartrate 👇
On waking this morning, all 3 of my Readiness apps suggested that today was going to tricky! EliteHRV noted a slight Sympathetic Swing and told me to 'take it easy' today - Easier said than done as a busy teacher 🙏
Had to stay late at work, marking mock exams.
It's 6pm and I'm ten @visible_health
PacePoints ahead of my (heartrate-based) daily energy budget...
& I'm at my @KiActiv (movement-based) daily limit too.
Feet feel 'heavy' - a sign of #PEM starting.
Proof, if it were needed, that going for a coastal walk on Saturday *and* a longer walk on the level yesterday was too much.
You live and learn 😌
No other symptoms, thankfully 🙏
Fortunately it's my Tuesday off-work.
No gym visit today. RESTING to aid recovery and to avoid full-on debilitating #LongCovid #PostExertionalMalaise symptoms 🙏
Lying here in bed at 0745 I feel fine, but my #VisibleHealth data reveal otherwise 👇
#EliteHRV provides an additional insight:
Readiness for the day ahead is just 2 out of 10. Sympathetic Nervous System dominating. To avoid compromising my immune system or over doing it, extra rest is highly recommended...
And EliteHRV perhaps gives me an indication of EARLY WARNING SIGNS that I maybe could have spotted on Sunday morning - 2 days ago 🤔
Note to self:
1. Watch for sudden drops in Mean RR Interval
2. Watch for big drops in PNN50
Both are signs of reduced Parasympathetic activity.
As for my 3rd & final HRV app #KubiosHRV... I think it reinforces the fact that my #LongCovid symptoms are very minor, in comparison with those of so many others:
Slight drop in Readiness today 🙏
I'm fortunate to be able to work part-time; not sure I'd still be teaching if I hadn't made this move.
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 🙏
#Pacing to avoid debilitating #LongCovid #PEM symptoms.
Back in Balance and Ready for Wednesday 😊
#Pacing to avoid the debilitating #PEM associated with my #LongCovid 🙏
#EliteHRV 10/10 Readiness, in balance and with MeanRR and PNN50 values back up
#KubiosHRV Readiness also High at 82%
Wow! Taking a school assembly (on #ClimateChange) is officially the most intense thing that I have done in recent months.
Closely followed by another exciting hour-long Biscuit Game with Year 8 mid-morning.
No pain nor fatigue (yet 🤞)
Now reclining on staffroom sofa for a few minutes 🙏
Visible Health app 👇
My self-set daily PacePoints budget is 30...
Only one more lesson this afternoon 🙏
#Pacing to avoid #LongCovid #PEM
HT @visible_health
I've slowed down & RESTED since 3pm - i.e. for almost 6 hours now.
#KiActiv (movement) data confirms that I've kept within my 'energy envelopes' of 4000 daily calories & 60 minutes of 'Moderate' movement.
But my HR was racing since the Assembly & I've only recently got it down to resting pace 🙏...
...and with my heartrate soaring over 140bpm during my 15-minute Assembly this morning (which was very enjoyable and went down very well, I should say!)
Here's the bottom-line:
I'm ending the day 27 @visible_health PacePoints over-budget.
But I've got another 10 hours' rest ahead of me 🙏
After 13 hours of REST I'm Ready for Thursday - & it's my busiest work-day of the fortnightly school timetable.
Five 1-hour lessons to teach (starting with my 3rd & final 'Biscuit Game' - see previous impact in thread above👆
#EliteHRV suggesting slight #ParasympatheticSwing...
...and my third HRV app @kubiosHRV shows a nice and high Readiness of 82%
I've got an extra job to do at lunchtime today too - supporting my Sustainable Leaders in their fundraising efforts.
Today I'll be #Pacing as much as possible to keep the #PEM at bay 🙏
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 👇
#KiActiv (movement) data: AT my daily limits already 👇.
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 👇
Very grateful for the #VisibleHealth HR monitor, app and support 🙏
Got home from work soon after 6pm.
Was in bed within the hour.
Only now - FIFTEEN HOURS after my heartrate was elevated this morning - has it returned to a steady Resting Pace.
With 7.5 hours of sleep on top, I'm hoping to have my body 'Back In Balance' before work tomorrow.
Just about avoided exceeding my nominal #KiActiv '4000-calories-per-day' movement budget 👇
And I've ended the day just 4 minutes of 'Moderate' exertion over my nominal '60 minutes' limit.
Movement-wise I've paced well.
Heartrate-wise (and therefore #Visible Pacepoints-wise) I'm well over-budget.
#Pacing to avoid the debilitating #PEM associated with my #LongCovid 🙏
It's a full-time job in itself monitoring my heartrate and heartrate variability (HRV).
But it's worth it, as it means that I have managed to keep working, despite the damage caused to my body by the SARS-Cov-2 virus 🙏
Friday morning at 0615:
Visible Health data show my decline Monday into Tuesday and then gradual recovery to today.
Stability regained after last weekend's overexertion...
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) 🙏
Dr Ben King