skippy66
29-06-10, 21:18
I've decided that I need to change my life and change my mentality.
As a teen I played football 5 times a week, tennis all summer nearly every day and golf, swimming, athletics - I was super fit and rarely got ill.
10 years later and this has all changed. I am unfit, feel ill 95% of the time and wallow in my health anxiety.
Several things happened to make me this way, mainly that I developed palpitations aged 21 and soon after that a famous footballer died on the pitch. The palpitations got worse, and my anxiety fed off them big time. I have since developed chest pains, stomach problems, shortness of breath - loads of ailments which fade and return, but there is always something. Right now? Daily lower chest pains radiating to neck and upper chest. Scary right? Also palpitations to go with that - just google that combo if you want to be scared witless!!
I do exercise but I never really push myself through fear of something bad happening to my heart, and as a result I'm unfit. My body feels like I'm in my 60s when I'm still in my 20s.
Anyway, my goal - to play football again. If I was a pro I would be in the prime of my career age-wise, and I don't want to miss this window of opportunity. I will never be this young again.
Over the coming weeks and months My aim is to be getting my mind and body fit again to something resembling my old self. I want to sort out my chest and stomach problems either medically, mentally or otherwise. I want to improve my diet. I want to start an exercise regime. I want to rid myself of health anxiety. Ultimately I want to join a football team - I used to be quite good before all this!!
I know this will be tricky, because even now writing this the goal seems unattainable - easy to write down, but I can't see myself doing it. The road will be hard and long - this is why I am posting on here,I need your help.
Any tips on diet, how to start an exercise regime with palpitations (pacs and pvcs) (diagnosed benign by cardiologist), tips on getting more healthy would be greatly appreciated.
I will update this thread with my progress periodically.
Wish me luck! Here goes - life is not a rehearsal.
As a teen I played football 5 times a week, tennis all summer nearly every day and golf, swimming, athletics - I was super fit and rarely got ill.
10 years later and this has all changed. I am unfit, feel ill 95% of the time and wallow in my health anxiety.
Several things happened to make me this way, mainly that I developed palpitations aged 21 and soon after that a famous footballer died on the pitch. The palpitations got worse, and my anxiety fed off them big time. I have since developed chest pains, stomach problems, shortness of breath - loads of ailments which fade and return, but there is always something. Right now? Daily lower chest pains radiating to neck and upper chest. Scary right? Also palpitations to go with that - just google that combo if you want to be scared witless!!
I do exercise but I never really push myself through fear of something bad happening to my heart, and as a result I'm unfit. My body feels like I'm in my 60s when I'm still in my 20s.
Anyway, my goal - to play football again. If I was a pro I would be in the prime of my career age-wise, and I don't want to miss this window of opportunity. I will never be this young again.
Over the coming weeks and months My aim is to be getting my mind and body fit again to something resembling my old self. I want to sort out my chest and stomach problems either medically, mentally or otherwise. I want to improve my diet. I want to start an exercise regime. I want to rid myself of health anxiety. Ultimately I want to join a football team - I used to be quite good before all this!!
I know this will be tricky, because even now writing this the goal seems unattainable - easy to write down, but I can't see myself doing it. The road will be hard and long - this is why I am posting on here,I need your help.
Any tips on diet, how to start an exercise regime with palpitations (pacs and pvcs) (diagnosed benign by cardiologist), tips on getting more healthy would be greatly appreciated.
I will update this thread with my progress periodically.
Wish me luck! Here goes - life is not a rehearsal.