GUEST BLOGGER: A Silver Thread of Hope

Posted on Feb 18 in Featured, Featured Article, Fitness, Guest Blogger, Latest News, QV Flare Up, QV Intensive, Skin Conditions, Skincareby QV SkincarePrint

Happy St. Valentine’s Day, dear readers. For those with partners, I hope you guys had a great time spending it with each other. For those who are single, I hope you had a fabulous time out with your friends!

So. In my last post, I wrote about how Omega3 the supplement helped with my skin condition. It is, however, not a cure and should never be viewed as one.

Despite taking Omega3, my skin burns and becomes all prickly and itchy when I go out in the blazing sun [which is not uncommon in this Little Red Dot near the equator]. The sun, heat and humid air are my nemeses. Imagine this, I used to play hockey in college! I loved going to the beach to tan! It has never occurred to me that there will come a day when I avoid the sun like a vampire.

Here is the strange thing. When I first come to know about atopic dermatitis, a quick search on the World Wide Web turned up a lot of results about people suffering from eczema when the weather gets too cold. It is the other end of the spectrum for me; a flare-up usually occurs when I get too hot. Over the years before Omega3 came into the picture, my condition regressed. The more I tried to control the flare-ups [by staying indoors, by not exerting myself too much so as to keep the metabolism level stable, by keeping cool with air-conditioning], the worse my tolerance level for humidity and heat became.

Now, where am I going with this? Having eczema was the start of the butterfly effect. In this whole ‘mess’, I was slowly but surely putting on weight. ["Ahh..." goes all the female readers.] I tried, I really tried. But one session of gym can land me in a state of Unbearable Agony of Being for 2 weeks. Brisk walking for 25 minutes means 3 – 4 nights of itchy sleeplessness. Let’s not get me started on the insomnia.

So I stopped exercising. And gained, what, 7 kgs?

Came October last year, for some reason I cannot remember, I hesitantly took to swimming again. There was an initial flare-up of the eczema on my neck which did not stay for too long. 4 months later today, guess what? I am still swimming, and healthier for it! Finally, I found a mode of exercise that will not result in nightly agony and tears. I feel stronger. Heck, I feel liberated! Happiness!

Now, to work towards a 5-kg loss…

What worked, or did not work for you readers?

With love,
starmist
www.thegirlstarmist.com