Author: Vix Edwards

I have a passion for nearly all forms of exercise! Most definitely Pilates, the Gym, Weight lifting & studying Yoga. Unfortunately I am now unable to do these things the ‘normal’ way. I can still do it, but now I have to be sitting down! My vision is to write a book on how changing your mindset can change your life! Lover of Photography, Digital art and Blogging Oh yeah, and I just happen to have Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromyalgia, Chronic pain & Chronic fatigue as well! Which means I exercise in the morning to help manage my pain & then fall asleep in the afternoon! My aim is to inspire and be inspired, to continue to be strong and continue to be confident! I may be slow at blogging but that is only due to my MS. As with everything, I'll get there eventually!

Passion, compassion, humour & style

Had a lovely morning today with a spot of hot sweaty Pilates! Might seem odd to some but that statement makes me feel so proud, being able to push myself to exercise in the heat & humidity without any air conditioning!

For anyone that isn’t familiar with heat/humidity & the effects on MSrs: It can & does (for me) bring on all of my MS symptoms I have experienced to date, normally tenfold! 

I’ve finally found a way to manage this & continue to exercise.

I wish I could turn back time! 

Fear of change is something I have had for such a long time. When change happens by my own doing, by one big fat mistake and it can’t be undone, what then!? 
Too many ripples in this for it to calm quickly! 

And so many changes that have to happen now! 
I need to believe it’s for a reason because everything is right!?
I need to become ‘A drifter, dancer, sun worshipper & risk taker. Join the dreamers, the lovers, believers & change makers!’
Have faith, the universe has my back! Tough times do get easier & this will! 🙏


Get on a Power Plate to help ease your pain!

When your in too much pain and all you want to do is exercise what do you do?

Get on a power plate of course! This machine vibrates at different frequencies chosen by the user and different time settings as well! 

I use it to help tone my muscles, aid my balance but mainly to help with my chronic pain from my MS! 

Yes it helps, just enough for me to be able to do exercise classes! It’s like thousands of tiny hands massaging my muscles! Ah, bliss! 

Try it! You’ll never look back!

Leg day vs MS pain

Shit man! My legs today after Thursday’s Body Pump (weights) Just crazy man, hurt so much but it feels so good! I’d rather the pain of leg day than MS! Although it has kicked off the MS burn! Hey ho, can’t have it every way! 

Take a moment and remember what we are living for 

Do you know those days that you have when they just turn out to be so much fun? That was our morning/afternoon when Sarah & I went along to my most favourite Pilates instructor Kate’s class, followed by a lovely pot of tea & a spot of lunch at our favourite eatery with Kate. What made it even more special was DebbieRahRah & the kids being there!

This is what life is about, making memories & capturing them so that if my MS continues to steal my memory I will always have these photos to look back on! 

We all have such busy lives, sometimes we just need to take a moment, forget about the dirty dishes, get with your peoples and remember what we are living for! 

For me it’s laughter, good food and wonderful people! 

So many attempts to get a nice selfie, every picture tells a story

Well that was an epic error!

I’ve just taken all my morning medication instead of my night ones! Ok, so my excuse… It’s morning! 

Not the most clever of things to do when my morning meds contain a very strong tablet that I take for MS fatigue! This tablet is also taken by people that have narcolepsy, a sleeping illness where sufferers literally cannot stay awake! 

Yeah! I took one of those when I should be sleeping! Oh joy! 

Only I could do it! I want to sleep! It doesn’t hurt when I’m asleep 

😳😜

Liquid chalk!

Liquid chalk! Perfect! 3rd time I have tried it since it arrived yesterday afternoon & it has worked all 3 times! Still feel safer when I use my Yoga teachers super sticky latex mat but this way is cheaper than buying one of those & mine was a birthday gift! 

Photo taken & edited by me using Pixlr