Jan to April 2025 pacepoints use fluctuated on a generally weekly basis, with Mondays high and Fridays to Sundays low. A few peaks over 24 PP

Jan to April 2026. Weekly variation still generally there, but excluding the dental infection anomaly, I now rarely exceed 20 daily pacepoints.

So what now?

Well, I only started using the full version of #VisibleHealth in 2025, but it is clear that I generally needed around 25 daily #PacePoints in 2024, and only around 20 PP in more recent times (after the dental issues).

So I'm going to trial a 'Lower Limit' of 22 daily Pacepoints...

Even though I've been busy for a Saturday (shopping, laundry, dishwasher, vacuuming) my #Visible health bar is seven #PacePoints ahead. I resisted the urge to take a #PokémonGo walk and instead sent gifts while knitting since I'm heading to a memorial soon.

I think the rib muscle I pulled last Thursday is eating up my #VisibleHealth #PacePoints
Literally nothing else has changed, but the pain is real.

Absolutely failing at pacing at the moment. Over my pacepoints daily and today I had to go to a Proper Shop so energy expenditure was sky-high. I hate this

#CFSME #ME #ChronicIllness #Visible #pacing #PacePoints #PEM

How do you stay a working photographer with #MECFS? Heavy camera in one hand, walking stick in other and overloaded bag of gear and water on your back. Last night was exhausting. Today OK. Tomorrow I will crash, just before the next job. Visible said it cost me 20 #PacePoints. Need money though. 😬

Same image as previous post

...I have not experienced any obvious consequences 🙏

I am tempted to raise my #PacePoints budget to 35, but perhaps by starting to get ahead of my Pacesetter during the day, I am making myself REST and pace myself - therefore avoiding the #PEM 🤔

The Year 7 concert was a pleasure to be a part of 🙏

Visible Health pacepoints donut graph showing 3.1 out of 27 daily pacepoints used so far

Almost 6000 steps already today and yet I've sat down for most of the last 6 hours!

Incredibly low #PacePoints total as I'm not letting my heartrate rise too high.

13 PacePoints behind today's #VisibleHealth pacesetter and we're back at our hotel for a mid-afternoon nap.

#Pacing like crazy!

25.4 PacePoints used during the 3-hour field trip on Monday (Visible Health)

19 pace points used in 3.5 hours this afternoon

So, instead of the 3-hour field trip using up ALL of my daily #PacePoints, today's visit to Elberry Cove allowed me to pace myself a little better 🙏 and my heartrate didn't reach the same dizzy heights as on Monday.

I've still exceeded my daily limit, but tomorrow will be a sedentary family day 🙂

Visible Health pacepoints graph for each day

Back to work tomorrow

Resetting my daily #Visible_health #PacePoints to 25

My average towards the end of the Summer Term was around 16 PacePoints per day 👇

Over the Summer, I've used around half this, on average; i.e. 8 PacePoints per day 👇

Interested to see what happens 🤔

Visible Health heartrate graph showing only a couple of short spikes, when not on the level.

Drove to Torcross.

Spent an hour here, beside the sea.

Below 2 #VisibleHealth #PacePoints as I walked really slowly and only climbed a few steps at the far end - otherwise kept myself all on the level, along the sea wall.

#Pacing to avoid #LongCovid #PEM symptoms.

0.8 out of today's 28. 7 behind my daily pacesetter

80 miles of motorway driving. 2 stops so far. People ask why I allow so much time for my journeys...

#Pacing to avoid #LongCovid #PEM symptoms 🙏

A rare family get-together and barbecue today, and I want as much energy for this as possible.

Just a short drive planned this evening too.

#PacePoints

8.2 out of 27 daily PacePoints

So, I've only had 2.5 hours of teaching time this morning and I'm more than 2 #PacePoints behind my daily pacesetter 🙏

Now to take things easy during my lunch break, in order to retain this advantage 🤞

Just 11 out of 27 daily pacepoints. 6.4 behind my pacesetter

I remain unsure as to why I don't use-up my #Visible_health #PacePoints working (teaching) on Fridays 🤔

There's a clear pattern!

Visible Health 14.5 out of 27 daily PacePoints

...and this evening I met up with a good friend for a rare pub visit - We had the place to ourselves and really chewed the fat 🙂

Got a bus there. Got a taxi home.

So, I'm ending the day both fulfilled *and* incredibly well-rested 🙏

...more than 12 #PacePoints behind my PaceSetter 🙂

Taking assembly at school 8.4 PP per hour Treadmill 8.4 PP per hour Eulogy for 5 mins - 12.5 PP per hour

Heartrate graph

The #VisibleHealth app. measures the intensity of tagged activities, based on the armband's heartrate measurements.

One of my brothers gave my dad's main eulogy and then I spoke for 5 minutes.

My heartrate reached 140 b.p.m. for under 5 minutes.

12.5 #PacePoints per hour 😮

3.1 PacePoints out of 27!

Drove 150 miles.

Spent a lovely day with my mum.

Ended 23 #VisibleHealth #PacePoints behind my pacesetter.

Reckon I'll be on good form tomorrow 🙏

#Pacing to avoid #LongCovid #PEM symptoms.

22.4 out of 27. Four behind my daily pacesetter

Well-within my daily #PacePoints budget.

#LongCovid #Pacing

12.1 pace points out of 27. All of the past 7 days have involved few pace points being used.

Plus it's the Easter holidays, so I'm well-within my daily #Visible_health #PacePoints budget of 27 👍

Another 2.5 hours spent walking from home, using my folding stick-seat to sit and rest regularly.

I've used fewer than 5 of my 27 daily #PacePoints budget, but 4km walked.

Very fortunate to live here. And very pleased with how my #LongCovid #PEM symptom-management is going 🙏

Visible Health heartrate graph. 0.6 PacePoints out of my daily 27 PP

Two percent of my daily #PacePoints? Surely not 🤔

6.7 out of 27 PacePoints - 12 behind my daily pacesetter

Graph of heartrate across the day

Incredibly, it's after 5pm and I've paced so well that I've only used 6.7 @visible_health #PacePoints 😄

The greatest energy-expenditure was from the excitement of seeing the rooftop views on arrival!

We're having a rest now, before heading out onto the streets of #London ❤️

Visible donut-graph showing just 0.2 out of 27 daily pace points used so far today

Midday Saturday.

I can safely say that I'm not going to exceed my #VisibleHealth #PacePoints today 😄

Heartrate graph from the Visible App. showing heartrate across the day

Pacepoints circular graph saying 2.6 out of 27 Pacepoints - 19.4 behind my pacesetter

PacePoints totals per day - graphed

Very restful Saturday. We did visit 2 garden centres, but that was it, apart from some light housework and cooking a meal.

Just 10% of my daily #Visible_health #PacePoints and some much-needed #rest and relaxation, after a busy week. A week which started with overexertion 👇

Pacepoints summary: 8 out of 27 - 5.2 beholind my PaceSetter for today and therefore 'likely to stay within budget'

A full morning of lessons (teaching Year 8, Year 12 & Year 10).

Then I ate lunch.

Thought I should check my PacePoints Pacemaker...

Looking good! More than 5 #PacePoints behind my Pacesetter - I've been pacing well 🙏

#LongCovid #Micropacing to avoid #PostExertionalMalaise

6:30pm.

Now just 1.7 #PacePoints ahead of my daily Pacemaker.

After a busy work-day, I need *deliberate rest* to reduce my heartrate to below its 'Resting' threshold.

I'll still need about 5 PacePoints for tonight's band rehearsal, so I might marginally exceed today's budget 🙏

9:45pm on Sunday evening.

NINETEEN #PacePoints behind my #VisibleHealth Pacesetter. Similar to yesterday.

The real test will be Monday - a busy work day.

Fingers crossed 🤞 that something real is happening here, in terms of #LongCovid #PEM symptom reduction...

Feeling amazing 🙏

Lots of rest and very careful pacing allowed me to cook us a healthy meal, rather than grab something quick and convenient.

Plus I walked to town for a supermarket shop earlier this afternoon 🙏

Just one-fifth of my daily #PacePoints budget.

Quiet celebration this evening 🎉

Walked 3 miles - that's two-thirds of what I walked yesterday, when my #PacePoints total hit 38!

At 4pm today I'm still below 4 PacePoints 😄

- Rested for 18 hours (mostly lying down)

- Walked slowly today (without being in charge of 40 children at a time)

#LongCovid #Pacing

...but today I exceeded my #VisibleHealth #PacePoints budget by 11 Pace Points 🤔

Time will tell whether the #pacing I did during today's fieldwork (I repeatedly sat on my folding seat) and this evening's deliberate #rest will aid my body's recovery, to avoid debilitating #LongCovid #PEM symptoms 🤞

Home🙏

Putting the bins out (for 4 minutes) used about as many #PacePoints as driving for over 30 minutes!

Decision made: For the 3rd time this week, I'm foregoing playing my tuba due to the energy demands of my job.

In bed #Resting in order to save myself for cooking later 😔