Still sick...

When I said I was sick last week...  I thought, ho-hum, just another cold.  Yet here I am a week later and still sick.

Friday and Saturday were, by far, my worst days...  I fought a fever like crazy both days, and it really took a lot out of me.  It wasn't until my highest fever broke on Friday night, I realized I should have been scared.  I had been passed out for hours... and no memory of that block of time.  I was home alone, and I probably shouldn't have been.

Since then, I have been progressively getting better.  On Monday, Josh insisted I go to the Dr. - who determined I just had a virus...  Sent me home with orders to continue Mucinex and come back in 10 days if I am not better.

The Mucinex is helping, for sure.  But I am still sick.

At least I have most of my voice back.  For a while there, my family thought it was quite funny to make fun of the sick person.  I did not find the humor in that.  At all.

I did go back to working out on Monday...  Real easy like.  I did my Walk Away the Pounds video with out weights, and I was careful not to over do it.

I also did my heavy lifting on Tuesday...  I just took it really slow and easy.

Again, I did my WATP yesterday...  A pushed a little harder than I did on Monday and I did add my weights back in.

I did my heavy lifting again today...  I can still really feel my chest congestion - which is hard when I am working hard.  I breathe so deep and heavy, it's very hard to catch my breath when I am lifting - so I just have to go super slow and I don't do all of my reps in big sets, I break them up a little bit.

Tomorrow, I will do WATP again, and hopefully I will be feeling much better after the weekend off - where, God willing, I can resume my 30 Day Shred on Monday.

I do feel like I am finally making some size progress - it isn't much, but I can see a small change - so I am hoping for some nice results when I weigh and measure at the end of the month.  Maybe being sick hasn't set me back as much as I feared.

I try to take a week off of weight lifting every 6 weeks or so...  So this break was a bit earlier than I would have liked, but in the end, it's about doing what's right for your body at the time.  You can't always schedule sickness or emergencies - so you really have to roll with life and continue to press on.  It's getting back on that horse every time, and just really making it a goal to keep moving, no matter what it is or how small it is.

D~