TurboFire: Day 43
Well, that didn't go as planned.
Ending my second week into the regular schedule, my knees and ankles were so sore that just everyday movement was hurting pretty bad. I knew that I had to do something about it because I even ended up moving my rest day up which I hate doing because I truly felt like my body couldn't take it anymore. Damn concrete floor. I went out and bought some interlocking exercise mats and was eager to try them when I started getting sick. It was horrible. I had what I think was a sinus infection for about 10 days. I tell everyone to imagine having a cold and having the worst day of your cold for 10 days straight. I was miserable. Just ask Joe, he had to put up with me. I pretty much laid in bed or on the couch for most of that time. I truly thought I would be sick for months because it wasn't getting any better. I went to Urgent Care and they prescribed me some antibiotics, which I didn't feel like were helping until the second to last day. I finally started feeling better about 5 days ago and aimed to start the 3rd week of the schedule on my normal day, Sunday. Welp that didn't happen either but I did finally get things into gear today. I still feel not quite 100%...I feel like there is still a chance for my sickness to come back (I felt a few symptoms re-emerge over the weekend but have since quelled some). But, I don't think I should wait any longer to get back to the program. Today was the first day back working out in 2 weeks. It went better than I thought but still hard. I hadn't eaten appropriately or adequately in order to sustain myself through this workout. Lessons re-learned again. Back on calorie counting too; I had gotten away from the when I was sick. I wasn't eating much though. Lots of diet 7-up though.
I'm trying to fight the loss of motivation that I feared would happen, especially with being sick. One good thing about being sick was letting my muscles and joints rest/heal some. Working out on the mats today felt infinitely better and I don't forsee having the same joint problems from now on. However, my mind is playing some games with me about continuing with program with the same motivation and committment that I began it. I'm trying to ignore these thoughts and proceed as if I had just as much motivation as day one. One day at a time. I was supposed to have weighed in this week but since I missed two weeks I will have to wait until two weeks from now. I hope that I did not gain anything while not working out. That's probably my biggest fear - that I undid all the hard work I put in. I'll tell you one thing though: knowing how hard it is to lose weight the right way definitely reminds me of how important it is to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle so that I may never be in this position again. I'm sure I will again due to age or having children or just falling off the wagon, but I hope I will keep this in mind.
Ending my second week into the regular schedule, my knees and ankles were so sore that just everyday movement was hurting pretty bad. I knew that I had to do something about it because I even ended up moving my rest day up which I hate doing because I truly felt like my body couldn't take it anymore. Damn concrete floor. I went out and bought some interlocking exercise mats and was eager to try them when I started getting sick. It was horrible. I had what I think was a sinus infection for about 10 days. I tell everyone to imagine having a cold and having the worst day of your cold for 10 days straight. I was miserable. Just ask Joe, he had to put up with me. I pretty much laid in bed or on the couch for most of that time. I truly thought I would be sick for months because it wasn't getting any better. I went to Urgent Care and they prescribed me some antibiotics, which I didn't feel like were helping until the second to last day. I finally started feeling better about 5 days ago and aimed to start the 3rd week of the schedule on my normal day, Sunday. Welp that didn't happen either but I did finally get things into gear today. I still feel not quite 100%...I feel like there is still a chance for my sickness to come back (I felt a few symptoms re-emerge over the weekend but have since quelled some). But, I don't think I should wait any longer to get back to the program. Today was the first day back working out in 2 weeks. It went better than I thought but still hard. I hadn't eaten appropriately or adequately in order to sustain myself through this workout. Lessons re-learned again. Back on calorie counting too; I had gotten away from the when I was sick. I wasn't eating much though. Lots of diet 7-up though.
I'm trying to fight the loss of motivation that I feared would happen, especially with being sick. One good thing about being sick was letting my muscles and joints rest/heal some. Working out on the mats today felt infinitely better and I don't forsee having the same joint problems from now on. However, my mind is playing some games with me about continuing with program with the same motivation and committment that I began it. I'm trying to ignore these thoughts and proceed as if I had just as much motivation as day one. One day at a time. I was supposed to have weighed in this week but since I missed two weeks I will have to wait until two weeks from now. I hope that I did not gain anything while not working out. That's probably my biggest fear - that I undid all the hard work I put in. I'll tell you one thing though: knowing how hard it is to lose weight the right way definitely reminds me of how important it is to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle so that I may never be in this position again. I'm sure I will again due to age or having children or just falling off the wagon, but I hope I will keep this in mind.
posted by anopenhouse @ 11:24 PM
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