Recovering and diet changes
Thoughts to reflect on:
Today is Saturday the 29th of August and it is exactly 1 week since I had gotten sick. Recovery has taken a whole week, but except for a bad cough, I’m fully recovered. Finally, I’m heading to the gym. I know I shouldn’t overdo it the first day back, but I will push myself as much as I can. Being sick made me realize two things: I’ve got to be more consistent with my supplements and my diet has been wrong. I believe the slow recovery was due to hitting my body hard at the gym, but not getting enough of the nutrients needed to recover. I have been very inconsistent with my supplements, which include a lot of vitamins/minerals such as B12, multi, glucosamine sulfate, chromium piccolinate, magnesium, potassium and so on. I have a medical condition that makes it very easy to lose a lot of these vitamins/minerals, so that is why I have to take the supplements. It’s a drag when I look at 13 pills to drink; I consider that a meal in itself. (No, a multivitamin alone does not contain all the things I need, so just taking a multi is not an option). While I was sick, I started tracking my diet and I was surprised to find out that I’ve been eating around 1500 calories! This makes sense to me when I think of my progress and how I’ve stopped losing any weight. I’m going to up my calories to 1800 as of today to help with it. This whole week while I’ve been recovering, I’ve been consistent with my calories at 1500 so my body is ready for the additional amount. Hopefully, this will help or if not, at least will get me fully operational at a 100% healthwise.
