Frustrated!
So in my last blog I mentioned how I was just getting back into the gym. Well, no sooner did I get back to my old stats of 113.5 lbs and 16% body fat, and I got sick again. I have always been prone to illness, my whole life, but this is ridiculous! Can’t I be healthy for four whole weeks in a row?!!! I am getting frustrated with always trying to "get back" to where I was and never really improving. Part of my problem is I am iron-deficient and I think that is why I keep getting sick. I take a multivitamin with iron but my mom was anemic for a really long time and it’s probably just something I am going to have to deal with for as long as I am menstruating (sorry! but the doc says that’s what causes it!) Anyway, I have been supplementing with extra iron over the last few days and I already feel an improvement in my energy level and strength. Today I’m going to work out and do some lifting, which I am always reluctant to do. I’ll get back to my old shape, but I am crossing my fingers that I don’t get sick or injured again anytime soon! This is going to be the year that I finally get to my goal of 13% body fat!
January 13, 2008 at 11:43 am
If you take a multivitamin REGULARILY it’ll help big time. I used to have the same prob and taking my vitamin and eating foods like spinach and other iron rich foods helped dramatically.
January 13, 2008 at 11:45 am
Yep that sucks. Generally unless I have a fever I work out anyway even if its light work. Hang in there you will get better !