gymrat0226’s BodyBlog

I woke up this morning feeling exactly how I did last night.  I took a whole bunch of drugs today and most of the congestions is gone.  Just in the past few hours!  My lungs have cleared up alot too and I just have a dry cough.  I went to the gym last night and did almost a full workout but got winded when I was doing legs and my lungs were hurting so I didn’t try to do cardio.  I’m going tonight and I’ll try to do a little cardio but if my lungs start hurting I’m stopping.  I read that if you have a cold from the head up it’s okay to exercise in moderation.  If there’s any congestion in the lungs that means the lungs are inflamed and exercising will just cause more damage and you’ll end up feeling worse.  That’s my cold tip for the day…google it if you don’t believe me…

Yeah, this is one of the worst colds I’ve ever had.  I’ve gone through 3 boxes of kleenex at work and I don’t know how many different drugs I’ve tried.  I have a crusty nose, half the time I can only breath out of one nostril but the congestion is starting to move out of my lungs so I’m packing up and heading off to the gym.  I absolutely cannot stand to be home one more day!  I need to get in there and see my peeps…I miss them.  Not that I have many friends at the gym.  Okay, so enough blogging….off to the gym…I will write later…

Well I saw this coming.  I’ve been pushing myself past the limit.  I’ve been physically exhausted and still keep training hard.  Friday my eye was killing me all day at work.  I get home and look in the mirror…perfect…I have a sty.  Saturday I wake up and my husband said I looked like quasimodo…it really wasn’t that bad or I wouldn’t have left the house.  I soaked it for two days and when it finally went away I get a sore throat.  I’ve been getting alot of sore throats but I know it’s just allergies.  I knew this wasn’t just allergies.  Monday I woke up and could barely swallow.  I still went to the gym but I could feel that I had a fever because I kept breaking out into cold sweats so I finished like a trouper and called it a day.  So I haven’t been since because I really think my body is trying to tell me something…take a break.  The cold has moved down into my lungs now so I’m definitely not even going to try to go.  Maybe tomorrow though.  If it’s just a cough with no congestion then I’m going for sure.

Because I was so sick I was eating like a horse for the past 2 days.  Today I stuck to my diet (well, except for that tiny piece of cake that had no icing on it…lol) and I will not pig out.  I still look the same except my abs look a little bloated so I’m not in panic mode yet.

I missed my session with Robert this week because I didn’t want to spread my disease around.  He usually keeps me in check so I really like to see him once a week.  I find that I’m getting discouraged alot.  I have good days and bad days.  Some days I feel great about myself and then at least once or twice a week I ask myself "why are you doing this?"  I have to do this.  I cannot be a failure.  I have failed at so many things and I refuse to give up.  I have too many people rooting me on now!!!