{Being sick sucks}

Can you believe it?

I got sick again.

Which means my mom is on her way of getting sick again also.

I can honestly say it's been at least 10 years since I've been as sick as this.

I had the flu then.

I also got better and haven't had much more than a small cold or sinus infection since then.

I've been sick this entire month.

The first time with the flu-like symptoms and what felt like bronchitis.

This last time with a cold.

I hate it.

Today's the first day in a month I've woken up feeling like a normal human being.

It's entirely possible the new guy got me sick this second time since his roommates were sick also.

I don't know and it doesn't matter. I got sick again and it sucked.

My mom will be banned to her room all weekend while I disinfect it thoroughly.

While I haven't lost any weight since I last wrote about it, I also haven't gained any.

I weighed myself yesterday and I'm at 150 even.

I have been trying to eat mostly healthy since I've not been able to go to the gym.

Today's the first day I've even wanted to go to the gym.

Hopefully, there's not much snow out there.

Maybe I'll let my cleaning marathon today be my workout.

In fact, I think I'll wear my HRM while cleaning just to see. :)

{So much to catch up on}

I'll try to keep it short and sweet.

Last Saturday was the day I was to begin eating better and working out more.

I did great with making and eating my food for the four days of work.

I even brought my workout clothes with me Saturday to work so as soon as I left work I could head over to the gym.

It was cold after work so I parked my car as close as I can get to our gym but it's still a short hike to it.  On the way to the gym, I felt something funny in my lungs as I was breathing. It just didn't feel right or normal but I attributed it to the cold air and the little hike.  I took my "before" pictures here. Yikes. Talk about scary.

Man, have I let myself go again.

That's okay though because I'm working on it.

Anyway, so these were taken December 28 and I weigh 153.6 pounds.

Today, I'm at 152 even. 1.6 pounds lost so far.

I did have to wear my HRM watch attached to my tank top that day and it worked the entire time.  I've found that if I wear it on my wrist then the watch will lose my HR and the results won't be accurate.  Until I change the battery in the watch, this method worked the entire time and I burned 620 calories during this workout!!  I know 307 of those calories were from the full body workout I did.

Even as I was working out, I could tell my breathing was off. Again, it just didn't feel right.  I'd decided to do 20 minutes on the elliptical and when I had 5 minutes left I was going to quit. I wanted to so very badly. I didn't though and just pushed through. I mean, 5 minutes. I could suffer through that.  Then I had a 10 minute cool down walk on the treadmill.  

The following day I woke-up with a terrible cough and sore throat.

I was sick all day at work.

I had to work nights Monday and Tuesday (NYE) but called out for Monday.

Fever, chills, headaches, cough, sore throat.

I was miserable!

Suffice it to say, eating well and workout out went out the window for the last few days.

Yesterday was the first day I ate semi-well.

I'm feeling much better but still have the cough.

I want to start back to the Boxing gym I joined.

I just haven't decided if I'm going to try to go back Saturday or Monday after work to make sure I'm well enough.

{Blah}

I hate getting sick! I feel so bad for my little Gandalf when I'm sick. I just sleep all day and when I'm awake, I'm still not doing much from my drugged haze on the couch. I am thankful that the lil guy is an awesome nap-taker! He sleeps when I sleep and required little attention. When I finally took him outside for his final potty trip, he did a lot of his crazy runs which I know is his way of expelling his energy. Now, he's passed out on the love seat, cute as a button. My place is a mess right now. I've got stuff from my trip thrown all over since I was sick when I got home from the trip and then had to work 2 days before this awesome 3 day weekend.

Here's to hoping for me to feel better tomorrow. Either way, I've got too many errands to run to have another bum, sick day like today. *le sigh*