Oh the Winter sickness. It happens every year. I should be used to it by now, but I’m not.
I’ve been sick since before Thanksgiving. I always get sick in the winter, and usually with a bad cough, but this year has been exceptionally bad. It started as a cold, progressed into a cough and ended up as a chest cold that is still lingering. The last time I went to the gym was about a month ago. :( And I’ve only run 2 times since Turkey Day.
It makes me feel so lazy and all I want to do is lay around. And part of that is because I need to so I can get better faster, but it still makes me crazy. And my waistline doesn’t like it either. I’ve put on a few pounds since I got sick… yes, part of that is all the cookies at Glass… and the Candy Drawer… but part of it is my laziness and lack of drive to workout since I can barely breathe all the time… that and the fact that every other year I’ve kept running and working out which has just drug out my sickness for months on end. This year I took time off. Real time off. I haven’t even stretched much. 
So, what’s happening with me? Well, barring any sickness continuing, starting next Monday I’m back at it. I’m going to be back in the gym working out, lifting weights and eating right. I’m hoping getting the few holiday food pounds off will be quick. I’m actually starting a new training program called the Jamie Eason’s LiveFit 12 Week Trainer. It’s very similar to what I was doing for the figure competition this summer, but I’ll be doing it on my own. I’m planning to follow it to a T and report back to you with the results (that will hold me accountable right?). I’m curious what will happen when I really get back into lifting and working out in general. I’m sure I’ll be really sore and I know I will feel better. Being so lethargic has been really tough.
How about you? What’s happening with you?
What do you do when you get sick? Continue working out? Rest and relax?
