Two steps forward, one step back or was it one step forward two steps back? It’s been about a week and a half since I came down with a sinus infection. I was able to make it to work, which only made my time away from work all about resting. I laid around all day last Saturday, feeling very miserable. It has been a long while since I felt that sick. A week and a day later, I still am not fully recovered. My exercise goals have been pushed to the back burner. If my body wanted a day off, I gave it. And my body wanted several days off.
Feeling better this weekend, I had plans to go for a six mile run, but with Christmas shopping, decorating and still sniffling and plugged up, I decided to forgo it. I had wanted to really push myself during my Holiday Challenge, but I decided to pin certain goals on the calendar for another day. Well, tomorrow another day dawns and with it another chance to get back on track. Isn’t that life? Nothing in my life is constant. Things ebb and flow. The key is giving myself the grace to take a day or week off and know that life is about going forward and backward. The key is to always be looking ahead and not letting those down days bring me down permanently. Rest can be just as important as working out, especially when you're ill. I am glad I listened to my body and decided to take a step back. Tomorrow a step forward, with a new appreciation on what healthy feels like.
Nothing to be proud of, but I did manage to move a little bit during the past two weeks:
11/26 3.5 run, AM stretch, 1 mile walk with dog PM
11/27 AM stretch, weights & workout
11/28 AM stretch, 1.5 mile walk with dog
11/29-12/3 - got all my veggies in, but that’s about it. It hurt to bend over!
12/4 - AM stretch, weights
12/5 - 3.05 mile run, AM stretch
12/6 - AM stretch, weights & workout
12/7 - 3.10 miles run, AM stretch
12/8 - 5 miles of walking- AM walk dog & PM walk at Greenlake Pathway of Lights with my daughter and husband.
