Can you guess what I'm about to say? Well let me give you some clues. I am curled up on the sofa with a blanket watching re-runs of The Golden Girls. I have sneezed seven times in the last two hours. I'm breathing out of my mouth. AND I'm on my third dose of Airborne today. This is like the 1970's classic game show, The $10,000 Pyramid. If you shouted, "Things a sick person does!" DING! DING! DING! YOU ARE CORRECT!
When I mentioned in my last post about getting sick- I was only kidding! I didn't actually think I would end up sick! There's that karma again! I should know better. It never fails. Just as my husband gets over a cold or flu, I start with one. Every time I think I have bypassed the "contagious point," I come to discover that I have already contracted whatever germ is floating around our house. I was pretty sure I was safe this time, as I have been taking pretty good care of myself lately. But here I sit on the sofa, tissue box in hand, ready to upgrade to episodes of Sex and the City.
I guess the one thing I forgot to mention about February besides the cheeriness and the Superbowl is that my husband and I almost always get sick on, or within a week of, Valentine's Day. Why should this year be any different?! The timing sucks because I am already depressed from "The Post Holiday Blues" without adding illness to the mix, and it certainly isn't going to be a plus for my dieting efforts. Unlike my husband, my response to getting sick is a little different. I don't stuff myself silly with food, as call me crazy, but having a sore throat not only makes it difficult to swallow, but it also hurts. I've been know to drop a pound or two when I have a cold, but I usually find that it's nothing more than the atrophy of my muscle tone from a week of doing almost nothing!
I am hoping for a fast recovery, as I am really getting tired of the setbacks. This diet exercise thing is really starting to feel like an uphill battle, but I must once again remind myself that this is real life and not some perfect backdrop for spontaneously consistent weight loss. I will not be going to the gym until I feel recuperated. In the past my stubbornness has caused a cold to turn into severe Bronchitis. I do learn from my mistakes so as antsy as I may become, I'm not planning on pushing my body until I am in good health again. I do find it disappointing that the very day my husband returns back to work I end up home sick, all alone. If we could only learn to time these things better- where we our sick at home together.
When my husband said he was going back to work today I was excited to let the purification of our environment begin. Break out the Lysol and clean sheets!! But it looks like that celebration may be delayed a bit.
When I mentioned in my last post about getting sick- I was only kidding! I didn't actually think I would end up sick! There's that karma again! I should know better. It never fails. Just as my husband gets over a cold or flu, I start with one. Every time I think I have bypassed the "contagious point," I come to discover that I have already contracted whatever germ is floating around our house. I was pretty sure I was safe this time, as I have been taking pretty good care of myself lately. But here I sit on the sofa, tissue box in hand, ready to upgrade to episodes of Sex and the City.
I guess the one thing I forgot to mention about February besides the cheeriness and the Superbowl is that my husband and I almost always get sick on, or within a week of, Valentine's Day. Why should this year be any different?! The timing sucks because I am already depressed from "The Post Holiday Blues" without adding illness to the mix, and it certainly isn't going to be a plus for my dieting efforts. Unlike my husband, my response to getting sick is a little different. I don't stuff myself silly with food, as call me crazy, but having a sore throat not only makes it difficult to swallow, but it also hurts. I've been know to drop a pound or two when I have a cold, but I usually find that it's nothing more than the atrophy of my muscle tone from a week of doing almost nothing!
I am hoping for a fast recovery, as I am really getting tired of the setbacks. This diet exercise thing is really starting to feel like an uphill battle, but I must once again remind myself that this is real life and not some perfect backdrop for spontaneously consistent weight loss. I will not be going to the gym until I feel recuperated. In the past my stubbornness has caused a cold to turn into severe Bronchitis. I do learn from my mistakes so as antsy as I may become, I'm not planning on pushing my body until I am in good health again. I do find it disappointing that the very day my husband returns back to work I end up home sick, all alone. If we could only learn to time these things better- where we our sick at home together.
When my husband said he was going back to work today I was excited to let the purification of our environment begin. Break out the Lysol and clean sheets!! But it looks like that celebration may be delayed a bit.
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