Tuesday and Wednesday were not good days at all. I still hadn't eaten Tuesday and most of Wednesday. I just couldn't do any exercise without the calories to sustain me through the workout. By Wednesday evening, I was feeling better so I tried to eat some dinner. Success!!!!!!!!! I felt so much better after eating dinner last night!
Since I was able to eat, I decided to get back to the gym this morning after I coached the Masters practice. I ate half of a protein bar for breakfast and had some orange juice. I wasn't going to push it and since it was a cross training day, I thought I would be a good day to start back.
I did the bike like I always do. After about 5 minutes it started to feel really good. I alternated 1 mile really fast and hard and 1 mile easy for 8 miles. It really did feel good to get some exercise. I then did upper body weights. I just felt amazing the whole time! Such a huge change from even Saturday morning's run.
I did weigh myself at the gym and I've lost almost 8 pounds. I knew I lost some weight due to being sick, but I didn't think it was that much. I guess it gave me a jump start towards my ultimate goal.
When I got home I had to walk River. Since Mike was out of town last night, the dogs had to be put in their playpens/crates when I left at 4:15. Normally Mike feeds them when I have morning practice, but they had to wait until I got home. When I got home at 9:30 they were hungry and River was ready for her walk.
It was a beautiful morning! No humidity and the wind was blowing. We did just over 5k in about an hour. She is tired now. That's good because I have to go back to the University for a meeting and practice so she won't get her lunchtime walk. I'm hoping that since her morning walk was over 2 hours later that the timing will work out.
Tomorrow morning I'm getting up and doing an easy 5k run. Just to get back into the swing of things. Saturday I won't be running as it's my rest day and I'm at a swim meet all day. Sunday I runt he Dirty Dash so that's my run for the day. By Monday I should be back on my training schedule with just a few tweaks.
I'm so glad I'm feeling better!
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