And here I thought the cold I had a week and a half ago was all I got, how wrong was I.
It has been so cold last week, normally I can handle it fine but last week I’ve been cold the entire day. Now I know that was because I wasn’t fit. Friday morning I did some cleaning, got my run in, did grocery shopping, took Bella for a walk but when I got home after that I completely collapsed and felt very sick, think I had a fever but since we don’t have a temperature I’m not sure. My head was exploding, my body was tired and all I could do was sit on the couch and do nothing.
I went to bed early and had 10 hours of sleep. When I woke up Saturday morning my throat was still hurting, my nose still running but the headache was gone and I felt better.
By now (Sunday evening) I’m not a 100% fit but it’s getting better every day. I took Saturday and Sunday off from working out. I’m picking up my workouts tomorrow and go to work and we’ll see how it goes. Because I was sick I’m behind on reading blogs but I’ll catch up with you next week.
We had snow last Tuesday and because it’s so cold it doesn’t melt. Today we had some more snow and more expected tonight. It’s cold and it looks like it’s going to stay cold the next week.
Workouts:
Wednesday morning I was glad that I didn’t have a run planned because it was so cold and the roads weren’t clean yet with all the snow. Instead I did a Chalean Extreme workout but I wasn’t really in the mood and I skipped two exercises. Excercises were all for legs and shoulders.
Total time: 29 minutes.
Friday I did training 2 of week of the 5K program. I had to do 2-6-2-6-2-6 and it went fine till the last 6 minutes where I had to take an extra walk break. My physical condition considered it was an okay run.
Stats:
Run-walk ratio: 2-6-2-6-2-6 minutes, 1 minute walking inbetween (24 minutes running, 6 minutes walking)
Weather: dry, windy, 0C (33 degrees)
Distance: 4.4 K / 2.7 miles
Time: 00:31:08
Last song on Ipod before finish: Bruce Springsteen – Cadillac Ranch
Weekly workout review:
My workout week was fine till Friday, then I got sick on Friday and took extra rest days on Saturday and Sunday.
Meals:
Wednesday
Breakfast (4 points): Oatmeal with a half banana, 1 tablespoon brown sugar and 1 tablespoon peanut butter. Never had this combination before and it tasted very good.
Lunch (13 points) Couscous salad, it was delicious, an orange, milk and a bowl of tomato soup because I wanted something warm. Turned out to be way too much for lunch and I wasn’t hungry the rest of the afternoon and didn’t eat my fruits.
Dinner (10 points): Spaghetti with meatballs and tomato sauce.
Snacks: Zoen (during a meeting) (2 Points).
Thursday and Friday and Saturday
Thursday was a complete off day and I didn’t count points. I had a meeting all day, including lunch and I had too much too eat. Still need to work on that. Friday was okay but I ate not enough during the day because I was sick. Saturday was a good day but I forgot to take pictures.
Sunday
Breakfast (7 Points): Vanilla yogurt with blueberries and granola.
Lunch (7 Points): 2 Slices of whole wheat bread with salad, brie cheese, honey and walnuts.
Dinner (12 Points): Pasta with Bolognese sauce.
Outfits:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
I love banana and peanut butter (or almond) oats.
I have been feeling cold as well, although not sick. Sometimes I wonder when we reduce calories if it doesn’t make us feel colder because we just aren’t taking in enough extra energy to stay warm.
Hope you’ll feel 100% soon!
All your meals look very tasty; I especially like the brie sandwich with walnuts – great idea!
Have a great week!
Feel better. I love your pictures outside and the pictures of your food. Tonight we had baked beans and the same corn blueberry muffins I made last week. I bought a lot of good food yesterday. Eating healthier is expensive.
hope you feel better soon. I think you did great, workout when you could, rested when you didn’t feel well, this tells me you are very intune with your body and know when it needs rest, this too is very important!
I hope you have a great week!
Hope you feel better soon!
I went out for an hour’s walk today and it was bitter cold. Thank goodness I’m getting a treadmill soon so next time I can workout inside
Feel better soon Fran….
Loving the snow…but today it has caused such chaos in Germany
We are having ridiculously cold weather this week coming but at least most of the snow we had has melted away…. for now. Supposed to snow a bit tonight and maybe again on Friday. No chance we’re having the nice mild winter we did last year.
It was only -5.5 celcius here this morning so I opted to go to the gym. That was a big turnaround from my beautiful run outside yesterday when it was 8 C!
Hope you’re feeling even better today.
I’m so sorry you were sick – dang girl, you were REALLY sick! Hopefully you’re on the mend by now.
Bella standing in the snow is making me laugh and shiver at the same time! She’s such a tough little dog; I just love her! The snow looks pretty but too bad it comes with such cold temps! I don’t think you’ll see me outside running in the snow, even though Jeff has now officially said he thinks we should do that. He’s crazy.
Hope you feel better today Fran! Congrats on your 10 years at your office – hope the party they throw for you is great!
Hope you feel better. My hubby woke up sick yesterday & I have a terrible headache today. Love the first photo. So beautiful. Glad to hear you are taking it easy. Your body will thank you for it.
Hi Fran. Hope you are better soon. Pesky cold, sometimes they’re hard to shake!!! I’m smitten with the short black boots. Gorgeous! Love the photos of the snowy landscape, and little Bella. AWW. Take care my friend!!!!
Glad to hear that you are feeling better! I also got hit with a cold recently and had to slow down my exercise efforts (it’s hard to even think about exercising when you can’t even get up off the couch to get the laptop!) Life is that way…this is a journey to HEALTH…so that means that when we are sick we have to slow down and let our health regenerate!
You’ve got this!
I hope you’re feeling better!
That photo with Bella with the frozen canal and snow is lovely.
The sandwich with salad, brie, walnuts, and honey looks amazing. I am going to make something like this soon!