Sick and tired of . . . . . well, mostly just sick!!

So -- Monday night when I posted my last post, I was all pumped up and ready to start a new day.  Yeah -- so that lasted all of about one night.  Wow -- this is really hard.  It's those stinkin' drug rep lunches!!!  Last week it was pizza.  I just CANNOT turn down pizza.  And my first go round was fine -- two pieces and I was done.  But it was after lunch time that got me.  So -- Lesson #4  -- NOT ONLY DO YOU NEED HEALTHY LUNCHES AT WORK, BUT HEALTH SNACKS TO STOP YOU FROM SNACKING ON UNHEALTHY LUNCH LEFTOVERS!!!  So -- today at lunch I went out and purchased some applesauce, Larabars, bananas, and peanut butter cheerios (which are whole grain) to hopefully curb that problem. 


So come Friday (which I had taken off) I was all ready to start over again and make it a healthy choice weekend filled with exercise.  It started off great.  I walked down to my little town to the bank and the post office and then walked to a friends house.  After that I walked back to my house a different route, so in all, I probably walked about 9 miles.  It was about 2 and 1/2 hours total.  And let me tell you, about the 7th mile -- I was scared I wasn't going to make it!! I thought I was going to have to call someone to come get me!! But I pushed through and did it!! It reminded me of the morning hikes at the resort.  Which I miss.  I really do need to find a hiking club in the area to keep me motivated and hiking!   And my body recovered much quicker than I thought it would which was great.


Then Saturday started off a little odd -- I was hoping to work out again but ended up feeling like I needed to rest a little -- well, little did I know a lovely 48 hour bug that's going around was creeping up to get me.  And get me it did!!!  Best part -- I only ate 790 calories Sunday (for some reason, the only thing my stomach could stomach (ha!) was pizza -- something about the bread and cheese I think) but worst part -- I felt HORRIBLE!! and I missed Easter with my family :(  Although all that yummy food would have presented other challenges I'm sure!    I've only just begun to feel better within the last few hours.  And of course, my appetite feels much better too :(    I wasn't too bad today simply because I'm still feeling a little yucky but at least I feel like I can make it to the gym tomorrow.  Still pushin' on!!!!