Starting over, Week 1

Well this week has been less than pleasant. I have been sick since last week and it has taken until yesterday to fully recover. On Tuesday I had a total of 5, yes, 5 nosebleeds, which is d-i-s-g-u-t-i-n-g. They were so bad that I had a friend of mine take me to the hospital, where they told me I shouldn't have come (go figure). They gave me some afrin and I was on my way. But the next day my nosebleeds were gone and I awoke to a violent cold of some sort that I tried to fight off with Nyquil and Dayquil. It has had me down literally all week, I still have a pretty gnarly cough to remind me.

Needless to say, I haven't been to the gym all week. I went yesterday for 20 minutes but I could tell pretty quickly it wasn't a good idea to go back yet. It ended up making me feel worse. But now I think I am better and will try again tomorrow.

My eating this week has also been horrible, and because I've been sick and I haven't been eating well, it looks like I'm back to square one. Which I'm not lying, really stinks. I am not happy about it. But there is nothing I can do about it now except pick myself back up and try again tomorrow. I'm going to start all over tomorrow, eating healthy, going to the gym, and overall making myself become more active.

Last month I lost 7 pounds. I may have back tracked on that a little bit this past week, but you know what, if I did it before I can do it again. This will just have to be a lesson in picking myself back up. This is also something that I am going to have to deal with for the rest of my life. Weight loss is not something that you do once and you don't ever have to do again. What I am trying to do is about so much more than that. This is about lifestyle change. It's about taking care of my body, something that I am going to have to do for the rest of my life. So I'm looking at this last week not as something to set me back, but as something to push me forward.

Sorry this post came so late, I've been playing catch up all day because of last week, which consisted mostly of wallering in my own sickness. But all in all, I am looking forward to what this week will bring, and I will resume my gym visits tomorrow and will post next week.

Thank you to everyone who has been so encouraging to me in this so far. If it weren't for y'all, I may not be going back to the gym tomorrow. But because of y'all I have the motivation to keep going,and for that I thank you. Have a good week!