Completely Off Track - Losing Weight

This week has been one of very low lows in which I've been feeling horrible. I have the flu. I think it's finally starting to break through, so coughing is the main part of the cold that is still lingering. Even so, I've been eating non-diet like foods, chocolate, breads, fried chicken. In the first part of the week, I wasn't even sure if this was the flu and so I started eating my old ways thinking maybe I've been taking out too many probiotics from my system. I didn't know if I had drained my body of important stuff and therefore, had become very weak. It was a little scary because I just didn't have any energy, but that was really the only symptom, except for a never ending headache.

After eating normally for a while, the weakness started to dissipate, but the headache remained and this watery hollowness in my ears started to happen. That's when I knew this had to be a cold. My tonsils were swollen, but they didn't feel raw. They felt more like achy. Yesterday was the first time I treated myself for a cold/flu with Nyquil. The coughing really started up and the achiness in the tonsils became the raw feeling.

Anyway, so I've been off the diet now for about a week. I'm afraid to get on the scale...Let me do that now. I'll be right back. O.K. So I'm back. I'm 178 on the digital scale. This means I've gained about 1.5 pounds. I expected it to be worse, so I guess that's good. I'm hoping to get back on track today, but we'll see. I'm still not all together and I really need to feel right to continue dieting and exercising. I guess eating healthy foods won't necessarily make me feel horrible, so I'm going back to that for sure. The exercising will not be happening until I feel all better.

I'll tell you what I have been doing though. I've been watching movies. When you're sick wrapping up in your comforter with a good book or a movie is the perfect solution to a hard day. The only thing I need is
home theater lighting. My lighting at home is so uneven. Anyway, I hope you are still on track with your diet. I'll definitely get back on the bandwagon by this weekend, God Willing.