Sick and Tired, but not too Sick to Exercise

Sunday night I realized I had a low fever and I felt congested. Yesterday I woke up with a sore throat, still congested, still with a low fever. So this seems a little worse than my usual allergies. Still, I managed to get up and exercise during Ewan’s nap. Just a year ago I would have simply decided I was too sick to exercise, but now fitness has become such a priority that I have to be much sicker before I opt out of my exercise routine. Before, anything would do for an excuse--it’s “that time of the month”, I am a little sick, I think I have a headache, etc. An occasional migraine still pretty much shuts me down, but little aches and pains are not so debilitating. And of course there are still days when I really am just too busy, in spite of making my workouts a high priority.

That being said, I’m wondering how I’ll do today. I’m still sick, and last night before bed I took some nighttime cold medicine--the kind that makes you drowsy. And meds that make you drowsy completely wipe me out. I’m very susceptible to that kind of thing. I am definitely not going to drive today, though I have some errands to run which I can do by walking. I’m so tired that it’s hard even to write this today. I have to backspace over a lot of errors (and I’m probably still missing some). I would be napping right now if I didn’t have a 2-year old climbing on me.

OK, I’ve gone completely off subject now! I was going to get on and write about how I did Barry’s Bootcamp Arms & Abs yesterday and how great I felt when I was done, in spite of feeling sick. It was so tough my arms were very shaky afterward--I even had trouble pushing Ewan in the stroller to the bus stop to get Isaac (which I did right after my workout). Today I plan to do BBC Butt & Legs, if I can get the energy up to do it. At the moment I’m contemplating a nap while Ewan’s napping...we’ll see.