So slow

My recovery is going so slowly! I am finding it difficult to stay motivated to keep tracking etc. I've reached the point where I'm healthy enough that I don't drop from fatigue at the end of the day, but not so much that I can get any exercise without feeling super drained, so I am having insomnia again. Exercise definitely helps with that, and getting fresh air, but I still have a sore throat and congestion, and it's cold out. Yesterday was sunny at least, so I went for a short walk that was quite pleasant! Today is grey, -4° but feels like -12° with windchill, so the same walk was not as nice. Still I got myself out there at least.

My kid's gym teacher had them doing workouts from Mad Fit in virtual school, and they seem quite doable (she has some workouts which are "apartment friendly" - no jumping, no equipment) so I am going to try starting my day with one of those tomorrow.

Still so tired

Very hard waking up in the morning! Still with the sore throat/headache/sore eyes as well. Ugh. Doing very minor amounts of exercise at this point. A friend is setting me up with the Peloton app; apparently they have some good beginner conditioning exercises. 

Yesterday I did a mini 10-minute workout at lunch (situps, lunges, etc.) and today I went for a walk. 

Here's Tuesday's nutrition:

And today's:

Hopefully these are legible since I'm doing this on my phone!

Monday's log

Started the day with some low-key stretching and exercises. This morning all I managed was stretching because I overslept!

Eureka

Seems like fitday is still working (for now) in the mobile web version... will see how long this lasts! This is the first day I've gotten close to a normal amount of food intake and any exercise at all, so I'm pretty pleased to get such a perfect balance. 

Recovering from Covid

Yep, I got covid. An xmas present from my ex. Grr.

Anyway, I have lost 4 lbs over the past 3 weeks, all of it muscle mass though I'm sure, since it was lost by not eating and lying in bed with a fever.

But I'm feeling pretty normal now, just worn out and stiff from lack of exercise and lack of nutrition. Need to start feeding myself properly and exercising.

I did do exercise at home a couple of days, when it was my son who was sick and I was well, just not allowed to leave the house due to quarantine, but then bam I was sick as well and just going downstairs was too much effort! Haven't even been great about taking my vitamins either, I have just been withering away.

For now, my goal will be to maintain that 4 lb loss while converting some of my flab back into muscle. It's nice to have lost some bulk (I'm currently wearing a pencil skirt that had been too snug for my comfort previously), so I'd like to stay where I am in terms of body size, just firm things up because I feel like a blob of lifeless goo. 

Oh, and it seems like my long term fitness tracker, fitday.com, has given up the ghost entirely in the past week. All of my logs are gone. I was using it from 12 October 2005! Augh