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Every single time I have ever started an exercise program, I have gotten sick during the second or third week.
Every time, without exception.
Well, this is the beginning of the third week.
And I’m sick.
Last year, Leah Segedie (founder of Mamavation) told me it’s because I shock my system with the sudden changes in eating and exercise.
I woke up yesterday morning with a deep, painful cough, a sore throat, and aches and pains all over.
I mean, aches and pains over and above the aches and pains I whined about last week.
And I thought last week was a low.
Gah.
Sickness is frustrating, but it’s not derailing me from the challenge.
Last week, my goal was to chart all my food and exercise with My Fitness Pal, and I did that successfully. I stayed under my calorie goal every day except one, and I completed all five of my prescribed workouts.
I’m thankful to have a strapless heart rate monitor to measure my calories burned during workouts. If you don’t have one; I highly recommend it. On the other hand, because I have a heart rate monitor, I know that I’m not burning as many calories with these grueling strength-training workouts as I would be if I were sticking with cardio and a Leslie Sansone DVD. That part has been frustrating.
Alas, I didn’t design the challenge.
The workouts change this coming week. Instead of step ups (which I absolutely hated), we are doing a variety of lunges and pushups and some other things. If you’re interested, you can download the workout plan and torture yourself feel the burn, too.
My Results
I lost almost 2 pounds this week, bringing me down to 315. As with last week, I would have liked to lose more, but I’m happy to have lost. It’s still forward progress.
My Goal for This Week
My goal for this week ahead is simply to get through it – to do my five workouts, to eat well, and to drink enough water – given whatever this illness is and the stiffness going on in my joints.
This post is sponsored Omron Fitness as a collaboration with Bookieboo Blogging Network and Mamavation – a community dedicated to weight loss for women and obesity prevention for families. I was provided with product and compensation for my time and honest opinions.
© 2013, Tara Ziegmont. All rights reserved.
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Two pounds in a week is GOOD! Anything more than that is typically water weight … so you are RIGHT on track with where you should be.
I’m sorry you’re so sick. I remember getting crazy sick my 2nd or 3rd week when I was a Mamavation Mom…. I’m just waiting for it to hit this time around!
If you continue to do what you’ve always done, you’ll get the results you’ve always gotten
Maybe switching up the workout will be a good thing in the long run! Good luck!
That is very true! But when I’ve exercised and counted calories, I have always lost weight. It’s when I get lazy and quit doing it that I get tripped up.
Poor Tara. I’m praying I don’t get sick but it really seems to be going around. 2 pounds is awesome! Totally hope you feel better very soon!!
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Great job, Tara! If you can work through the sickness, you can do anything. You are smart to listen to your body. No workout or effort to eat healthily is ever wasted. This week’s workout is going to be a pain, but it’s the GOOD kind of pain. Right? …right?
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I’d never really thought of that with working out. Good job for sticking with it despite not feeling well!
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Good job sticking to your plan despite the sickness!!
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Great job on the loss! I am sick too and struggling to get my workouts in. It’s really frustrating because we are halfway already BUT this is a lifetime journey so I’m trying not to sweat it too much.
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Congrats on your weight loss! Hope you feel better really soon.
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Awesome job on the weight loss! I hope you feel better too. It’s so hard to workout when you are sick.