Well I was going to recap Best Body Bootcamp week 7 which is pretty impossible this week as I’ve only worked out once! I’ve come down with a pretty bad viral infection so I have actually listened to my body and decided to take the week off!
I started the week with a 3 mile walk at home for some active rest. On Monday we flew back to Dublin and got in late and then I was straight back to work the next day. I went for a nice slow 4.5 mile run as my body didn’t feel like intervals and I wanted to get some miles in as it was a beautiful day but very cold!
I started to feel quite bad on Tuesday evening/Wednesday morning in work, I had this insane sinus headache, my ears were really playing up, I could barely hear what people were saying, so I thought I was coming down with a sinus infection.
On Thursday morning I woke up with a hideous full blown viral infection and didn’t go into work, I felt awful, so weak, feverish and achy so I just rested up all day.
I know this has been coming on for a while as I’ve felt really fatigued and run down for the last few weeks so clearly I was trying to fight something off and my body just finally gave in to it. I should have listened to the signs earlier and taken some time out, but I really wanted to complete the best body bootcamp program first. I’m just going to repeat week 7 next week instead and make the program last one week extra for myself to get the workouts in. Sometimes you just have to adapt a program to make it work for you.
On Friday I was still feeling pretty rough so I just went into work for a few hours in the evening. I felt a little brighter on Saturday but my sinuses are still really badly blocked. I’ve just been trying to get in loads of juices/smoothies and fresh fruits and veggies to help myself to recover quickly.
Today I might just go for a nice long walk, and then if I am feeling better tomorrow I will ease back into the gym, taking careful note of how I feel.
I guess I wanted to take a rest week anyway so this forced me to do that, and again signalled that I am absolutely useless at listening to my body, as the signs have been showing for the last 2-3 weeks. Sometimes I just want to do so much, that I think it’s of detriment to myself. I just have this overwhelming need to do everything i.e run 3-4 times a week, do long runs, strength train 3-4 times a week, yoga, walks, interval training, as well as working 4-5 hour shifts when I am constantly on my feet moving around and I think I just spread myself too thinly ending up in me feeling completely wrecked and burnt out.
I’ll have to reassess my exercise program after I finish best body bootcamp, I think I need to tweak a few things, to stop myself getting to the point of total burn out every few months.
Right now I’m not even anxious or guilty about missing gym sessions/runs, I know my body needs the rest and I’ll be ready to come back to exercise stronger and mentally and physically refreshed from the break.
So sorry to hear you’ve been hit by a bug but well done for listening to your body and allowing it to recover. Hope you feel on top form again soon!
Thanks, I was probably asking for it by not taking rest sooner! Hopefully I’ll be back to full health soon
Sorry to hear you have not been well, but you are totally right to rest and take care of yourself.
I think sometimes people put pressure on themselves to be so active, when you are right, working etc is also physically demanding. Nothing wrong with time off, and hopefully with some rest you will be feeling loads better soon.
Yeah I think it was wise to rest up this week. I’ll hopefully ease back into some running + gym work from tomorrow. I know that I am totally guilty of that, I need to loosen up on that front as it actually takes the fun out of working out too, I’m thinking I need to go and run/gym rather than I actually want to go and do those things. Hopefully I’ll be back to full health this week!
Rest up, Lauren! I reckon it’s better to reboot your body and get back to it when you’re fighting fit rather than running yourself into the ground.
Hope you feel better
Jamie
Thanks Jamie. I went to the gym this morning, but didn’t feel too great, so I stopped my workout half way through and I’m going to go for a walk later instead. Virus seems to be lingering and sucking all my energy away, so I guess I’ll just rest up and hope it clears soon!
I hope you get better soon. Get plenty of rest and take it easy!