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Out of the Black Hole

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P1030606P1030607As you can see from the daily priorities that I write out in my planner- it’s been a weird past handful of days.

It’s been a little over a week since the hammer of the Gods struck and I was hit with food poisoning and then a crazy head cold. I’m happy to announce that finally- finally I think that I’ve kicked every ounce of sickness out of my body.

My trek to getting better felt like it was never going to end. I might as well have been sitting in the bottom of some weird black hole waiting for someone to throw me a ladder. I didn’t have the energy to try- I didn’t have the energy to do anything other than exist. My priorities for every day were just to get through that day- to make it home- to hold myself together in one piece. My to do list just said nothing. I couldn’t eat what I wanted and I couldn’t workout. It was dark, I got depressed, I listened to a lot of coldplay, etc. etc.

Yesterday, however, I woke up after sleeping a full eight hours and felt pretty much like my old self. Plus, it was gorgeous outside here for the first half of the day- sunny and a balmy 45 degrees. I was loving it. As I walked to work, saw all the snow melting away, and had bruce springsteen on blast on my iPod… I felt happy. For the first time in a long time.

Because I’m the worst when I’m sick {I’m impatient, I’m whiny, and I’m grumpy. I’m needier than usual} I would like to send a big thank you to all of my friends and family (both near, far, and online) for listening to me complain and helping me stay cheery.

I’d also like to thank sudafed. And tissues. And emergen-c. And hot tea. And water. And my generally active lifestyle that allowed me to move slightly every day without actually exercising thus making me not lose my mind. When you can’t run, walk. Or crawl. Or just… do something.

I know we’re back to the horrible cold weather. Blech. Trust me. I know. But it’s a lot easier to deal with when you’re not sick. It’s still awful- but not as bad as it could be. That’s what I’m reminding myself anyway. I’m trying not to let it bring me down too much.

Even though I’m feeling better, I’m still kind of just pushing through till February and calling January a wash. I’m holding out for the year of the horse. This last week in January is just a recovery week and a week to get back to normalcy. Whatever that is.

Well part of “normalcy” for me is working out- which I’m doing today for the first time since last sunday (insane). Is it weird that I’m nervous? Is it weird that I feel anxious about it?

I was stretching on my yoga mat sunday night during the grammys and was in disbelief that I still felt strong and like I could hold poses that I did pre-sickness. I’m sure you’re like, no shit allison- you don’t “lose” fitness in a week… you stopped working out for ONE week… you’re so dramatic. But it’s so easy when you’re sick to lose perspective and think your whole world is falling apart. Will just laughed at me as I expressed these thoughts out loud. I’m sure he was also laughing at the awkwardness that was LL Cool J on our television. But seriously- why can’t they get better writers for the grammys? C’mon.

But, it’s a good thing I’m easing back in to working out because… february 2nd marks day one of my half marathon training!

More on that later. Yes. I’m still a tease. But at least you know it’s happening.

Stay warm and

Keep it wicked healthy xox



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