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ugh a cold

Week of 1/6/2013 - 1/13/2013

Swimming - 2
Biking - 0
Running - 1
Strength training - 2
Weekly weight loss - 0
Overall weight loss - 27.5

The week started off so well, was getting back on track from the holidays and then bam Wednesday afternoon my throat started feeling scratchy and my body was a bit achy.  Now I didn't know if the ache was from working out or that I was getting sick.  Then I got home and was feeling even worse, cold sweats, ugh. I'm getting sick.  Since the flu is crazy I thought please just let this be a cold I can't afford the flu (since I just started my job in October).  So Thursday I set my alarm planning on going to the gym, nope, hit the snooze and stayed in bed until I needed to get up to go to work.  The next few days was more of the same.  Now it's Sunday and I'm starting to feel human but I have been away from the gym for 4 days, ugh.

Start over, again.  It could have been worse, I could have had the flu and I could have been sick for a lot longer.

The first three days of the week were good workouts, 2 swim workouts, 1 run and 2 strength training and all were solid workouts.  Hopefully tomorrow will start out with more of the same.

The She Does Tri jerseys that I wrote about in November have arrived and are being shipped out.  I so can't wait to see them and can't wait to put mine on to see how it fits!!

Stay healthy my friends.

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