Been Sick

I started getting sick LAST Thursday and I'm just now starting to mend. Somehow this is a mix of an upper respiratory infection along with an intestinal component. I ran a low grade fever on and off for the last 10 days as well. Yesterday, I must have been sweating it out because my t-shirt was damp for about half the shift. I'm hoping today will be better.

Anyway, despite lack of calorie counting and exercise, I'm still down nearly a pound. As long as I continue to improve, I plan on walking this week and then start running next week. I'm re instituting the star program starting today. Perfect will be 26 stars. Calorie goal this week is less than 1800 per day. 23 stars gets me a new pair of jeans March 7th.

I'm finding this to be a very slow journey. When I finally seem to be getting on track, that's when Mother Nature reminds me that she's in charge. I realize I still have more than a year and a half before the Volkslauf, but I really thought I'd be way closer to my fitness goals than I am. I'm hoping this glitch is just that and that I'll be in a forward motion for a while. I want to run my first 5K this fall and that only gives me about 8 months to get it all in gear. For a girl who hasn't done any competitive athletics for over 10 years, it sounds both too short and too long.