Day 221: Starting Where I Left Off

I took a total of 8 days off with a medical excuse and I decided to start back where I left off.  Not only was I sick with a fever, body aches, and all the wonderful things that go along with having some kind of cold/infection, but I had a coughing fit that threw my back out.  So on top of everything I was temporarily crippled. 

I don’t know if you have ever thrown your back out but let me tell you it is painful.  It hurts to sit, hurts to walk, just hurts all the time.  Again the only way to heal is to take it as easy a possible. 

Now, my back is a dull ache and my cold is reduced to sniffles it is time once again to start back up the exercise.  This afternoon we hit the gym and in particular I hit the treadmill.  To ease my body back into the workout routine I did 30 minutes at a medium speed and a 6 incline.  My legs felt good and I only coughed a couple of times. 

In the end I had worked up a nice little sweat.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, we sure did.  Now I need to formulate a workout plan for the New Year.

Daily Recap:

Matt & Kelly: 30 minutes treadmilling at the gym 

Day 220: Have to Pause for Recovery…

Woke up this morning with a fever still at 102 and I could barely move.  I did get a doctor’s appointment for this afternoon and it couldn’t be sooner, I feel awful!

At the doctor’s office I got examined and was still running a temperature of 100.  My blood pressure was great through after being elevated about a year and half ago and that I attribute directly to the exercise I get. 

I got a script for antibiotics and was told to rest for 7 to 10 days and that I would probably be infectious for another three days or so.  I was advised not to do anything except rest and I couldn’t really argue with that since I felt like I had been hit by a bus.

We had to cancel a trip to Denver and I am going to have to pause the Blog to give my body time to recover. 

I will be back when I am healed. I don’t expect it to last more than the 7 to 10 days recommended by my doctor. 

Merry Christmas!

Day 219: Fever

Kelly waited for me to get home to hit the gym.  I was really feeling worn out and jokingly I asked her if I felt like I had a fever.  In reality I did.

I was running a fever of 99.8 degrees and we decided I probably should not head to the gym and spread whatever contagion I have around.  While she went to the gym I broke out the weights and did a light full body workout.  I really wish I hadn’t. 

In a little over 2 hours I felt completely like crud!  My whole body ached and my fever had risen to 101 degrees.  I had the chills and muscle pains, a severe headache, and my hips and thighs were killing me.  By 11pm my fever had risen to over 102 despite taking cold medication and ibuprofen.

Because my fever kept rising Kelly kept taking it every hour or so.  By midnight I had hit 103.3 and we had decided that if it hit 104 I would go to the doctor.  Luckily after another round of cold meds and a lukewarm shower we got it to stabilize at 102. 

It was safe to say I had the funk and needed to make a doctor’s appointment in the morning.

Daily Recap:

Matt: Light full body workout with a fever

Kelly: Treadmill workout at the gym

Day 218: Treadmill Time at the Gym

After work it was again too cold to run outside so I suited up and hit the gym yet again.  I have to be pretty close to getting my free T-Shirt for going 20 times in 60 days. 

As I jogged my throat started getting soar.  It was crazy like I could feel a cold coming on but it was not quite there.  By the end of the run I wasn’t feeling too good at all.  I called it, made my way back out to my car, and went home. 

Soon after I started getting body aches that I attributed to the workout.  Bottom line is I just wasn’t feeling good.  Hopefully after a good night’s sleep I will feel better tomorrow. 

Day 217: The Day After

We got up this morning and hit the gym for some post party workout.  Today’s mission was 30 minutes jogging on the treadmill to burn some of the calories consumed the night before.  I was shocked at how easy it was.

My legs felt good and I didn’t even check the time until I was over 12 minutes in.  Usually I think I have been torturing myself for 20 minutes only to find out it has been 4.  I finished with an average pace of 4.34 miles an hour. 

I had a good sweat and felt pretty good as well. Not bad for the day after a party, I guess that was our reward for leaving early and not drinking ourselves into oblivion like some the people we saw were doing.

Daily Recap:

Matt and Kelly: 30 minutes on the treadmill

Day 216: Christmas Party!

Tonight was my company Christmas Party and we had planned on hitting the gym but with time running short I wound up just lifting in my garage.  I got a full body workout in and then had to go pick Kelly up from her stylist.  After that it was a quick race home to shower, change, and head out for a free dinner and drinks. 

The food is usually bad, but that is okay since the company spends most of it’s money making sure the bars are free flowing all night.  Do you know how to spell happiness?  O P E N B A R!

The theme this year was Casino night and since neither of us gamble (it’s not that we are opposed to it, it’s that it simply doesn’t interest either of us) we were board.  Around 10pm we had had all the party we could take and headed home for an early night cap.

Daily Recap:

Matt: Full body workout free weights in the garage. 

Day 215: Home from Dallas

Kelly came home from Dallas today.  I did a light full body workout and 100 jumping jacks.  Tonight also starts our 12 days of Christmas.  We watch a different Christmas movie nightly until Christmas.  We are big fans of the classics.  If you are interested here are some of the movies we watch:

It’s a Wonderful Life

The Bells of St. Mary’s

White Christmas

Holiday Inn

The Bishop’s Wife

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Story

We sprinkle some new movies like Fred Clause and Elf.  It’s great fun and a great way to put yourself in the Christmas spirit. 

Daily Recap:

Matt: Full body workout

Kelly: TBD