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| Wedding Day - August 8, 2009 |
One of the joys of having a wonderful husband is being able
to take care of him when he is sick.
That also means that most of the time I will get whatever he had a few
days later. For the past 4 days, I have
had the nasty, snotty, sneezey, coughy crud that my hubby had. Time to break out the yoga pants and lay
around all day.
BUT WAIT! I’m TRYING
to lose weight here!! How am I going to
do that when I am sick! All I want to do
is sit around drinking cocoa and eating soup.
Of course the cocoa is much more helpful when you can dip cookies [or
graham crackers, yum] into it! And soup
is waaay better when you can dip copious amounts of crackers or [even better] a
gooey grilled cheese into it! There goes
the diet. Well, I didn’t do either of
those [yet], and I hope to stay strong and keep the Loser faith.
Here are some of my coping methods for being sick and trying
to lose weight:
1.
Drink hot tea.
Any hot tea. Even hot water with
lemon juice. It opens up your sinuses
with the warm steam, and it has no calories if you drink it without sugar or
milk. If you must, pop a little Splenda
in it to sweeten it up without the extra calories.
2.
Drink water.
Water will fill you up, and it can help flush those nasty viruses from
your system and keep you hydrated when your faucet for a nose won’t turn off.
3.
Eat broth based soup. Skip the [yummy, delicious] creamy stuff, and
go for a good chicken noodle or veggie soup.
They have much fewer calories and fat grams. [That way you could sneak in a serving of
crackers or oyster crackers and the scale won’t be able to tell J]
4.
Go for a walk.
I have been trying to go for a walk each day I’m sick. It helps get your metabolism going again so
you keep burning those calories and fat.
If you are so sick you can’t move without being dizzy, PLEASE sit your
but down and rest! Also, don’t try the
whole walking thing if you have a fever.
That won’t turn out good either.
5.
Eat lots of fruit and veggies! These are a great source for vitamins C and E
that help boost your immune system.
Apples, berries, broccoli, spinach and grapefruit to name a few. Check out the WebMD website to learn more:
I
cheated a little and weighed myself today, so I know that I am on the right
track and my [pain in the butt] cold is not derailing my efforts. Yay me!
We will see what the scale wants to say on Thursday…Yikes!
What
are some things that you do to make yourself feel better when you are sick?
I
always snuggle up with my grandma Marilyn’s quit. It makes me feel like I’m at home and my mom
is taking care of me J
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