But one that has been challenging to achieve has been my weight loss. I have been angling to get down to 195lbs, and then reassess, tweak my plans to get to 175lbs. But due to our March Covid infection I’ve had to put my physical weight training on hold, as from what I’m reading out of the EU is that I need to go very slow for 3 months post infection, so as to reduce a late stage swing into ME/CFS, or Long Covid symptoms, or reactivating the Epstein Barr virus I had in 2015, which was super unpleasant. So I haven’t lifted any weights, been running/jogging, or done push ups, squats or anything of the sort since mid March. We will start swimming in the next three weeks, and I’d like to get out on my bike too. Had some new, weird pains in the body, chest, and back since the infection, so I’m holding off for now. Do I like being pudgy and inactive? No, not really. Do I hate it enough to risk major complications over and above my Crohn’s Disease? No, not at all.
So a tough spot to be in. No summer body this year. Ha. As if. I’m not aiming at Adonis, just less spare tire around the middle, less lethargy, and the ability to lift my kids from the couch to bed when they fall asleep. All without putting my back out would be a nice touch too.
As far as the weight goes, I dropped down from 213lbs to 203-205lbs hovering there for the last few weeks at least. More water intake, keep myself busy, and try to integrate physical activity when it is safer to do so. Slow & steady, with long term behavioral changes, just like my 521 day streak of writing. It’s not all Grapes of Wrath, sometimes it’s just ad copy for toilet paper, you know. But I’m doing it, daily.
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