I was working from home on Friday, but still got up at the usual time. I decided to do an online yoga class, as I was really, really aching and still not feeling right. There’s no way it could still be jet lag related, but I definitely still felt out of sorts. So I did this.
It was really hard. Mostly because I was aching and stiff as a poker, but also because I don’t do yoga regularly enough to be any good at it. I got properly fed up half way through and really frustrated with my inability to move and stretch and moaned to myself about how yoga is just not suited to fat people. I persevered, but didn’t really enjoy it. I was feeling a bit low, exercise-wise, and wondering if the travel earlier in the week and missing a night’s sleep then going into work was catching up on me. I didn’t feel despondent in terms of the challenge, but I did in terms of how unfit I am and how far there is to go. I also realised I need to book in for another sports therapy massage as my neck and back are still tight.
On Saturday I woke early, still aching! I felt tired and run down when I woke so decided to swim. I went and managed to swim for all full 30 minutes. It wasn’t non-stop but I did do as much as I could and pushed an extra 2 lengths, so I felt satisfied I’d done enough. It was also lovely to be in the pool floating my aching limbs in the water.
I made a bit of a radical decision on Day 6 – and decided to rest from ‘formal’ exercise. Radical, because it’s so early in the 90 days. I actually felt right for the first time all week, and had lost that weird feeling I’d been carrying since Monday. It was a hard decision, whether to push myself to do 30 minutes, but I figured that my body was crying out for the rest so I listened to it. I am hoping that is the only rest day I will have, but realistically in a 3 month period you are going to get times when you just feel a bit under the weather.
That said, I still had a pretty active day. I did loads of stuff around the house, and made sure I was squatting and doing core exercises while I was doing everything! I ran up the stairs a few times and ended up being on my feet and active for 4 hours without stopping. So, while I can’t claim it as real exercise, it was an active day and I feel pretty comfortable that there was a good 30 minutes of running around in there! I don’t feel like I’ve given in early, and I know that if I had been feeling better all week I would have been able to carry on today. I also wanted to be strong to start the week, and not go into Monday feeling weak.
So, tomorrow is another day, as they say…bring on the virtual spinning.