Of bugs and fitness

Last week I somehow acquired some sort of bug that brought me fever, aches and pains, headache and some symptoms of gastroenteritis. This caused me to miss two days at the gym and getting back into it has been difficult even though I’m pretty much back on my usual schedule now. In fact I am doing more rigorous workouts now than I’ve done in many weeks. Between my shoulder and my knee, I feel like I have to be careful all the time. My shoulder is a lot better but it’s not quite right yet. Maybe that will never happen though. I have hurt that shoulder many times over the years and haven’t sought treatment on most of those occasions.  It may have permanent issues now. My knee is still improving but I am impatient for it to be normal again. I am tired of it continuing to give way all the time when I’ve built back so much of the muscle. I’m now able to go upstairs with a bit of speed. It’s still kind of jerky but I am able to do it. Going down still is a bit iffy so I just keep at it. But still my knee gives way quite regularly. My theory is it will carry on giving way even when I’ve built up the muscles to the full potential. But hopefully not. The good news about being sick is I managed to finally drop another two kilograms last week. Not ideal and probably will regain some of it…but it’s progress. That puts my total lost at 5.5 kgs so far which feels a bit better than just three over more than three months. Fortunately I do have better evidence of my effort when looking at my other measurements. I’ve lost quite a few centimeters on my waist and hips and the difference is quite obvious now.