I have been sick the last 7 days.... I think since I started losing weight more than a year and a half ago... this is the longest I've made myself rest. I went to the gym on Thursday morning last week and didn't do ANYTHING exercise related until last night (Wednesday) where I did a short run on the treadmill and a set of weights.

It was a doozy of a sickness invovling a couple of days of fever and chills, mind sucking sinus headaches, a constant runny nose, coughing fits, and sore throat.

I was talking with some coworkers about it and one of them said "don't you just love the excuse to pamper yourself?" And I thought she meant by not exercising, which was killing me, by the way.

But then she went on to say "I let myself eat whatever I want when I'm sick because I tell myself I deserve it being sick."

I responded "Not me, I hate it because now that I've gotten used to managing my calories - when I'm sick I'm working out less so I know I should consume even fewer calories if I don't want to gain weight. And there's the worst of it... all the time in the world to sit at home thinking about food and not being able to have it!"

She looked at me like I was an alien.

But, and this may sound harsh, I think it's thinking like this that makes the difference between a woman such as herself who is overweight and doesn't understand why she's overweight when she "works out and watches what she eats" and someone like me who does the same.

I won't be quick to pass judgement though because we all have our struggles... but that came to mind after our conversation.

In any case, I'm glad to be close to good health again and looking forward to playing soccer tonight! Woot!