Determined To Succeed

Day fifty-three (and day two of my cold).

Hey there, everybody. I am in day two of my cold. Ugh again, although not as ugh-y as yesterday. My brain still feels two sizes too big for my cranium and my eyes feel like bloated pin cushions. Other than those things, and my general lack of all things even minutely related to energy, I am doing OK. But I ate like absolute crap yesterday, though. I guess I did what I was supposed to do, meaning eating to “feed a cold,” but I hate that often when we get sick we eat what sounds good instead of what is good.

I started out the day doing so-so. I re-heated some beef fried rice and part of a leftover egg roll. Mmmmmm, the breakfast of champions. Then, as the day progressed (and my dosage of Tylenol increased) I ate a can of Hormel chili. It was hot and good and felt even better on my aching throat. But then the inspiration hit me (and my taste buds). Strawberry ice-cream. Man, not only did it sound good but it’s what I couldn’t stop thinking about all yesterday afternoon. Damnit…

I did my best to resist but it was just too much. So, I finally took a (much-needed) shower and headed to the store. I was lucky my ice-cream was in stock and I took it despite the absolutely insane convenience store price. Sigh. I got back home and slowly devoured it, allowing chunks of the frozen goodness to coat my throat on the way down. Man, I wish they could bottle that. I would have bought that instead.

Later on, I ended up having my throat go back into hurting mode so I had some hot and sour soup and a couple of egg rolls and, yes, another delicious pint of strawberry ice-cream. In no way, shape or form the healthiest meal on the planet. Shit, far from it. But two important things. One, it sounded good and when you are sick you should eat what sounds good. Two, the hot and peppery taste of the soup helped my throat, as did the ice cold goodness of the ice-cream. So can I write off ice-cream and Chinese food for “medicinal purposes on my taxes?” Hmmmmmm… And that was my night, laying on the couch flipping through channels watching bits of this and chunks of that. And you bloody-well know you’re sick when you even tune in to about 45 minutes of a movie on Lifetime. LIFETIME!!!!! Man, I must have had a fever.

Today I am up two-and-a-half pounds but that’s O.K. I will work it off (sigh) again. The best thing I can do right now if get my energy levels going again so I can fight this stupid thing we call the common cold. Also, since I feel a bit better, I’m going to eat healthier today and have salads and maybe soup since I am not quite yet up to exercising strength yet. This way I am not eating crap and at least doing better in one area so that by tomorrow (hopefully) I can get back to getting pumped to sweat and have a great workout…

…until then, there is this marvelous invention called a comfy couch and I am going to make the best use of it and the next best invention, the remote control. And even though my head still feels puffy I promise I will skip over Lifetime. And O.K., Lifetime’s movies aren’t all that bad. Hell, the crap they make for Syfy is horrible sometimes. But still, if I can’t find a decent movie on-air or on-demand then I should just go to bed, the best invention of all, and sleep. Have a great (and hopefully healthier) day.