Resting is not something I am good at. I am constantly complaining (sorry Nathan) about never getting to rest and do nothing, but there is just always something that needs to be done, and the resting never happens. This week, I was forced to take some time to rest.

I woke up Monday morning feeling sick to my stomach. I was up at 4:30 AM because I was planning to go to swim practice, but since my tummy felt like it was in a million knots, I wasn’t so sure my morning was going to go as planned. I tried eating some cereal to make sure I wasn’t just hungry, but when the cereal made a reappearance a few minutes later, I knew practice was off the table. Unfortunately, so was work for that day.

If you know me, you know that I hate missing out on work or school or whatever it is I’m supposed to be doing. There was one time in high school my mom literally had to bribe me into staying home because I was very sick, but I didn’t want to miss anything. (I might have a problem haha).

Anyway, I made myself stay home on Monday to rest, and I slept most of the day. In the middle of the afternoon, I decided to go for a walk because like I’ve said in earlier blog posts, I better be dying to not do some kind of exercise. It exhausted me, and I went right back to sleep when I had finished.

I have felt under the weather this entire week, and I’ve made myself go to work every other day, but I still don’t feel good even as I write this. Walking is about all I have done for work outs for the last several days–besides attempting to ride the bike once or twice–and it’s driving me crazy!! I cannot stand doing this little for workouts. I love getting up in the morning and getting my sweat on, or hop in the pool, and I haven’t gotten to do that for almost a week now. That’s how you know I’m really not feeling good, because I am not the kind of person to skip workouts just for the heck of it.

But, in a way this is also good for me. It’s probably time I slow down and allow my body to rest so that when I am finally feeling better, I can go back at it as hard as I want. I’m starting to realize how my dad has been feeling for the past several months, since he has been having to take it easy as well. Dad, you’re right, it sucks!

If anyone has found themselves in the same boat as me, please take the advice that is easier for me to give than actually listen to: REST! Your body is trying to tell you that it needs some time off, and you need to listen to it. It actually has been kind of nice to go to bed early this week, and even though I don’t like skimping out on workouts, it’s what my body needs right now, and it’s thanking me for it. Only do as much as you can handle!

Until next time! 🙂

Megan Reiffenberger