weight loss and being sick......advice please

truddy6647

Ok so I've got a question for the past few days I've been sick. Over the last few days I lost 4 pounds while I have been sick. I understand that being sick can sometimes do that to a person, however, my hope is that I keep that lost. While I am not exercising right now, I am also not taking in the same amount of calories I was when I was exercising. I last went to the gym on Monday. Right now my body aches all over and am having a hard time breathing due to congestion and I get hot and cold spells, so the thought of going to the gym just does not appeal to me. Although I sometimes do feel a little guilty about not going, I know that if I do, I will be reacking havoic on my body. as it is when I went to the doctors yesterday (hubby's appointment) the walking from the parking structure, to the appointment, and back to the car wore me out. I have a pt appointment today, I usually go to the gym before hand and then continue there, however, I don't feel up to that either. I am going but only because it is re-cert day as I need to be reevaluated to see if my script will be extended. I am only going in to have the measurements done and not the exercise. I tend to get out of breath by the time I'm done there on a normal day. Let alone on a day where I am sick and have a hard time breathing as it is. Is it possible for me to retain the weight loss after i get over this crap?