Aw, well, I think having the flu is a pretty valid excuse. When you're sick, you really do need to rest and not push your body too much. It's great that you're using that time to think through your diet and exercise goals.

I've been struggling with some issues too, mainly from having my normal routine disrupted, which causes my newly-formed diet and exercise habits to go down the drain. Like, if it's one day in the week that's a total write-off, I can sort of handle that -- but this past week had several days that were hard to manage food-wise, as well as not being able to get my usual exercise in.

I'm horrible at regular exercising, like going to the gym or doing aerobics or a workout dvd. I don't do it. I tried to do some of the group challenges for like the first month, but I stopped. So far, I seem to be having success with a nearly daily 4-mile walk at the park near my house. If I'm feeling really spunky, I might mix in a bit of running. I seem to be able to manage the motivation for getting outside and walking/running in a way that I just can't for other types of exercise. I suppose I'll eventually have to start getting into building muscle and toning and all that jazz, but for now I'm okay with just losing weight.