I'm sick, I give myself a pass .. - do you do this?

I tend to eat less when I'm sick, but still not usually balanced or nutritiously, but I don't really care much about calories and weight loss when I'm sick. If I lose weight it's temporary, and I try to focus on just feeling better. I don't think you should go too crazy if you can help it because that won't help you feel better either, but I would not spend a lot of energy on what you're eating or on tracking. Just get some rest and feel better!

Nope. I still stick to my calorie goal (although I tend not to eat when I'm sick) and I use those days as my rest days. No matter what I make sure I work out 5 days a week.

I totally do this! Sometimes eating is the only thing that makes my sore throat tolerable (more than tea or lozenges).
So I just give up counting and focus on napping, feeling better, and eating soup and oranges and everything else.
You're not alone

I am just getting over a pretty bad upper respiratory infection and I decided it was best to steer clear of the gym for at least a few days. As for the food, I noticed I consumed more carbs but so much less food in a whole day. I ended up losing a few pounds this weekend because of it. Most soups in a cup or can are loaded with sodium so I tried to increase my water/fluid intake. The main goal is that you get yourself better! its okay to splurge a little when you're under the weather! My craving to snack went right up!

i pass on the exercise obviously but i still log my cals. for the past week i've struggled to reach 1500 so i think a little more will come off than usual when i weigh in

When I do get sick, which thankfully isn't often, I have to force myself to eat as I have no appetite at all. I don't worry too much about macros when sick. As for working out I'd have to pretty much be in the hospital before I would skip doing something, even if it's just walking the track. But if you over eat while. you're sick I wouldn't worry about it. Do what you have to do to get better.

ill give myself a pass on working out, but not on how much i eat. though if im around maintenance i don care.

I give myself a pass on working out when I'm too sick to move. I usually drink a lot of tea, gatorade, or ginger ale and I'll eat soup with crackers. I still try and track everything, and if I go over in my calories, it's usually from the juices/tea.

I wonder if this maybe goes back to being a kid and getting pampered when you were sick? (Although I don't think parents tend to do that so much any more.) I think we all want some extra comfort when we're not feeling well, and sometimes that might be food, and for a couple of days it's not going to do any harm. But we should probably try to fight the urge to go nuts. And can I just add, sick people... STAY HOME! *Maybe* you have to go to work, but otherwise do the rest of us a favor!

This is something I need to work on. When I am sick, I may not eat as much but I tend to go for high calorie, sugary junk food. I also drink way more calories, especially if I have a sore throat and spend all day drinking hot tea with honey.

The last couple weeks I haven't been sick but have been in nearly constant pain. I have really been fighting my urges to say I don't care and eat a bazillion calories. I have only been semi-successful but it is something I am becoming more aware of and consciously trying to change.

Maybe not when I'm sick because I tend to eat less if I feel queasy or if my nose is too congested to breathe while I'm eating. I hate that. I don't really work out when I'm sick though, too afraid of getting sick in the gym. That would be awful. Usually I just take it easy and eat bland foods, then get back on the wagon as soon as I can with my workouts.
What I'm notorious for is giving myself a huge break when I have my cycle. I've been better this time but on my most crampy/hungry/grumpy day I usually give myself at least one cheat meal. I'll definitely be eating a hamburger later. I don't workout either because I'm not one of those people that gets relief from cramping from working out, it gets WAY worse and it's uncomfortable in general, and also because I get super crabby and can't stand the other people in the gym on those days lol. I have to be antisocial on those days.

i just try to eat at maintenance and not worry too much depending on how sick i am
exercising depends on how sick i am