Working out and making the best food choices when sick

RachNRoll
RachNRoll Posts: 192 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I have a cold since 3 days (runny nose, light head, a bit of fever, cough) coincidently at that time of the month (PMSe), and I’ve been having an extreme high apetite.
It’s not that common for me to have such a huge need to eat when I have PMS (usually one treat solves it) so I think it’s the fact that I have a cold and feel so poorly that is messing up with my system.
I’ve been snacking on dry cereal and berries for 3 days now (plus other regular meals), and today I’ve been trying really hard to be good. Also, because I feel so poorly, I missed 2 workouts and it’s making me feel sluggish. I’m coming back to the gym today but I’m still not 100% well, and I’m a bit afraid of doing squats and deadlifts :(

Is this normal? How do you deal with these setbacks and how do you recover from them?

p.s. at least I didn’t ate crap (silver lining).

Replies

  • AmandaDanceMore
    AmandaDanceMore Posts: 298 Member
    I would NOT be working out if you are still feeling light headed and running a fever. Stay home, rest, hydrate and allow your body to get well.
  • Shawshankcan
    Shawshankcan Posts: 900 Member
    If you're sick, stay home. Don't get others in the gym sick.
  • Noelani1503
    Noelani1503 Posts: 378 Member
    My personal rules are no working out if I have a fever, feel weak or lightheaded, or a cough. If it's the very tail end of the illness and I just have an occasional cough, I'll go back at it but a little easy.

    Working out when you're still that sick is dangerous.
  • RachNRoll
    RachNRoll Posts: 192 Member
    Oh hey, I’m better today, definitely no fever and overall better, that’s why I’m going to train. I just wanted to know if it’s normal to feel that hungry when sick
  • Sassie_Lassie
    Sassie_Lassie Posts: 140 Member
    I've had a cold for the better part of a week now: stuffy nose, cough, pink eye . . .yeah, I'm a total hot mess. I have NOT been to the gym nor have I done any sort of workout. Not only do I not want to infect everyone at the gym with my germs (seriously, that's a HUGE pet peeve of mine: people who go to the gym and work out when clearly they're sick. I wonder if they do it just to spread their germs?) but my body is pretty much telling me to just relax and get well.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Yes, it's not uncommon to feel hungry when sick with a cold. As my nurse-friend always said, "It's normal for you." Some people do, others lose their appetite.

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