Still feeling a little sick this morning. But I ran through my morning routine. As I’ve been telling myself all along. Run through your routine and if you still don’t want to workout after your ready to hit the gym then you can go back to bed.

Got up at 5:30am when the alarm went off. Put on slippers. Walked to the kitchen. Turned on the electric kettle. Poured a cold glass of water and added vinegar. Put (decaf) coffee into the filter. Went to the restroom. Washed my face. Dried my face. Drank cold water. Poured boiling water over the coffee.

Here I would have usually gone to put on my workout clothes and gotten ready to head out the door. Physically I just didn’t feel right.

I decided to hit the reset button. I knew I was going to workout at lunch today anyway. Got back in bed and slept for another 1.5 hours. Slept for a total of 10 hours. That’s way more than I ever need to sleep. It also tells me my body was fighting off some virus and needed the extra rest.

Got up and ran through my routine again. But this time after drinking my coffee (it was pretty cold by then), I went to the restroom to shave and shower. Got dressed for work and headed out the door.

Then at lunch time I went down to the gym. The lunch sessions are always a little shorter, only an hour. So did 15 minutes on the elliptical for cardio. Then did a quick upper body session. Worked arms, chest, shoulders, and back. Didn’t go heavy or too intense. Just a nice and easy session to get the blood flowing and get a good sweat.

After my workout session I felt so much better. Went back to work and finished the day off strong!

Not exactly the hard week of early morning workouts that I had envisioned. Even though I didn’t get to the gym until noon, I kept running through my early morning routine most days and I still only missed one day of exercise.

On top of that, I finally broke through the 205 plateau I had been stuck on for 2 weeks. Weighed in today at 202 lbs. Looking forward to seeing if next week sees me dropping below 200 lbs for the first time in about 2–3 years.

All in all, I’ll take this week as a win!