Out of Sorts

Not the best day on record today. I got out of bed feeling tired this morning, and then to add to the usual woes, I also felt quite dizzy for a few minutes. The dizziness subsided into light headedness, and then went away. I was not sure if I should go to the gym or not, but then I thought that perhaps the exercise and fresh air during the walk there might do me some good.

I felt okay when I was getting ready, and as I shot out the door I started to feel like my usual self. I guess I got about halfway to the gym before the dizziness returned, although it was much less intense than it had been first thing in the morning. I decided to carry on with the workout as I was out and about, and walked the rest of the way to the gym at my usual pace.

I decided that I would do the cardio routine that had been given to me by my trainer. Normally I try and jazz it up a bit, or double the amount of workout time, but given that I was feeling a bit poorly, I decided to just get through the minimum without having to push myself too hard. I got on the treadmill for my first 25 minute block and got underway.

I found the workout tougher than usual, and found it hard to keep up today. I did not increase my pace or time in any way, except that instead of waiting for the second session to do the last 7.0km/ph fast walking two minute burst, I worked it into the end of the first session as I wanted to get it out of the way. I made sure that I kept my focus on what I was doing as I did not want to get dizzy on the treadmill and end up falling over - that would be a disaster!

In the end I made it all the way through the workout and felt good for having done it. I was a little dizzy at the end, but no more than usual. I did do three sets of 20 crunches, however I was pretty tired and decided to call it quits for today after I had finished that session.

I'm back home, have entered my workout data onto the spreadsheet and posted it to the net for those of you that want to see how I got on. I've had breakfast and am feeling a little better. I'm not sure why I felt dizzy, I think it is probably just part of the change in diet which has come on top of the increase in exercise. I think that it will pass but will see how I get on over the next hour or so. If I am not 100% better by then I may have to cancel my training session tomorrow. It is of coure possible that I might be coming down with whatever illness my trainer had! We'll see.

I do feel good about hitting the gym even though I wasn't really in the mood for it, and it would have been easy not to go at all. I think that the habit is starting to form and that I am starting to like going there more and more each time I go. Long may that last! It's not long until weigh in day, the trainer will do that tomorrow and the official weigh in will be the day after that. It'll be interesting to see how I have done after the substantial drop last week.