Fitness can't be bottled and saved for a rainy day

As you know I've been suffering with the flu and associated infections - ear, throat and chest. I even had to have a test for whooping cough - but that appears to be negative (the doc said they would call otherwise). I'm now through the anti-biotics and the steroids (to clear up the chesty cough) thankfully - but as you can imagine I've really not had the energy or inclination to do any kind of exercise for several weeks now.

This is all very well but I was relatively fit. Dance classes, cardio, lots of walking and so on ... to nothing. And as a consequence I've lost any kind of fitness I had gained. It's amazing how fast it leaves you, especially given the length of time it takes to get fit in the first place. So I have to start again from scratch (or so it seems). I decided to do some gardening yesterday. The sun was shining, nice breeze to keep things cool but not cold and a garden that seems to grow weeds without impunity.

Today I am sore. My quads especially, that and my lower back. So I know that if I can get sore from doing not very much on the gardening front, I will hurt when I decide to exercise properly. I am not looking forward to the after effects if today is anything to go by. But I also know that if I don't my immune system will suffer as a result and I will be more susceptible to the next round of colds and flu doing the rounds that marks winter. But I also know I should remember that thing about balance. I need to find it.

Speak soon xoxo