Umm…does sweating out a cold really work?

Hi Everyone!

I hope you all had a relaxing weekend.  Mine was- I enjoyed a run with my friend Lindsey yesterday morning and today I cleaned up around the house, did some laundry, made my breakfasts and lunches for the coming week, and I even took a nap today.  I always feel like my weekends are so busy.

Anyway, I wanted to post today about working out when sick.  I’ve been dealing with a cold since Thursday and have tried to power through my workouts.  I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not all too sure when to work out and when to hold off when I’m sick. I think– please remember everyone that I’m NOT a doctor or anything- that if it’s a head cold you can work out safely, but anything below the neck is a no-go.  That said, if you feel like “death warmed up” then you probably shouldn’t be working out at all (credit for that saying goes to Sara with a D if she’s reading…).

I went for a short 3-mile run with Lindsey yesterday but did lots of walking around all day.  I came home last night feeling awful, fell asleep on the couch for a bit, woke up and ate a metric ton of ranch dip and fresh cut veggies, then went to bed.  Today I woke up a bit short-of-breath so I decided to give it a rest today.  I’m going to try again tomorrow morning though- I’ll set my alarm for bright n’ early!  What about you? What do you do when you don’t feel well?  Sometimes I really don’t feel like working out but feel better after I do. That’s how I felt when I ran yesterday, but I think I may have overdone it with all of the walking around and general non-stop action of my day yesterday.

SPEAKING OF, I made more home made ranch dip yesterday.  It’s SO much better than anything you can buy at the store and it’s really filling (granted, I use the full-fat stuff) and this recipe is NOT paleo, but it’s still good if you’re not hardcore paleo or if you’re choosing to follow a more primal diet.  OR if you just love ranch dressing.  Anyway, without further adieu…

Ranch Dip

• 1 C mayo (I like either making my own or using the full-fat kind made with Olive oil)
• 1/2 C sour cream (I use the full fat kind for this too)
• 2 T of fresh chives (or you can use 1 T of dried)
• 1/2 tsp of dried parsley
• 1/2 tsp dried dill weed
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp onion powder
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp pepper

Directions:

• Throw all of the ingredients in a  bowl
• Stir it up
• Taste it! But taste it with like a tomato or a piece of lettuce or something you’d eat it with. I usually add a dash more of onion powder, because I really love onion powder. But there may be other spices you’d like to add, perhaps you love dill. Throw some more in there!
• Proceed to eat with your carrots, red pepers, broccoli, a spoon, whatevs.
• Note: I think this ranch tastes better after it’s been sitting in the fridge for a little while

Now you won’t have to go to the store to get the processed sugary crap we know as ranch dressing! It tastes so much better than what I’ve purchased at the store.

Have a great week and thanks for reading!

-C