On December 7th I wasn’t feeling like myself. I sneezed twice, coughed once, had 0 appetite and my body ached. Living during a pandemic I thought, uh-oh I got Covid, I need to get a PCR test. My husband and doctor both laughed at me and thought I was crazy for even thinking that! I ignored them and got a PCR taken regardless of what they thought. The wait killed me. I was sleeping and at 2:13 am, I received the message from the Ministry of Health saying that I was positive! I cried and was scared. Little did I know it was like a normal flu but a lot stronger with no taste and smell. I stopped exercising and isolated myself for 12 days in my bedroom away from my kids and husband. I got annoyed and frustrated as I was doing so well with my workouts. But I knew that I couldn’t change anything.
For the first time after nearly a month of doing 0 workouts, crazy me thought I would join my siblings group workout like we normally do every Thursday. I was scared and had zero motivation. My younger sister pushed me to join the last one for 2020! So I joined and 20 minutes in, I got tired and my trainer said to skip 1 round. It was cardio which is my favorite but I simply couldn’t continue and had to listen to my body. I felt I had gone back to 6 years ago when I first started with Ondrej and couldn’t breathe properly. I continued at my own pace and my trainer kept asking if I was ok. I finished and felt good afterwards and when I woke up despite the tiredness I still felt ok and alive. I was scared I would relapse and get sick again but thankfully I didn’t. This January I started my daily workouts with my trainer and hubby.
Ondrej went slow and did a little bit of everything as an introduction. I do not want to say back to square 1 but it sure as hell felt like it. On January 4th he did our assessment after nearly 2 months. He wanted to do his research and see how after having covid how I would be. We started and thank God my planks timing stayed the same but after 40 seconds it was a struggle staying in that position whereas pre covid I would struggle after 1 minute 5 seconds! Next was squats, I kid you not after my 5th one, I wanted to stop and say that I was done. It was a struggle when he told me that there was still 30 seconds left. Next thing you know I did 34 whereas before I was able to do about 46 squats in one minute. After that it was time for push ups. HA! I was about to stop after my 6th one. I continued till my one minute was up to know I only did 13 whereas pre covid I was hitting 19. After that, we had cardio for the remaining time. If you know me, then you know I LOVE cardio! After the first round was done I lost my breath. I hated it, hated covid and what it had done to me! I was able to do all the exercises but my breath was very short. I couldn’t breathe properly and so he told me to skip one round. This wasn’t ME! Normally I would bounce off the walls and would be able to keep going. Normally it’s my hubby who’s had enough! Now it’s me begging him to stop and he was shocked to hear those words come out of my mouth. I skipped one round and went back into it, at my own pace. The struggle was real!
The hour finally finished. It felt like a year but I pulled through. By the end I was exhausted and sore and couldn’t breathe properly. One month of no exercising and getting tested positive and being on winter break did not help at all. Covid does mess with your energy level and breathing for sure. I am determined to get back on track and get to where I was (energy level) pre covid. Ondrej is giving me till the end of February. I hope and pray I meet his expectations!
Meanwhile it is amazing to be alive and healthy. Being able to get back into my workouts feels GREAT. I sure missed it and will work to get into it slowly..
