Getting sick = Losing results?

[arcilitei34]

This is what happened, I pretty much got the common cold for about a week and a half, eating nothing but soup and drinking water, and just as I get better from it, i've been told i've shrunk. During that period I didn't really lift any weights at all, so I'm wondering if this is normal. I'm so angry at myself right now.

 

[ScrewIt]

dont be angry. i've had bronchitis for 2 weeks. and last week i didnt hit the gym cause i was taking cough medicine. if anything i lost probably 3lbs.

it would be natural to lose a pound or 2 cause it's common for someone sick.
Just maintain your food intake and get back into it as soon as you recover, im returning to the gym monday from a 3 week break.

 

[Jariel]

Same happened to me, but you should gain it back very quickly when you return to the gym and get some oxygen pumping back into your muscles.

 

[vanwilder]

Originally posted by arcilitei34
This is what happened, I pretty much got the common cold for about a week and a half, eating nothing but soup and drinking water, and just as I get better from it, i've been told i've shrunk. During that period I didn't really lift any weights at all, so I'm wondering if this is normal. I'm so angry at myself right now.

hey dont worry about it, you should be taking a week off every now and then form the gym anyways, be prepared for some serious gains

 

[ApocalypseCow2]

I was sick for a weekend. I think I went through exercise withdrawal, because I was so damn frustrated that I couldn't work out (well, I *could* have forced myself, but I'm not that dumb )