What to do when you have a cold?
 

I woke up this morning with the dreaded scratchy throat as well as a dry hacky cough. Plus a headache and absolutely zero energy. Oh crap....it's a cold!

Does anyone find that having a cold affects their usual routine? I know that normally, when I'm sick, I drink a lot of orange juice...but I haven't had a drop of any kind of fruit juice since I started trying to lose weight in January. I only drink water now, with a very occasional glass of diet 7-Up.

So I guess I'm just looking for any suggestions that might keep this cold from totally sabotaging my efforts.

When I'm sick I only want carbs. I personally just give in within means. If you are seriously craving orange juice have a glass.

Last time I was sick I had chicken noodle soup and 7 up even though I cut most carbs and I was fine- no drastic weight gain.

I keep Sambucol in the house for when I come down with a cold. If I take it within a couple of hours of the first symptoms, the cold goes away.
But I have to take it for 2 more days or the cold will return.
So I never get real sick anymore.

If you search for Sambucol in the internet you will find a lot of good info on it.
It is sold over the counter in drug stores and does not need a prescription.
It is a newer med made in Israel.
:)

You can also buy it from online stores for about half of what the drug stores sell it for.

And I grow giant mullein and make tea from the dried leaves. It stops a cold dead in its tracks also. It is an ancient remedy for colds and flu.
You can buy Mullein tea in the internet also. You must filter the tea through a coffee filter to remove tiny barbs on the leaves, or you will get a throat irritation. It is a mild, sweet green tea, so I don't have to add any sugar to it.

Why go through days and days of suffering, or watch your kids suffer, if you can stop the illness in a few hours with tea and elderberry extract (sambucol).
Some of these simple old remedies can be lifesaving.
:coffee:

Ick! It's definitely been going around in my office too, so I'm trying to stay as far away from people as I can :dizzy: Not easy when I work front desk and basically come in contact with all my coworkers and then some!

See if you can pick up some zinc tablets OTC - they do wonders at cutting the duration of a cold down to a day or two for me. Drink lots of water and REST! Put the gym and working out on hold for a while so your body can recover - give yourself a couple of days even after you think you're okay to ensure you dont push yourself before your body is ready.

Feel better soon :hug:

Thank you all for the comments! I picked up some zinc tablets at the drugstore this morning along with my Robitussin and throat drops, so hopefully between it all, my cold will disappear (relatively) quickly. I think I caught it in time; I didn't feel any symptoms until this morning (although my mother says she heard it in my voice when we talked on the phone last night, haha.)

And I definitely don't intend to work out for the next couple of days; the weather isn't going to be conducive to that anyway (rainy and cold). I'll just focus on getting better so I can get right back at it once I'm 100% better. :)

I stayed on my regular food program the last cold that I had. I think I sat out from working out for two days... I went back as soon as I started feeling better although I wasn't 100%.

I'm just getting over some nasty virus, probably was just a cold, but man, did I feel BAD for a couple days. Like could not function! In and out of shivers and sweats, head so stopped up I couldn't breathe, sore, sore throat. I ate right along on plan as usual. I'm really trying to hammer in to my own head that the way I eat now is the way I eat now. I eat this way if I'm sick, if I'm well, if someone has a baby, if someone dies, if it's cold, wet, dry, sunny. If I win the lottery, if I lose my job.

That said, my WOE allows for some leeway, so a glass of OJ if it will make me feel better is not off limits. Diving into my daughter's Easter basket because I'm feeling stuffy, miserable, and sad, IS. :D

Hope you nipped it in the bud and won't be out of commission like I was. I hadn't been sick in a long time, and it's NOT been fun! Take care!!