Got the flu!!!! Been SO SICK!!! Started to feel sick on a little Monday, woke up ~3:00a.m. on Tuesday with the worst sore throat I've ever had and that sick all over feeling. Missed work yesterday and stayed home again today.

Coffee in the a.m. tasted good and felt good on the throat. Tried just one sip of water and almost lost it, so water was out! Thank God for diet 7-Up -- sipped it all day and night -- drank almost 2 liters! That and a little soup was all I could manage yesterday. Today so far I've only had a bit of coffee and diet 7-Up -- woke up over and over again last night and felt like I was being roasted -- SO HOT! Been getting sharp pains in the stomach and still queasy. Needless to say, between being sick and unable to even consider eating protein, the workouts are on hold for now. I'll probably just take the rest of this week off to recover and start again next week -- instead of a 12 week program, this will be a 13 week one for me.