Bleh. It was a bad week for working out. On top of a nasty cold, I've been transitioning off of Lexapro and the withdrawal has not been fun - nausea, light-headedness, and problems with short-term memory. Wow. I can't imagine what it must be like to go through withdrawal from stronger drugs! The good thing is that I'm at 1/4 of my original dose now and am feeling a lot better. I am starting to feel like myself again after months and months of feeling like a zombie. And I've lost 4 pounds since I started tapering off a week ago. I think it's probably all water weight - but it makes me hopeful that the weight I gained with Lexapro may come off easier than it was coming off before. Anyway, because of my light-headedness and nausea, I was afraid I'd drop weights or hurt myself in the weight room, so I have stuck to "safe" stuff like push-ups and crunches for the past week and a half.
Anyway, on to the good news - I finally felt good enough to lift today and OOOOOOH it felt good! And I was able to maintain the same weights I did before I got sick, so that was awesome. I was expecting I'd have to go down in weight for the second sets.
Workout B Day $:
Deadlifts: (with dumbbells) 12x40
Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 12x24
Wide Grip Lat Pulldown: 12x30
Lunge: 12x24
Swiss ball crunch: 10xBW
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