It is simply the simple system I’ve developed over many years of beating the crap out of my immune system through too many nights of staying out till 4am. People often ask so I figured I’d have a blog post to refer them to.
At first signs of possible sickness, I dive into Black Elderberry. It stops the virus from taking over 90% of the time if taken at the right time. I used a made-up-on-the-spot statistic so you know it’s true.
The French military find American military tactics frustrating. The French are big on choosing targets extra carefully and aiming with precision. The Americans like to plow a damn town down with gatling guns in a display overwhelming force. Feel free to be French in the bedroom… But when dealing with a cold you have to be an American badass!
I like to take a day off work and go full throttle with everything listed below:
If the sickness evolves, I continue the black elderberry and add in large glasses of water with Emergen-C (or any non-brand knockoff) mixed into it. Drink one down every couple of hours.
Take whatever the recommended daily water intake is for your body type and aim to double it.
Buy a bag of tangerines, oranges or clementines and snack on them liberally. I usually go through a package of Cuties in a couple of days.
Stay home and rest for a day or two. Don’t work from home. Just sit there and watch movies or something. Be a vegetable. People mistakenly think their bodies are resting while when their brains are in overdrive. Your brain is another muscle in your body. You need to rest ALL of your muscles, not just the ones you use in the gym.
Gross-out Warning: As you cough up phlegm and other tasty awesomeness, keep an empty bottle of water next to you and get those things out of your body! Don’t swallow them back down. Blow your nose and push all that crap out.
Tequila! Yeah seriously. Take shots throughout the night. Don’t stop at just one. Knock ‘em back till you pass out. At worst, you’ll have a lot more fun laying around the house. But what I find is that Tequila does the best job of plowing through my system and opening up my airways. Plus, yeah, I grew up with way too many Mexicans in my life. Aye dios mio.
Shower at least once but aim for three times.
Protein, protein, protein! Eat as much protein as you can get your hands on. I normally eat a lot of chicken but I’ll go out of my way to upgrade to beef while sick. I also drink a couple more protein shakes throughout the day.
So that’s the day I blitz the damn thing. I continue doing most of this list but usually don’t need to be as militant after a day of attacking it full-on. After this all out assault day is done, I’ll still snack on clementines and have a couple of glasses of Emergen-C for the next few days.
As I start feeling better, I hit the gym for a low intensity workout. Don’t kick your own ass in there as you usually might; you just need to get the blood flowing to sweat some of the toxins out.
That’s pretty much it. I’ll add more if/when I remember anything else.
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