How do you diet and exercise when you are sick?

I have had a cold for roughly 5 weeks now. It comes and goes every few days. It's back again. My daughter has had it too. She's in a pre-pre-school with roughly 60 other kids. I teach 4 classes and come into contact with over a 100 students. It seems like we get every cold, flu, and stomach virus possible. I have seriously thrown up so often since she was born that I shouldn't need to diet.

So how do you diet and exercise when all you really want to do is lay in bed all day?

I worked out Sat. but not yesterday and don't plan on it today. I can hardly breathe let alone huff away on a treadmill.

The dieting is not as hard since my appetite is diminished right now since I can barely taste anything. I started the New York Diet yesterday. I have one day of soberiety under my belt as if I was in rehab. I doubt I will make it 14 days but if I at least make it thru the weeknights I'll feel like I succeeded. At the same time I am reading Augesten Burroughs memoir "Dry" about his time in rehab. Fantastic book but not as funny as "Magical Thinking." So the David Kirsch NY Diet is basically the south beach diet with some tweaks. It seems like phase 1 is a bit stricter (1 teaspoon of olive oil allowed per day plus no dairy and very little red meat (meaning no bacon which you can gorge yourself on when doing the SB diet). But then Phases 2-3 get a little easier. He is kind of an "everything in moderation" guru.

Plus I have some fantastic motivation now. My daughter and I are meeting my best friends in Florida for Spring Break. There' s nothing like getting into a swimsuit in March to keep you on your diet.