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After Being Sick

A two-to-three-week return plan after flu, a virus, a lingering cold, or time in bed. It starts with basic recovery, adds short walks in week two, then brings back the previous plan at half its former size when walking feels easy.

or get coached through it

Give yourself two to three weeks to rebuild in a calm order after illness or time in bed.

Return In Stages

Start with recovery basics, add alternate-day walks, then return to your previous plan when walking feels easy.

Follow Your Response

Your morning-after response decides how quickly the plan moves.

Wait For Steady

Do not add movement until sleep, water, and three real meals have all been steady for three days.

Check Next Morning

Tell BodyBuddy how you feel on the morning after each walk.

Shorten If Worse

If you feel worse after a walk, make the next walk shorter instead of skipping it.

Grow By Notches

Once the previous plan returns at half size, increase it by one notch every few days.

Never Push Through

BodyBuddy will keep the steps in order and slow the return when your response calls for it.

Recovery Building Blocks

These are the concrete practices that carry the return plan.

Week 1

Week 2

How BodyBuddy works

  1. 1Start the plan.
  2. 2BodyBuddy texts you every day to keep you on track.
  3. 3Actually finish what you started.

What the texts feel like

Week 1 · getting steady

Today 7:42 AM

Week 2 · the slip

Today 7:42 AM
week 2 morning check, how do you feel after yesterday's walk?
Pretty wiped out, like I got ahead of myself.
heard, the next walk is shorter and tomorrow we check again
Later
did the tired feeling ease at all today?

Old plan · the return

Today 7:42 AM
last stop, do walks feel easy enough to restart at half?
Yeah, finally, though I'm a little nervous about overdoing it.
fair, half is plenty and tomorrow we see how it landed
Later
how did that first half-size return actually feel?

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