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
Sleep Notice how you slept each evening
Hydration Notice whether you drank enough
Three Real Meals Eat three times each day
Week 2
Ten-Minute Walk Begin on an alternate day
Fifteen-Minute Walk Continue on an alternate day
Twenty-Minute Walk Complete on an alternate day