Not going the gym when ill

Recovery should be your premise in this case. Don't do any sports untill you don't get well at 100%. You can go for a walk to inhale fresh air outdoors, if your illness is not so bad for it.

About 5 minutes after I wrote this I went for a quick walk to the corner shop and my legs feel quite tired now. Don't think I would have managed at all at the gym today.

About 5 minutes after I wrote this I went for a quick walk to the corner shop and my legs feel quite tired now. Don't think I would have managed at all at the gym today.

I am an exercise addict and work out 7 days a week, whether that be in the gym, swimming or going for a bike ride. Last Thursday evening I started to feel unwell with an upset stomach etc. But woke up on Friday feeling okay so I went to the gym Friday morning but just 15 minutes into my workout I felt extremely lethargic and had a really bad feeling in my stomach so I left and 10 minutes after getting home I threw up. All weekend I've felt week and not been able to keep food down without it coming back one way or the other so I have avoided going the gym.
This morning I have woken up and have been able to keep food down but still feel a bit lethargic but nowhere near as bad as I was. My girlfriend however has hidden my gym trainers and told me I am not to exercise again until I am 100% better.
Whilst I do appreciate her looking out for me I feel like I've become a slob from just sitting on the couch all weekend. What can I do to stop feeling this way and should I avoid the gym for a little while longer yet?

hey mate I completely understand what youre feeling, I love going to the gym 6x a week, hate not doing some exercise and often fall sick. Once, I got pneumonia quite bad, and all I could think about was getting back in the weightroom but I ended up getting admitted into the hospital again cuz I didn’t recover.
It’s hard not to go, I get it, but you should learn to appreciate rest and recovery.
My biggest PRs and strength increases came after taking 3 days off/deload week. Rest is you friend, not an enemy.
Definitely do stretches and maybe some miscellaneous muscle groups if you really feel the itch to workout (forearms, tibia, neck, the niche ones). All the best mate!

Good advice and wise words, regarding the importance or resting and stretching. 👍️👌👊
However, I suspect the OP has made a recovery by now, and is back "on it". like a car bonnet lol

Yes I have got over my sickness and am slowly getting back to full strength. I just have a mindset that even if I miss one day it will be bad. For example over the next few weekends I will not be able to exercise for one day and I am dreading it. My girlfriend says missing one day a week wont make me put on weight and I should enjoy just staying at home and relaxing but I cant help thinking negatively.

As I said earlier on, I understand the need to feel like you're doing something. Indeed, I also get really restless and agitated if I haven't done a significant amount of exercise in a couple of days.
Having said that though, I think you know your girlfriend is right... you need to allow some time for your body to recover. I'm assuming you're doing a significant amount of lifting, right? Well remember the process of building up muscle is that when you lift heavy weights, you're tearing muscle fibre and they repair themselves during your rest or "down-time"; the fibre bundles will rebuild themselves stronger to compensate. If you're training literally all the time, you're body won't that the opportunity to repair itself to it's full need, and so it may actually be counter-productive, if muscle mass gain is your main objective. That and there's always the risk of you burning yourself out completely. Also, I'm sure your girlfriend will be grateful if you're laying off the protein shakes 🤣🤢🤮
Perhaps you could reach a compromise. I'm not sure of the reasons you won't be able to exercise, but is it feasible for you to do a different kind of physical activity? The weather is getting better now, so you could go for a walk or a leisurely bike ride with your girlfriend if you wanted to? You could go to a park, take a tour round a city or go out into the countryside. It's not as intense as a hardcore resistance session, but it still counts as exercise. For instance, a leisurely walk would probably burn anything between 150-250 calories an hour (on top oof your maintenance calories); a bike ride would be more like 250-400 calories an hour, depending on how intense you go.
Remember resting for 1-2 days doesn't hurt; it's when a couple of days turns in to a couple of weeks (and so on) that you'll start to see real losses.

I train everything so some days I will do weights and other days I will do cardio. I am not into weight lifting but I just have a variety of sessions to keep me toned. She says to me that taking one day off every week will do no harm at all and I should be thankful I have the chance to rest, especially as I had a bad knee injury years ago that I have never fully recovered from so I should take any opportunity I can to take a rest.