@buttongwinette, Mayo Clinic also recommends, when you start exercising post COVID, to start a gradual increase in exercise.

"If you have recovered from mild to moderate disease and have not required hospitalization, then start slowly with a week of low level stretching and strengthening. If this goes well, then try slow walking with gradual increase, or take longer rest periods if the symptoms worsen. Avoid high-intensity training or prolonged exercise initially.

If you are experiencing residual fatigue, sore throat, back ache, or fever, it is okay to exercise if you only exercise to about 60% of your maximum heart rate (so again no high-intensity exercise), until your symptoms have fully resolved for 2-3 weeks." Read more: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/post-covid-recovery/newsfeed-post/exercise-post-covid/

@spittendrigh, you're right that moderate is hard to define and may be different for everyone, depending on severity of illness, age, fitness and activity level prior to getting COVID, presence of other chronic conditions etc.

I admire your commitment to doing what is right for you. Everyone has to listen to the signals their body gives them.