Fitness Fellowship: Week Eleven

[sylvanwitch]

Friends, welcome!

I hope it's been a good week for you, fitness-wise and in every other way that matters to you. :-)

Please do share with us your ups and downs and any adjustments in your goals as you've gone along. Remember, you're welcome to join in any time!



Eating, check.

Sleeping, check. (Mostly. I had anxiety last night, so I'm down a few hours' rest.)

Meditation, check. (Twice! It was marvelous!)

Exercise... *sighs* I did take one very long walk on Saturday. It was cold but gloriously sunny, and out of the wind, which we were for much of it, it was quite lovely. Yesterday was more of the same, but I just had far too much work to do. Ah, well. I'm hoping for spring-like weather sometime soonish, and I do have an eleven-day break coming up, starting on the 29th, so I'm hoping exercise will be a nice by-product of me wanting to be outside. I really do love a good, long ramble. What I don't love is mushy snow in my shoes.



Have a wonderful week, my friends!

Peace,
SW

Comments

[iberiandoctor]

Ten days of skiing and walking, and like-the-dead sleeping, and zero stress ;) And on the minus side, incessant eating, but you can't have everything. (In a different-for-me approach to fitness, I went to an absinthe and karaoke bar in Osaka, and tried to work off the alcohol via Adele songs ;))

[sylvanwitch]

I think your special workout sounds amazing, though I don't drink and I know no Adele songs. Lol!

I also love the idea of a walking holiday (I also don't ski). It all sounds like it was marvelously restful. Go you! :-)

[auroracloud]

I've failed to post the past few weeks again, sorry! The depression has been sinking its claws into me with a vengeance, making me tired and lethargic above all, so I've failed on the commenting front a lot. (I am a little better lately, for the record. At least so far.)

I've kept going to my ballet classes twice a week - except two weeks ago I missed one because I was too damn tired to go, but I'm not berating myself over it because my ankle was also hurt that week and it might have been a bad idea to dance on it at that point, anyway. I've only managed to strength train once a week, though. But at least on some weeks I've done something else, like a yoga practice (at home with a yoga video) or a floor barre or something.

Eating has been... mostly okay on the real foods front, though more pizza than I probably should have. Too much chocolate and other treats, and too often using them to deal with mood problems, rather than using something healthier. I should probably make a list of activities to try instead, like meditation or yoga or dancing. At least sometimes I'm too damn tired to go and buy more chocolate, so I just have some tea. ;-)

Sleep is mostly okay, but only thanks to medication, I think; sometimes I'm still waking up too early or something despite the medication. But the main point is that I mostly get enough sleep, though I still feel like I don't.

I should probably adjust my goals to come up with something that would help alleviate depression symptoms more, like regular yoga or something. Because the mood things, and the resulting exhaustion, tend to make other goals fail unless I find ways to deal with them in a healthy way. I'll have to think about it. Ballet classes do make me feel better and sometimes succeed in breaking bad spells or giving me energy again, so adding something else that's physical would probably be good.

I hope you have nice spring weather for your break and will be able to get lots of enjoyable outdoors exercise! Exercise you want to do because of itself is the best!

[sylvanwitch]

I'm so sorry you're struggling with the black dog, hon, and I wish there were anything I could do. Unfortunately, I'm familiar enough with depression (I have a couple of friends who have struggled their whole lives) that I've learned the best I can offer is to listen and be here. I am glad to hear that you're feeling a little better, and I also think it's a great idea to adjust your fitness goals however you see fit and in whatever way will earn the best results for you right now. You can always change them later if you'd like, and it's not like we have a hard and fast attitude ourselves. We're very easy. :-)

I hope you continue to feel better and take care of yourself. If there is anything I can do, please do let me know. *hugs* if you'd like them.