Fitness Fellowship 2022 Week 2 Check-in
Jan. 15th, 2022 06:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sylvanwitchWinter has finally gotten its teeth into us here--it's 9F degrees, and we're expecting a big snowstorm tomorrow afternoon and into Monday. I just went out and bought a pair of snow boots. (My old ones became an impromptu litterbox for our problematic cat.) Maybe I'll get to go snowshoeing on Monday! It's one of my favorite winter activities, but in recent years, we haven't gotten the kind of sustained snow that makes for good sport. Here's hoping!
Do you have a favorite season-appropriate sport? (I'm keeping in mind that only part of the world is having winter right now.) If so, would you like to share?
As always, please do tell us how your week went and what plans you might have for the week ahead. Check in if you feel like it, but if you don't, we're here next time. :-)
Weight: 180.4, down .4 from last week. I'm having one of my infrequent periods (peri-menopause sucks), so I'm carrying water weight like woah and am hoping to have a better week to come.
Eating plan: I was good this week, staying well within my calories and not using up my exercise calories either. I'm eating MUCH cleaner and having lots of whole grains, fruits and veggies, natural proteins (e.g. unsalted nuts, beans, etc.) I definitely FEEL better and generally have more energy. Yay!
Exercise: There were a few days when I was just super tired, but I exercised anyway, and I've been good about lifting light weights too. The newest iFit elliptical series I'm working through is more challenging than last year's--I guess I "graduated" out of the new user category. ;-) This is a good thing--it's forcing me to kick things up a notch. I'm also already seeing results in my arms, shoulders, and back from lifting, and more core feels stronger too. Yay!
Sleep: Um...I have been getting super lost in m/m romance novels, and sometimes I stay up late, which I really must curb. On the nights when I do get to bed by 11:00, I feel better the following day for that sleep. I know this intellectually. I just have to convince the pouting teenager who wants to read for "five more minutes" (read: 45) that she needs to get her 51-year-old butt to bed. ;-)
Meditating: I have not really done that this week and MUST start working into my routine. It's not difficult for me to do it; I just don't seem to make time. I need to do it.
The week ahead: More consistent bedtimes, at least one session of meditation, and the rest goes on as usual.
Have a wonderful week ahead! Keep warm (or cool)!
Do you have a favorite season-appropriate sport? (I'm keeping in mind that only part of the world is having winter right now.) If so, would you like to share?
As always, please do tell us how your week went and what plans you might have for the week ahead. Check in if you feel like it, but if you don't, we're here next time. :-)
Weight: 180.4, down .4 from last week. I'm having one of my infrequent periods (peri-menopause sucks), so I'm carrying water weight like woah and am hoping to have a better week to come.
Eating plan: I was good this week, staying well within my calories and not using up my exercise calories either. I'm eating MUCH cleaner and having lots of whole grains, fruits and veggies, natural proteins (e.g. unsalted nuts, beans, etc.) I definitely FEEL better and generally have more energy. Yay!
Exercise: There were a few days when I was just super tired, but I exercised anyway, and I've been good about lifting light weights too. The newest iFit elliptical series I'm working through is more challenging than last year's--I guess I "graduated" out of the new user category. ;-) This is a good thing--it's forcing me to kick things up a notch. I'm also already seeing results in my arms, shoulders, and back from lifting, and more core feels stronger too. Yay!
Sleep: Um...I have been getting super lost in m/m romance novels, and sometimes I stay up late, which I really must curb. On the nights when I do get to bed by 11:00, I feel better the following day for that sleep. I know this intellectually. I just have to convince the pouting teenager who wants to read for "five more minutes" (read: 45) that she needs to get her 51-year-old butt to bed. ;-)
Meditating: I have not really done that this week and MUST start working into my routine. It's not difficult for me to do it; I just don't seem to make time. I need to do it.
The week ahead: More consistent bedtimes, at least one session of meditation, and the rest goes on as usual.
Have a wonderful week ahead! Keep warm (or cool)!
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Date: Sunday, 16 January 2022 01:57 am (UTC)I'm glad the elliptical is working out for you! And the snow-shoeing sounds like great exercise.
Now, if you don't mind sharing (and PM is fine!), what are you reading? Most of my reading is for work, so non-fiction. Always on the lookout for a decent fiction read that's not fanfic.
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Date: Monday, 17 January 2022 10:00 pm (UTC)I spent 24 minutes snowshoeing today, and it was WORK, but it was also wonderful. We've got maybe 20 inches, but it's drifted much higher than that in some places, making the whole thing that much more strenuous. I was careful to pay attention to my body and quit before I hurt myself. I'm looking forward to more of it as the week goes along.
I don't mind sharing at all! I discovered Keira Andrews a while back--she writes steamy m/m romances--and have been working my way through most of the ones I am interested in. (She has some professional ice skating and hockey ones that just aren't interesting to me, but I took a chance on the hot Aussie lifeguards and enjoyed that.) Right now, I've just finished a fantasy duology of hers, which begins with Wed to the Barbarian. It is absolutely exactly what it sounds like. I finished the second volume last night; that's The Barbarian's Vow. Now, I'm reading Kidnapped by the Pirate, which is making my inner Age-of-Sail fan squee. Andrews is a competent writer deft with tropes who makes me care about the characters and does a pretty good job of establishing and maintaining tension, and not for nothing, she knows how to write an extremely *ahems* effective sex scene. Her holiday-themed m/m romances are also good. She always delivers on her promise of Happily Ever After.