Fitness Fellowship 2022 Week 2 Check-in

[sylvanwitch]

Winter 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)!

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[oldtoadwoman]

This week I have made bean soup from scratch. At first it was a bit too bland, but then I added some black pepper and a dash of smoky garlic hot sauce and it was perfect. Another day I made two quiches, which my roommate and I ate over the next three days as breakfast/lunch/dinner/whatever. (Roommate declined any of my gross-looking but yummy-tasting soup.) So all in all a lot of healthy food this week with some actual vegetables (one of the quiches was loaded up with broccoli and both had onion and mushroom). I've stayed true to the no-sugar goal. Yet somehow I am only one pound down from the start of the year. Hopefully this at least means I'm headed in the right direction.

I have not been exercising and I've also been backsliding on a reasonable bedtime. (Which I will need to get under control. Most of this next week, I work in the afternoon, but I have one early morning shift coming up at the end of next week, so I need to get back to a reasonable sleep cycle by then.)

[batdina]

I'm mostly back at it. I have PT next week so I'm sure I'll get more exercises to do than I'm currently doing, but the ones I have I'm pretty decent at getting accomplished, including the bike and the weights and the wall pushup things, as well as stretching. I push myself because I'm so tired all of the time, but I'm not letting myself get away with much.

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.

[aien_hime]

Sounds like you had a good week! =)

I can't comment on my current weight as our bathroom is getting renovated so we packed up everything including our scale. I don't think I lost much, but I am quite sure I didn't gain anything either. Hopefully I'll see some results next week!

Due to the renovations we rented a holiday house for a bit last week, and I did manage to work out a little there. I played some soccer with my kids, I did a solo forest walk (which was lovely) and since we've returned home I rode our bike daily.

Food is going better. I did snack a little bit too much on holiday (darn you salty licorice), but apart from that I didn't overeat and I didn't have any desert anymore. We also finished our holidays chocolate stash and we're not buying any more which is going well as well. I have loads of yummy and healthy food in the house for lunch now, too, which I'm really enjoying.

[oschun]

Snowshoeing sounds like fun. The temperature has finally dropped over here and we've had frost in the mornings but snow where we live is rare. It's been such a mild winter up to now that my roses are still blooming!

I had a pretty crazy week with work (online parents' evenings etc.) and didn't manage any exercise, which was disappointing, but I'm about to go out for a long walk now. My goal this week is to prioritise exercise.

I'm doing well with the other goals. The 2nd week of weekday sobriety was easier and I'm definitely breaking the back of that habit. I ordered a range of pale ales, ciders and champagne-style drinks from an online company called The Wise Barman that only does alcohol-free, and they're really good! Psychologically I feel less like I'm punishing myself if I can have a glass of faux-booze in a pretty glass when I get home. My internal decadent is generally satisfied with that :)

[impala_chick]

It's so hard for me to be motivated during winter! But we did manage two hikes this week and hopefully another tomorrow.

[delphi]

I hope snowshoeing is in the cards! And I'm really glad you're feeling good about what you're eating and having more energy.

Overall, I'm feeling pretty good about my food choices this week, if kicking myself a little for 'wasting' my one takeout meal on what turned out to be disappointing sushi. I've been getting some good use out of my stationary bike, and I'm once again six out of seven on my sleep goal...although it was kind of a moot point because two more of those nights ended up featuring anxiety-fuelled insomnia. It was triggered by an overall good thing (getting a promotion at work), but any life change tends to throw me for a loop until my nervous system figures out the world isn't ending.