Fitness Fellowship 2023: Week 4 Check-in
Jan. 29th, 2023 03:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sylvanwitchThis has been a heck of a week for me, with too much stress, so I'm taking today mostly easy, hoping to recuperate.
How has the past week been for you? Did you make any progress with your personal fitness goals? Please share the triumphs and struggles with us if you are so inclined.
This was an extremely stressful week, so I am not surprised to discover I gained about a half a pound, and I'm okay with that.
I kept to my eating plan and was very good about it, which I consider a massive victory given the amount of stress I had throughout the week.
Exercise was less regular this week than usual because of lots of time commitments and energy-sucking obligations, but I did get my steps in every day and did SOME sort of exercise every day, even if it wasn't 30 full minutes.
My bedtime was pretty good, but I had a lot of trouble getting to sleep and then had a lot of stupid, disruptive dreams. *sighs*
I did meditate once. We had a faculty retreat, and part of that was a visualization meditation, which I rocked! Lol! I was surprised at how easily that sort of meditation came back to me. It left me with a troubling message and lots to think on, but it was a good meditation. I also did some "boxing the breath" exercises to try to help myself sleep a couple of nights, to lesser or greater effect, brain depending.
I'm hydrating very well, too, especially now that I've got a filter pitcher and I just fill up a large stainless steel insulated bottle to take to work with me each day.
My plan for the week ahead is to get back into a regular routine of riding the recumbent bike. Fingers crossed there are no more weeks like this past one.
Be well in the week ahead, friends!
How has the past week been for you? Did you make any progress with your personal fitness goals? Please share the triumphs and struggles with us if you are so inclined.
This was an extremely stressful week, so I am not surprised to discover I gained about a half a pound, and I'm okay with that.
I kept to my eating plan and was very good about it, which I consider a massive victory given the amount of stress I had throughout the week.
Exercise was less regular this week than usual because of lots of time commitments and energy-sucking obligations, but I did get my steps in every day and did SOME sort of exercise every day, even if it wasn't 30 full minutes.
My bedtime was pretty good, but I had a lot of trouble getting to sleep and then had a lot of stupid, disruptive dreams. *sighs*
I did meditate once. We had a faculty retreat, and part of that was a visualization meditation, which I rocked! Lol! I was surprised at how easily that sort of meditation came back to me. It left me with a troubling message and lots to think on, but it was a good meditation. I also did some "boxing the breath" exercises to try to help myself sleep a couple of nights, to lesser or greater effect, brain depending.
I'm hydrating very well, too, especially now that I've got a filter pitcher and I just fill up a large stainless steel insulated bottle to take to work with me each day.
My plan for the week ahead is to get back into a regular routine of riding the recumbent bike. Fingers crossed there are no more weeks like this past one.
Be well in the week ahead, friends!