Fitness Fellowship 2023: Week 8 Check-in
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sylvanwitchHey, there! How have you all been this past week? Good? Bad? Indifferent?
Whatever the case, please let us know how you're doing on this fitness journey we're taking together. Share your ups and downs, what's working and what isn't. We're here to listen and not to judge. :-)
The good news is that eating what I liked, in moderation, and trying to balance healthy food with less healthy options worked out pretty well. At midweek, I'd lost a couple of pounds. I credit this to all the walking I was doing as the weather had finally moderated, and I was taking regular strolls, and then to biking indoors when the weather turned bad mid-break.
Then we had an ice storm, and I fell while clearing my car, pulling a groin muscle, and I spent Friday and Saturday in pain and doing very little physical activity. I was also comfort-eating (because my husband is sick--not COVID, thankfully--and my 91-year-old mother tested positive in an outbreak at her nursing home and because my break is almost over and we have five LONG weeks until spring break and...*sighs*). So, I'm at my January starting weight again. Ah, well.
Today, I felt well enough to get out for a long walk, which was awesome, and I'm also going to get on the bike to finish the month's challenge series. I am feeling positive despite the weight gain because I've proven to myself that I don't have to be *as* strict with what I eat as long as I'm getting a good amount of exercise.
My sleep has been okay. I've been having trouble going to sleep, so last night I took melatonin, and that helped. I'm probably going to start back to work with a sleep deficit because I suspect I'll go to bed on time tonight but not sleep right away. We'll see. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.
I didn't meditate, though I did think about it, which I recognize doesn't count.
Hydration has been a-okay.
My plan for the week ahead is to quit the comfort eating but keep with eating less strictly as long as I exercise, and we'll see what happens. How exciting! Lol! If I can find that sweet spot between eating to lose weight and NOT resenting what I'm giving up, I will be very happy.
Whatever the case, please let us know how you're doing on this fitness journey we're taking together. Share your ups and downs, what's working and what isn't. We're here to listen and not to judge. :-)
The good news is that eating what I liked, in moderation, and trying to balance healthy food with less healthy options worked out pretty well. At midweek, I'd lost a couple of pounds. I credit this to all the walking I was doing as the weather had finally moderated, and I was taking regular strolls, and then to biking indoors when the weather turned bad mid-break.
Then we had an ice storm, and I fell while clearing my car, pulling a groin muscle, and I spent Friday and Saturday in pain and doing very little physical activity. I was also comfort-eating (because my husband is sick--not COVID, thankfully--and my 91-year-old mother tested positive in an outbreak at her nursing home and because my break is almost over and we have five LONG weeks until spring break and...*sighs*). So, I'm at my January starting weight again. Ah, well.
Today, I felt well enough to get out for a long walk, which was awesome, and I'm also going to get on the bike to finish the month's challenge series. I am feeling positive despite the weight gain because I've proven to myself that I don't have to be *as* strict with what I eat as long as I'm getting a good amount of exercise.
My sleep has been okay. I've been having trouble going to sleep, so last night I took melatonin, and that helped. I'm probably going to start back to work with a sleep deficit because I suspect I'll go to bed on time tonight but not sleep right away. We'll see. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.
I didn't meditate, though I did think about it, which I recognize doesn't count.
Hydration has been a-okay.
My plan for the week ahead is to quit the comfort eating but keep with eating less strictly as long as I exercise, and we'll see what happens. How exciting! Lol! If I can find that sweet spot between eating to lose weight and NOT resenting what I'm giving up, I will be very happy.
May the week ahead bring you what you most need to thrive, my friends!
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Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2023 02:19 am (UTC)