Fitness Fellowship 2023: Week 10 Check-in

[sylvanwitch]

Hello, fellow fitness adventurers!

I hope this week has been a good one for you. Please share your experiences with us here and let us know what your goals for the week(s) ahead might be.



I lost .8 pounds this week, which made me happy. I attribute the weight loss not so much to a stricter diet but to doing my best to get exercise every day and to making sure my meals during the week are healthy, with lots of fruits, veggies, whole grains, etc.

I've been pretty good about hydration, I did a little bit of a breathing meditation once this week (boxing the breaths and trying to let my mind rise above and away from conscious thought), and though I definitely didn't get to sleep at a reasonable hour last night (made even more unreasonable by daylight savings time in the wee hours), I've mostly been good about getting enough sleep. That said, DST usually takes it out of me, and I'm expecting at least a week of disrupted sleep and/or not enough of it. *sighs*

For the week ahead, I'm going to continue with the healthy eating, getting enough exercise, hydrating, trying to sleep, and will attempt meditation at least once.

Same old, same old. :-)




May the week bring you only what you can handle and nothing more.

Comments

[synkkaenkeli]

I found five of those eight pounds apparently. I would say I don’t know how I gained five in a week because I didn’t eat that much but a) I kinda did in the beginning because I cooked and b) the latter half of the week I was eating what was here which was not the greatest options. When you’re broke and you’re buying the cheapest stuff you can get it isn’t the healthiest.

[sylvanwitch]

I'm so sorry you've struggled with weight gain this week, but your reasons are totally understandable and also mostly beyond your control, particularly what you say about how easy it is to eat *poorly* and cheaply and how expensive it is to eat well. That sucks, and it's one of those pervasive, systemic facts of American life. Ugh. I hope you're able to find some middle ground between eating inexpensively and eating well (enough). *hugs*

[synkkaenkeli]

*hugs* thank you. I did manage to get some salad stuff this week so hopefully it will help balance everything out.

[ljm]

Due to a combination of snow and getting caught up with projects, I've mostly been doing "alibi exercises" lately. I did get in a couple walks though.

Glad to hear your routines are working out!

[sylvanwitch]

I think it's awesome that you're doing alibi exercises! I've recently been feeling that my exercise is stagnating and been going to look up shorter cardio sessions via iFit (to which I have a membership b/c of my NordicTrack machines). Thanks to the Firestick, I can log in on my TV and do workouts in the TV room. Anyway, I'm rambling about ME when this comment is meant to be a KUDOS! to you for working out despite your busy schedule! :-)

[oschun]

Glad to hear you fitted in some meditation.

I hate the start of DST too; it always really throws me. I love spring and we live in such a lovely area that's surrounded by trees and fields but the too-early dawn chorus waking me up before my alarm goes off annoys the hell out of me at the start of spring. Damn birds!

I managed a walk on Sunday and today, so that's good. Mostly eating well. Still drinking wine. Same old, same old.

[sylvanwitch]

I feel like a lot of us are in a holding-on pattern--more than just a holding pattern, more a nails clinging to splintering wooden rails sort of thing. Dramatic much, right? Lol! This is to say that anything we can point to that demonstrates we're making an effort is about what we can expect, and we should be proud of even that much because life is hard, yo. *hugs*

[luzula]

Glad you're doing well, and best hopes for your sleep in the week to come. And thanks for hosting this. <3

- Try to cut down on activities/commitments which are not necessary, to minimize stress.
Did not go to the 8th of March demonstration, but I did unfortunately get caught up in public transport disruptions around it instead, sigh.
- Go to bed and turn out the light at 11 pm every day.
Somewhat backsliding on this, though not much--more like, turning the light out at 11.15 rather than 11 sharp.
- Keep to my food goals.
Did a little comfort eating of sweets due to stress, but no great quantities, and they were GOOD sweets, so that's fine.
- Go out in the woods every day except Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, even if just a short walk.
Yes, except for Friday when I was too tired.
- Go running two times.
There was snow, so no running.
- Do workouts on four days.
Only three. I went back to my old workout all three times--that was easier when I was stressed out.

This week:
- I would like to spend some time reading on the couch, so that is a goal.
- Go to bed and turn out the light at 11 pm every day. 11 pm SHARP.
- Keep to my food goals.
- Go out in the woods every day except Monday and Friday, even if just a short walk.
- Go running two times.
- Do workouts on five days, and start doing some of the new ones again.

[sylvanwitch]

I'm glad you're being good to yourself while things are stressful, and I hope the week so far has given you more time to rest and do the sorts of things, including exercise and woods-walking, that you most enjoy. :-)