Fitness Fellowship 2023: Week 15 Check-in
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sylvanwitchHello, friends!
How has this past week been for you: Good? Bad? Indifferent?
Please share your triumphs and tribulations here, so we can commiserate/cheerlead, as needed.
My "Week 15" started in the middle, as I was on break until then.
Starting Wed., I went back to a calorie-restricted diet of 1400 calories/day, with a plan to have sustained exercise for at least 30 minutes each day.
I'm pleased to report that I lost a pound and a half in those five days (I actually lost quite a bit more than that, but I regained it thanks to my "splurge" meal last night). The only day on which I didn't get the full 30 minutes (or many more--usually more like 50 minutes) of exercise was yesterday (Saturday), when we had errands all day and I'd almost reached my steps goal before we even returned home. I did get in a short walk after supper, however, so that's something.
My sleep hasn't been great, however. When I can get to sleep unaided, I don't seem to be able to stay asleep. Part of this is probably the sudden rise in temperature--we're in the low 80s now, which didn't used to be typical for spring in my part of the world--which made sleeping less comfortable (we don't have our ACs installed yet). Part of it is just my brain. *sighs* When I use melatonin, I fall asleep and stay asleep all night, but if I don't have at least 7 hours in which to sleep, I wake up groggy.
So, the week ahead:
Get to bed by 11:00pm on work nights--for real!
Continue hydrating.
Meditate, damn it!
Keep up the good work, exercise-wise.
Keep counting those calories and making good food choices.
I think for now the sleep thing is key to making sure I have the energy to exercise but also the focus, etc., necessary to function in life.
Have a good week, my friends, and be well!
How has this past week been for you: Good? Bad? Indifferent?
Please share your triumphs and tribulations here, so we can commiserate/cheerlead, as needed.
My "Week 15" started in the middle, as I was on break until then.
Starting Wed., I went back to a calorie-restricted diet of 1400 calories/day, with a plan to have sustained exercise for at least 30 minutes each day.
I'm pleased to report that I lost a pound and a half in those five days (I actually lost quite a bit more than that, but I regained it thanks to my "splurge" meal last night). The only day on which I didn't get the full 30 minutes (or many more--usually more like 50 minutes) of exercise was yesterday (Saturday), when we had errands all day and I'd almost reached my steps goal before we even returned home. I did get in a short walk after supper, however, so that's something.
My sleep hasn't been great, however. When I can get to sleep unaided, I don't seem to be able to stay asleep. Part of this is probably the sudden rise in temperature--we're in the low 80s now, which didn't used to be typical for spring in my part of the world--which made sleeping less comfortable (we don't have our ACs installed yet). Part of it is just my brain. *sighs* When I use melatonin, I fall asleep and stay asleep all night, but if I don't have at least 7 hours in which to sleep, I wake up groggy.
So, the week ahead:
Get to bed by 11:00pm on work nights--for real!
Continue hydrating.
Meditate, damn it!
Keep up the good work, exercise-wise.
Keep counting those calories and making good food choices.
I think for now the sleep thing is key to making sure I have the energy to exercise but also the focus, etc., necessary to function in life.
Have a good week, my friends, and be well!