Fitness Fellowship 2023: Week 17 Check-in

[sylvanwitch]

Hello, fellow fitness fans!

Can you believe we're ushering in May tomorrow? I'm not sure where the time has gotten to. I hope it's been good to you.

As always, please share your ups and downs with us here. How's the fitness journey been for you this past week? What're your plans for the week ahead? We'd love to hear it.



This past week turned out to be unusually stressful at work and particularly emotionally heavy. I spent a lot of time eating my feelings, with the predictable result that I've regained almost all the weight I'd managed to lose over the past two weeks.

My sleep was also disrupted--I had a lot of difficulty falling asleep and then staying asleep. *sighs*

I did not meditate because I am a jerk. Honestly.

And even my hydration was down, largely because work was very busy, and I didn't take the time I needed to make sure I was getting enough fluids.

The only thing I *did* manage most days (6 out of 7 of them) was focused exercise, and even on the day when I had little deliberate exercise, I still got more than 10K steps in.

I'm proud of myself for sticking to the exercise, which I know is helping me to maintain some sort of grip on my equilibrium. But I really must do better on the eating, sleep, and hydration. And...*sighs*...the meditation.

So, for the week ahead: Eat less. Sleep and drink (water) more. Meditate once. Exercise daily.



Wishing you a week full of only the good kind of surprises!

Comments

[luzula]

I did not meditate because I am a jerk. Honestly.
Awww, no, you are not! Be easy on yourself; you had a hard time this week. <3 I do hope next week is better for you.

Last week's goals:
- Do not do things related to my environmental organization (or to work) after 9 pm, or 8 pm if I can.
Yes.
- Turn off computer at 10 pm every day.
Yes.
- Go to bed and turn out the light at 11 pm every day.
Yes, except for one day when I stayed up reading until 11.40. /o\ Bad me.
- Go out in the woods all days in the week, even if just a short walk.
Yes.
- Go running three times.
Yes.
- Do workouts on four days.
Only three. But that's fine, my week was a bit disrupted by the whole capercaillie expedition thing...

This week's goals:
- Do not do things related to my environmental organization (or to work) after 9 pm, or 8 pm if I can.
- Turn off computer at 10 pm every day.
- Go to bed and turn out the light at 11 pm every day.
- Go out in the woods six days in the week, even if just a short walk.
- Go running three times.
- Do workouts on six days.

[sylvanwitch]

Your steadfastness is honestly inspiring, and it occurs to me that I was better about maintaining my goals when I stated them explicitly and was specific about them. I think I’m going to try that at our next check-in. Also, yay for camping out to watch birds’ mating displays!