Fitness Fellowship 2023: Week 27 Check-in
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sylvanwitchGreetings here at the end of another week. It's hard to believe we're just over the year's halfway mark, isn't it? How has that year gone for you in terms of fitness? What changes, if any, are you anticipating for your fitness goals in the months to come?
As always, please feel free to share as much or as little as you're comfortable with sharing. We're here to listen, not to judge. :-)
My weight is up today because I had Chinese food as my splurge meal last evening, and for the first time in a long while, I didn't get any appreciable exercise yesterday. This is, in part, due to how awfully humid and hot it's been here and in part to my reluctance in getting the cleaning done around here. I've had to chivvy myself into doing necessary tasks by breaking them up with periods on Twitter (such as it is these days), Pangram games, and/or reading.
Anyway, before this morning's little uptick, I had lost 3.8 pounds, another .6 pounds for this week. I am satisfied with losing about a half-pound a week. I think that's a reasonable weekly goal, and the intermittent fasting seems to be working quite well, as long as I do get that daily exercise.
I'm also pleased to report that the side effects I'd been experiencing have subsided entirely, which is a relief.
Hydration has been good, particularly since it's so warm out, but sleep has been problematic. I'm having an issue with my mattress causing a fairly astonishing level of very localized pain, mid-back, that actually robs me of breath when I move in the morning and which means that if I get up early to use the loo but hope to go back to sleep, that's out of the question. I'm going to turn the mattress tonight, but I have a feeling I'm looking at an investment in the near future. If I can lose some significant weight, I might be able to stave that off, though--I don't have this issue with my back until I reach a certain weight threshold.
Once again, I'm forcibly reminded of all the reasons I really do need to keep my weight down. *sighs*
Anyway, I'm on the right track with IF, so I'll keep at it.
For the week ahead, my goals remain: exercise, continue IF, hydrate, breathe/meditate, and get as much sleep as my back and my mattress allow.
I hope the week ahead is gentle on you, friends.
As always, please feel free to share as much or as little as you're comfortable with sharing. We're here to listen, not to judge. :-)
My weight is up today because I had Chinese food as my splurge meal last evening, and for the first time in a long while, I didn't get any appreciable exercise yesterday. This is, in part, due to how awfully humid and hot it's been here and in part to my reluctance in getting the cleaning done around here. I've had to chivvy myself into doing necessary tasks by breaking them up with periods on Twitter (such as it is these days), Pangram games, and/or reading.
Anyway, before this morning's little uptick, I had lost 3.8 pounds, another .6 pounds for this week. I am satisfied with losing about a half-pound a week. I think that's a reasonable weekly goal, and the intermittent fasting seems to be working quite well, as long as I do get that daily exercise.
I'm also pleased to report that the side effects I'd been experiencing have subsided entirely, which is a relief.
Hydration has been good, particularly since it's so warm out, but sleep has been problematic. I'm having an issue with my mattress causing a fairly astonishing level of very localized pain, mid-back, that actually robs me of breath when I move in the morning and which means that if I get up early to use the loo but hope to go back to sleep, that's out of the question. I'm going to turn the mattress tonight, but I have a feeling I'm looking at an investment in the near future. If I can lose some significant weight, I might be able to stave that off, though--I don't have this issue with my back until I reach a certain weight threshold.
Once again, I'm forcibly reminded of all the reasons I really do need to keep my weight down. *sighs*
Anyway, I'm on the right track with IF, so I'll keep at it.
For the week ahead, my goals remain: exercise, continue IF, hydrate, breathe/meditate, and get as much sleep as my back and my mattress allow.
I hope the week ahead is gentle on you, friends.
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Date: Monday, 3 July 2023 08:29 pm (UTC)