Fitness Fellowship 2023: Week 28 Check-in
Jul. 9th, 2023 08:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sylvanwitchGreetings from the summery northern hemisphere!
The temperature here, yesterday and today, has finally regulated itself into the category of "I can stand going outside for more than a ten-minute stretch," and that's lovely. Otherwise, we've been doing our walks near sunset just to keep cool(er), but we're also in sandfly season, which makes walking in the open (like, for example, near the river, where we might luck into a breeze) an exciting obstacle course. I can only imagine what it must be like to be a motorcyclist this time of year in this part of the world. P-tooey! ;-)
How has this past week treated you in terms of your fitness goals, however you define "fitness" for yourself? Please do share if you're so inclined. You know we're here to listen and not to judge.
The intermittent fasting works! On Thursday, I weighed in the lowest I've been in months. I've regained a bit of that thanks to a weekend of semi-splurging (much more moderation than past splurge weekends, for sure, though), and throughout, I've still stuck to eating only during my window. I expect I'll lose the uptick pretty quickly.
The week was marked by two particularly emotionally difficult things, and I mostly avoided comfort-eating in relation to those two things. In fact, the second thing actually made me anxious, which usually has a dampening effect on my appetite. This occasion proved no different and coincided with that sudden loss of a whole extra pound.
I'd prefer to lose my weight in a less fraught manner, but it was nice to see that number on the scale.
Anyway, I am feeling confident about losing weight with IF and am definitely in the groove. We'll see if that lasts through my upcoming vacation, which starts next Thursday and goes for ten days. Next week, I'll be checking in from northern Nova Scotia!
Hydration has been okay. I have NOT been as good about it, for several reasons, as I should be, and I'm working to rectify that. I did do some breathing exercises a couple of times, and they helped to calm and center me, so that's good. Sleep has been pretty good, despite waking with back pain. I think I've found a solution, but it will have to wait until we're back from NS.
For the week ahead, I'm going to keep on keeping on with hydration, meditation/breathing, good sleep habits, healthy food choices, IF, and daily exercise.
I'm sending you all the best in fitness vibes for the week ahead, friends!
The temperature here, yesterday and today, has finally regulated itself into the category of "I can stand going outside for more than a ten-minute stretch," and that's lovely. Otherwise, we've been doing our walks near sunset just to keep cool(er), but we're also in sandfly season, which makes walking in the open (like, for example, near the river, where we might luck into a breeze) an exciting obstacle course. I can only imagine what it must be like to be a motorcyclist this time of year in this part of the world. P-tooey! ;-)
How has this past week treated you in terms of your fitness goals, however you define "fitness" for yourself? Please do share if you're so inclined. You know we're here to listen and not to judge.
The intermittent fasting works! On Thursday, I weighed in the lowest I've been in months. I've regained a bit of that thanks to a weekend of semi-splurging (much more moderation than past splurge weekends, for sure, though), and throughout, I've still stuck to eating only during my window. I expect I'll lose the uptick pretty quickly.
The week was marked by two particularly emotionally difficult things, and I mostly avoided comfort-eating in relation to those two things. In fact, the second thing actually made me anxious, which usually has a dampening effect on my appetite. This occasion proved no different and coincided with that sudden loss of a whole extra pound.
I'd prefer to lose my weight in a less fraught manner, but it was nice to see that number on the scale.
Anyway, I am feeling confident about losing weight with IF and am definitely in the groove. We'll see if that lasts through my upcoming vacation, which starts next Thursday and goes for ten days. Next week, I'll be checking in from northern Nova Scotia!
Hydration has been okay. I have NOT been as good about it, for several reasons, as I should be, and I'm working to rectify that. I did do some breathing exercises a couple of times, and they helped to calm and center me, so that's good. Sleep has been pretty good, despite waking with back pain. I think I've found a solution, but it will have to wait until we're back from NS.
For the week ahead, I'm going to keep on keeping on with hydration, meditation/breathing, good sleep habits, healthy food choices, IF, and daily exercise.
I'm sending you all the best in fitness vibes for the week ahead, friends!
Re: wearing my Fitbit again
Date: Tuesday, 11 July 2023 05:44 pm (UTC)And the day started out cool and overcast ... but turned into sunny and muggy. (I did successfully avoid burning with frequent reapplication of sunscreen, but there's still something about being in the sun for hours that is extra exhausting.)