Fitness Fellowship 2023: Week 34 Check-in
Aug. 20th, 2023 04:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sylvanwitchWelcome back to another week of gentle accountability!
How has the past week been for you in terms of fitness (or in any other terms as well)? I hope it's been a passable one, if not great!
This week has been a wash in terms of weight gain/loss. I think I'm about where I was last week? Maybe a little higher? Leaving aside the excuse my anniversary provided for cake-eating, I haven't been sticking to my eating window, instead eating sunflower seeds late into the night while reading, which means I also have not been good about sleeping.
This behavior is familiar: It's my adult equivalent of a child's temper tantrum about having to adjust my sleep schedule in preparation for a return to teaching hours.
I have done a bit of meditative breathing, largely to control anxiety, and I have been a fiend where exercise is concerned, making sure to get at least 30-45 minutes every day, often much more than that as well.
I've also been very good about hydrating.
So, for the week ahead, I've already given the last of my sunflower seeds to the birds and squirrels, eliminating that temptation. I've also spent a good part of the early day today cooking and baking, so I have healthy meal elements and a delicious but also healthy dessert (zucchini bread, if you were wondering). I'm going to watch my calories, avoid eating outside of my eating window, continue with the exercise, breathing, and hydration, and do my best to adjust my sleep schedule for work hours. I have one more full week off before three days of faculty and freshman orientation stuff, and then I'm back to full-time teaching on 4 September. I can do this!
Here's hoping the week ahead brings you every opportunity for success!
How has the past week been for you in terms of fitness (or in any other terms as well)? I hope it's been a passable one, if not great!
This week has been a wash in terms of weight gain/loss. I think I'm about where I was last week? Maybe a little higher? Leaving aside the excuse my anniversary provided for cake-eating, I haven't been sticking to my eating window, instead eating sunflower seeds late into the night while reading, which means I also have not been good about sleeping.
This behavior is familiar: It's my adult equivalent of a child's temper tantrum about having to adjust my sleep schedule in preparation for a return to teaching hours.
I have done a bit of meditative breathing, largely to control anxiety, and I have been a fiend where exercise is concerned, making sure to get at least 30-45 minutes every day, often much more than that as well.
I've also been very good about hydrating.
So, for the week ahead, I've already given the last of my sunflower seeds to the birds and squirrels, eliminating that temptation. I've also spent a good part of the early day today cooking and baking, so I have healthy meal elements and a delicious but also healthy dessert (zucchini bread, if you were wondering). I'm going to watch my calories, avoid eating outside of my eating window, continue with the exercise, breathing, and hydration, and do my best to adjust my sleep schedule for work hours. I have one more full week off before three days of faculty and freshman orientation stuff, and then I'm back to full-time teaching on 4 September. I can do this!
Here's hoping the week ahead brings you every opportunity for success!