Fitness Fellowship 2023: Week 36 Check-in

[sylvanwitch]

Friends, I hope there's a good week behind you and an even better one ahead!

As usual, please do share your fitness ups and downs with us here. We're here to commiserate, support, and not judge you. :-)



I'm down a bit from last week, maybe a pound? I've certainly been getting my exercise, particularly on work days, and I'm doing well with the intermittent fasting too. Hydration is okay--I have to get into a new bathroom routine, since my teaching schedule and classroom are both different this year. I have farther to go to a bathroom.

I've been good about getting to bed on time, though I can't always make myself go to sleep right away, and I've also practiced some mindfulness and breathing techniques.

My food choices have mostly been good. All around, it was a better week than I'd expected in terms of my own willpower and energy. Here's to another good week ahead for me!



Sending you all the good vibes I can spare!

Comments

Re: meh

[oldtoadwoman]

That might be a good plan. I'm currently watching YouTube trying to find advice on counteracting learned helplessness and so far I'm mainly just finding videos defining it. (Weight loss videos just stress me out so that's not helpful, but sometimes it's helpful to find someone talking more generally about self-improvement.)

Re: meh

[sylvanwitch]

Weight loss advice columns, books, etc., stress me out, as well. (As do, incidentally, writing advice books--I'm always afraid I'm going to discover I've been doing it all wrong all along.)

As oschun said, the boredom factor is for sure a thing, and I like her suggestion about one kitchen night (or morning, afternoon, whatever works for you). I used to be pretty regular about Sunday afternoon food prep and then, somehow, it just stopped happening. I don't know if that would work for you, but it might be a way to break out of the doldrums?

Also, please DO check in here anytime you'd like, and I promise I will acknowledge and comment to keep the accountability a little higher for you, if that's going to help.

Re: meh

[oldtoadwoman]

So I'll claim a victory tonight. I was getting tired during work and just started fantasizing about how I really wanted to go get a sub sandwich after work. (There's a deli just down the street.) I resisted the urge!

But, yeah, I need to figure out what to make next since bean soup isn't hitting the spot anymore. Saturday probably fits my schedule best as a food prep day. I'm just ... feeling uninspired. And generally when I try to search for food prep ideas, the internet comes up with suggestions well beyond my budget and/or energy level.