Fitness Fellowship 2024: Week Four Check-in

[sylvanwitch]

Welcome back to another weekly check-in, friends. I hope the week that was went quickly for you and that you experienced no challenges in meeting your fitness goals for the week.

If you're so inclined, please share with us how the past week has been and what you're hoping to accomplish in the week ahead.



I have neither gained nor lost weight this week, which is fine. I kept to my intermittent fasting window every day, but I ate more calories over the weekend within my windows than I usually do.

I got plenty of exercise every day.

I had pretty good sleep habits, too, though I had an end-of-the-world nightmare over the weekend that has hung with me when I think about going to sleep at night, so I didn't get to bed quite as promptly last night as I should have.

My hydration has been okay. Yesterday, I brewed ginger root tea from scratch for the first time (I usually use looseleaf tea or teabags) and put it in the fridge. I think having that will help me stay on track, fluids-wise. (Ginger root tea is supposed to help reduce inflammation and there is some evidence that it might help with ovarian cysts. I am trying not to have to have surgery, and I like ginger tea, so I figure this can't hurt.)

I did say some prayers while walking outdoors and spent some time meditating too.

All in all, it was a pretty solid week in terms of achieving my fitness goals.


I'm sending you all the good vibes I can spare!

Comments

[oschun]

It's weird how nightmares can hang around like that. I tend to narrate a story in my mind to get myself to sleep, normally a short scenario from a gay romance that I've constructed in my mind, always the same scene following the same narrative pattern. It's like counting sheep, but with hot, flirtatious boys :D :D It works better for me than sedative antihistamines, which I'm no longer taking.

I had another holding-pattern week. I'm doing pilates, fasting and eating well but still haven't tackled some of the other issues. I'm okay with it though because I'm in a better place than I was six months ago.

[sylvanwitch]

Ugh, so this morning, I had the *same* setting in my nightmare (end-of-the-world by cataclysmic flood), but this time, I was also being hunted by a serial killer. My brain...

I ALSO do gay romance scenarios in my head when I'm trying to fall asleep, and it is almost always the same pairing/characters! I thought I was alone in this. (I've done some variation on this since I was a little kid and afraid to fall asleep because of nightmares--admittedly, when I was little, the stories featured way more talking dolphins and absolutely no gay guys, alas.)

Your attitude here, re: better than six months ago, is so important and so healthy, in my opinion, and I'm thrilled for you that you're eating well and exercising and doing what you can without making yourself miserable or asking too much of yourself when there are other things that have to/need to take priority.

Big *hugs* to you, my friend!