Fitness Fellowship 2024: Week 13 Check-in
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sylvanwitchGreetings from April, friends! We made it!
What has the past week been like for you, fitness-wise and/or otherwise? Have you been kind to yourself? I hope so. As always, please do share with us how you are doing.
Weight: 203.2, down 2.2 from last week.
Exercise: I lifted light weights twice or three times (I cannot recall precisely), did some brisk hill-walking one day and an elliptical workout (incline 7, resistance 5) once, walked every day, and added something new to my/our routine.
I suggested we start doing intervals when walking during which we walk as fast as we can, within reason, really pumping our arms but not breaking into a jog. I think this is a variation on HIIT? Anyway, T. has been diagnosed with high blood pressure, and we are doing our best to get it down without him having to take medication for it. (It's at the lowest level of high, so we have a little wiggle room.) This kind of training really gets the heartrate up, and I wanted to encourage him to get more cardio in. Of course, I also wanted to do the same, so it worked out.
Friends, it is a LOT of work, and boy does it get the heart going. We've done two walks so far with intervals, and they have both left me feeling like I have really exercised!
Also, today I walked on my own and used some rocks to climb up and down, 60 reps total, alternating lead leg. These rocks were about 12-18 inches in height, so it was a good workout in addition to the walking. I'm going to see if I can work that kind of thing in on other walks, as well.
Intermittent Fasting: I've had only two popcorn incidents this week, and I'm okay with those because I really was quite hungry and didn't want to go to bed feeling that way. Otherwise, I've been very good about sticking to my eating window, and I've been watching what I eat, of course, as well, especially now that I'm trying to make sure T. gets a lot less sodium. (I cook with a salt substitute and try to avoid processed foods, but it is astonishing how much sodium works its way into things, like bread, for example.)
Sleep: I'm on break until the 9th, so I've reverted to my night owl ways, and I have to say, I feel so much better going to bed between 1-2am and getting up between 8-9am. That's my natural preference, and wow, my energy levels are so much better. I'm not sure how to translate that into my work schedule, since I have to get up at 6am on school days. *sighs* Anyway, I'm getting plenty of sleep, but it's in a different timeframe than usual.
Breathing/Meditation: Yes! I've done some boxing of the breath while out walking and also done some walking trance, I guess you'd call it, where I'm focused on an internal mantra in time with my breathing and steps.
Hydration: I've been conscientious about drinking plenty of water, tea, etc., during the day.
From my Easter break, sending you all the time-off vibes I can spare!
What has the past week been like for you, fitness-wise and/or otherwise? Have you been kind to yourself? I hope so. As always, please do share with us how you are doing.
Weight: 203.2, down 2.2 from last week.
Exercise: I lifted light weights twice or three times (I cannot recall precisely), did some brisk hill-walking one day and an elliptical workout (incline 7, resistance 5) once, walked every day, and added something new to my/our routine.
I suggested we start doing intervals when walking during which we walk as fast as we can, within reason, really pumping our arms but not breaking into a jog. I think this is a variation on HIIT? Anyway, T. has been diagnosed with high blood pressure, and we are doing our best to get it down without him having to take medication for it. (It's at the lowest level of high, so we have a little wiggle room.) This kind of training really gets the heartrate up, and I wanted to encourage him to get more cardio in. Of course, I also wanted to do the same, so it worked out.
Friends, it is a LOT of work, and boy does it get the heart going. We've done two walks so far with intervals, and they have both left me feeling like I have really exercised!
Also, today I walked on my own and used some rocks to climb up and down, 60 reps total, alternating lead leg. These rocks were about 12-18 inches in height, so it was a good workout in addition to the walking. I'm going to see if I can work that kind of thing in on other walks, as well.
Intermittent Fasting: I've had only two popcorn incidents this week, and I'm okay with those because I really was quite hungry and didn't want to go to bed feeling that way. Otherwise, I've been very good about sticking to my eating window, and I've been watching what I eat, of course, as well, especially now that I'm trying to make sure T. gets a lot less sodium. (I cook with a salt substitute and try to avoid processed foods, but it is astonishing how much sodium works its way into things, like bread, for example.)
Sleep: I'm on break until the 9th, so I've reverted to my night owl ways, and I have to say, I feel so much better going to bed between 1-2am and getting up between 8-9am. That's my natural preference, and wow, my energy levels are so much better. I'm not sure how to translate that into my work schedule, since I have to get up at 6am on school days. *sighs* Anyway, I'm getting plenty of sleep, but it's in a different timeframe than usual.
Breathing/Meditation: Yes! I've done some boxing of the breath while out walking and also done some walking trance, I guess you'd call it, where I'm focused on an internal mantra in time with my breathing and steps.
Hydration: I've been conscientious about drinking plenty of water, tea, etc., during the day.
From my Easter break, sending you all the time-off vibes I can spare!