Fitness Fellowship 2024: Week 15 Check-in
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sylvanwitchThe weather here is still all over the place, which makes it difficult to know from one day to the next if I'll be able to get outside to walk. Luckily, if the weather is inhospitable and it's a work day, I can get in all the steps I need at work.
Do you have something built in to your regular schedule that allows you to get some exercise (of any kind or degree--no judgement here)? Do you have ways of getting some exercise on those impossible days when things are busy and stressful? All tips and tricks are welcome. :-)
As usual, please also share your ups and downs of the week.
Weight: I'm pleased to report that my scale said 204.0 this morning, so whatever that major uptick was last week, I've lost most of it. Yay!
Exercise: Daily, yes! Strength training at least twice, yes! Incline/steps work at least twice, yes! Intervals, NO. I struggled to regulate my sleep last week because of being back to work after a break, and I was tired by the time I got home, so the only exercise I got on weekdays was at work, except for lightweights and a couple of step routines. I did get in a long walk yesterday.
Eating plan: I've been very good with this and have been especially careful about sodium intake in solidarity with my husband, T., who has been diagnosed with high blood pressure. His doctor is giving him a chance to get it down through diet and exercise, so T's trying to modify his diet. I have been sodium-conscious for a long time already, but I'm making an even bigger deal out of it now, so he can see that it is possible to still eat well without all that sodium. However, he's finding out what I already knew--sodium lurks in so many seemingly innocuous places (like bread products). Anyway, it's helping me to help him, and I'm finding I feel better for it.
Sleep: I had a heck of a time falling asleep for several days last week, but toward the end of the week, I think my body just gave in because I was so tired. I'm doing well so far this week, although I have another ultrasound tomorrow, so I'm a little anxious about it (despite this being my fifth since last August). I'll be glad to have it done and the test results back. Anyway, I got to bed on time and slept well last night, and I'm hoping that will be true every other night this week except, perhaps, tonight.
Meditation/breathing: Yes! We bought a blood pressure machine, so I've been working on de-stressing before taking my own blood pressure, trying to encourage T. to get into a regular habit of taking his BP as well. I don't want either of us to get obsessive over it, but I do think it's important for now for him to keep track. (He has access to an in-store digital machine at work that keeps track via an account, so he is checking there, but I'd like him to do so at home as well.) Anyway, I often use the "boxing the breath" technique to good advantage, and it's fun to take two or three readings, before and after breathing exercises, to see the BP and heart rate come down.
For the week ahead: More of the same!
I'm sending you all the energy I can spare for a great week ahead!
Do you have something built in to your regular schedule that allows you to get some exercise (of any kind or degree--no judgement here)? Do you have ways of getting some exercise on those impossible days when things are busy and stressful? All tips and tricks are welcome. :-)
As usual, please also share your ups and downs of the week.
Weight: I'm pleased to report that my scale said 204.0 this morning, so whatever that major uptick was last week, I've lost most of it. Yay!
Exercise: Daily, yes! Strength training at least twice, yes! Incline/steps work at least twice, yes! Intervals, NO. I struggled to regulate my sleep last week because of being back to work after a break, and I was tired by the time I got home, so the only exercise I got on weekdays was at work, except for lightweights and a couple of step routines. I did get in a long walk yesterday.
Eating plan: I've been very good with this and have been especially careful about sodium intake in solidarity with my husband, T., who has been diagnosed with high blood pressure. His doctor is giving him a chance to get it down through diet and exercise, so T's trying to modify his diet. I have been sodium-conscious for a long time already, but I'm making an even bigger deal out of it now, so he can see that it is possible to still eat well without all that sodium. However, he's finding out what I already knew--sodium lurks in so many seemingly innocuous places (like bread products). Anyway, it's helping me to help him, and I'm finding I feel better for it.
Sleep: I had a heck of a time falling asleep for several days last week, but toward the end of the week, I think my body just gave in because I was so tired. I'm doing well so far this week, although I have another ultrasound tomorrow, so I'm a little anxious about it (despite this being my fifth since last August). I'll be glad to have it done and the test results back. Anyway, I got to bed on time and slept well last night, and I'm hoping that will be true every other night this week except, perhaps, tonight.
Meditation/breathing: Yes! We bought a blood pressure machine, so I've been working on de-stressing before taking my own blood pressure, trying to encourage T. to get into a regular habit of taking his BP as well. I don't want either of us to get obsessive over it, but I do think it's important for now for him to keep track. (He has access to an in-store digital machine at work that keeps track via an account, so he is checking there, but I'd like him to do so at home as well.) Anyway, I often use the "boxing the breath" technique to good advantage, and it's fun to take two or three readings, before and after breathing exercises, to see the BP and heart rate come down.
For the week ahead: More of the same!
I'm sending you all the energy I can spare for a great week ahead!
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Date: Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:19 pm (UTC)I'm getting back into the swing of things after being on break. I'm back into the Zoe Way. (The Zoe cult as S calls it :D) And I went to pilates this week. It was harder than usual because I haven't been to a class in 3 weeks. I'm cutting myself a little bit of slack at the moment with both food and exercise because it feels like I'm restarting everything. Slow and steady!
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Date: Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:36 pm (UTC)I'm glad you're being gentle on yourself with getting back into the swing of things. My own experience has been that if I am not gentle, I often end up injured and/or resentful about the more "rigid" structure of non-vacation life, and feeling that way never leads to anything good where I'm concerned.
May your recalibration be kind and as slow as it needs to be! :-). *hugs*