Fitness Fellowship 2024: Week 19 Check-in

[sylvanwitch]

Another week has gone down like the sun in the West. (Forgive the LotR-esque language; I am currently on the second stage of The Conqueror walking challenge, which is Helm's Deep, so virtually every day, something reminds me of the films.)

How was the week that was? Did you have an easy time of keeping to your goals or did life throw some challenges in your way? Please do share as much or as little as you'd like. We're hear to listen. :-)



Weight: 202.4, down .2 from last week.

Exercise: Every day, yes. Intervals, yes. Inclines, yes. Weights, yes. It was a good week for exercise, for sure.

Eating plan: I mostly kept to my intermittent fasting; I don't think I had any popcorn incidents. Even my "splurge" meal was a variety of hot bar veggies and salad bar selections from Whole Foods, which really is a treat because it is hella expensive.

Meditation/breathing: Yes? Yes. I'm pretty sure I did some boxing of the breath and/or internal chanting/mantras. Those together have become my go-to practice when I need a moment out of the bustle of work or need to regulate my pace while walking, for example.

Hydration: I'm still drinking my home-brewed iced ginger root tisane. The latest batch was made with lime juice instead of lemon, for variety's sake, and I'm enjoying it a great deal.

Sleep: I've gotten into a pattern where even on weekends, I wake up maybe a half-hour after my usual workday wake-up. That's disheartening, but it does mean I get to bed at a reasonable hour all week 'round instead of staying up too late on Friday and Saturday nights and regretting it come Monday morning.

The week ahead: Same old, same old.



I'm sending you sweet May vibes, my friends, whatever May means to you.

Comments

Re: hanging in there

[oldtoadwoman]

I'm like ... anti-competitive ... as soon as something is presented as a challenge, my brain goes "Too hard! Don't wanna!" I do this catastrophizing thing where I look at the goal of doing something every single day or even improving and doing more and I go, "But that's impossible and I'm going to fail and it's too much work just to fail so why even bother in the first place."

Anyway, dragged myself to the gym yesterday. Did very little. And now my arms are really sore today so I'm telling myself that means I did something.

Re: hanging in there

[sylvanwitch]

Muscle soreness DOES mean you did something, so there's that! I understand what you're saying about catastrophizing. I don't have that problem with fitness stuff, but I definitely have it with interpersonal stuff sometimes, and it's a miserable brain thing. I'm glad you got the gym, even if only for a little while.

Also, is that Gianmarco Soresi in your icon?

Re: hanging in there

[oldtoadwoman]

Jason Mantzoukis (this icon is from The Good Place, the first one is from Brooklyn Nine Nine)