Fitness Fellowship 2024: Week 30 Check-in
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sylvanwitchHowdy, friends!
I hope the week has treated you gently and that you are feeling healthy today. As usual, please share your fitness progress (or lack thereof--no judgement here!) with us in the comments.
Weight: I'm down at least 1.2 pounds from last week.
Exercise: I've exercised every day for at least an hour. I did yoga every day. I got a LOT of miles of walking in. I did weights/cardio only one day because my right elbow has been giving me some grief, but I supplemented that lack by gardening for 1.5 hours in the heat yesterday, which activity included lots of weeding and yanking of strangling vines.
Eating plan: I'm still snacking at night, mostly sunflower seeds. I have managed to regulate my daily caloric intake, however. And when I do snack at night, I extend my eating window further into the next day, breaking my fast at lunchtime instead of 10am. But I need to stop with the sunflower seeds.
Hydration: Definitely.
Meditation: Yoga has been a revelation in terms of how much tension I'm carrying in my body. I also think about my yoga sessions later in the day, and it helps me un-tense. I also still do boxing the breath sometimes, as well.
Sleep: This has been dodgy, but I'm working on not drinking as much water in the evening, to avoid having to get up to use the loo in the middle of the night, and I've also been much better about putting the iPad down and picking up a crossword puzzle book or a physical book to read. The anxiety dreams are hit-and-miss. I think they've gotten a little better since I've curtailed my Twitter viewing.
The week ahead: The usual plan: At least an hour of exercise a day (including 15 minutes of yoga); sticking to an eating window and NOT snacking in the evening; getting enough sleep and hydration.
I think we need hope these days, so I'm sending you as much hope as I can spare for your use in the week ahead.
I hope the week has treated you gently and that you are feeling healthy today. As usual, please share your fitness progress (or lack thereof--no judgement here!) with us in the comments.
Weight: I'm down at least 1.2 pounds from last week.
Exercise: I've exercised every day for at least an hour. I did yoga every day. I got a LOT of miles of walking in. I did weights/cardio only one day because my right elbow has been giving me some grief, but I supplemented that lack by gardening for 1.5 hours in the heat yesterday, which activity included lots of weeding and yanking of strangling vines.
Eating plan: I'm still snacking at night, mostly sunflower seeds. I have managed to regulate my daily caloric intake, however. And when I do snack at night, I extend my eating window further into the next day, breaking my fast at lunchtime instead of 10am. But I need to stop with the sunflower seeds.
Hydration: Definitely.
Meditation: Yoga has been a revelation in terms of how much tension I'm carrying in my body. I also think about my yoga sessions later in the day, and it helps me un-tense. I also still do boxing the breath sometimes, as well.
Sleep: This has been dodgy, but I'm working on not drinking as much water in the evening, to avoid having to get up to use the loo in the middle of the night, and I've also been much better about putting the iPad down and picking up a crossword puzzle book or a physical book to read. The anxiety dreams are hit-and-miss. I think they've gotten a little better since I've curtailed my Twitter viewing.
The week ahead: The usual plan: At least an hour of exercise a day (including 15 minutes of yoga); sticking to an eating window and NOT snacking in the evening; getting enough sleep and hydration.
I think we need hope these days, so I'm sending you as much hope as I can spare for your use in the week ahead.
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Date: Thursday, 1 August 2024 11:56 pm (UTC)My weight is up a tiny bit, but not as much as it could be so I'm taking it as a win.
(I was cat-sitting for a friend for a week who very kindly stocked the fridge and told me I could eat anything I wanted and even pointed out there was ice cream. I probably wouldn't have even looked in the freezer if she hadn't said that.)
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Date: Friday, 2 August 2024 02:45 pm (UTC)Re: 💟
Date: Friday, 2 August 2024 03:52 pm (UTC)Yeah, the ice cream is the main reason for the small weight gain because I just couldn't stop going back for "a little" more. But the last time I was out there cat-sitting, I bought junk food and candy. (Lots of food options walking distance from her apartment.) So I still did a bit better than usual.
Today though I am only about 4 pounds above my lowest weigh-in of the year and that's well within reach.
Unfortunately I really need to tighten my budget, but I'm trying to turn that into a plus because all of that can come from not impulse-buying empty calories.
And my best success with dieting isn't even a specific food/exercise plan, it's just weighing in every day to stay in touch with reality. So I've decided that's the strategy for the budget. Last night, I made a spreadsheet and starting Aug 1st, I'm writing down everything I spend the same day and I even added a column for regrets to comment on whether the money was well-spent or not. (I pay my credit card off every money, so I'm not that irresponsible with money, but the total shocks me every single time. When I scroll back to see how it could possibly be so much, it's always impulse food purchases.)
Diet and budget both, my greatest weakness is conning myself that "just this once won't hurt". So I need to make myself face reality every single day.
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Date: Saturday, 3 August 2024 04:30 pm (UTC)Also, THANK YOU for the handwritten card and note! It was a delight to get real mail! *hugs*
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Date: Saturday, 3 August 2024 04:36 pm (UTC)I love writing real letters. There's something meditative about putting ink on paper. (Also when I sit down to write a handwritten card, I'm not tempted to click in another tab and start distracting myself.)