Fitness Fellowship 2024: Week 41 Check-in

[sylvanwitch]

It has been a long week already, and it's only Monday. I hope the week that was treated you gently, my friends. Please do share, as usual, your ups and downs.



Weight: I'm about where I was last week, or maybe a little bit lighter.

Exercise: My stamina has been fairly non-existent. I think I did yoga maybe four times out of seven days. I did get a lot of steps most days, but yesterday (Sunday), I was so tired from doing some very light gardening that I didn't break 4500 steps for the day. Saturday, we went for a walk after dark to look at a nearby neighborhood's Halloween decorations, and a mile into the mile-and-a-half walk, I started getting lightheaded and had to really push myself to make it back to the car. Anyway, I'm doing what I can when I feel like it's reasonable, and I'm trying to go easy on myself when I can't find the energy for things like yoga.

Eating plan: I was mostly good about this, I think? Honestly, the brain fog this time is worse than the first time I had COVID.

Hydration: Yes, this I've been very good about.

Sleep: With the exception of this morning, when my day's anxieties woke me early, I have been extra good about going off-screen at least a half-hour before bed, getting to bed on time or early, and have slept very well without sleep aids. My body knows it needs the sleep and is, for the most part, letting me get it.

The week ahead: I'm going to continue being careful about over-exertion and hope that my energy levels increase. I've also started taking a higher dosage of D3 because there is medical evidence that suggests it can help with fatigue. Oh, and I've added some cognitive exercises via Lumosity and good, old-fashioned crossword puzzles to try to rebuild some of the cognitive damage COVID may have wrought in my brain.



Go easy on yourself this week! May your goals be easily achieved. :-)

Comments

[oschun]

Take care of yourself, hon. I hope you're back to your usual self very soon. Take it slow and listen to your body.

I was also sick last week and had to take Thurs and Fri off work. The brain fog was bad for me too. I barely remember last week. It might've been covid, I don't know, I don't have any tests left. I had a weird thing on Thurs night where I thought everything tasted like it had gone bad. I made S sniff everything and refused to believe him when he said it smelt fine. The only thing I could eat was jam on toast.

Oh, and another weird thing! I had night terrors and experienced sleep paralysis for the first time! I thought there was something else in the bed (not S or the cat!) and there was this tapping noise in the room. I couldn't move at all. It was super scary. Anyway, whatever virus I had was relatively short-lived and I woke up on Sunday feeling like a normal human being.

I haven't fasted or exercised at all this week and I probably won't next week either. I'm putting everything on hold until after I get married :)

Feel better soon!

[sylvanwitch]

I've only experienced sleep paralysis once myself, and it was awful, so I empathize with your own experience here. I also had the bad taste thing with COVID this time around (in addition to the more usual symptom of anosmia). I'm glad you're feeling better, and I think it's absolutely on-point to ease up on your usual plans until after the wedding. That's the sort of life event that deserves all sorts of accommodations. I hope it's an amazing day for you both, hon! *HUGS*