Fitness Fellowship 2025: Check-in Two
Jan. 13th, 2025 04:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sylvanwitchGreetings from the winter-struck north! It is snowing like mad out there, and I'm happy to be safely home (earlier than usual) instead of out there in the falling darkness as the roads grow worse and worse.
I hope you all are safe and warm and comfy wherever you are and that the week we've just completed was a good one for you, for whatever value of "good" you choose to employ. Please do share your trials and triumphs with us here. As always, there is no judgment, only solidarity and empathy.
Weight: 211.6, down 2.4 from last week.
Exercise: I still have not picked up the weights. I know why--because I'm a creature of habit, and when I had COVID in October, I lost the habit. Working it back into my "have-to" list for weeknights is daunting because I am so often tired when I get home. But, just as I do with yoga, I need to give myself the time to incorporate lifting too. Otherwise, I did get quite a lot of walking in, whether that was indoors, in front of the TV, or on the elliptical, and I hiked 3.05 miles yesterday, which was lovely--cold but still worth it for the beauty of the river, the sunset colors, and moonrise as I was making the last half-mile back to the car. I also did yoga four times.
Eating plan: I had a splurge meal on Saturday evening and a splurge dessert last evening, but I had so many "banked" WW points that I could have eaten more and it wouldn't have mattered. I am getting used to how the system works and have been good about not going over my daily points except deliberately (as with Saturday's vegan pizza extravaganza). The whole WW system has definitely forced me to cook more fresh meals and be more mindful of everything I eat, so even if I were not losing weight, it would be worth it for that. Also, my new plug-in hot lunch box is awesome! I brought homemade vegan chili today, and it was *so* good in my chilly classroom!
Hydration: I have to be better about this. I am so resistant to drinking cold liquids when I'm cold myself, but I can't let that stop me from drinking enough.
Meditation: I did some lovely boxing-the-breath, visualization, and praying yesterday on my hike.
Sleep: Ugh, last night was one of those nights when I couldn't fall asleep and then couldn't stay asleep. But otherwise, I've been good about being off-screen at least a half-hour before bed and getting to bed on time.
The week ahead: More of the same but with actual weight-lifting. ;-)
I am hoping the week we're entering gives us the energy we need to do our best.
I hope you all are safe and warm and comfy wherever you are and that the week we've just completed was a good one for you, for whatever value of "good" you choose to employ. Please do share your trials and triumphs with us here. As always, there is no judgment, only solidarity and empathy.
Weight: 211.6, down 2.4 from last week.
Exercise: I still have not picked up the weights. I know why--because I'm a creature of habit, and when I had COVID in October, I lost the habit. Working it back into my "have-to" list for weeknights is daunting because I am so often tired when I get home. But, just as I do with yoga, I need to give myself the time to incorporate lifting too. Otherwise, I did get quite a lot of walking in, whether that was indoors, in front of the TV, or on the elliptical, and I hiked 3.05 miles yesterday, which was lovely--cold but still worth it for the beauty of the river, the sunset colors, and moonrise as I was making the last half-mile back to the car. I also did yoga four times.
Eating plan: I had a splurge meal on Saturday evening and a splurge dessert last evening, but I had so many "banked" WW points that I could have eaten more and it wouldn't have mattered. I am getting used to how the system works and have been good about not going over my daily points except deliberately (as with Saturday's vegan pizza extravaganza). The whole WW system has definitely forced me to cook more fresh meals and be more mindful of everything I eat, so even if I were not losing weight, it would be worth it for that. Also, my new plug-in hot lunch box is awesome! I brought homemade vegan chili today, and it was *so* good in my chilly classroom!
Hydration: I have to be better about this. I am so resistant to drinking cold liquids when I'm cold myself, but I can't let that stop me from drinking enough.
Meditation: I did some lovely boxing-the-breath, visualization, and praying yesterday on my hike.
Sleep: Ugh, last night was one of those nights when I couldn't fall asleep and then couldn't stay asleep. But otherwise, I've been good about being off-screen at least a half-hour before bed and getting to bed on time.
The week ahead: More of the same but with actual weight-lifting. ;-)
I am hoping the week we're entering gives us the energy we need to do our best.