Fitness Fellowship 2025: Check-in Eight

[sylvanwitch]

Hey! We've made it through another week. I hope it's been a good one for you, full of opportunities to meet your personal goals.

As always, please share as much or as little of your progress, plans, and goals as you'd like here. We're here to listen, not to judge.



Weight: 210.6, up 3.2 pounds from last week. It's all about the eating (see below).

Exercise: I did have one day on which I did only yoga, no other exercise, but otherwise, I got at least 40 minutes a day. I did yoga five times last week but only lifted twice (my goal is three times). I got in some good walks, though, particularly on Saturday, when we did three miles in the snow at a favorite park. That was a highlight.

Eating plan: So, I did a lot of comfort/stress eating this week (for personal reasons), and it was also my winter break, which meant less structure around what to eat and when. I went WAY off the rails with snack foods and sweets.

Sleep: Ha. Well, I mean, I did get some sleep, and I mostly got to bed at a reasonable hour, but my sleep was often plagued with stress dreams, very broken up.

Meditation: I got to sleep a couple of nights by boxing my breath, which helped to focus my racing thoughts and let me fall asleep.

Hydration: Mostly, yes? It's all a blur, honestly.

The week ahead: I am firmly back on the wagon, food-wise, this week, and I don't anticipate too much struggle to avoid snacking. I hope to lose most of what I gained by next week's check-in, but we'll see.



I'm wishing you a solid week of progress, friends!

Comments

[oschun]

Good luck with balancing your diet again next week. It's completely understandable to have a less than perfect week for emotional reasons.

I feel like I'm still trying to find some equilibrium. I'm on a short course of steroids for the flare up in my wrist. It's helping a lot with the pain and inflammation so hopefully I'll be back at pilates from next week.

[sylvanwitch]

Thank you so much, hon. I feel like a fraud for being affected at all, but I suppose the brain is a mystery. I would like to sleep better and for my brain to stop fixating on truly stupid stuff that no longer matters. I kind of expected that after my mother finally died I might need to get some therapy; I wondered if being free of her would trigger some kind of cascade of traumatic reactions I've been storing away? I don't know. I don't think that's what's happening; I suspect the sleep troubles are related to the executor duties. I'll be glad to have the business part of this over with.

Anyway, I am sending you ALL the healing vibes that the steroids do their thing and help you to feel well enough to return to pilates. I am totally pulling for you, hon, and hoping the cessation from pain and swelling continues.

Big, big *hugs*

[oschun]

I would like to sleep better and for my brain to stop fixating on truly stupid stuff that no longer matters.

I think that's how our minds work. It doesn't have to be a cascade. Sometimes it's just some particularly knotty stuff underneath the surface that raises its head when you're trying to sleep. Therapy is not a bad idea, right? Of course, only if it's the right kind of therapy for you personally, and the right therapist. And therapy comes in different forms, too, not just the official ones.

Thank you for your support and kindness, hon. I'm pain free at the moment and feeling good in mind and body.