Fitness Fellowship Check-in Twenty

[sylvanwitch]

Greetings, Friends!

How has the week treated you? Do you have successes to share or challenges with which you'd like us to commiserate? Please let us know in the comments how your fitness journey has gone/is going. Of course, you are welcome to modify your goal(s) at any time, too.



Weight: Ugh. I'm up again. *sighs* This is likely diet-related (see below).

Exercise: I walked six days, did yoga and weights four times each, and did a lot of gardening yesterday to count for my lifting AND walking. As it has been for some time with me, exercise is not the issue. I am comforted by this fact; I think if I never lose another pound, I will still be so much healthier for all the various exercises I do regularly.

Eating plan: I absolutely overindulged in portions at dinners, in terms of food choices, and with desserts. So, to try to mitigate the eating factor, I've adjusted my daily calorie goal on My Fitness Pal, so I have fewer calories to work with. It's my hope that this will give me some assistance in eating less.

Meditation: Some? A little? I didn't use the app at all, and I don't know why.

Sleep: Mostly good about bedtimes.

Hydration: Yes!

The week ahead: I have to work on reducing my daily caloric intake, and I'd like to do at least one guided meditation on Fiton. Otherwise, same old, same old here.


May the week ahead give you what you most need to feel good about yourself!

Comments

[adore]

I have been doing yoga first thing in the mornings and it's helping me get through the work day! I didn't do yoga on Sunday and just napped, lol. On Saturday I went to a pole class (I have been able to resume those, will make a separate post about that soon) and yesterday I took a long walk with a friend :)

[sylvanwitch]

I am such a night owl that I don't leave myself time in the AM before work for yoga, but I am yearning with every breath for my summer break (I'm a high school teacher), so I *can* do yoga first thing. When I'm able to do that, I have a better day, for sure.

I'm so happy for you that you're finding opportunities to move your body and ease your mind that way. And I'm excited to hear how your return to pole class has gone! Go, you! Keep on going! :-)

[delphi]

Congratulations on the exercise and gardening! 100% - the strength and stamina you're nurturing in yourself is huge for your health, and you should be really proud of that.

I was hitting my mark this past week with all of my goals save for eating three meals and going to bed early. I haven't been too far off the mark with the latter - staying up until 11 or so rather than late-late - but eating was more of a challenge and took some intervention. (Basically, shopping for some very light options that I could coax myself into eating in the mornings, and prepping some instantly zappable things.)

[sylvanwitch]

Thank you for the kind support, which is *always* appreciated. :-)

Good for you for getting to bed mostly on time--yay! And for finding reasonable work-arounds for your eating difficulties. Seriously, that's a big deal, and it's great that you found the energy and focus you needed to get food into you when that wasn't something your brain or your body wanted to prioritize. Big, big *hugs* and luck for the coming long weekend, as well!

[lenzes]

Congratulations on the exercise, the gardening and staying hydrated! I admire you for being so active!


Goal 1 – walking: Still not back into the actual program, but I walked twice last week.


Goal 2 – push-ups: One additional incline push-up!

[sylvanwitch]

How many of the push-ups are you up to now? You've been making steady progress on them! YAY!

Go, you, for making sure you're still getting out there and walking! Good luck this coming week, too.

And, as always, thank you for your support and encouragement. :-)

[lenzes]

I'm doing two sets with 6 reps and one set with 5 reps right now, so seventeen reps in total.

[sylvanwitch]

Wow! That is *awesome*! Amazing progress! Woo-hoooooo! *\o/*

[oschun]

I hope you've had a better week with meditation and calorie intake.

I've been inconstant with things over the past few weeks. The weather has been warm so we've been to the pub a few times and had BBQs (cookouts) with friends, which means drinking a lot of cider and eating burgers and fries at the pub. I'm okay with that as long as it doesn't become too habitual. The thing is, since I switched to clean eating, I don't really enjoy trashy food. Most of the time it doesn't taste good and it makes me feel bad in body and mind. And I don't mean that a burger and fries is inherently trashy food. Actually, a really good homemade beefburger with veg pickles, tofu mayo, rocket leaves and heirloom tomatoes would be my preferred deathbed meal. It's just that food eaten out and bought ready-made is so bad most of the time. Why do you have to pay so much more to eat decent food or have to teach yourself how to make everything from scratch? Sigh.

I've also failed at doing any weight lifting. At some point in the near future I'm hoping to rectify that. I'm so impressed at how good you are at exercising regularly.

[sylvanwitch]

Oof! I feel your lament in my soul, hon, and 100% agree with you. Hereabouts, we do have some health(ier) options for takeout or eating out, but the really healthy stuff is always more expensive than the usual fare, and it bothers me to pay $17 for a salad I could make at home for, like, $5 (and have leftovers). And, too, I don't always want a salad, but my other option is usually a lame veggie burger and the ubiquitous French fries. *sighs* As you say, a good burger (in my case, a black bean burger, for example) with all the delicious homegrown toppings is amazing. Alas, that's not something we can get elsewhere, and sometimes I just don't want to cook. *sighs*

All of this is to say that I completely relate to your struggles, hon, and I hope as the season progresses, you're able to find a balance and still also enjoy eating out with friends. It shouldn't have to be an either/or affair!