Fitness Fellowship 2025: Check-in 30

[sylvanwitch]

Hello, Fitness Friends!

How has your fitness journey been this past week? Ups? Downs? Indifferences? Please do share how you've been coming along.



Weight: I lost 2.6 pounds this week, which would be excellent, except it was largely because of a 24-hour bug I suffered yesterday.

Exercise: I did yoga four times of four pledged, but the fourth session was only eight minutes long and was done in my recliner. (I tried "couch yoga" for the first time, thanks to aforementioned bug.) I lifted five times of three pledged. I walked every day but yesterday (again, see: stomach bug).

Eating plan: I was actually mostly good about what I ate--I made a big pan of homemade veg and beans to go on brown rice, for example, and I had several smoothies throughout the course of the week. I think I snacked too often at night, though. Yesterday, I was able to keep food down, but my stomach was upset, so I was very careful about what I ate, how much, and how spicy it was. I was also good about sweets and limiting my intake of them.

Hydration: Yes! It's been so hot here that I haven't been outside much, but even working out indoors in the AC, I sweat like nobody's business, so I'm careful about hydration.

Meditation: Yes!

Sleep: This has been good. I got too much sleep yesterday, but I was sick, so there you go.

The week ahead: More of the same, minus the virus. ;-)



I'm hoping the week ahead is an excellent one for you all!

Comments

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

5-10 minutes outside in 98F heat with 100% humidity is assbusting effort. :P It's taking forever to get anything done outside because the workspan is so short. But I did manage to pick a few tomatoes.

Re: Well ...

[sylvanwitch]

OMGs! That's Herculean effort, for sure! I can barely manage to get sections of my garden watered before I retreat indoors. The weeds have taken over, and for the moment, they're going to have that victory because there is no way I can be out there weeding in this heat and humidity. SO miserable! Go, you, for being out there at all!

Re: Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

One reason I like container gardening is because it minimizes the need for weeding. Trying to grow things in the ground means the weeds take over as soon as the heat hits. The septic garden is a mess of weeds with a few flowers blooming and a few sunflowers towering above. But most of the pots have only a few weeds at most.

[luzula]

Hope you get some cool weather soon!

I'm good! I'm working in the garden, running, and working out, and today I did a different workout routine than my usual one. I've also started swimming in the lake for exercise. A climbing friend was here the other week, and we did some tree climbing, which was great. I'm going to take housemate up in a tree tomorrow! Weight and sleep are good, too.

[sylvanwitch]

From your mouth the the weather gods' ears, my friend. It is so miserable.

Everything you describe sounds so fulfilling and grounding (except the tree-climbing *grins*)! I am so happy for you. May the integration of all those activities into your life continue to bring you great benefit!

weight gain

[oldtoadwoman]

I swore I'd have my butt in gear and be losing weight already this summer ... and ... I've gained instead. (Long story that I'll save for a non-public space, but there have been a lot of emotion-triggered food incidents lately and then the heat/humidity/rain have made walks something to avoid.)

Re: weight gain

[sylvanwitch]

Man, I so understand the emotional eating AND the desire to just stay in the AC when it's miserably hot and humid out. I hope the weather moderates for you, so you can at least get out for walks. *hugs* It's cool and cloudy here, FINALLY, and I've got all the windows and doors open, and I could cry with relief, honestly.

Re: weight gain

[oldtoadwoman]

We had air quality alerts (apparently the smoke is from the Canadian wildfires blowing south?) so yesterday was nuts. I had to run a short errand and wore a mask, but it was trippy. It looked totally overcast (and even a bit foggy in the distance even though it was warm and humid) yet the sun was beating down casting harsh shadows and reflections and we also had a UV warning. It felt genuinely apocalyptic. It had me wishing for more rain because that would at least clear some of the smoke out of the air.

Today is supposed to be a little better than yesterday, but I'm still not inclined to go outside if I don't have to.

[lenzes]

I'm so sorry that you caught a stomach bug, and I hope you're feeling better now! Couch yoga sounds fun, though :)

Goal 1 – walking: No walking. I spent most of my free time finishing the first draft of my fic.

Goal 2 – push-ups: I did manage one additional incline push-up :D

[sylvanwitch]

I, for one, think finishing a draft is an outstanding reason not to have walked! :-)

YAY for adding yet another push-up to the workout. You must be getting quite good at them!