Fitness Fellowship 2025: Check-in 37

[sylvanwitch]

Hey, there, friends!

How has the past week been for you, fitness-wise or any otherwise? Please do share as much or as little as you'd like with us. You know we're a non-judgmental group hereabouts. :-)



Weight: I'm at 209.6, which is 2.2 pounds down from last week! \o/

Exercise: For the first time in a long while, I only managed three sessions of yoga instead of my usual four, largely because of my schedule and tiredness. I did walk every day, though, and did strength training five times. Yesterday, I did fairly strenuous yardwork for more than four hours and was completely knackered when I finally came inside, so I had no energy left for what should have been the week's fourth yoga session.

Eating plan: I have honestly been rocking this! I made a big pan of beans, greens, and potatoes with various spices and have been having that for dinner with rice or in whole wheat tortillas. A trip to the farmer's market on Saturday has yielded a ton of veggies, so I'm all set for more healthy entrees and lunches. And I feel good, too.

Hydration: Yes!

Sleep: I've been very good about getting to bed on time on weeknights and being off-screen before bedtime.

Meditation: No, which I have to rectify this week.

The week ahead: More of the same (and four/four yoga sessions).



I'm sending you good energy for a week that gives you what you need!

Comments

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

I got a lot of yardwork done in the week or so of nice fall weather, including watering with the hose, but now it's sweltering again. :/

Today we went up to Champaign and shopped, so lots of walking. I love Ollie's -- we got 5 cookbooks for what one usually would cost -- but that concrete floor is unforgiving on feet.

I've been cooking more, though, since I have extra time this month. \o/ Also we found an evening farmer's market near us, so that's awesome.

Re: Thoughts

[sylvanwitch]

Oh, congrats on getting all that yardwork done before the swamp heat returned! I shouldn't have done all the work I did on Sunday, but I'm out of free time these days, and this stuff really needed doing. *sighs*

YAY for walking and bargain hunting and cooking more, too! Those are all good things! Go, you!

Also, I love the idea of an evening farmer's market--really, given how much of the population works days, this is a fantastic idea!

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>> this stuff really needed doing. <<

That's what has me going out to water things in this heat -- and I can't use the hose because I can't stay outside that long, so it's hand watering.

>> YAY for walking and bargain hunting and cooking more, too! Those are all good things! Go, you! <<

We've got a fall festival this weekend too.

>>Also, I love the idea of an evening farmer's market--really, given how much of the population works days, this is a fantastic idea!<<

There are now several in our area. We hope to hit one tomorrow. Last time it had crenshaw squash, I want one. And one guy said he'd probably have sweet corn this week, so we could make Three Sisters Succotash.

[oschun]

I didn't manage to make it to the gym for strength training last week. Too many meetings, deadlines, general tiredness. The usual. But I will try my best this week. I'm currently worn out from pilates. The instructor got us to do some new moves today that were really tough.

Well done on the weight loss and healthy eating. And yay for beans and the leguminati. I made an interesting Georgian (Eastern Europe) pinto bean dish over the weekend that also contained walnuts, pomegranate juice and blue fenugreek, which might sound a little unusual, but was lovely and tasty.

[sylvanwitch]

The Georgian dish sounds both delicious and colorful! I finished off the beans, greens, and potatoes today. I'd intended to make something fresh with the produce from the market, but I was too tired by the time I dragged myself home and finished my outdoor chores (watering the gardens and feeding the birds). I'm so grateful I had leftovers in the fridge. I'm not sure what I'm going to do tomorrow night, though! Lol!

And boy, do I understand being too tired and busy to do strength training. I hope you get there this week, but I also hope you know there's absolutely no judgement here if you don't. Some nights, I'm so tired I just slump into my chair, still in my work clothes, until I can bestir myself to get up and change and do the "have-to"s, so to speak.

Big *hugs* to you and lots of luck with continuing your fitness quest!

[luzula]

Good job on your eating. : )

I have a tooth where the nerve is dead and the tooth is infected around the root, and it needs a root canal. Currently I have tooth ache. /o\ /o\ Also I am too busy. So not a very cheery update this week!

[sylvanwitch]

Oh, noes! Tooth pain is just awful. I am so sorry you're struggling with that, and Ih ope you're able to have it taken care of as soon as possible.

[delphi]

Congratulations on all the successes! Hearing about the delicious healthy food and good sleep is especially inspiring.

I've still been struggling with heat, forest fire smoke, and work stress here, but I feel like things are turning a corner. I do have something I feel good about, though. I've been managing both an office move and a move at home, which means I've been doing a lot of lifting and carrying lately, including a full eight-hour shift at work that was pretty much all packing and moving bankers' boxes full of records and some sizable office equipment, followed by a Saturday carting books to the secondhand bookshop. I could lift everything I wanted to lift, and nothing in my body is complaining. It's a level of fitness I'm grateful to have. :D

[sylvanwitch]

Thank you so much!

Congratulations to you on all the lifting and carrying of heavy things, especially as it shows your practical fitness level! That is *so* exciting! :-)

I am sorry that you're suffering from the heat, smoke, and stress, though, and I do hope things get easier for you soon. (Of course, I also hope the crews are able to get the fires under control.)

[lenzes]

Congratulations on such a successful week! It's awesome that you feel good with your food choices. And strenuous yardwork totally counts as exercise in my opinion.


Goal 1 – walking: I actually walked three times!


Goal 2 – push-ups: One more incline push-up :D

[sylvanwitch]

Woooo-hoooo! Three times! That's awesome! Go, you!

AND progress on the push-ups too! You're on fire! Keep it up! :-)