Fitness Fellowship 2026: Check-in One

[sylvanwitch]

Welcome, new friends and sustaining members, to the Fitness Fellowship 2026. It's wonderful to have you here! I hope you find the accountability and support you need to reach your goals.

If you are so inclined, please check in by commenting with how your plan is going so far. Have you had some success? Have you experienced challenges? Whatever the case, please share if you'd like. Please know that you are welcome to change your goals at any time. You also do not need to check in if you aren't feeling it.

As always, there will never be judgment here, only encouragement and support. :-)



Weight: 196.6, up .4 from my weight on January 1.

Exercise: For the past week as a whole, I did yoga four times out of four pledged, strength-training three times out of three pledged, and meditated three times out of two pledged. I did not get as much outdoor walking as I'd have liked--the weather was inhospitable hereabouts--but I did use the elliptical a few times, and I did circuits of the house and walked in place at least twice, as well.

Eating plan: I've been mostly good, though there was one indulgent meal on Saturday evening. Yesterday, I made a big pot of veggie soup for my lunches for the week, and I roasted an enormous bag of broccoli florets for quick cruciferous intake at dinner each night. Last night's dinner included a baked potato and turnip greens, my first time trying the latter. They were canned, but they had no sodium added and no additives at all; I had them with hot sauce, and they were delicious! I've got a big thing of cubed butternut squash to roast for tonight's dinner and leftovers. Good stuff!

Meditation: Yes!

Hydration: Yes!

Sleep: I was off-screen by 10:40 last night and in bed by 11:00pm. A little melatonin and a pre-bedtime meditation helped me get to sleep quickly, but getting up at 6:00am was still rough this morning. I am quite sure I'll have no trouble getting to sleep tonight, with or without sleep aids!

The week ahead: More of the same, hopefully with outdoor walking--we're expecting mid-forties in the second half of the week, so I'm hoping I'll be able to get some walks in in the evening.



May the week ahead bring you the energy you need to achieve your goals!

Comments

[delphi]

Congratulations! That sounds like a great week (and I hope you're getting good sleep tonight.) And mmm, I love turnip greens. <3

My week:

Meals - 100% (albeit with a few loose definitions of 'meals')
Water - 100%
Stretching - 75%
Walking - 100%
Fibre - 100%
Sleep - 25% (this one, er, this one's a work in progress)

[sylvanwitch]

Thank you! And right back at you for the excellent progress you've made! Believe me, I understand that the struggle, re: sleep, is REAL and ongoing. I think as long as we're making a conscious effort to improve, we're moving in the right direction. It's definitely a work in progress, and I have a feeling that for me, at least, it always will be. ;-)

[cornerofmadness]

still in the booze and cookie stage of the year. That is not progress but it's also helping for me to remain somewhat sane

[sylvanwitch]

Sometimes we need mental health measures more than physical ones, for sure! I hope that whenever you are able to emerge from the cookie-and-booze stage, you're able to find measures that help you feel better.

[cornerofmadness]

I'm hoping. Heck I'm just hoping we're getting money from our new garbage insurance to DO health measures at work. I tend to do those

[alightbuthappypen]

Well done on all your successes! I've never even considered turnip greens as a thing. Do they taste turnippy?

This week I've had success with water-drinking and getting in 10k steps for the past 5 days, but not got the eating under control. I've started cooking again, which is positive, but still eating too much chocolate and pastries.

[sylvanwitch]

Thank you! And right back at you for the successes you've had! Controlling food intake is definitely my most difficult challenge. I'm in the groove now, but *getting* in the groove was the work of years (literally, in the latest case of my weight loss). I wish you ALL the best in getting to a place where you are both comfortable and NOT resentful. (Resentment over giving up stuff I love is always a factor for me in figuring out how to eat less, but your mileage may definitely vary.)

ETA: So, I suspect because they were canned they didn't taste like much of anything? They were very bland, which is why I added the hot sauce. As a vehicle for hot sauce, however, they were quite tasty, but I do like the texture of cooked greens, and I know some don't.

[oschun]

Well done on the soup-making and vegetable-roasting. I was still in vacation mode last week and might have to cut myself some slack this week too. I just need to settle back into work and try to find some equilibrium.

[sylvanwitch]

Take whatever time you need, hon. It takes a bit to get back into the groove, right? And there are always new things being thrown at us, which makes it all the more challenging to get our feet under us.

Thank you for the kind words! I am enjoying the spoils of my hard work, for sure, because if I had to cook *every*thing when I got home from work this week, I'd be eating lots of processed stuff, for sure!

[luzula]

quick cruciferous intake
Ha ha, I love that.

I'm feeling good! : D Lots of skiing and shoveling snow, and I feel like I'm getting a lot of exercise either from physical work or from working out, and currently having no aches and pains. My weight is up a little, so I'll keep an eye on that.