Fitness Fellowship 2026: Check-in 10
Mar. 9th, 2026 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sylvanwitchWe've just had the time change, putting the clocks ahead an hour, and I'm doing better than I usually am with time changes, largely because I took a melatonin and made myself go to sleep on time. I woke up with some anxiety this morning, just a vague and general sense of unease, and I'm pretty sure it was caused by how dark it was thanks to the time change. I'm fine now.
All of this is to say that it's difficult enough for us to adhere to our routines without arbitrary policies adding further stressors.
Anyway, how has your week gone? Please do share your ups (yay!) and downs (boo!), if you're so inclined.
Weight: 194, up 1.4 from last week. *sighs* I had hoped it wouldn't be quite so high, but that's actually a significant drop from Sunday morning's weight. See below, re: food choices.
Exercise: I did yoga 4/4, strength-training 3/3, and walked every day. We got in two longish walks on Saturday, and I took a two-mile brisk walk yesterday.
Eating plan: Last week was stressful at work, and I was tired pretty much constantly, which led to more processed meal choices than I'd have liked, but the real deal-breaker was Saturday, when we had a rather large breakfast, a very late lunch out, and then for (an also late) dinner had vegan pizza and a big salad and Girl Scouts Thin Mints. (I ordered them from a colleague's daughter in a moment of supreme weakness when the distant March delivery date seemed impossibly far and I could delude myself into believing I wasn't going to hoover them down.) To be fair to me, I only had HALF a sleeve (that's eight smallish cookies), when in the past I'd absolutely horse down an entire sleeve in one sitting, but with all the other eating we'd done and even with all the walking we'd gotten in, well...serious gain.
Meditation: Yes!
Hydration: Yes!
Sleep: I've done the best I can on a week in which we had a full moon.
The week ahead: I sauteed a big pan of mushrooms, onions, peppers, roasted corn, and chiles yesterday and had some of that mixture with a big salad last night. Tonight, I'm planning brown rice and beans and veg. I'm bringing veg and hummus and fruit for lunches and generally trying to return to the more whole-foods-heavy habits I've been letting slip over the past few weeks of SAD-related struggle.
We'll all get through this together, friends. That's the thought I'm leaving you with this week.
All of this is to say that it's difficult enough for us to adhere to our routines without arbitrary policies adding further stressors.
Anyway, how has your week gone? Please do share your ups (yay!) and downs (boo!), if you're so inclined.
Weight: 194, up 1.4 from last week. *sighs* I had hoped it wouldn't be quite so high, but that's actually a significant drop from Sunday morning's weight. See below, re: food choices.
Exercise: I did yoga 4/4, strength-training 3/3, and walked every day. We got in two longish walks on Saturday, and I took a two-mile brisk walk yesterday.
Eating plan: Last week was stressful at work, and I was tired pretty much constantly, which led to more processed meal choices than I'd have liked, but the real deal-breaker was Saturday, when we had a rather large breakfast, a very late lunch out, and then for (an also late) dinner had vegan pizza and a big salad and Girl Scouts Thin Mints. (I ordered them from a colleague's daughter in a moment of supreme weakness when the distant March delivery date seemed impossibly far and I could delude myself into believing I wasn't going to hoover them down.) To be fair to me, I only had HALF a sleeve (that's eight smallish cookies), when in the past I'd absolutely horse down an entire sleeve in one sitting, but with all the other eating we'd done and even with all the walking we'd gotten in, well...serious gain.
Meditation: Yes!
Hydration: Yes!
Sleep: I've done the best I can on a week in which we had a full moon.
The week ahead: I sauteed a big pan of mushrooms, onions, peppers, roasted corn, and chiles yesterday and had some of that mixture with a big salad last night. Tonight, I'm planning brown rice and beans and veg. I'm bringing veg and hummus and fruit for lunches and generally trying to return to the more whole-foods-heavy habits I've been letting slip over the past few weeks of SAD-related struggle.
We'll all get through this together, friends. That's the thought I'm leaving you with this week.
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Date: Friday, 13 March 2026 08:10 pm (UTC)And oh man, the food you've made sounds absolutely delicious. <3
Work and health issues have continued to weigh heavy, as has the whole *gesture to the world at large*, but I managed to largely hit my goals last week aside from some missed breakfasts and two later nights. I've also fallen into the habit of meeting up with a friend every two weeks and taking a long evening walk together, usually a good three hours, which has been a nice combination of getting more human time, fresh air, and movement in.
Meals - 4/7
Water - 7/7
Stretching - 7/7
Walking - 7/7
Fibre - 7/7
Sleep - 5/7
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Date: Saturday, 14 March 2026 03:51 pm (UTC)The food was delicious and really a meal-saver because with veg ready to heat, it was much easier to throw together rice and beans or, in one case, cook up a pan of sliced potatoes and mix in the veg at the end for a potato hash sort of thing. This morning, I slow-cooked an even bigger pan of mushrooms, onions, and peppers to use for the week ahead.
It's wonderful that you have stuck to your routines as well as you have, especially given *joins you in gesturing at the state of the world*. Your walk with a friend sounds lovely. I had a close friend with whom I'd regularly walk, and then she moved to the opposite end of the East Coast, and I miss her and, especially, the walk-and-talks we had. It's lovely to have friend time AND rambling time too.
I hope the week ahead gives you some relief on the work and health issues, my friend. You deserve the peace. *hugs*