Fitness Fellowship 2026: Check-in 14
Apr. 6th, 2026 05:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sylvanwitchGreetings, friends!
How has the week treated you? Have you had some success with your personal goal(s)? Have there been challenges? Please share whatever you'd like, and remember: You can always adjust your goals when and as needed. No judgement--not ever. :-)
Weight: 192.6, exactly where it was last week. I did see a small drop, but alas, it didn't stick.
Exercise: Yoga 4/4, strength-training 3/3, significant steps daily. I took my first jog of the year on Thursday! I did over 2 miles total. It was wet and messy, but I had the park almost to myself and enjoyed it immensely. I got in two long rambles, too, on Friday and Saturday. I used the elliptical yesterday because it was cold and miserable out (again).
Eating plan: I've been mostly good, though I have noticed a slightly higher daily calorie total. I think it might be in part because I've been more active.
Meditation: Twice!
Hydration: Yes!
Sleep: I've been on break since Thursday, and the sleep has been glorious, as it always is when I'm off of work.
The week ahead: We're traveling for the next few days to visit friends, but we have plans for hiking or walking both days we're there. The travel days will be the more difficult ones in which to get some exercise, but I hope to at least get some steps in at rest stops. I'm bringing my yoga mat and light weights, and I'm good about exercising in the hotel room. There's a cafe with a full vegan menu a half-block from our hotel, and I am super excited about that, but we also have a full kitchen in our suite, so I'm bringing healthy food to prepare. We'll probably have dinner out each night, but I'll make good choices. And then I'll have the weekend to recalibrate before it's back to work.
Here's hoping we all have a good week full of triumphs small and/or great!
How has the week treated you? Have you had some success with your personal goal(s)? Have there been challenges? Please share whatever you'd like, and remember: You can always adjust your goals when and as needed. No judgement--not ever. :-)
Weight: 192.6, exactly where it was last week. I did see a small drop, but alas, it didn't stick.
Exercise: Yoga 4/4, strength-training 3/3, significant steps daily. I took my first jog of the year on Thursday! I did over 2 miles total. It was wet and messy, but I had the park almost to myself and enjoyed it immensely. I got in two long rambles, too, on Friday and Saturday. I used the elliptical yesterday because it was cold and miserable out (again).
Eating plan: I've been mostly good, though I have noticed a slightly higher daily calorie total. I think it might be in part because I've been more active.
Meditation: Twice!
Hydration: Yes!
Sleep: I've been on break since Thursday, and the sleep has been glorious, as it always is when I'm off of work.
The week ahead: We're traveling for the next few days to visit friends, but we have plans for hiking or walking both days we're there. The travel days will be the more difficult ones in which to get some exercise, but I hope to at least get some steps in at rest stops. I'm bringing my yoga mat and light weights, and I'm good about exercising in the hotel room. There's a cafe with a full vegan menu a half-block from our hotel, and I am super excited about that, but we also have a full kitchen in our suite, so I'm bringing healthy food to prepare. We'll probably have dinner out each night, but I'll make good choices. And then I'll have the weekend to recalibrate before it's back to work.
Here's hoping we all have a good week full of triumphs small and/or great!
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Date: Monday, 6 April 2026 10:32 pm (UTC)I managed to survive the final week. It wasn't easy, but I made it through. I should be feeling more relaxed now that school has broken up but I had marking to catch up on so that's consumed my entire weekend. At some point in my life I swear I will stop being so unhealthily fixated on work. Anyway, we're gong to Portugal for a week so I will be free and happy then.
Enjoy your time away!
Thoughts
Date: Tuesday, 7 April 2026 12:53 am (UTC)Go you!
>>Anyway, we're gong to Portugal for a week so I will be free and happy then.<<
That sounds fun. It's a beautiful country, mostly dryland -- I've seen videos of some nature restoration work there.
Re: Thoughts
Date: Tuesday, 7 April 2026 09:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: Tuesday, 7 April 2026 10:55 pm (UTC)Of course, I had to adjust the amount of writing I was assigning, but I discovered over the course of that year that my having changed my expectations for their output in no way changed the quality of their writing and its development over the course of the year. I mean, this is anecdotal evidence, not peer-reviewed. But it occurred to me that my working harder did not seem to have any impact on how well they did. I understand your mileage definitely varies, but I just wanted to offer my own example. My life--and not coincidentally, my energy for classroom teaching--is so much better now.
Anyway, I do hope you discover balance that doesn't make you feel guilty and I hope you have an absolutely fabulous time in Portugal! You deserve it, hon, so very much! Enjoy! :-)