Fitness Fellowship 2026: Check-in 15
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sylvanwitchWelcome back to another week. I hope it's been a good one for you.
As usual, please share your progress (or lack thereof--no judgement here) with us in the comments. If you need advice, cheerleading, buttkicking, or anything I can provide, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Weight: I don't even want to talk about it--lol! I think I was probably doing pretty well until we got HOME from our trip, and then there was Chinese takeout. This morning, I weighed 195.6, which, if accurate, is a gain of 3.4 pounds from last week's weigh-in, but I'm trying not to panic. Here's hoping I can budge that number back down by quite a bit before next week.
Exercise: We walked *so* much on our trip and on this past weekend once home, as well. I did yoga 4/4, strength-training 3/3, and walked every day--even travel days! On our trip, we averaged over four miles of walking each day we were there, and on the weekend, we walked 2.67 miles on Saturday, and yesterday, I walked another 2.4 miles on my own.
Eating plan: On the trip itself, I was good. I had healthy breakfasts and lunches and avoided extras at dinner. I did have some sweets for dessert in the hotel room afterwards, but in those cases, I was well within my daily allotment of calories because I gained *so many* extra calories by walking. I do think it was the Chinese food this weekend, likely because of the sodium content. I retain fluid, not to be gross. Even with the Chinese food, I wasn't overly indulgent, so we'll see.
Hydration: Yes!
Meditation: Yes!
Sleep: I have trouble sleeping well when away from home, but I certainly made up for the trip's lack of good sleep when I got home, and I got to bed on time last night in preparation for being back to work today.
The week ahead: We shopped for all sorts of delicious produce on Saturday, so I have lots of great choices in the fridge and am looking forward to greens, beans, rice, etc.
I'm sending you all the good vibes for a healthy week ahead, my friends!
As usual, please share your progress (or lack thereof--no judgement here) with us in the comments. If you need advice, cheerleading, buttkicking, or anything I can provide, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Weight: I don't even want to talk about it--lol! I think I was probably doing pretty well until we got HOME from our trip, and then there was Chinese takeout. This morning, I weighed 195.6, which, if accurate, is a gain of 3.4 pounds from last week's weigh-in, but I'm trying not to panic. Here's hoping I can budge that number back down by quite a bit before next week.
Exercise: We walked *so* much on our trip and on this past weekend once home, as well. I did yoga 4/4, strength-training 3/3, and walked every day--even travel days! On our trip, we averaged over four miles of walking each day we were there, and on the weekend, we walked 2.67 miles on Saturday, and yesterday, I walked another 2.4 miles on my own.
Eating plan: On the trip itself, I was good. I had healthy breakfasts and lunches and avoided extras at dinner. I did have some sweets for dessert in the hotel room afterwards, but in those cases, I was well within my daily allotment of calories because I gained *so many* extra calories by walking. I do think it was the Chinese food this weekend, likely because of the sodium content. I retain fluid, not to be gross. Even with the Chinese food, I wasn't overly indulgent, so we'll see.
Hydration: Yes!
Meditation: Yes!
Sleep: I have trouble sleeping well when away from home, but I certainly made up for the trip's lack of good sleep when I got home, and I got to bed on time last night in preparation for being back to work today.
The week ahead: We shopped for all sorts of delicious produce on Saturday, so I have lots of great choices in the fridge and am looking forward to greens, beans, rice, etc.
I'm sending you all the good vibes for a healthy week ahead, my friends!
Thoughts
Date: Tuesday, 14 April 2026 04:28 pm (UTC)Monday: We were out most of the day, walking and shopping and such. Oh, and last night I finished the poem I was working on, in which several characters are unimpressed with a sad salad bar, so they gang up to make exciting salads for lunch.
Sunday: Ass-busting amounts of effort hauling fallen limbs.
Saturday: Hours and hours of walking at the Small Business Fest, which was awesome. Once home, I also hauled ass to finish planting the violas and pansies.
Friday: I potted up about half a flat of violas and pansies.
Thursday: I did a lot of setup work for planting flowers.
Wednesday: We ran errands and I did a bit of gardening.
Tuesday was too cold and windy to do much outside.
Today's plan is to revisit Whiteside Garden which is giving away free plants. Yesterday I got a holly and a sedum. Then I need to plant things.