Fitness Fellowship 2026: Check-in 17
Apr. 27th, 2026 03:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sylvanwitchWell, we've made it another week, friends, and what a week it has been!
As usual, please share your ups and downs with us. Where has your fitness journey taken you this week? How have you been feeling? I hope the week has been kind to you and you've found opportunities to make yourself happy.
Weight: 194.4, I think. Up again by 1.8 pounds. It's totally food-related. More on that below.
Exercise: Yoga 4/4, strength-training 3/3, meaningful steps every day (and LOTS of them!) and even some outdoor work yesterday. Yay!
Eating plan: So, I've been within my calories most days, if you include what I "earn" by exercising, but Saturday was a BIG splurge day, and I was already seeing the number creep up before I had pizza and an entire pint of non-dairy ice cream, and that's because I'm eating my exercise calories. I need to pretend they aren't there and just stick to the lower daily calorie goal. The eating is happening because work is stressful, among other things. I need to stop the emotional eating.
Hydration: Yes!
Meditation! Yes, 2/2!
Sleep: Pretty good. I've been making a big point of being in bed on time, ready to sleep and not amped up on screen-time.
The week ahead: I have rededicated myself to clean(er) eating, so I'm back to sprouted multigrain bread with nut-spread in the AM, healthy lunches, and rice, beans, and greens and/or salads for dinner. T. complicated my plan by bringing home vegan peanut butter cookies last night, but I can't be mad at him for being excited to have discovered that the grocery store where he works has *several* "secret" vegan products in their in-store bakery. (They don't label it vegan because they're afraid it will turn people off to the baked goods. Even though the baked goods have *always* been vegan and taste amazing.) So, I'll save room for one cookie after dinner, with the goal of still reducing daily calories.
May the week ahead be a good one for us all.
As usual, please share your ups and downs with us. Where has your fitness journey taken you this week? How have you been feeling? I hope the week has been kind to you and you've found opportunities to make yourself happy.
Weight: 194.4, I think. Up again by 1.8 pounds. It's totally food-related. More on that below.
Exercise: Yoga 4/4, strength-training 3/3, meaningful steps every day (and LOTS of them!) and even some outdoor work yesterday. Yay!
Eating plan: So, I've been within my calories most days, if you include what I "earn" by exercising, but Saturday was a BIG splurge day, and I was already seeing the number creep up before I had pizza and an entire pint of non-dairy ice cream, and that's because I'm eating my exercise calories. I need to pretend they aren't there and just stick to the lower daily calorie goal. The eating is happening because work is stressful, among other things. I need to stop the emotional eating.
Hydration: Yes!
Meditation! Yes, 2/2!
Sleep: Pretty good. I've been making a big point of being in bed on time, ready to sleep and not amped up on screen-time.
The week ahead: I have rededicated myself to clean(er) eating, so I'm back to sprouted multigrain bread with nut-spread in the AM, healthy lunches, and rice, beans, and greens and/or salads for dinner. T. complicated my plan by bringing home vegan peanut butter cookies last night, but I can't be mad at him for being excited to have discovered that the grocery store where he works has *several* "secret" vegan products in their in-store bakery. (They don't label it vegan because they're afraid it will turn people off to the baked goods. Even though the baked goods have *always* been vegan and taste amazing.) So, I'll save room for one cookie after dinner, with the goal of still reducing daily calories.
May the week ahead be a good one for us all.