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.
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Date: Monday, 27 April 2026 08:30 pm (UTC)Life has been hard for the past year, but things are finally looking up in my personal life. I'll share other info later, but today I'm feeling pretty much on top of my life again. FWIW, I have been following along, even as I've been very quiet.
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Date: Tuesday, 28 April 2026 12:30 pm (UTC)