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: Saturday, 2 May 2026 08:11 pm (UTC)I really feel you on the sleep, especially when the days are longer and there's a good book calling. I'm lucky right now because I've been diligently making my way through the complete works of an author a friend has wanted me to read, and while they're fine, they are not the kind of page-turners that keep me reading at night. One of the nice things about having a balcony now is that I'm doing more reading during daylight hours instead of before bed, since it's nice to step out in the morning or right after work and sit out there a bit with a book.
And thanks so much for the kind words. I think the issue's getting better, fingers crossed, and I'm going to try to my best to harness the "less sugar, less salt, less fat" habit it put me under even when that no longer causes pain. :P