WEEKLY HEALTHY LIVING CHECK-IN JULY 22ND~
HEY EVERYONE!
ITS TIME FOR OUR CHECKIN AGAIN!
How has everyone been doing over the past week?
What special things have you encountered or enjoyed or done for yourself?
What have been your highs/lows over the week?
What would you like to share with us this week? We want to hear from YOU!
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Well, short check-in for me this week.......
Not too bad of a week, stayed on plan with eating and exerise. Co-taught TWO Zumba classes, Swam at the pool throughout the week, Walked ALOT!....Stress and Anxiety has been lower this week than the previous week. So thats always a great thing!
Today is REST DAY! Yay!.....Plans for today are to possibly take another "Stay-cation"...In a nearby state. Stay the night, visit my Mother in Law for her birthday. Then come back in the morning. Then tomorrow evening, celebrate my PUPPY'S 2nd Birthday and my Step-dads as well "early" since they are leaving for a 2 week trip.. (YES, we celebrate "Pet" Birthdays here! ) 
Hope everyone else's week has been going well
@PoliteOcean
Omg puppy birthday :o *pets doggo*
I hit a new personal running record: 5 kilometers in 27:03 minutes! I didn't start my run with the expectation of doing 5 kilometers. My goal was to improve my time for 1 kilometer from 6:30 minutes to somewhere under 6:00 minutes. I managed the first kilometers in a little over 5:00 minutes, and I thought to myself, "Why not try and do it again?" Finished the second kilometer at ~10:00 minutes. "Why not again?" Finished the third kilometer at ~16:00 minutes. Welp, looks like I'm too tired to keep my pace at roughly 5 minutes per kilometer. But, I was 3 kilometers in and I figured, "Why not try and do a 5K?" Hit the fourth kilometer at ~22:00 minutes and the final, fifth kilometer, at 27:03 minutes.
Other than that, I'm finally done with my midterm exams and that pesky paper. I managed to not squeeze my rubber duck during any of my exams. But, I do have final exams in two weeks *womp womp woooomp*. I've also been trying to figure out how to start a podcast. Mostly so I can practice my speech since I've been in speech therapy for over a year now and I'd like to put in more practice to that. First of all, I need to figure out what I'll be talking about in my podcast. As a college student, there isn't much that I'm an expert in. I also lack the necessary sass to be a witty comedian. I guess I can use it as practice to become a comedian? I'll figure it out.
@PoliteOcean This week has been alright. Been working mostly. I haven't had much time to work out, but my job keeps me moving :)
@Mellietronx
A+ for keeping moving despite busy-ness. It may not be a high intensity workout, but those regular movements and walks make an impact!
The air was nice yesterday, I got out into the garden for a little while. Will probably go out again today in a little while.
I am sleeping a ton. This past week I was sitting lots and was still tired out but didn't seem to be getting much extra sleep. I think the breathing difficulties/coughing interfered to much. My breathing isn't 100% right now, but I'm not constantly feeling short of breath.
I hope to get to my workout this week, if the air quality is decent I should be able to. Hoping I can do similar level of weight, the pace might need to be dropped down a bit though depending on how much I've recovered by then. Carrying around some watering cans this week might give me a better indication. I haven't done any garden watering since this happened, even on good air days. The added strain of carrying around something with weight seemed like too much.
@AffyAvo
I hope the air quality where you are is good enough for you to get in your workout this week!
Hi. This past week has been ok. I feel like I need to do more exercise though as I have barely done any and should probably start eating healthier too. I'll be trying to work on doing more exercise this week!
This past week, I started my internship. It was a stressful start because it started on Tuesday and I wanted to be ready for it. But as the week went on I did my task piece by piece and it wasn't as overwhelming as I thought. I cut out early morning to do the necessary tasks, then I relax and enjoy the rest of the day with my own things balanced with chats on 7Cups.
@BlindFaith
Congrats on starting your internship! It's a difficult transition to take on more responsibility. Know that you can do things at your own pace and have a great community to support you.
Last week was much better for me. 2 weeks ago I had a massive anxiety attack and it took a few days to recoup. So I started walking again - I found a safer route from my house and my goal is to work up to doing the route twice - that would give me around a 5k. I also started some meal prepping and it's really paying off. I'm in the middle of a 30 day straight of working between the different jobs., so I'm trying to remember to give myself some slack at not getting all the housework and yardwork done everyday.
