HKS (Healthy, Kind Support) Accountability Group July 15th 💪🧑🌾
Hello everyone, welcome to the start of another week! I'm on summer schedule, and for July it's Mondays off for me, which gets me off to a most agreeable start. Yesterday I spent 6 hours gardening, including 3 hours sifting compost, which counts as total body strength, in my book! 💪🧑🌾 I hadn't dug down to the bottom of the composter in a couple of years, so the lowest part has got roots growing up in to it -- even trees several feet away will find their way to a compost bin, for the nourishment it offers. I dug out some of the matted roots, but if I wanted to clear it all out, I'd have to empty the whole bin and move it, which will require cooler and nicer temperatures than the 29C "feels like 37C" I was working in.
The good news is that my neck is just fine, even though I worked my back very hard today and slept on my new pillow. I really didn't want the 🐏🐏🐏 pillow to be the problem 🤣 So, I've learned my lesson. Poor form is dangerous! I'll remind myself not to work out when I'm pressed for time or impatient, or just swap for something shorter! Found a quote for that:
"The most important muscle for fitness success is patience." (Alex Elsberry)
I like this thought because it applies both to how you work out, and how you judge the results.
This morning I started the "Move better with Kayla" challenge. I hope I was kind enough to my scapula, I remember those hurting last time I did her foundational UB workout. Time will tell! Now it's time for me to get my errands done -- I need to get groceries this morning and come back quickly as I am expecting a delivery this afternoon and my beloved will be working downtown so it's on me to be at home! Gives me the opportunity to do that laundry, I guess. I said this was a "day off"? Maybe more of an extra day for my weekend pursuits 😆
So, what's up with you lovely folks? All you staycation folks, are you staying cool? Julia, do you have a bit more time to recover from travelling before you return to work?
Wishing everyone a brilliant Monday!
Edited to add a picture of high summer: rudbeckias with flowering oregano. The pollinators are happy!
HKS (Healthy, Kind Support) Accountability Group July 15th 💪🧑🌾
Hello everyone, welcome to the start of another week! I'm on summer schedule, and for July it's Mondays off for me, which gets me off to a most agreeable start. Yesterday I spent 6 hours gardening, including 3 hours sifting compost, which counts as total body strength, in my book! 💪🧑🌾 I hadn't dug down to the bottom of the composter in a couple of years, so the lowest part has got roots growing up in to it -- even trees several feet away will find their way to a compost bin, for the nourishment it offers. I dug out some of the matted roots, but if I wanted to clear it all out, I'd have to empty the whole bin and move it, which will require cooler and nicer temperatures than the 29C "feels like 37C" I was working in.
The good news is that my neck is just fine, even though I worked my back very hard today and slept on my new pillow. I really didn't want the 🐏🐏🐏 pillow to be the problem 🤣 So, I've learned my lesson. Poor form is dangerous! I'll remind myself not to work out when I'm pressed for time or impatient, or just swap for something shorter! Found a quote for that:
"The most important muscle for fitness success is patience." (Alex Elsberry)
I like this thought because it applies both to how you work out, and how you judge the results.
This morning I started the "Move better with Kayla" challenge. I hope I was kind enough to my scapula, I remember those hurting last time I did her foundational UB workout. Time will tell! Now it's time for me to get my errands done -- I need to get groceries this morning and come back quickly as I am expecting a delivery this afternoon and my beloved will be working downtown so it's on me to be at home! Gives me the opportunity to do that laundry, I guess. I said this was a "day off"? Maybe more of an extra day for my weekend pursuits 😆
So, what's up with you lovely folks? All you staycation folks, are you staying cool? Julia, do you have a bit more time to recover from travelling before you return to work?
Wishing everyone a brilliant Monday!
Edited to add a picture of high summer: rudbeckias with flowering oregano. The pollinators are happy!