Survival Mode Put Us Back to Zero
A lot of you came here many moons ago when I left Sparkpeople. I loved the community of that place and the support I got there. It was at the height of us being on our game. That motivation you have in the beginning when you're consistently rewarded with weight loss, smaller clothes, compliments to keep your motivation high and you somehow begin to step out of being invisible to the public to people smiling at you, opening doors or striking up conversation. You start to feel human. You don't have to worry about going to restaurants or 'fitting' somewhere. You can go to a wedding and see those God awful thin folding chairs and while you still don't like them, you're not concerned. Many of your worries that fit people never had to think of, have faded away. We started for the long haul in our 30's and that's when we had the most success, losing 226 and 190 lbs respectively. When we went on vacation, as long as we came back and got rig...
We had some nice weather the last couple of days. Saturday was so nice that I just couldn't bear to be inside. I've been doing more hiking lately and it's amazing to me that for all the running I do during the year I can still feel sore muscles the next day after serious hill-climbing. I was able to find some fall color that's still here (we've had three serious wind "events" so most of the leaves are down) and I was able to get some photos of what's left.
ReplyDeleteOne more nice day and then back to "not so nice." Then there will be time for the indoor chores!
We took the little guy to the pumpkin patch Saturday. It's so much fun to pick our own instead of getting the at the grocery store. The farmer also has some bales of straw set up and decorated into a great photo backdrop so we took some great pictures.
ReplyDeleteWahooo!!!! You have every right to relish the celebration of getting to a 7 1/2 size ring. That's some major changes!
ReplyDeleteI wore my engagement ring on my middle finger for a good 10 months. It was REALLY strange wearing it on my ring finger again once I got it resized.
My good thing from this weekend is that Saturday I ran 4 miles without walking in my crazy Vibram Toe Shoes. I haven't run in almost a month so it was good to get back to it - even if I'm still sore today.
What a nice symbol of progress! Kudos!
ReplyDeleteI had lots of great things happen over the weekend, but the only thing noteworthy outside my easily entertained soul is that I won $7 in the lottery. :)
Any victory, big or small, IS a victory! Congrats on 7 1/2, that is really so NORMAL and great! :D
ReplyDeleteWhat a huge difference in ring sizes - congrats!
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!!! Congrats on the loss in sizes-that ROCKS!!!
ReplyDeleteWahoooooooo! Good for you! Dang, girl, that ring must have been just spinning around your finger! Surprised you didn't lose it!
ReplyDeleteGood thing for me this weekend is that our school fall festival went well and I met a single mother who, along with her daughter are new to our school. We had a fabulous chat around the campfire. She was not sure she even wanted to come or if she would fit in, etc but I think she had a great time. It was nice to help welcome someone and make them feel at home. It was funny because I asked her where her accent was from and she said "Brooklyn"--yep, that's what I was hearing--and then she said she had lived the last 30 years in Texas! She sounded like she left Brooklyn yesterday!
That is so awesome! I need to work on compliments too, I always over-think things!!
ReplyDeleteWow, I couldn't imagine being that size. Congrats, you obviously worked hard for it!!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, a 7 1/2 is in that world of normal that we're all working towards. I have a real problem with my rings, it's mental. For a long time I switched them over to my right hand, on the ring finger. My fingers on my right hand are bigger. But then it flew off my right hand a couple times. So I put it on the middle finger of my left hand. Hubby wants me to get it made smaller. I'm afraid. I have this feeling that if I get it made smaller, I'll regain the weight and I will HATE so much having to go get it made bigger again. You see, I had it made bigger about 20 years ago. (I've been married a LONG time--41 years.) I can wear a 7 now too. I'm smaller now than I've ever been in my adult life, probably about the size I was in high school. I finally threw out most of the 5X's and 4X's and 3X's, etc. But I cannot make myself get that ring made smaller.
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