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...
Yeah I am a lot more beat up than I even realized. Yoga sounds like a good option today. It is hard to get motivated to clean up the house and it's probably because the house is so cluttered. One of those vicious circle type of problems.
ReplyDeleteIf your garage sale falls through, I wonder if there's a place you could donate your hair products? We have a food bank in town that also takes random hygiene products for distribution when people are displaced from their homes.
ReplyDeleteI have to get to decluttering here too. It's crazy how much junk I have, and this summer I've got to pare it down. I keep saying I'm going to start in the kitchen tomorrow, and then not doing it. It's just so overwhelming, but I have limited time so I need to get to it.