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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...
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Vacation mellow...harshed

Buongiorno all!

Yesterday was supposed to be the Mr's "quiet" day but it wasn't.  Halfway through the day I couldn't see his neck anymore so I gave him a little neck massage to try to loosen him up.  I think that lasted 5 minutes.  There's nothing worse than going on vacation, being totally relaxed and one day back into your job and you're just as stressed if not more than before you left.  Today is set to be even worse schedule wise.  The one bright spot is he has a phone interview so please send good vibes his way that this job is a nice step to less stress for him.  I can see his light burning out the longer he stays in that department so I'm praying this is an out for him.

When he asked what workout I wanted to do, I had no idea and he asked if I wanted to walk at the park.  It seemed more of a need so I obliged and we enjoyed the fall colors.


We both were really feeling the unevenness of the gravel and trail.  Broken is how we both feel where our feet/legs are concerned.  But that tends to happen when we go from our normal routine to a vacation routine (walking 5 miles a day and paddling a few times this time) and back again.  We need to be diligent about rolling, massages and ultra-sounding, especially me since the Achilles tendon isn't as healed as I thought it was before we left.  I think we may be paddling tonight before a colder snap comes in.

We did enjoy watching It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown last night.  Man I miss old school Halloween.  Tonight, of course, we're watching Back to the Future.

Do you consider your job stressful?  How do you de-stress from a bad work day?

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  1. The Mr.October 21, 2015 at 7:05 AM

    It has been a crazy week. Thanks for supporting me and walking with me for those stress-relieving walks!

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  2. another layerOctober 21, 2015 at 8:30 AM

    My job can be stressful, but most of the time I wouldn't say it really is. The kids are fine, it's dealing with parents and admin that can sometimes make my eyes spin. I don't really have a routine for dealing with those days, I just do my regular night-time stuff and hope the next day is easier.

    Good luck to your Mr. on his interview today.

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  3. UnknownOctober 22, 2015 at 3:39 PM

    Hope the interview went well!

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  4. dalbador1October 26, 2015 at 2:52 PM

    I pray the Mr does get that job and the phone interview went well! Work stress is the worst and it affects every area of your life. I'm glad you went for a walk to get fresh air and to help him de-stress as much as possible. One thing I always did was for vacations I always, always took the following Monday off from work, so it'd be a week and a day I'd be off work. It made such a huge difference in how I felt on the weekend because I wouldn't be stressing on Saturday about going back to work on Monday. A friend of mine takes Monday and Tuesday off so she only has to deal with work for three days before the weekend comes up again -- I may start doing that when the time comes.

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