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...
I'm with you on both of those. So much rain made many days unbearable and steamy a lot and paddling out of the question. I just want a nice mostly dry fall with sunny days and cool but not entirely cold temps. Oh and can we get fall foliage for more than a week before that big windstorm comes along and ruins it all, please?
ReplyDeleteWe need rain here, we had a super dry summer followed by a couple of monsoon style storms that dropped almost half our year's average precipitation over about one week and in about 2 hour spurts (we got over 2 inches in an hour in the worst). Followed by more nearly 100 degree days and zero new precipitation. I don't like humidity much either though, so I guess I'm just too picky for my own good.
ReplyDeleteHighs - The trip to Yellowstone was fantastic! Also, even though my hand was almost shaking as I wrote the check getting central air conditioning installed was definitely a high point and with the continued heat I'm grateful for it every day.
Lows - The summer seemed really really short. Everyone I talk to seems to feel the same way, so I know it's not just me thinking that. I got a lot of projects done around the house, but felt like it was all super rushed and I didn't do some of the things I had planned to do. Specific low point... the basement flooded three times due to a water heater failure, and then twice when we got those monsoon style rainstorm and now I've been waiting weeks for the guy I hired to try to fix it to show up.
Yeah I hope we never have a project that makes me want to rip my hair out. When we painted a few years ago I felt like that. We didn’t have the right tools and it was a pain.
ReplyDeleteHigh of the summer- seems like I had more time off between vacation and taking care of mom.
Lows - more time off without any money
We are starting to have some beautiful days around here. Clear skys and that dry breeze that says fall is in the air. Hope your days are dry and cool:)
Highs: Getting to two outdoor craft shows in three months, which I never do. And getting my spare room 75% cleaned out so I can use it for the antenna tv due to DISH issues with a network. It's become my little fortress. lol
ReplyDeleteLows: The wicked heat and humidity in August and this month as well as the deluge of rain the entire summer (as I look outside at more rain) which closed the dog parks due to rivers flooding. That has been a bummer for the pooches.