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 was never a Barbie fan, but that's a pretty cool house. I got a Satin (Satin-y anyway) comforter for my bed one year and I absolutetly loved that thing. I used it until it was totally shredded. One year in college my dad gave me an ammo box full of change. The rule was that I had to spend it as change - I couldn't take it the bank and turn it into cash. That box of change saved my butt so many times in my broke college days. Fun fact - gas stations don't like you much when you pay with pennies.
ReplyDeleteI was a Barbie freak too!! My greatest possession (since I am from the days long before the pool, house, vettes) were all the clothes my mom made for my Barbies. She got tired of me wasting our napkins making clothes for her. The saddest day of my childhood was the day someone stole my Barbie case off our front porch....but I've made up for that. Now I have a pretty nice collection of the holiday Barbies.
ReplyDeleteI loved everyone's decorations in yesterday's blog! Merry Christmas everyone!
My friend had the Barbie house and I loved the pool with the "bubbles" you could do. I did have the Barbie Corvette at one point (funny how it had the cable attached to it though so you had to stand near it! LOL) Probably a favorite gift that comes to mind is the My Friend Mandy doll my mom got me with the yellow rain slicker, hat, and boots. I still have a trunk of clothes for her and I got a replica doll off of Ebay years ago because my doll had pen on her face and my mom was SO mad she couldn't get that pen off! LOL She still has the most precious face of any doll I've seen.
ReplyDeleteI only have one Christmas present that comes to mind when I think back about what presents I received. I received a boom box and a copy of Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet cassette for Christmas when I was six. I loved it and used it every day until I was about 14, when it was replaced by a stereo with a CD player that was also for Christmas. But the boom box represented my musical freedom. I didn't need to listen to what my parents were listening to anymore. And I think they were also thankful, because they didn't have to listen to my Mini-pops cassettes anymore.
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