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 always thought of myself as a night owl too but that changed with being an adult and pretty much having to be out the door by 7:30 every day. Now that I am teleworking full time during the pandemic I find it harder each day to even get out of bed in time to log in but somehow manage it anyway.
ReplyDeleteI'm somewhere in between. Like The Mr. I have been forced into becoming a bit of a morning person. To get to work on time I need to be out the door by 7:30, and if I want to fit in a short morning workout I need to be out of bed by 6:00. I have learned that morning workouts work best for me, as I am much more likely (95%) to skip an afternoon workout if left to my own devices. Now I get it done before I really know what is happening to my body. And I am back in bed for 10:00 and asleep for 10:45, as I usually read a little bit before turning out the light.
ReplyDeleteIf left to my own devices I would probably get up around 9:00 and in bed around midnight. I find I have the most amount of energy around lunch time. That is when I get stuff done. I like having a slow two hours to wake up and then I'm ready to get my day started.
I'm definitely a night owl. During the summers my sleep schedule gravitates that way - probaby I would end up somewhere around bed at 2-3am and sleep until 10-11am if I was left totally to my own devices. Because I have to adult though, I have to be up by 6 for work so I have to go to bed earlier than I'd like to. Working from home has seen me progressively staying up and getting up later and later.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting one because I'm such a horrible sleeper no matter what time of day it is. There has only been one time in my life that I slept like clockwork. It was during the year before I moved to Phoenix. I worked in Worker's Comp and had standard hours of 9 - 5. I'd be in bed by 9pm at the latest and up at 6am totally refreshed. That was over 25 years ago. LOL I'm very much a morning person where I prefer to be up early and get most of my errands and chores done in the morning if possible. There is something so mentally freeing for me to drag myself out of bed, get stuff done, and then know I have the whole afternoon to chill and do whatever I want, especially when a long nap is an option. Now with my new schedule for work, I get 3 hours of sleep at the most for 3 days, and God willing much more the other 4 days! Still working on that part...
ReplyDeleteNight owl but never really had a regular schedule. Some of my earliest memories are arguing with my parents trying to get me to stop playing and go to sleep. I think I used to talk to myself past midnight. I joke that I was born several weeks late and haven't been on time since.
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