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...
We normally have a large family (overnight) gathering at our house for New Years holiday.
ReplyDeleteI got ready for it last year and then other extended family cancelled it (last minute, I had already cooked and cleaned, beds ready) because of work/health issues, precovid.
That was annoying and sad.
However, this year, I am okay with no one extra coming. It is like last year softened the blow.
We now have six of us here. My adult kids (after testing, quarantining, retesting) are all here. So that is plenty. Three are staying until at least spring. One may be going back to college in a few weeks.
Having filets on the grill and playing board games at my bestie's house. She and my kids are the only ones in my bubble. So look forward to a change of scenery. I have been doing my errands 1 a day just to get out of the house. Yay. Going to mail some letters at the drive up today. Bet you guys have some fun planned!
ReplyDeleteI have a mammogram scheduled at 7:30am and the hubs has to work, so I'll spend the day doing laundry and cleaning the house a bit. I have some sparkling grape juice a friend gave me that I might open. Neither one of us will make it to midnight, and an ice storm is predicted for New Year's Day, so we'll be holed up inside. If I'm smart, I'll make some soup!
ReplyDeleteDr. Who marathon, couch. Boy am I exciting.
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