Ladies: Well hello there! I'm back. I got into town Monday morning, and I have been frantically catching up ever since. San Fran was great, it was gay pride week, there were rainbow flags everywhere and there were a lot of people there. It was wonderfully cool compared to AZ -- we were wearing jeans in June! It was gorgeous. I took about 300 pictures.
But at the same time, it was also pretty stressful too -- there were some issues with my Mom and her pain meds and her reaction to them that I don't want to talk about right now, let's just say that it was a nearly constant stressor and reminder of her mortality. I also had to share a room with my little sister, and for a person who lives alone and is used to being alone 12 hours a day and who likes being alone periodically, that was hard. We also had a waterbed-like mattress that shook me everytime she moved and vice-versa, so I slept badly. So I guess it was both great and very hard. Does that make sense? There were some parts that I really enjoyed, and there were other times when I wanted to go shut myself in the hotel room and hide. So it was both very good and I also was very relieved to go home at the end.
I gave up counting points the first day, I realized that I just couldn't do it on a vacation, in addition to all of the other stress (and maybe just in general), and I only take one or two vacations a year, so I just attempted to be reasonable -- I had salad before lunch and dinner, and fruit with breakfast, and I split meals a lot of the time with other people. My unofficial WI is tonight, the official one is tomorrow, so we'll see.
I guess I feel a little nuts saying that it was both great and very stressful -- it just had elements of both. You know what I mean?
Anyway, individual responses...
Linda: Welcome! You are absolutely welcome here.
You did it then, you can do it now. It's probably easier to stick to now than it was then -- I'm glad there's no fish required now -- eew!
Sorry you missed your camping adventure. Congrats on the .4 lost, any weight loss is good, right? As for introducing myself: I'm a 27 year old software engineer in Arizona; I've lost 60 pounds so far, but I didn't count points for most of it, so it took me 3 years -- 2 years of losing 25 pounds each year and one year of maintaining in the middle (I was in a very stressful job and all I could do was maintain), but I've kept it off. I like to hike (not in the summer, it's over 100 degrees here right now), quilt, embroider, cook and write. I'm single, for now. I have a little sister, and a "furry brother" named Lobo, and that's about it.
Princess: Thank you, I had a good time. Sorryabout the temporary weight gain, but it looks like you have a good attitude and determination -- you'll be fine.
I'm sorry you're feeling unwell though.
Judy: Congrats on your WL last week! If you're still feeling unwell, try mint tea, it's a natural anti-nausea. Congrats on the loss this week, it isn't big, I know, but it's something, right? Re your friend: I think that people get tired and frustrated when they think of it as an every-day-for-the-rest-of-your-life-thing -- that's just too intimidating, we have to take it one day at a time, one week at a time. They also get tired when they get no results, and I understand that too, but they have to shake things up. Sometimes you need to work out more, maybe it's possible they're not eating *enough* or enough of the right things -- I guess my bottom line is, don't let other people's frustration get you down. Determination is at least half the battle.
Chris: Welcome back! You can get back on track. Keep posting, even if you're not on program -- I think it might help you stay in control of your WL situation by encouraging mindfulness about food and working out. Up to you of course.
Alright, ladies, it's well past time to get back to work. Take care!
for keepin' on in the summer heat.
: to all of us this week.
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