I am not the right person to tell you this but please don't beat yourself up over suffering when your lot isn't the worst in the county. It's not a competition. What's easy for one person can be impossible for the next. And what was easy for me yesterday may be a heroic achievement today.
Hahaha I love that. "I'll have you know, my suffering is the worst in this here county!"
Excellent points, Llama.
I think we can all relate to that. Everyone has those moments/days. I think we just have to accept it as part of the human condition unfortunately. I guess the trick is to try to get your baseline mood up as much as possible. I don't really have the answers.
Well done on being down a kilo! That should give you a lift.
Yeah Emilyrose, stupid human condition!
Not sure where along the way I expected myself to be superhuman. Perhaps it was the impossible corporate job expectations or all those magazines and ads from the 1970s onwards that made me feel less-than if I wasn't perfect. That's it! Yes, thrilled at the -1kg.
That must have seemed like such a strange question. Someone in the forum in the last year or so called themselves Nellie & it was in the back of my mind.
Well done, Bubbles. I know I teeter on that cliff fairly often & give myself such a hard time. I'm struggling with anxiety & self-doubt at the moment too. You sound very healthy & active to me.
I love sorting things out & organised my sister's house in the US. When she & her husband had to downsize because they both had cancer I asked how on earth they managed & was told I had made it very easy for them. Is this what you do now? Pack people's belongings? I love decluttering too.
It's ok Cate - that's what I thought you meant! And yes, that's exactly the kind of contract/sporadic work I do. I really love helping people in this way who either are too old, or sick, or busy with multiple toddlers (
) to have the time or energy to deal with rooms full of objects and stuff. I just can't even imagine having to deal with cancer and moving or throwing things away. Bless them, and bless you for doing that for them. Most grateful customers I've ever had, which sure helps in the job satisfaction department.
I sure can relate to that feeling where sometimes everything just feels like a struggle. Having it be so hot where you can't get much outdoor time in is tough. I find the heat gets to me even when it isn't terrible.
Yay for the scale going in the right direction!
Thanks Liza3. I agree. I can't handle heat like I used to either. I am hoping that if/when I shed this excess weight I put on over the past year, that I might be able to tolerate it a little better.
Not bingeing is always good, and it is for me also the biggest thing.
Sorry to hear your days have been a struggle. Can't help much with the heat but you know that eating right will make other things better, may not fix them, but it will be better. Liking yourself and feeling worthy are related, but girl you are likeable and worthy no matter what!
I find logging in everyday helps me, even on days that are not so good.
Good for you! That should help you feel a little better. Pounds or kilos don't matter here, we talk both.
We have come close to crossing paths more than once. Much of my mother's family were from Norcross, right next to Duluth. In fact some of the downtown streets have there names. Wingo street was named for my great Uncle
Ivy Wingo, a baseball player of fame back before my time. He died before I was born, but my Aunt Mattie was his widow and one of those unmarried aunts I mentioned. Not sure who Jones street was named for, but it had to have been one of ours.
They were fun to visit, learned lots of family history that way, though I suspect much of it was overstated. I remember once listening to stories of the glorious exploits of Colonel or Captain someone and my Uncle leaned over and whispered to me "there were no enlisted men in the Confederate Army". I am sure he was right, we never heard of any in our family anyway, no slackers or mediocre soldiers either, LOL.
Good to see you posting again!
Get out of here, Rob! that's wild!! I have certainly been on Wingo St in Norcross many times! I just watched the Yogi Berra documentary "It Ain't Over" on Netflix a few weeks ago, which was absolutely lovely. I looked up Mr. Ivey Wingo and see he was a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, which Berra almost played for some years later but of course went to the Yankees instead.
Well the Civil War sure was brutal. It's hard to watch any documentaries about that. My house stands on one of the battle sites (there are so many around here!), and when they put up the hospital across the road, they found a load of cannons and other artefacts.
While we're dropping eagerly-investigated ancestor names, I am about 8 generations down from the Sotheby's, as in the auction house and now real estate company. But yeah...downward mobility all the way, here!
I think someone in my family also traced a link to Princess Di's family, but it was a bit of a stretch. I'll stick with the Sotheby's claim to fame, as they at least seemed like they were entrepreneurial. My branch of that family went off to one of the "colonies" where the men got killed in some massacre or other, and the women fled back to cold, rainy England and got consumption
. What a life!
You guys.
It's so great to come here and see all your lovely replies! I really appreciate you all.
Two days ago I ended up doing three workouts, and yesterday as a result I felt unstoppable! Most of yesterday I sat on my bum and worked on my resume/CV and applied to jobs, a few corporate, even. I really don't want to go back to that world but might have to for a period of time. Maybe if I tell myself it's only for a year or two, I might be able to stomach it. I have a phone interview tomorrow for one, and a former co-worker who works at an absolutely massive company is helping me with a position I saw advertised. I can't imagine they will want to hire me but he is going to put my info through as a referral from him, and he will get a bonus if they hire me.
Boosted by my kilo loss, I dragged out one of the tubs of 'too small for me' clothes that I stashed out of the way in a rage a few months ago. I was able to bring back out 4 items out of the 55 or so items that I hid until thinner, and can now put them back into my rotation. The deal is, I have to be able to feel comfy in these items for them to come back out of hiding, not just that I can get them on. So that was nice. I ended up with a "not yet, but soon" pile, and a "not for a long time" pile.
I am currently really enjoying eating healthy foods and am not craving the bad stuff. Yay.
Yesterday's activity was throwing a disc with a friend for about 1 hr 15. It's been a while since we did that and I could tell any semblance of fast twitch muscles I might've had, have gone dormant since I was ill. So it's good to get back into that again. Leaping and attempts at 'running' to reach the disc just weren't happening
.
I could feel your joy from here 