Good morning everyone,
How can we be down to the last 3 days in May already?! Why does time streak by in spring and summer and drag so slowly in January, February, March? I wonder if it would feel like time was flying if I spent those months in a warm "away from home" spot? Well maybe one year I'll have the opportunity to try that and see what I think. I'll have to phone the Rec Center and see if they've started the YOGA classes up again because the last week of class was the 15th. It's gloomy outside and still very wet from the pouring rain yesterday; it looks like the forecast for more rain today is going to be correct. The last two days I've had a pair of Mourning Doves on my deck picking at the scattered bird seed that has blown from the bird feeder. I haven't seen any hummingbirds at their feeder yet but I have Robins, finches, wrens, and many other birds in the yard including the Blue Jays which have sure been busy the last couple of weeks. I woke up at my regular 6am time this morning and I'm feeling kind of cheated since I could have slept in. Then I tried on my size 18 pants, one pair fits perfectly the others fit snugly and the skirts and dresses are snug around the hips so I likely won't wear anything that is a little snug until I lose another 5 lbs. It feels strange to be back down to these clothes sizes again and with the summer still ahead of me I'll be at meetings June 3/4 at a Resort and Conference Center. We went there last year too and although I'd been losing weight since mid-February and had reached Day 111 of my streak I was still 301.4 pounds, I couldn't wear my sandals, I didn't go to the evening social, and I still felt uncomfortably crowded and smothered under all my fat. I remember thinking that this year I'd be able to wear my size 18 clothes and I'd be feeling and looking a lot better but to have those dreams come true a year later is a very, very strange feeling. It makes me wonder if I dare to dream about where I'll be next year at this time? I can really only visualize that sometime between the end of the summer and early fall I'll be able to wear size 16 clothes and shop in a Petite's store that I've been looking forward to shopping in forever and I hope that by Christmas I'll be able to wear size 14 clothes and maybe by next summer I'll be able to wear single digit clothing sizes, maybe - depending on how slowly this goes. Meanwhile I'd better ramp up the exercise and practice pedalling my bike because I have some fitness goals that I need to reach long before I have to worry about buying any new clothes.
Edited in: Shortly after I posted this there was a crashing thunder, lightning, pouring rain storm and our hydro went off for a few hours. It was dark and scary out and I crawled back into bed and had a snooze which was at least warm because my gas furnace doesn't run without electricity! Thankfully we got the power back on before lunch and the rain ha stopped for now.
Have a great day everyone and keep dreaming....because we CAN make our dreams our reality!
How can we be down to the last 3 days in May already?! Why does time streak by in spring and summer and drag so slowly in January, February, March? I wonder if it would feel like time was flying if I spent those months in a warm "away from home" spot? Well maybe one year I'll have the opportunity to try that and see what I think. I'll have to phone the Rec Center and see if they've started the YOGA classes up again because the last week of class was the 15th. It's gloomy outside and still very wet from the pouring rain yesterday; it looks like the forecast for more rain today is going to be correct. The last two days I've had a pair of Mourning Doves on my deck picking at the scattered bird seed that has blown from the bird feeder. I haven't seen any hummingbirds at their feeder yet but I have Robins, finches, wrens, and many other birds in the yard including the Blue Jays which have sure been busy the last couple of weeks. I woke up at my regular 6am time this morning and I'm feeling kind of cheated since I could have slept in. Then I tried on my size 18 pants, one pair fits perfectly the others fit snugly and the skirts and dresses are snug around the hips so I likely won't wear anything that is a little snug until I lose another 5 lbs. It feels strange to be back down to these clothes sizes again and with the summer still ahead of me I'll be at meetings June 3/4 at a Resort and Conference Center. We went there last year too and although I'd been losing weight since mid-February and had reached Day 111 of my streak I was still 301.4 pounds, I couldn't wear my sandals, I didn't go to the evening social, and I still felt uncomfortably crowded and smothered under all my fat. I remember thinking that this year I'd be able to wear my size 18 clothes and I'd be feeling and looking a lot better but to have those dreams come true a year later is a very, very strange feeling. It makes me wonder if I dare to dream about where I'll be next year at this time? I can really only visualize that sometime between the end of the summer and early fall I'll be able to wear size 16 clothes and shop in a Petite's store that I've been looking forward to shopping in forever and I hope that by Christmas I'll be able to wear size 14 clothes and maybe by next summer I'll be able to wear single digit clothing sizes, maybe - depending on how slowly this goes. Meanwhile I'd better ramp up the exercise and practice pedalling my bike because I have some fitness goals that I need to reach long before I have to worry about buying any new clothes.
Edited in: Shortly after I posted this there was a crashing thunder, lightning, pouring rain storm and our hydro went off for a few hours. It was dark and scary out and I crawled back into bed and had a snooze which was at least warm because my gas furnace doesn't run without electricity! Thankfully we got the power back on before lunch and the rain ha stopped for now.
Have a great day everyone and keep dreaming....because we CAN make our dreams our reality!

