VSG Maintenance Group
10/19/2020, Monday
Working my way back above ground. I am loving the decluttering theme ! Moving four times in the last twelve years (after living three places in 50+ years), I have done a fair amount of purging by necessity. We are just starting our 4th year here, and the clutter is accumulating. We prefer the ease of minimal packing before an RV adventure, so we have a second set of toiletries, bedding, towels, kitchen utensils/dishes/pots and pans, tools etc. that remain in the RV. What a garage sale that would be if we ever to sell SS.
Starting just above my desired range, I added 11 pounds in the rabbit hole...after avoiding the Covid 19. I didn't know there were that many calories below ground, but feeling stuck also made me less active. Working on it. I am so grateful for everyone who posts regularly... you really helped anchor me. It takes a whole tribe to raise a warrior ! We are warriors !
Age: 64; 5' 5"; High weight: 345; Start weight: 271 (01/05/15); Surgery weight: 218 (05/27/15); Pre-Op (-53); M 1 (-18); M 2 (-1.5); M 3 (-13.5 ); M 4 (-13); M 5 (- 8); M 6 (-12) M 7 (-5, Xmas); M 8 (- 9) Under surgeon's goal and REACHED HEALTHY BMI 12/07/15!! (Six months and one week.) AT GOAL month 8. Maintaining at goal range (139- 144) ~ four (4) years !!
Good morning! I had a bit of a down day yesterday despite the beauty of the Outer Banks and Cape Hatteras (reason below). They are truly gorgeous but as mentioned previously the houses are so close where they exist. I would come back here and rent a house though with a large group. It really is amazingly beautiful.
One of my friends from support group whose DH became a friend of mine died just over a week ago and the other DH who we had known since about 2017 died yesterday morning. That's at least four spouses gone this year from dementia. Even though we ultimately understand it, no one actually says it is terminal as they do with incurable cancer. Maybe because the timeline is so uncertain. But most dementias are truly terminal illnesses with no real treatment available.
In the meantime we move on with life which in my case is moving on to Myrtle Beach for one night. Time to take my shower.
Stay safe, healthy and social!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
When you leave MB, be looking for Pawleys Island, about 15 miles south and wave for me !
Age: 64; 5' 5"; High weight: 345; Start weight: 271 (01/05/15); Surgery weight: 218 (05/27/15); Pre-Op (-53); M 1 (-18); M 2 (-1.5); M 3 (-13.5 ); M 4 (-13); M 5 (- 8); M 6 (-12) M 7 (-5, Xmas); M 8 (- 9) Under surgeon's goal and REACHED HEALTHY BMI 12/07/15!! (Six months and one week.) AT GOAL month 8. Maintaining at goal range (139- 144) ~ four (4) years !!
on 10/19/20 9:29 am
Thanks for starting us off, Diane! You'll get those rabbit hole pounds off, I believe in you!
Monday check in. I was down 1.4 this week after a good showing on the scale this morning. That's 15.2 since I started in August. I won't be winning any contests at this rate and these calories, but I also don't stare hungrily into the kitchen wishing I could eat something but not having the calories left to do so. The tortoise approach will have to do this time. I'm a little nervous about what the scale will do this week as I have 2 group (outdoor) lunches this week. Eek. I find my weeks can fall apart when I don't eat in my controlled bubble.
Such a productive trash can filling yesterday. I am well past items jumping out at me as needing to be trashed. I think I took something from every room yesterday. I decluttered my nightstand drawer, a drawer in my armoire in my room, a few bathroom drawers, living room furniture drawers, my junk room, my office, drawers in the family room, kitchen cupboards, the garage... A few things from every everywhere adds up to an overflowing can.
In the book I mentioned yesterday, she draws a big distinction between decluttering and organizing. Decluttering is getting rid of stuff. You don't have color coordinated, labeled fancy containers worthy of Instagram at the end. But you have less stuff that THEN can be organized if you want to. So if I pick 4 things out of a drawer to toss, the drawer is still not organized, but I can better see what's in there and it shuts without shoving things down.
I can see that next week's can is going to be a challenge...
Hope you all have a good start to the week!
Here it is, Monday once again. But this time it feels like, DAMN!!! What has happened to this year? It has been a long and tedious year, but suddenly it seems as if it flew by. Odd to me that I should feel that way. Oh, well...
So nice to see you start us off this morning, Diane. I have to admit that when I read your initial post about the Rabbit Hole, I took it literally and worried that you had broken a foot, ankle or leg! Took me a minute to understand. I was glad that you hadn't injured yourself, but then thought to myself, "Well, a broken ankle might actually be easier to fix." So glad you are pulling out of the rabbit hole and feeling better.
Here's a tricky question: Why would someone expect to lose weight if he/she isn't eating in a way to promote weight loss? Have any of you ever had that type of thinking? I notice I do it fairly often and am beginning to wonder where that type of thinking came from and really why I do it. More musings from my NUT session on Friday. Homework for this week is to focus on "reward eating" and investigate options other than food.
It is an interesting place to be to be purposely not losing weight when I am obese. I am committed to this process though and doing my best to adhere to it. My lifetime of diet driven thinking is still with me daily, but I do honestly try to look at my behaviors and learn from the observations. It's hard to sit back, observe and not be judgmental. I am finding myself stuck between wanting to honor the process and working through it and wanting to drop some weight. Patience is not my strong suit in certain areas, this being one of those areas. LOL!
Always a work in progress...
