Yes, in the past, I've filled your eyes with pages and pages of drivel about nothing. Don't have that to fall back on anymore, either.
I'm not working through anything, building up to anything, resolving anything, or anything. I just am.
It's a great place to be.
Doesn't leave much for blogging, though...
So all I can say is I'm fine, I'm alive, I'm well, I'm incredibly content and I'm just being.
Which is what I've wanted from this journey. To be. To move away from, when this happens I'll do this and when that happens I'll do that. I wanted to get to I want to and therefore I will...and here I am.
I am steadily losing weight. My average hovers around 1.25 pounds a week. Has all along. Not super speedy. Not too slow, either. Could be faster. Yes. But my skin is already not reacting...so faster would just lead to more problems.
I am having fun with my sweet hubby. Not much else to say about that...we are just having fun and enjoying this experience.
I am shrinking into my closet very well now. I will probably have a sisterhood posting fairly soon as my pile in my closet is growing larger than the allotted space it has.
We took a little trip the last weekend of August and I was pleased to be walking everywhere and in flip flops, to boot, and not have an aching foot once. I averaged, GoBe told me, burning 3000 calories a day! That's so awesome to me that I'm 55 pounds smaller than this time last year and my daily calorie burns are going up because my activity level is matching my desire!
We had a party over Labor Day weekend to kick off college football. I enjoyed cooking and hosting and cleaning and prepping! I was on my feet for two solid days and my body was thrilled!
But see...that's all I got. It's all good. I just am!
Which is precisely what I wanted from this journey.
I'd love to say I'll be back to blogging more but I can make no guarantees. I'm in charge of a project that is slated to last through January and it's going to occupy my days. But I won't disappear. I can say that much. I'll be around and I'm still reading. But I suspect that with my adaptation to my new habits...there probably won't be as much for me to ramble on about...
I do believe that I am at my sweet spot. I still have days where I am crazy tight. And then those days are followed by days where I can eat an elephant. And then I'll have a week of absolute perfection. I absolutely would not take a fill right now to resolve my elephant eating days because on average, my band seems to respond to my activity and when I'm more active and my muscles are calling for more protein, that seems to be when my band will let me. And when I'm more sedentary and my muscles are totally chillin' that seems to correlate to my "too tight" days. It all comes out in the wash, where I am right now...and learning that my weekly bank matters more than my daily intake/burn...well...I would not take a fill right now even if you paid me.
Ok...starting to ramble. Must get back to work, too.
I'll be around, that I can promise!
That same thing happened to me - I went a whole month without posting, just living. As much as I missed it around here, it was nice to take a breather and not rely toooooo heavily on the support of such a great community. That said - I missed you, post more! I like your "drivel", it's always entertaining and enlightening. At the very least, keep coming back to post your progress pics, they are so inspiring!!
ReplyDeleteI'm at a similar spot with restriction as well. Some days my band stops me just when I need it to, other days I can eat a surprising amount of food. Some days I can use will power to stop myself, some days I indulge. And you know what? I think that's how it's supposed to be. =)
I have been running out of interesting topics too. Oh well. Glad you checked in. Just let us know every once in a while you are still "being" and that's good enough for me! :)
ReplyDeleteYou're lucky you blogged - I was just going to email you to make sure you were alright!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are in a great place. I keep looking to my next fill and hoping that I'll start to feel restriction. I haven't lost in a few weeks and it's bumming me out.
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