I'm so sorry about your mom - I feel like that is one of the worst losses we can have.Hi Shannon, 40 years old from RI.
Going to skip the entire intro today as I am exhausted. Yesterday my mom passed. So my goal for the next few weeks is to not stress eat my way through the mourning process.
Today is busy with activities for the kids so that should keep my mind busy and their spirits lifted.
It's a great group!
I'm also 52, living with DH and DS (22) near Boston.
Tell your son he's not alone! Mine also came home after two years. (He graduated HS in 2019, so he had one "normal" semester at college, but then didn't feel like he was getting enough out of distance learning. He took some time off, went back, then ultimately realized it was the wrong school, not just the pandemic. He's working near here to save money for a bit.
I'm not really big on April Fool's Day, but my friends' (at the time 5yo) twins were very excited about it a couple of years ago - planning tricks to pull on their parents, etc. I'd been helping them with homeschooling, so DH agreed to follow me over there and tell the kids he was there in my place as their "substitute teacher". He really got them, and they talked about it for a long time after.
Goals:
My goal this month is to work on both physical and environmental health. - Besides sticking to my treadmill routine (and adding some outdoor exercise as the weather begins cooperating) I'm working on decluttering...again (I've had some good starts, but not a lasting routine yet). I feel like clutter weighs me down emotionally, which gets all tied into physically.
I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with your and your family.Hi Shannon, 40 years old from RI.
Going to skip the entire intro today as I am exhausted. Yesterday my mom passed. So my goal for the next few weeks is to not stress eat my way through the mourning process.
Today is busy with activities for the kids so that should keep my mind busy and their spirits lifted.
Welcome to the group. This is a great group to be in.Hi, I'm Becky and would love to participate in your group! I'm 52 and from a small town in the midwest near St Louis. DH (56) and I will have been married for 32 years in July. We have 3 kids DD26, DD24 (25 on the 25th of this month) and DS20.
Both DDs are living their best lives about 40ish minutes away in St Louis. DS graduated high school in 2020 and moved off to start his freshman year in the middle of the pandemic. It was a terrible start for him. He stayed there for 2 years, but has now moved back home and is playing catch up at our local community college. He's taking classes part time and working part time and it seems to be working well for him. He's still figuring out his path, but I've told him - I feel like I'm still figuring out my path some days lol!
In 2020, DH and I decided to lose weight. I've struggled with mine forever it seems. I'm like the stories above. I felt so big in high school, but really wasn't at all. I just had tiny friends that I compared myself to. I too would love to get back to how "fat" I was in high school lol! DH on the other hand has always been tall and never overweight at all. Around 2018, he started gaining weight and had put on more than he was comfortable with, so he started cutting back. Shortly after, I joined him and he lost about 30 and I lost 50. He was back down to where he needed to be, but I still had a ways to go. For some reason, when he stopped losing, I started gaining. It's such a mental thing with me
At this point, I was back to almost my high weight in 2020 and started counting calories again about 3 weeks ago. That's how we did it last time and I know it works for me. I did it in 2020 and I know I can do it again!
Anyway, that's a lot of rambling, but I hope to get to know all of you better as we become healthier together!
I must admit - not much. I just grabbed leftovers from the fridge for lunch, so there wasn't a lot of thought there.New month, new week, new start... what is motivating you today?
MONDAY MOTIVATION
New month, new week, new start... what is motivating you today?
I have two eggs every morning. What do egg bites consist of?
You look beautiful! And love the Farrah Fawcett hair!Where did you get your teen age cues on body image? My petite peers who had narrow hips and eating disorders along with my family who had unhealthy relationships with food.
Did you read the teen beauty magazines and did they have an impact on your self image? Absolutely. I read Seventeen Magazine and collected the huge fall issues of Vogue for many years.
Did you have a favorite movie or TV star you tried to emulate? Farrah Fawcett in my early teens and Madonna in my late teens and twenties.
Are you still carrying any image distortions with you, that formed in high school? Definitely. Funny thing is that I forget how big I am until I look in the mirror. I’m shocked every time!
How about writing your teen aged self a love letter? Sounds complicated but I will have to work on that.
This is my senior year of high school. I’m on the left. I am short wasted which is not very flattering when high wasted jeans are in style, but I did love my long legs. I thought I had the widest hips in the world and I hated them. The girl next to me had the typical body type of narrow hips that made me feel fat.
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