liminal_space | 106 days until spring (Reply)

+ not that i'm counting.

+ changes in plans have been made! this weekend we're going to go cross country skiing instead of bentleyville and moving bentleyville to december 27th (the last night it's open PLUS fireworks!). cities friends are coming up for both.

it's very nice to have these people in our lives.

+ today i sucked it up and went outside to do some chores. blankets have been fitted to the ponies (with our old girl in hers now), chickens have been loved on and their coop/prison yard have been tossed, and i dragged kid around on the sled for awhile.

i did fine, for the most part. except i OVERDRESSED on torso, dressed correctly on hands, and UNDERdressed on feet. =\ friend T is bringing a pair of wool socks for me to use for skiing this weekend and if they work, maybe that's the answer? know what's NOT the answer: a second pair of socks.

seriously, two pair of socks make my toes feel claustrophobic. it's the weirdest feeling!

+ doing the outsides was really good for me, and i KNOW i need to keep it up. nothing combats the winter blues like fresh air and sunshine. :) not that sunshine is in great supply right now, but that's ok.

i've been slacking on tracking food and drinking my water, so those two things are on the MUST DO each day. it's so easy to slip back into bad habits and i could feel it happening, so gotta put a stop to that nonsense.

additionally, i need to give myself some grace about how losing this last >20 lbs is taking so damn long. i have achieved epic weight loss success (dr. sexy's words, not mine...but maybe they SHOULD be mine?) and this is when i need to rely on my grit to get me through the last stretch of this marathon.

i'm going to use the stretch of time between now and spring to a) get as close to my goal weight as possible, b) start developing my maintenance plan to keep from gaining any weight back, c) really focus on strength training.

it will have taken me over two years to get where i'm going, but am i glad i didn't listen to that voice who told me that there was just too much to lose and there was no way i could reach a healthy weight. ha on you, inside voice! ha ha on you. :P

i also need to get back to actively meal planning for all of us. stat. which is one of my favorite things to do, but actually sticking to it? not so much: someone (me) doesn't like to be told what to do.

+ but for now, it's time to read a bit with another cup of coffee, then dinner. we're having breakfast (me = chicken sausage, hash browns, spinach, and maybe an egg)....tomorrow it's shrimp, roasted veggies, and couscous or wild rice. that's as far as i've gone on the planning.

i do know that by the 1st of january, i want my fridge/freezer purged of things that we don't need/want to up my prep game in 2026. i bought some of the souper cube freezer molds and so far? I AM IMPRESSED. maybe i can prep a whole year's worth of food in one go? lol oh, to never cook again. heaven.

ok. i go. bye!