Today is market town day which means I'm finally getting my scale!! 💃💃 *Happy dance**

But it also means I'm going to be gone all day then I work from 6pm-2am.. meh

Will get a fair amount of walking in today, but I might go over on cals. We'll see

Have a great Friday all 🧡✨

What are your horse plans for the weekend? I've been chickening out of riding, saying, "Oh, I'll wait until I've gotten under 200," but horse has been carrying my fat *kitten* around, at over 200#, for three years. True, he is older now, but we do very light work. We've been long-lining, we do liberty work, we longe, I clean his paddock on weekends which is generally worth 20,000 steps... but this weekend, I'm getting on and we're going for a hack. He will be thrilled --- he loves to work under saddle and has about given up on me otherwise.

What I do? About 3 things, not necessary in this order:
1. I call a very good friend of mine. She’s incredibly smart, great listener, with the most calming voice and regardless if I talk about my annoyance of the day, I’m in a better shape after I hang up the phone.
2. I hang out with my daughter(s) and they are talkers. They can get my mind off anything if I stay long enough in their room. They are fun and they ground me, for real.
3. I go for a long walk, the longer the better .

Bonus: When I was younger I used to watch a good-cry movie, when the hormones were getting the best of me.

A person in a challenge I’m in, had this other solution, close to what @sharonarkoff was saying, just a touch more elaborate: make a ladder with start and end weights, as opposite ends.
Then make lots of rungs, some serious (move into healthy weight category), some not (lost the body weight of a raccoon), leave room for the physical achievements (able to do 5 push ups).
Add on the side the dates when you reach each and check it weekly and especially when you are down, too have an actual visual on the progress.

You mobilized us all all this time, it’s our turn.

I still want snow, not for 3 months straight, but I want snow.
My county closes schools for 2 inches of snow, truth. Not now obviously, but I thought this would be funny for you. My friends from Michigan tease us every year.

I can talk a storm too, aren’t I?
Gotta go, Netflix is calling me😂😂

I was in a rush to get out the door and start my 19 hour go go go day this morning so I didn't quite have time to put in the support i wanted to 🤗🧡

Another thought... I completely understand the shittiness of not having power for days 🙃 but more importantly how a disruption like that can throw you off... I think everyone was like FUXCK 2020 and we kind of romanticized Jan 1 2021 as some kind of magic turning point where all the challenges from the previous year dissipated away and yay new year new me etc. So i can 1000% see how the disappointment of starting the new year on the wrong foot (esp bc of some BS out of your control) could knock the spirit out of you 🌺

If it wasn't for MFP I'm pretty sure my hangover + pasta madness on Jan 1 would have discouraged the shxt out of me too. But (big props to your group) I was able to put a little pitfall into perspective and decide my "new year" would start on Jan 2 😎

You know the Romans pre-Gregorian calendar didn't even count the last two months or so of the year 🤣 they just called it an undefined "winter" mess. 💜 So if you want to start your 2021 tomorrow go for it!!

It will be a year for growth and healing! We just have to approach it with open acceptance and patience 🌈 progress not perfection!

Anyway you rock chica!! Everyone has sticky patches, especially during winter, etc. You are super blessed, de facto, just let those blessings in 🙏💫💫