it's the damn humidity!! I love summer, truly I do - but it has been so humid lately and that I can not take at all. One of the pitfalls of my self-confessed scale obsession is that when it's humid out, it affects the scale (for me). It's showing a loss from my official WI on Friday, but these past three days, it's been creeping up a tiny bit - though, I've been 100% on track and working out. I know it has to do with retaining water (sorry, TMI....but, hey, that's life...) as I can just feel it...so, I'm going to try and up my water intake to see if that actually helps. With the way my belly feels, I'm surprised I'm not looking at a 5 lb gain on the scale! But, seeing the scale jump around, even if it's only in a less than half pound range, is annoying and frustrating. But, this too shall pass. Official WI, for better or worse, for me will be on Thursday this week as we'll heading to the beach Thursday afternoon and not coming back until Monday. (woot!!!)
Seriously, though, I am done with the humidity. This has been one of the hottest summers on record and within the past couple of weeks, it hasn't rained at all. What happened to those summer thunderstorms? Okay, I'll take that back - while I would love some rain (as would my grass), we're leaving our girls (our black lab Molly and yellow lab Maggie - oh, and Bailey the cat) home with various pet sitters while we go away - knowing my luck it will thunderstorm while we are away, leaving them in the dark with no ac (happened to poor Molly once before!) So, rain is good - just not while I am away and already worrying about them!
While I love summer, especially not working in the summer, I am excited for Fall to get here. I love walking outside in the fall, going pumpkin and apple picking - with my asthma issues, it is so much easier to be active in the fall. It is also easier for cooking purposes - my husband works outside in this heat so most days he does not want the stove on and has no desire to grill (I can't blame him). So, while we do salads, we also eat out a lot which is always a risky situation.
Well, I need to start getting things ready for our mini-vacation - and put my disappointment in the scale behind me and continue to look forward! :)
I know what you mean about the humidity. The weather in Michigan this summer has been awful! We've either had hot, humid days or rainy days, but not much in between. It makes it really hard to get motivated and leave the house, much less exercise. Although I have a love/hate relationship with the gym as well (for different reasons), I find the only way that I can really bring myself to exercise is in the air conditioning. Good luck and enjoy your trip!
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p.s. I think this blog is a great way for the five of you to keep up with each other and keep on track. I hope you all reach your goals.
I honestly wish we could have some of that rain - here in NJ, I can't remember the last time it rained! But, you are right - the ac at the gym does help....just time is my biggest problem there. Thanks for the kind words and good luck to you as well! :)
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