I miss winter

3 weeks, 3 days till Nightwish!
-OP: yes
-activity: yes

Coming from a place that has no summer and thus being used to year being divided between winter, spring and fall, I can't get used to how quickly it can change here between winter and summer. In no time at all I've gone from wearing a coat to being too hot while I went for my walk today. I was rather glum when I reminded myself that last summer I would be delighted with a day of only 22 degrees and 35% humidity to go for a walk...it's so depressing to know that it will get so much hotter and wetter that a day like today will seem a blessing. Still, it is to be hoped that I will fare better this summer than last, having rid myself of much of my insulation. The change in weather has brought about curious recollections, and today I found myself remembering things from when I first started WW last July, flashes of memory tied to warm humid weather. Hard to believe summer has come round again, I almost feel I am running out of time and it is hard not to be impatient sometimes, and I worry that I won't be near enough where I wanted to be when I go home to visit. I've only felt that way very recently, I guess I've placed such importance on it that I want it to be as perfect as possible. I hate that things are slowing down now when I am starting to get so close. I'm almost positive now I am going to lower my goal weight, at least to the very upper edge of what is deemed the healthy weight range for my height and age. But I am still being flexible about it, and I am more concerned about being happy with my body than what the number is exactly. I will know when I get there, but I look at my body now and I think I can stand to lose a lot more than another 20-odd lbs. My body still seems so big to me in many ways. But still, when I go out to walk amongst all the other active folk along the river, I feel so much more confident than I had last summer. I felt I stood out so much before, but now I am starting to feel like I am not so drastically different from the other people I see out exercising. I've also noticed that the majority of people I see running and cycling and walking and rollerblading are thin and fit. I have come to the realisation that despite the way many of us overweight people seem to believe that most thin people are just lucky or blessed with good genes and can eat and do as they please without gaining weight, I think the truth is that most of them are thin because they eat less than overweight people, generally eat better...and are generally more active. These people are not being active to lose weight, as I am. They are active because that is what they do. It really does seem that they are not thin by accident, after all.

Earned 6 APs today: 85 min brisk walking