When it's "my underwear feels tight" season.

Who else is ready to hit the restart button? Since November, it has been a downhill battle. This year, more than most, we have an endless string of parties, and dinners out. All fun, of course! But at 47 trying to keep up hits extra hard. The days of splurging and bouncing back after a few days are long gone. I also blame the stress of the holidays + work ramping up at the end of the year, and not taking care of myself. My self-care has gone out the window!

2024 itself has been a weird year; both mentally and physically. Every month is different, I never know what to expect! Sometimes I feel great, and sometimes I feel like absolute shit. I haven’t pinpointed one thing, which makes it extremely frustrating.

One thing I have learned is that you absolutely must ditch your scale. Why torture yourself? I can go up and down 3-5 pounds in the blink of an eye. This summer I had been eating great, not drinking, working out. I decided to weigh myself at the gym, to celebrate a perceived weight loss. I was shocked to see I was at least 5 pounds over what I thought I would have been. It was completely counterproductive From that day forward, I vowed not to step on the scale at the gym. We can tell how our clothes fit. And for me…right now it’s my underwear. When the underwear gets tight, we have a problem! Ha!!!!