Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!!!
I know what you mean about getting out of form from the hot! Years ago I worked in a Thai restaurant. I was familiar with the food as I had been a regular customer (that's how I got job) but within just a few weeks I was quite capable of eating exactly the same things the Thai women there ate. Even my husband who is a fire-breathing eater couldn't keep up with me. But within a few weeks after I stopped working there, I couldn't handle it anymore.
Now we're cookin'!!!