Congrats on your weight loss .... I’m down 65 lbs. I was at a yard sale the 16th & had a great conversation (”fellow traveler” ... low carb/Keto) who weighed 400 lbs a year ago & was T2D, on a high insulin dose ... he’s down to 300, off all insulin. BP meds reduced, but he wants off totally. He’s going to try to hold at 300 through the holidays, then get back to losing more weight. The last year’s successes have changed his life - very uplifting to talk to him.
The tubs ... my brother & two partners bought a farm - one partner wanted the farmhouse & garden area, so he owned that, the other two had the land. Well, the house owner decided to sell out to the other two. Shortly after that happened, I was out there with my brother .... the tubs/stand were in the garden & had been used for herbs or something - all grown up, a real mess. My brother was trying to clean up around there - asked me if I wanted it. Of course!! We dumped out the tubs & put it all in the pickup. When I looked online, those 2-tub/stand combos were selling for $250! Quite a ‘gift’!
I am not surprised about the cost of those tubs. Sure was a great find, and gift! I love repurposing things and all things retro have great meaning to me. Previous generations knew more about not wasting things, and we could all learn more from them.
CoVid has made me very motivated to have as healthy a body as I can. I’m young enough that my new habits should help me last a long time, barring freak accidents.
Weight loss has been so beneficial to me in so many ways. I plan on keeping it off for good now that I’ve learned more about what I eat, when I eat, and why I eat. Congrats on your weight loss, too! I’m glad you found encouragement from a fellow traveler!