I just joined SparkPeople, because I used to walk/hike everywhere, than life happened, I got depressed, started binge eating, stopped walking, gained weight, and suddenly a few weeks ago discovered that I was winded and could not walk more than a quarter mile without stopping to rest. This was a shocking fact as I used to walk 13 miles a day and did heavy duty hiking, and yet now I was so out of shape, I could barely walk a thousand feet!
When I say life happened and I got depressed, I mean, a flood took out our house, and after spending the summer rebuilding a fire took out our house again just 6 months later – vandalism both times – a cut water main and arson). Two years living under a 8×6 tarp, the following years living in a Volvo, changed my life a lot, brought me closer to nature, taught me how to live for 5 years with no electricity, no running water, and pretty much nothing but the cloths I was wearing at the time of the fire.
Matters are made doubly hard by the fact that I have Autism, it is difficult for me to find “regular” jobs because rare is the employer who hires a person with Autism.
An attempt to go back to living in a house, brought a shocking revelation: In my 5 years living off the land, on the land, at one with the land, pretty much being a full-time camper – I actually LIKED living as a full time camper, I even preferred it, and going back into a house triggered a mass depression fit, a huge binge eating fit, and my gaining 40lbs in 3 months! In a house I felt trapped, caged, cornered, imprisoned, and had a constant need to escape back into the forests and beaches and open space. Thus it came about that I realized the only answer was to buy an RV and continue to live at one with nature as a boondocking full-timer.
I’ve spent the last 2 years looking at trailers and motorhomes trying to decide what is right for my needs. I’ve decided on a Class A, most likely Winnebago or TravelMaster, probably something from the 1980s. I plan to buy one this fall. Had planned to buy one already but we had a few unplanned setbacks and are running about 7 months behind our planned schedule. Oh well. I’m used to life throwing me unexpected turns now.
I’m not one to travel much, so it’s doubtful I will leave Maine much, though I do want to take a trip to Alaska at some point.
After I realized I was having a hard time walking, I weighed myself for the first time in many years to be shocked at the 182lbs! OMG! I spent 25 years staying between 125 to 130 and now I was 182? How did that happen without me noticing it? No wonder I was getting winded so bad! I did a Google search to find an online site to help me lose weight, and that’s how I found Spark. Than I searched Spark to see if any RV folks were here and that’s how I found this team.
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