cheri62, those are hard things to give up, but your body will love you for it. I still want a cold Coke in this weather, but I know the stuff has no redeeming value. Water with lemon is very refreshing! Have you increased your exercise? There's nothing like fresh air and moving to improve a mood.
Gail, I am usually pretty careful with the humidity. I have congestive heart failure, though I've had few episodes the last few years. Also multiple other heart conditions, one hereditary. I had my first heart attack at 5 years old, one at 13, one at 17 and a big one at 29. The next year I delivered twins so obviously I recovered. Just for the record, I was underweight in those days so weight wasn't a factor. Thank you for telling me to carry water. I've never gotten in the habit of doing that walking, just biking, but I will try to remember. Today is supposed to be hotter, so I need to get out and work in a garden for a while before it gets too hot. I also try to avoid direct sun. Lupus and sun is a bad mix. That's why my long walk is in the evening. I had every annual and all the new perennials in the ground, so what did I do? Went the the garden center on my way home from a meeting. Just two little cell packs, no more flats, but it has to stop. It's not like fabric. Plants don't keep well.
Today?? work outside, work on the dressing table that followed me home Saturday, finish a quilt, clean up so I can start my greaddaughter's wedding one, have dinner with my oldest daughter, attend a soft ballgame to see my teen friend play and wait to see what MJ has in store for us to think and write about. Sounds like I need to get started. Y'all have a great, healthy day.