Rough day

So this morning started out just like normal. I was excited even though I was going to take it easy since I was hurting so bad. Just after noon my mom called and needed a ride up to SLC. That was OK. A long ride, but not bad. We came home for a bit and cleaned up the grill we will be taking this weekend. After that we decided we might go swimming at my sister's.

We get headed over there and my swim top is bugging me and pinching. I've gained too much weight for it come to find out and it kept making my arm numb. So the Husband says that we will just go get me a new one that fits.

This seemed like a great idea. This weekend we will be going up to Idaho for a family reunion and will be in the water for the most part of Saturday. So a swim top that fits would be great. We go to Wal-Mart and they don't have anything that will fit. We got to TJ Maxx and Ross and same thing. We go to the mall and look at a maternity store and they didn't have one. They suggested Torrid so we go there and they still didn't have one that I didn't have issues with.

So we headed back to Wal-Mart thinking if I get a good sports bra I can use it the one day for playing the water. Couldn't find anything there. We still needed to get shoes for this weekend since we will be outside a lot. At this point my feet had swollen so all the shoes that should have fit me were tight.

So here I am after 3+ hours of trying on swim wear that wouldn't fit even close I am sitting on one of those benches in the shoes section trying to force my swollen foot into a shoe losing all hope. I ended up crying in the aisle. I felt ashamed. Here I am a grown woman crying because she can't find shoes to feet my fat feet.

Husband, the great guy that he is, helped me calm down enough that we found some that fit even with my swollen feet, but will fit when they aren't swollen too. He made sure I didn't get just the cheapest ones because I was fed up at this point. He helped me to find some that are actually really comfy.

So today was just not a good day for me. Tomorrow will be better I hope.

-Ayvid

Small update

I made my step goal today! That makes two days in a row. Day 2 is doing great. Course it's not normally the first couple of days that I have trouble.

I did a workout from Youtube. I know I said I wouldn't do many of them, but I was thinking and I came to the decision. If I'm serious about this they are going to have to be a regular part of my routine. I am going to set an alarm in my phone to go off on the days I am going to do a dedicated workout.

I realized today that I need some good workout clothes. I was at my house doing the workout so I just work an older pair of pj bottoms and an older tank top. It worked, but not as well as actual workout clothes would.

I know I can do this!!

Today's Stats:
Weight: 267.8 (7/30)
Waist: 48.25" (7/29)
Step Streak: 2 days
Soda Streak: 0 days

-Ayvid

Sure enough

Sure enough soon after posting last night I found my Fitbit. It was under the couch, but I seem to be having trouble connecting to my phone. That sucks, but I did get my steps yesterday. I play Pokemon Go so that's helping to keep me entertained while I am out there and I'm not just wandering around aimlessly.

I like the eggs. They give me little goals to work towards that I can see clear progress. That helps since I know I won't be able to see progress as fast with my weight loss. When I weighed myself this morning though I was 267.8. So that's pretty great to see a pound loss after working for so short. I've been making changes over the last few weeks so it's good to see some of it paying off.

I bought myself some gum today so that I can chew on that to try and curb other temptations. After talking to the husband he says he is going to help by keeping less sweets around the house. He is excited to have fresh fruit and veggies in the house when we go shopping next. This weekend we have a family reunion up in Idaho. While up there we are going to be at a lake so we are going to kayak and get a paddle boat. We are also planning on going on a nature walk/hike.

So I'm hoping this weekend is a positive one. There will be a lot of food around, but I'm confident in my ability to resist. I've been doing really good with soda even though we have soda in the house all the time. We do have some Coke Zero and Coke Zero Vanilla, but I don't like the aftertaste. Well I'll do an update later.

-Ayvid