I woke up Saturday morning and realized right away that I was feeling well. I knew it would be one of those 'stay in bed all day' days. I did get up at noon to have a bowl of cereal for breakfast but went back to bed after I had finished. We were supposed to go to a work BBQ but I wasn't feeling up to going so I stayed home and slept. I got up for a little while in the afternoon but went back to bed again. I finally got up at 6pm and took a shower. Taking a shower woke me up completely. At 7:10pm I decided to do an evening walk at Palmer Park. I knew it would be cool enough by the time I got over there to really enjoy walking. On the way over I realized that I had left my phone at home. I was a little bit nervous about walking without my phone but there were enough people up at the Mesa Trail comfortable. I felt like I was walking faster because it was getting cooler as I went along. I looked for deer around the trail but didn't spot any. There were quite a few dogs up there off leash so I didn't really expect deer to be too close. All in all it was a good walk and I was glad to get a walk in at all considering what kind of day I had. I knew I needed to do something and walking was it.
I stopped at the store on the way home and got a bottle of cold water. It really hit the spot. I finally got home around 8:30pm. David got home at 9pm. I finally remembered to check my phone and I had missed out on another BBQ. Kitty had invited us over for burgers. I'm sorry that it didn't work out to go over there and hang out. I went to bed at 10:30pm. It's now 2:10am. I'm yawning so I'll probably go back to bed in just a little bit.
David was at his work BBQ from about 2pm - 9pm. I told him that I wasn't feeling good and that's why I couldn't go. My feelings were a bit hurt because he never called and checked on me. He mistook my tiredness for being grumpy and he said something about it to me. I hadn't been grumpy but I got grumpy fast. I told David that I was hurt that he didn't call to check on me. He didn't think that he had to call. We just weren't communicating well at all yesterday. Oh well.
I ate something for dinner really late (9:30pm) and I'm paying for it now with a belly ache. I think I'm dehydrated too. I'll have to run to the store later this morning and get some water. I realized that I do have one big bottle of water that I can drink. I'll pour it over ice and have some to hydrate.
I'm going to do my best to get up in the morning and go for my morning walk. I prefer to walk in the mornings so hopefully I'll do that. It's 65 degrees out right now so it should be cool in the morning if I get up there early enough. I've got to get the morning walk in. I always have a better day when I walk first.
I don't have any pictures of my evening walk because I left my cell phone home. That's the camera that I use the majority of the time when I'm walking. It was beautiful out though and I would have liked to take a picture or two. I'll remember to bring my phone in the morning. I'm posting just a random evening sky picture to have a photo on here.
The ice water tastes so good. I didn't get much in the way of liquids yesterday since I slept the day away. I want to be hydrated for the morning walk so I'll drink at least one big cup of water. Hopefully it won't give me a belly ache.
My eating wasn't very good yesterday since I was sleeping most of the day. I didn't get enough fruits and veggies for sure. I'm just not going to lose any weight if I don't modify my eating. I've been walking for over a month and I can't see any physical changes at all. My jeans felt a bit looser the other day but I'm not sure how they would feel if I put them on straight out of the dryer. I'll know I'm losing weight when putting on jeans from out of the dryer fit loose. It'll happen. I just have to be patient.
Patience is probably a lesson God wants me to learn through this weight loss journey. When I want something I don't usually make myself wait - instant gratification. But I'm learning that delayed gratification can be even more special. There are a lot of lessons that God is working on in me. I don't need to hold myself back because I think I can't do something (in this case, walk). I need to just get out there and do it. I let my fear run my life and don't get anything done. I literally have to walk through that fear and do what is best for me. I also think that God is working on me being a bit more independent. It's time for me to spread my wings and fly a bit. I can't always have someone holding my hand. I'm going to have to learn to fail while triumphing over the failure (does that make sense?). Lots of good lessons for God to teach me. Hopefully I can be a good student.
Okay, it's almost 3am so I'm going to head back to bed. I'd like to be up on the Mesa by 8am so it's still relatively cool up there. I'm looking forward to walking.
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