In the world of ups and down today is definitely an up day. I decided that I NEEDED to go to a meeting this morning and went to Pat's 9:30am meeting. It was a great meeting on setting goals for the summer. I've already set some goals for the summer and I'm working toward them. Pat was particularly funny in today's meeting. I'm glad I went because it really put me in a good mood. I also weighed myself this morning, before my shower (no clothes on), and I weighed 277 lbs. That made me feel really good. I am hopeful that I'll be down in weight when I weigh in on Wednesday night. If not, not big deal. I'll get to the 20 lbs lost mark eventually.
I'm on track with my food today and ticking off GHG's along the way. Probably the hardest ones for me to get in are the multivitamin and the good healthy oils. My multivitamin is huge and I gag just thinking about taking it. I think I'm going to have to change to a chewable vitamin or a gummy vitamin. I just can't take swallowing those big pills. I haven't taken the Osteo BiFlex because it's even bigger than my vitamin! I'm sure it would help my knee but I just don't know if I can force myself to take it. I'll have to try though. Ugh!
I think my clothes are fitting a little bit looser. I'm not totally sure but they seem to feel different. I'm hoping that soon I won't fit into these loose, baggy clothes and can wear some more fitting clothes. For now I'm comfortable though. I won't wear anything that is tight though. I won't be uncomfortable. I'd rather wear the baggy stuff until I know I will look good in other clothes. I should have enough stuff in my closet to wear for a while as I lose some weight. I have a pair of jeans that are just a bit tight that should fit me soon enough. My other jeans are big on me already but still fit okay. It's nice to have clothes feeling different though. It's a good sign.
I'm going to the allergy doctor tomorrow to see if I can get some medicine that will help with my constant congestion, runny nose, itchy eyes and sneezing. I feel at times like I'm having trouble breathing but I'm not sure if it's just a perceived trouble or if its a real problem. I guess I'll find out tomorrow. I really want to start walking but by the time I take my allergy medicine and get over there to walk, I'm tired from the pills. If I don't take the medicine my nose runs even worse than it does with it. I hope to get some relief from my visit to the doctor.
My knee is still hurting A LOT! I know that walking might help that but it bothers me so much that I get psyched out by the pain and don't go walking. I'll probably start wearing the pain patch again. I'm not sure if it would stay on okay during a walk though. I'll have to try that out. It's been hot so I'll have to walk in the early morning after dropping Bayou off at daycare. I dropped her off late though today so walking wasn't even on my mind. Maybe Wednesday. I really should get out there and walk. It would help with my weight loss and would make me feel better mentally. I want to go and walk, I just don't have the motivation to get out there though.
Tonight we'll have pork chops for dinner (we ended up just having salad last night) with a salad. I may make a baked potato with it too. We each have half of the potato. I'm out of lettuce though so will have to stop at the store and get some before I pick up Bayou. I'm not sure if David is going to cut the grass in the backyard today when he gets home. It will be pretty hot out then but the yard will have been picked up (pooper scooper people come today) and it would be a good time to mow it. I'll check with him when he gets home. I'll pick up Bayou later if he's going to mow the grass. Dinner would have to wait until after I picked up Bayou.
I'm getting some good responses from the WW online community about my blog post on the ups and downs of weight loss. Everyone agrees that it's not a straight line effort, that there are indeed ups and downs for everyone who is trying to lose weight. That helped me to feel like my journey is normal and that I'm not the only one having ups and downs. I'm glad that today is an up day and I hope to have more up days than down days this week. I think one thing I can do to help myself out is to print out my summer goal list and post it on the wall under my "motivation" picture. Seeing my goals every day would be helpful. I'm not sure that I'll make all my goals but I'm certainly going to give it a good try.
In this morning's meeting Pat told us that she's lost over 135 pounds! She weighed 385 lbs at one point. That was inspiring to hear since she is so small now. I love hearing the stories of people who have lost over 100 pounds. It really gives me hope.
That's it for now. More later.
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