Shopping for New Clothes

This post was originally started on September 10,  2015 but not completed until today, September 23, 2015.  

We will be going on a vacation soon.  It's my husband's 40th reunion for the commissioning crew of the USS Spruance DD-963. That's the destroyer where he spent his Naval career once he made it through all his schools.  I need to go shopping for clothes.  My first stop will be my closet.  I'm pretty sure the two bins of clothes in the closet don't have anything that I can fit yet, but it will be wise to check first.  Yes I have several sizes of clothes, spanning a 10 year period of growth into obesity.  I am also somewhat a spend thrift.  I don't want to buy clothes that I hopefully won't be able to wear in a couple of months.

I just love (insert food here)

Let's face it.  People like me, who suffer weight problems have "issues" that need to be addressed.  Some would say we have an emotional issue, others a food addiction and others say it is a behavioral issue.  There's just too many different scenarios and actions to be able to look at someone and say exactly what their problem is.  But one thing I have noticed is that we place too much power in the food.

Blessings

I am so very lucky. My family is behind me in my quest to be healthy.  One of the online support groups have had numerous posts made from people who have friends who are really mean to them.  Or family who are.  I know I touched on this last week but I just wanted to start this weeks thoughts about how blessed and thankful I am that my family is behind me.  My friends are too.

Support or Sabatoge?

If you think this is about you, maybe it is.  Maybe it isn't.  But your thinking this is about you maybe means you need to re-evaluate the way you put your thoughts across.  Without knowing it, you can be sabotaging.

Still Stalled

I'm still stalled.  In researching I find this is common around weeks 3 and 4.  It is somewhat discouraging.  I can't let myself dwell on this lack of progress but instead focus on the big picture.  The final outcome is what matters.

Discouragement Already?

Almost every other day my husband asks "Did you weigh today?"  Because of his heart situation he has to weigh daily and it seems as if every few days he's at a new low in his diet.  I really am happy for him and I know that he is expecting great things for me.  I know he is excited to see my progress.  I've told him a few times I don't want to weigh daily because I don't want to face discouragement.  Yet today I was so discouraged at my weekly weigh in.

I Ate What?

So far the most daunting thing I have faced is the food journal.  At first glance it doesn't seem to be that hard.  But don't let it fool you, it is way more complicated than I could imagine.