Well, as you can see from the picture, I didn't do such a good job with my eating during our campout. There were s'mores and snacks, and I drank very little water. In fact, I drank lots of pop and juice and lemonade, but not much water. That was bad.
The discouraging part came before all of that, though... before we'd even eaten dinner that very first night. I had two people (TWO!) ask me if I was pregnant. And it wasn't just because our daughter is 2 and that's the current society's timeframe for a second child. No, one of the two commenters actually admitted that they thought I LOOKED pregnant. As in baby belly. Yeah... that was really discouraging.
Of course, the second discouraging thing was then after telling them that I was NOT pregnant they started asking when we were going to have more, etc. What am I supposed to say? Does every passing person REALLY want to know that we have been trying for the last year but that I lost a tube along with the baby in May and that makes things a little more complicated?? So I just smiled and said that someday we hoped to have more kids but that Ellie is plenty active enough to keep us busy right now. Of course, then I had looking pregnant and not being pregnant on the brain all night (in addition to trying to keep track of Ellie among the crowd of people) so our camping trip didn't start out so happy for me. But Ellie did fine with the camping and sleeping in the tent and the next day was much better. So much better, in fact, that we decided to stay for a second night. It was good. It was a fun trip and I'm glad we learned that Ellie camps well.
But food... I did not do so hot at being moderate, I fear. And the scale reflected it this morning. But today I stayed on track ALL DAY! I drank 2 liters of water, ended the day within my calorie range, went for a short hike (not much, but better than nothing!) and planned meals for the coming week. It felt good to keep track and stay on target. I'm just hoping I can keep with it.
Oh, and I started my morning with devotions, which always makes a big difference.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Disappointment...
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It is a struggle to do something like camping and stay on a menu plan that is likely to bring about weight loss. And those darn camping drinks are just piles of calories trying to sneak by without being counted!
As for the people's comments, as my husband has pointed out to me recently, many of today's fashions make women appear to be just starting to show in a pregnancy - He thinks that about one of my favorite shirts. So, I'm wondering what cute shirt you were wearing, because you do not look pregnate to me.
As for the fertility issues, when people ask (and they still do) I just tell them that while we would love another child God hasn't seen fit to give us one yet and we have to go with his plan, not ours. It usually stops the conversation from going to a sad place or from getting too much into the specific fertility issues we face without making them feel bad for asking or making me feel like I wasn't really honest with them. Take that for whatever it is worth.
Great that you were back on track today! Keep it up, and you'll be back where you want to be pretty quickly.
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