I've had a good day today. Kate, friend and track-mate, came over this morning, and we planned for about 3 weeks when we track in. That was a job I had been dreading, and I'm so glad it's done now! Now I can do subplans, and get ready for next week. I only have a few things to grade, and that's all I have to do now before I track in. I'll probably save that for next week, in classic "school procrastination" style. :)
I also worked on a bunch of orders today, and was able to get a lot done. It feels great to be able to tackle lots of stuff on my to do list and have enough energy to do that.
Here's the good and bad about my shopping trip yesterday. I went to Office Max to get some envelopes to finish the orders I had, and while I was over there decided to go to Old Navy before I headed to the mall. I had gotten a gift card from my cousins Deb and Dave for Banana Republic, Gap and/or Old Navy, and gift cards tend to burn a hole in my wallet. ;) (but as Chris says I will be needing LOTS of clothes in the next few months, so I really need to pace myself---but it's just SO EXCITING to buy clothes in smaller sizes!!!) Old Navy's clothes used to fit a few years ago, but then it seemed like the same size had gotten smaller. I hadn't gained weight, but their biggest size wouldn't fit me. So, when I went, I started gathering things in that size again, thinking maybe now it would fit or be close to it, and when I got in the dressing room I realized that most of those items fit, and some were even a little big! Since I know things are going down, I'm not going to buy any clothes that are a little big now, so it was a thrill to go back out on the floor and get the next smallest size. I got a few cute new things, and I even have some money left on the gift card. As I tried things on, it really wore me out. I had to sit a few times in the dressing room, and this taught me that although I feel okay, I don't have the energy I used to have since I'm only consuming about 600 calories a day, so I can't push it. So, I called it a day, and came back home and rested last night. So, in summary, the good was that I was able to buy clothes in 2 sizes lower than I thought I could, and the bad is that I was only able to make it to one store! ;)
The only other bad thing I'm still dealing with, besides being a little sick of the liquid diet, is not being able to sleep in bed. Ever since that first night where I tried to stay in bed, and had such horrible pain when I woke up, I've been sleeping in the recliner downstairs. I think laying flat, stretches the muscles in my stomach, which are still sore. But now the recliner is making my back ache. So, I think I'm going to try the bed again tonight. I laid down last night, and things didn't hurt too bad, but it was late, and I didn't want to have to deal with moving everything back upstairs again. So, hopefully I can make it through the night with no pain, and be back to normal in that way.
I have lost 19.2 now, and I'm feeling pretty well. We're going to the beach from Sunday through Tuesday, so that will be good to distract me, and then Tuesday is my group session where I should be able to start the soft solids diet. Less than a week...I hope I can make it!
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