I took about 10 pictures until it dawned on me that it just *might* be a bit easier to take a picture of them OFF my feet…Internet Folks, she’s not always as bright as she looks;) (Just kidding – I blame this sort of “incident” directly on having kids!)
So here’s my pic of my new sneaks. Feel free to judge my mess in the background – it’s a basically perfect representation of my day-to-day life right now:)

I had to buy these shoes in a 9.5. When I got married 3+ years ago, my feet were a size 7.5/8. After I had my 2 year old, they went to more of an 8.5/9. Now I’m well into the 9/9.5 range. I can’t help but wonder how much of that is pregnancy related and how much is the constant weight of my body on my feet. Thought I weigh a lot, I’m not an inherently large person. I’m not tiny by any means, but I do always fit so much better in Women’s Petite sized clothing if I can find it(hardly ever). I’m 5′3.” Even at 260-something lbs, my wedding rings are a size 5.5 and 6. So it just makes me wonder how much of my feet getting big is just the constant swelling and pressure on them and just a general spread to continue to support the weight of my body. One more reason to get this weight off ! If it’s pressure on my feet, the pressure is also felt everywhere else – my joints, my knees, my heart, my lungs – the list could go on and on!

On a not-weight-loss-or-health-related note – can you see the globe in the background of that picture? My Mother-In-Law brought it over on Tuesday as a leftover remnant from finally re-doing my husband’s childhood bedroom. The kids LOVE it, but I had to look a little – you know it’s as old as we are because it has the Soviet Union and Zaire and a split Germany. I’ve been going on circles about how appropriate it is for them to have an incorrect globe? They won’t be able to read for at least a few years, so now it’s just outlines and geographic representations. And globes are just so fun. Maybe a good compromise would be to get a new globe, too, so that when they really start learning it will give us an opportunity to throw some history in, too? I don’t know – just thinking out loud!

2 Questions:

1. What would you do(if anything) on the globe situation?

2. I need new workout clothes that aren’t going to cost me $100 for 1 pair of pants and half of a tiny t-shirt I could never wear in public. In plus sizes. Not from Old Navy. Any suggestions for places to shop? I’m sick of feeling like a slob in workout clothes!

• I went to a wedding and actually made conscious decisions about the food I chose.
• I joined the gym and actually went!
• I didn’t eat fast food once. I don’t think I even went through a drive-thru window(except maybe Starbucks for a Sugar-Free/Fat-Free Cinnamon Dolce Latte;).
• I got myself a few new sports bras and t-shirts to stay motivated and not feel slobbish going to the gym(so that I can’t use that as an excuse!).
• Oh, yeah – and I started this blog!! Can I please just state for the record how much I can’t believe I was missing out on in the blogging world?? There are so so so many amazing and inspiring weight loss blogs out there and I am so glad I started searching around for them. It’s such incredible motivation and support to see how many other people are on a similar journey!
• I’m committing to signing up today for the FitBloggin Conference in March. I know I’ve just started with this blog, but this will be one more source of inspiration and something to look forward to. Anyone else already making plans to be there?

All of this and I don’t even feel completely overwhelmed – I call that a successful week!