My New Swimsuit

Since starting water aerobics at the Y, I've gone through swimsuits like no tomorrow.  First it was the tutu suit.  That wasn't a good one to wear because that skirt kept getting in the way.  My arms would get tangled up in it, it would fly up on my back, I even tried tucking it into the underwear part of the suit, but it didn't help.

Then I found one online from Delta Burke.  Only after a few wears, it started falling apart on me.  Kind of like the material was shredding.  It was livid, because that swimsuit cost close to $100.  And I had to contemplate spending that kind of money for quite a while too.  I called the store to complain about it, but there was nothing they could do for me since I had already worn it.  I vowed to never own another one of her junk swimsuits again.  Yeah, we'll see how that goes.  LOL!!  Read on!

Then about a year later, I bought another one of her swimsuits from a souvenir store in Florida for half the price.  I gave it a try at water aerobics, same thing happened to it.  It started falling apart.

That's when I learned that the chlorine of the Y's swimming pool was eating my suits, and that's always when I learned that you could buy a chlorine resistant swimsuit.  I didn't even realize there was such a thing!

I ordered one from the Y, but the size was entirely too small, so I returned it.

Then I scoured the Internet for a plus size chlorine resistant swimsuit and found a website called Swimsuits for All.  I bought one from there, but after wearing it a few times, I definitely didn't like it.  It was a once piece with attached shorts, and those shorts definitely were weird inside and outside of the water.  Gave that baby away real quick!

Then I came across a website called Swim and Sweat.  I found a Krinkle Chlorine Resistant swimsuit in my size and with a high neck so that my tata's didn't hang out while bouncing around in the water.  I ordered the royal blue color in a size 26W.

I am absolutely blown away by the quality of this swimsuit!  It's a beautiful color, feel, shape, and look.  It holds everything in place, and it's holding up well itself.  I've got quite a few compliments on it too!

I've had it for a few months now and since I love it so much, I went online today and ordered another one in a fun purple color.  I figured if I don't order it now, when I go to get a new one, just like everything else I like, they won't make them anymore!

 

Food Log 2.8.16

Breakfast - frozen PB & J sandwich, water

Lunch - ElCharro - 14 chips, 1/2 cup cheese dip, salsa, chicken and eggs, some rice and some beans, 3 tortilla shells, sweet tea

Snack - 2 servings animal crackers, water

Snack - half Bologna and cheese sandwhich 

Dinner - 3 chicken fajitas with tortillas and light sour cream, 8 chips and salsa

Snack - 4 no bake cookies

Monday Motivation!

Food Log 2.7.16

Breakfast -DQ sausage egg biscuit with an extra sausage patty, water

Snack - 1/2 serving animal crackers

Lunch - Golden Buddah Chinese 3 spring rolls, 4 crab Rangoon, steamed rice, sweet sour chicken, pineapple, 2 cups egg drop soup, veggie lomein, and a bite of general Tao chicken, a bite of ginger chicken with green bean, fortune cookie, water

Snack - large Pepsi freeze, half a slim Jim I shared with Gavin

Dinner - small serving au gratin potatoes and ham slices at Dobie's, water

Dinner - bbq pork sandwich with Cole slaw, water

Exercise Log 3.6.16

Some may not call it exercising but for this chubby girl, landscaping IS exercise! Haha! What started out as pulling a few dead plant leaves turned into cleaning out all of the dead leaves, mulch, and trimming old plants, and then taking it up and hauling the trash can around for clean up. I was exhausted and glad to have it done. I was working up a sweat! Haha!

Food Log 2.6.16

Breakfast - bologna and cheese sandwiches (3 pieces white bread, 2 pieces Sargento ultra-thin co-jack cheese, 2 pieces Ekrich thick cut bologna, water

Snack - banana, water

Lunch - Herraduras chips, salsa, cheese dip, 4oz chicken breast, 2 hard fried eggs, 2 tortilla shells, potatoes, sweet tea

Snack - 44oz Sonic Sprite

Dinner - 1 slice pepperoni pizza, 1 slice beef/onion pizza, chips, cheese dip

Snack - 1 serving animal crackers, 8 oz glass of coconut pineapple juice

Food Log 2.5.16

Breakfast - frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwich, water

Lunch - Chicken bacon ranch baked potato with cheese and onions from Spudz n' Stuff, chips, salsa, water

Snack - banana, 3 Hershey miniature candy bars, water

Snack - 2 chicken little sandwiches from Sonic

Dinner - ground beef and onion pizza and pepperoni pizza from Papa Murphy's, Sonic Route 44 Sprite, 3 small pieces of Better than Sex cake

:(

Exercise Log 2.4.16

Went to water aerobics at the Y again tonight.  Both my friend Amy and my friend Kristi were there.  While I enjoy the water aerobics class, it's alot more fun when you are meeting up with friends there!  I'm so glad they both joined and hope we can all encourage each other to keep going.

I stayed for the 5:30 p.m. and the 6:30 p.m. class.  I'd like to say that I did an hour and 45 minutes of vigorous exercise, however some of that time is spent with the teacher giving instruction, and a few minutes of warm up and cool down exercises.

Food Log 2.4.16

Breakfast - frozen uncrustables peanut butter and jelly, water

Lunch - 3 pieces bread, two pieces of thick cut bologna, 2 pieces ultra thin co-jack cheese, salsa, tortilla chips, cheese dip, water

Snack - Banana, water

Dinner - Beans, ham, and diced potatoes in the crockpot - 2 cups, bologna & cheese sandwich (2 pieces bread, 2 pieces bologna and 2 pieces cheese), water

Snack - 3 Almond Joy miniature candy bars, chips and salsa

Sounds like a good diet plan to me!

Food Log 2.3.16

Breakfast - Sonic bacon, egg and cheese breakfast burrito, medium tater tots, and a large coke

Lunch - Marie Callender's chicken and dumplings frozen meal, peas and carrots, water

Snack - 2 Reese peanut butter cups

Dinner - chicken fajitas, 3 tortilla shells, rice, beans, sour cream, pico, chips, salsa, cheese dip, sweet tea

Snack - like it size pineapple upside down cake ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery

Well...another wasted day. I'll start over tomorrow. I'm sure a lot of these food entry logs will read like this 😞.

Exercise Log 2.2.16

Went to water aerobics tonight at the Y. Didn't feel like going since I'm on my period, but a friend wanted to start them so I went. We got 30 minutes of exercise in before they blew the whistle to exit the pool because of the lightening from the storms. It was bittersweet for me 😏!

Food Log 2.2.16

Breakfast - Smuckers Uncrustable Peanut Butter & Jelly, water

Lunch - Marie Callendar's Roasted Turkey Breast & Stuffing frozen meal, apple sauce cup, water

Snack - Honey crisp apple, 5 miniature Hershey candy bars

Dinner - Jimmy Johns #11 (turkey, ham, lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, & bread), picke spear, a few jalapeño chips, leftover cheese dip and tortilla chips, some leftover fajita meat

Snack - 2 Almond Joy miniature candy bars

Well I started the day somewhat good, but ended the day like my normal porker self. Disappointed! Tomorrow is a new day. 

Let's try this weight loss gig again...

At the end of 2015, I was at my heaviest weight ever - 360.2 pounds!  I was mortified when I got on the scale, and mortified with myself.  I'd been miserable for the last few months. I'd been pulling into the Sonic almost daily for a Route 44 sprite or coke.  I was never cooking at home anymore and we were always eating out for lunches and dinners.  And I had stopped going to water aerobics at the Y.  I did it to myself and definitely wasn't blaming anyone!

Then around the last Sunday of the month, our pastor called the Daniel Fast again at church to start at the beginning of the new year and I was so excited.  I knew it was just the jump start I needed to get back on track.  So for 21 days I meal planned, grocery shopped, cooked healthy and delicious meals,  I never craved a Sonic drink or chocolate, and drank water all the time.  I lost weight - almost 15 pounds - and felt great!  I was determined to keep the pace up.  Then the fast was over.  And I've gotten back into my habit of pulling into the Sonic way too often!  I have been trying to cook at home more often, but I'm sure they aren't the healthiest meals, and I've been trying to bring my lunch instead of going out to eat.  I've also started recording my food into the My Fitness Pay app.  I'm good about putting breakfast and lunch in, and then forget about dinner.  I've started going back to the Y to water aerobics with a friend.

I know it's not going to happen overnight, and it's definitely going to take time.  But hopefully little small steps will add up to great results.

Please pray for me, I need the prayers.  I pray for myself, but just feel like God isn't answering my prayers.  I just have to pray for his will to be done!

So this has been my problem all along...