The Weight Loss Journey: Week 3 Down

To all of you that are just tuning in, I am over weight by a lot and I am trying to do something about it. I am around 310 pounds possibly more. I am attempting to lose the weight for not only my health but my mental stability. I am determined to lose at least 100 pounds. I would love to lose up to 180 pounds, but I was always told to set realistic goals and 210 is realistic. I hope that you will embark on this journey with me.

The end of the third week feels like a disappointment. This past week has been crap. If you read my post from last week then you will have read that I had a blister that I powered through with. That blister would be one of the causes of this terrible week. The day after I posted I would walk again but this time it would be so painful that I could barely take it. But I still walked just not as much as I did the first time. Later that night I would go home to find out that my blister on my foot had blown up and was full of fluid. I had tried to leave it alone and believed it would pop in its own. It probably would have if I hadn’t walked. I was not even able to finish a mile because the pain was so bad. That night I went home and we popped it. The pressure was gone but the pain had gone to a whole new level.

As I limped around I decided that even though it hurt I was going to walk anyway. So I took some Tylenol and put my big girl panties on and walked. It hurt and I was mainly limping but I did it. I pushed my self 2 miles on my bad foot. But at the end of that two miles I felt this pop and a shot of pain that made my toes go numb. I got sat down and took my shoe off and the sock was wet and I pulled it off and it had finished popping the rest of the way. I was relieved but it still hurt so bad.

When I went to walk again my foot hurt but not as bad just a burning sensation from the sweat going into my blister. It hurt but was manageable. I continued to walk this week but I started to realize I had started to feel similar pain on my other foot. I would come to find out the I not only had a blister on my right foot but had 3 forming on my left foot. This is when I decided it was time for a pair of good shoes.

I had gotten a pair of cheap shoes when this first started. I am paying the price still today. The level of pain is not a bad now but that’s because I went out and bought an actual pair of walking shoes. These shoes seem to be helping with my feet but because I didn’t push as hard last week my body is rebelling today. I feel like my legs have never exercised or walked. So I am paying for the choices I made last week to take it slow and easy.

I am discouraged but I believe that I can fix this and get back to where I was it’ll just take time. I am going to post pictures of me last week so it can be compared to the second week. I try to take pictures regularly so that I can keep track of my weight loss in pictures as well as on a scale.

That’s all for this week but come back and see what strides I make this next week. Thank you for reading and I appreciate the up votes and comments.