Rough Week, New Shoes!

Ok, let's start with numbers this week. New weight 469.2 which means I gained 2.0 pounds this week. I could feel bad about it, but, I had a lot working against me this week.

1. My dad got re-married this weekend.
2. My knee was acting up very badly this week and kept me from exercising all but two days this past week. Total of 2.31 miles and 63 minutes. (I will be doing more than that by Wednesday I guarantee it)
3. Overall lack of motivation. This too will be changed. I am planning on 6 days of walking this week.

My thoughts for this past week. It seems the harder I try the more my body works against me. I did over 10 miles the week before and my knee was angry and ready to make me stop. I walked on Monday and it was bad, painful and very much not a good experience. I decided to take a few days off of the exercising, good idea? Bad idea? Hard to say. It also came to my attention that my shoes needed to go. The good news is that on Sunday I finally got to get myself some new shoes. Tradehome Shoes in the Wausau Center Mall was where I got them. The salesman, I wish I could give you his name, was a real nice guy. I went in told him what I was looking at as far as requirements for my shoes. He hooked me up with Keen Shoes. So far so good. They are wide, my biggest problem in most cases is that my pinky toe will rub because I have such wide feet, these I have room to spare. Trust me these shoes are going to get a work out.

Next, my dad got married this weekend to a woman he has been with for several years (7 or 8). I am in a weird place as far as how I feel about them getting married. I am happy for my dad, he is the kind of guy who needs someone to be with. As far as his new spouse I am uncertain. I don't know what to think about her. She sometimes seems very happy and content with my father, other times she seems to be telling him, how much better she could do and how stupid my father is. So I have had a week of very uneasy feelings as well as one's that make me happy. My dad recently retired and is 65 years old. She is much younger than him and this is her 3rd or 4th marriage and my dad's 2nd. They kept it small and private. They had a small service outside at their home. After party at Kelly Club in Weston. Overall, I am happy for them both, I just hope it doesn't backfire on my dad.

So all these things together made for the not best week of eating habits. Especially on Friday/Saturday. Between the drinking and eating of a wedding I am sure I ate a lot more than I even think I did. I will bounce back.

I am going to aim for 12 miles this week. I am going to try and drop a minimum of 2 pounds this week. Walking at lunch on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday and Friday. Thursday I am hoping Nikki and I will walk after game night at ChAdam. Saturday I plan on walking to work at ChAdam and Sunday will be our long Family walk day.

I also want to thank everyone of you that comment on these and those who have a great deal of insight. I want to thank Nikki for continuing to support me through all my trials and tribulations. I want to send out a big kudos to both of my girls, they have been walking with us and they are a great motivation for me to lose weight. I want to be there when they get married and give me Grandchildren. I want to be there when they love for the first time, when they have their hearts broken the first time. I want to be there as long as I can, I want them to think of me as the guy that will never go away. I want to be their point of contact for a celebration, for a talk, for a lecture, I want to be there.

Well, went long this week and I appreciate you all for reading my ramblings. Until next week...

Chad180