Whining? Possibly.

I'm having a hard time getting food to go down today.  This has actually been a recurring problem.  I'm sure it's normal and I'm not freaking out about it, but I am somewhat annoyed.  I would like to get more than a couple of bites in before it feels like someone is poking my pouch really hard...not to satisfy my hunger, but to satisfy my tongue/brain. 

I've even gone so far as to backtrack to the softer foods.  Last night I heated up a can of spicy refried beans and added a pinch of 50% reduced fat Cabot cheddar.  It was very tasty, and I was able to eat about 1/2 cup.  Today however, I'm having trouble with it (I'm having it again for lunch).  It is sitting next to me as I type this, taunting me.  Maybe I'm still eating too fast and this is what I have to do...?  Take a bite, type a few sentences, take another bite...

I wasn't able to get any exercise in yesterday, and it actually kinda bummed me out.  I never thought I would want to.  I didn't sit around all day--I spent the day running the kids to the doctor for their well visits and dragging them in, around and out of Walmart...in 93 degree heat, I might add.  I just have to learn to make time for it through out the day, I guess.  I've learned with this whole new lifestyle is that planning is key.  Plan everything.  Every bite of every food that is going to go into your mouth, every sip of every drink that goes down your throat, every vitamin you have to take at what time of day...I'm just going to have to find time in between that, the kids, and housework to take a walk.  That's really all I'm allowed to do at this point.  Walk (with or without light weights) and swim.  The weather hasn't been too cooperative lately either...but this sounds like making excuses.

I assume after my next checkup, I will be released to do whatever exercising I want.  I think the first thing I am going to do is purchase a month's membership at the local gym.  Again, when I will find the time to go will be hard, but it's something I have to do.