Here's my introduction:)

I am happy to be here and looking forward to joining this group in the April challenge. My name is Sloan. I'm 57 years old, married for 27 years and have two kids. My daughter is graduating from college in May, and my son graduated two years ago and now lives nine hours from home. I live an hour north of New Orleans in a little town named Abita Springs. I also have two big loveable dogs.

I joined a F2F challenge back in 2020 and continued it for about a year. I lost sixty pounds. Then life got in the way, and I let it all slip away too easily. I gained most of it back. For the last few months, I've been eating healthy again, logging food and doing well. I need to get back to exercising regularly.

I love nature and being outdoors. I like to go on walks. There is a lake nearby, so I'll walk at the lakefront. I wish we had good hiking trails and mountains. I really love a long hike.

Hello Shape Shifters. I still don't have my food under control and the current count is 9 days of overeating. It is really bad. I keep trying every day, but it is so hard get out of this negative spiral. I am not entirely sure what is causing me to struggle so much. It is not like I am enjoying it. My nights have been awful; I am hot, I feel sick, my resting heart rate is through the roof, I sometimes have heartburn and sleeping with what feels like a brick in my stomach just doesn't work. My sleepscores have also dropped by like 10%. Everything is bad!
I know one thing that caused me some stress was a dentist appointment on Tuesday. It took a lot for me not to cancel it; I was so worried and scared even though there is no reason to be. The lead up to the check up is always the worst. There is one small thing they need to fix, but I am not concerned about that appointment.
Wednesday morning I saw my shoes were falling apart. The sole is coming loose. I noticed it on the left one first because it was worse there, but the right one had the same issue. These shoes are only a month old, so that's ridiculous. I emailed the webshop and sent over pictures. They said they could refund me or I could sent the shoes in for repair. Since I am otherwise happy with the shoes and I prefer green options, I decided to get them fixed up. I posted the package this morning and it can take 1-2 weeks before I have them back. My heel is still giving me a lot of trouble. I have other walking shoes, but they have a thinner sole, so I need to avoid road walking for a while and even then it will likely still make the pain worse. Sitting at home all day is really bad for me though, so I will deal with the pain.
Anyway, first step to getting back on track is to stop the 'head in the sand' approach. I haven't tracked my food because it is bad anyway, I haven't stepped on the scale in over a week because I don't want to see the number, I haven't posted here because it was all negative. Checking my weight is going to be the worst, but it is probably the most important of the 3 so I will step on it again Sunday morning. Hopefully the number is going to shock some sense into me!
I didn't walk yesterday because of the weather and I had the laziest day in a long time. I didn't even make my stepgoal which never happens. Today was a little better for steps, but no walk again because I was grumpy. I did do my gym rings workout and I have been working on jigsaw puzzles which has been fun. I finished one last evening and started a new one today. I also got a few new ones delivered. Anyway, sorry for the wall of text. I will be posting daily again now. Happy Friday everyone