Time to start anew

 So after stepping on the scale yesterday and seeing it say 240 I just can't get that out of my head. I have randomly been fighting with swollen ankles and feet for the last few years but it's getting worse. Normally it lasts for a few days but reset each night and I wake up with normal feet and end with swollen ones. Well that has changed. I am now on week 2 of going to bed with both swollen and waking up to just the tops of my feet swollen and feeling like my skin wants to pop from the tension. It's not painful but does bug the mess out of me. 

After a little googling (I know it's not as good as a doctor's opinion) I found that it could be because I have become more sedentary and I'm gaining weight. Now I say this while in the back of my head all I can think about is that my moms feet stay super swollen and so did my grandmas. Now 2 differences between them and me is that 1) I don't eat out all the time at buffets and restaurants maybe 3 times a month and 2) I don't just sit all the time (although I am noticing that increasing). 

So all that to say that I don't feel good at 240, looking in the mirror without baggy clothes on is a no for me, it's time to try to change things. While I don't eat horribly I need to fix how I do eat. I eat rarely and not the best options. time to start looking into fixing that not only for me but also for my family. I do have some apps but am finding they are not my favorite way to track so I think it's time to go old school and use paper and pen. 

I guess this makes today day one and we shall see come March 11 2025 how things stand. I will post an update and hopefully have an overview of how things went.