6/30/21
Here is my overnight sugar and my body battery. Glorious what one small change can do. Domino by domino I will flip all of this around. I can do this. One foot in front of the other. One step at a time. Inch by inch. Habit by habit. Pebble by pebble. I can do this. I am doing this. I am above ground and kicking. I am getting back up. I can. I am. You will see.
Also, today the cat went into the bathroom all on her own and flopped there when I was getting ready for yoga. Good kitty. I appreciate your support and cooperation in achieving my goals. I appreciate that you did not bite or scratch me, and that you sought to be near me multiple times. I feel we may become partners. I will support you in your goals. Tomorrow afternoon before yoga I will make progress on the cat tree.
Progress as of today: 101 lbs lost so far, only 56 lbs to go!
6/29/21
UGH! Inch by inch. One foot in front of the other. One pebble at a time.
Today I found a bug in the Nutrisense app that caused me to gain 12 lbs. The nutritionist said it was very close and not significant. If you paid $289/mo for an app that undercalculated your daily calories by about 700 and you gained 12 lbs... would you be PO'd? I told them they should comp me 6 months of nutritionist support since that's how long it will take to lose the weight I gained in the 7 weeks that feature was affected. (They charge separately for the nutritionist... who never noticed how totally off the calories are in data that she looks at every day).
Progress as of today: 101 lbs lost so far, only 56 lbs to go!
Quite a few "yes" in your list, and good blood sugar levels (green), so I think that should count twice, right?
i gotta say, i agree. A shorter walk and bed on time can def be very helpful for the following day :)
very interesting that you spotted a bug in the app. if that is so, they should be thankful you did and they should soooo comp you!
For Mon 6/28/21:
Cat has not bitten me since this morning but I am also not getting loved on.... I believe she resents her time in the bathroom last nihght so I could sleep, after biting me this morning, after swatting me this afternoon, and during yoga. Everytime I did down dog, I saw her staring at me through the gate.
I know kitty, I would bite me too.
Progress as of today: 101 lbs lost so far, only 56 lbs to go!
My Boy Cat has physically attacked my arm when I trim his nails. He really doesn't like that, but it's a necessary evil, I'm afraid. I can usually save my arm from trauma if I wear a fleece jacket while trimming nails. He'll tolerate 3 paws, but I usually have to wait to do the 4th paw after a short break, where he can regroup.
Fell asleep in the middle of posting last night. Oos. The gaba/melatonin combo must be starting to work... plus as soon as I hit my bed, the cat decided to love on me like... I don't know what... but a lot. Who wants to post when a stray cat is declaring their undying love?
(I will admit I was a little nervous about getting bit... she didn't last night but did today during the good morning cuddle... wtf kitty? Last night you were a lap cat for two minutes and didn't take my arm off. This AM you came to say good morning and two strokes in sank your fangs into my arm?)
Augh.
For yesterday, 6/27/21:
Progress as of today: 101 lbs lost so far, only 56 lbs to go!
awww so sorry you were bit. hopefully she will learn not to do that!
i hope you get in some yoga if that's your goal for today!
For yesterday... saturday 6/26/21:
Ugh. 2 out of 10. But better than 0.
Locked the cat in the bathroom last night because I caught her scratching my yoga bolsters. Cat figured out how to get out of the bathroom with the door shut, woke me up, and I am short on sleep this AM.
Progress as of today: 101 lbs lost so far, only 56 lbs to go!
Mama cat is a beautiful name! :)
In one of your entries, you talk about how inch by inch you will find the right behaviors/habits. I suggest don't beat yourself up because even with all the tricks and many things i've learned, i sometimes do not have a 10/10 day everyday. things come up, things cause me to derail. so if you can say you did as well as you could even with derailments, i'd give you a pat on the back :)
about the dialysis, so true. boy does that sound HORRIBLE. i know a couple people on it, one of them works (with a really long commute), i feel so bad that his time is spent that way. the other is unemployed as he didn't want to work and do diallysis at the same time - not everyone can balance that.
you are doing really well these few days....keep on ...love to hear all of it.
don't be upset you couldn't get to the game - it was last minute :)
have a nice day!
All I can say about today is that I am still here and kicking. Was supposed to see a friend tomorrow but she forgot and invited me to her nephews rugby game. I said thank you but let me get pt and yoga in first. I look like roadkill right now.
Extra post today to announce the stray cat is using her scratch pads and out of the bathroom a third day in a row. Also, I put out extra kibble before I went to bed last night and did not get a 4am cat wakeup, stuck to my fast, and had all green sugar last night. Inch by inch, kitty. Inch by inch.
Progress as of today: 101 lbs lost so far, only 56 lbs to go!
Oh what a day...
Inch by inch, one foot in front of the other. I will build myself back up again. I will get stronger and build endurance. I will find the right combination of habits, hacks, and tricks. I will get back up again one more time. I have one more time in me. I do. I really, really do. One pebble at a time, I will move a mountain.
4 out of 10.
I got dad to his eye appointment and all his nightmare health issue follow ups. He breaks my heart. All the foods he just has to binge on for "quality of life" knocked out his kidney function about 20%. It's back up 5% so... 15% to go to stay off dialysis. He tried to get me to take him to McDonalds and the grocery store on the way home. I very ****ily said "If you want quality of life, try to stay off dialysis. The pain of passing up a breakfast sandwich is nothing compared to dialysis 3 times a week."
I got so worn out today, I caved and hit up a box of frozen eggrolls that was in the freezer. It's the splurge to go with the low sodium chinese food I make at home. I am struggling so hard to get my blood sugar back under control, I slapped myself in the face, took them out of the toaster oven and tossed them. A waste of food and money... but a worthwhile sacrifice if I get decent blood sugar tonight.
Progress as of today: 101 lbs lost so far, only 56 lbs to go!
I'm sorry about the struggles with dad.
I swear mom worked her cat lady magic from betond the grave. Today the cat figured out that the weird cardboard rectangles are for scratching on, and if she uses them she gets treats. Revelation! She did it like 10 times, is very full, and hasn't bit or scratched all day. Without the stress of carpet scratching I let her loose in my room except when I had to go in and out for chores. She has been my silent shadow all day and is consistently 6" away at all times. Currently she is lounging on my bed by my feet. I don't have the heart to put her in the bathroom.
I did my PT homework today. I have visions of being able to get through a yoga class without flopping over after 10 minutes.
Taking dad for labs was scary. He is 300lbs, can't breathe due to fluid in his lungs, has to manage his sugar to keep his eyesight... and still he wanted to get fast food and go to the grocery store on the way home. No!!!!!!!! Augh.
Inch by inch. One foot in front of the other. I just have to get back up one more time.
Progress as of today: 101 lbs lost so far, only 56 lbs to go!
Inch by inch. One foot in front of the other. I can do this.
Kitty frustrations... She got out of the bathroom and was loose in my room overnight without me here, established her territory, and now she is biting me and swatting my ankles at random. Dad is on blood thinners so I can't let her out of my room or she might swat him. There's no warning twitch or tail flip. It's just purr purr purr ow! I just pick her up and put her in the bathroom because I get irritated, but I don't smack her.
I've made a bunch of space for a cat condo... it was a lot of work... and because she bites me I dont want to cough up the $60 to see if the cat condo would mellow her out and get her to stop biting me.
Why did I want a stray cat?
Trying Gaba tonight to see if it works.
Progress as of today: 101 lbs lost so far, only 56 lbs to go!
yes, kitty must learn. i think she will. maybe give her treats at times that will remind her to be good...train her with treats i mean!
it's still early in the game with a new cat...see how it goes...
[ Previous Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Next Page ]
Aaargh 1k calories short today. Can’t sleep. If I eat… I spike my sugar.
Donkey on 07/01/2021:
Great job on your blood sugar!!! And recharging your battery!!!
How do I ask Alexa to set up reminders for me? Do I just ask her "Alexa, set a reminder to take meds at 3pm" -- like that?
Alexa remind me at 3pm everyday > what is the reminder for? Take meds > Ok I will remind you everyday at 3pm.
horn_of_plenty on 07/01/2021:
yep, no point relying on the app's calorie count if it's not right!
Augh