Insane heat wave continues. I'm keeping things chill here with the dogs. My dog and I are chilling in the bathroom so the bulldog gets rest and doesn't get over-exerted. He wants something and keeps barking at me but I do not know what he wants. I went out early to get stuff to meal prep breakfast for the week but somehow it just seems too hot to do anything right now. Plus the bulldog gets too worked up over food. I guess that's the benefit of cooking for your dog over kibble/canned. Your dog doesn't really care what you are eating... it is the same thing they have. Meals in peace.
This is the most on track I have been food-wise while dog sitting. I have eaten larger portions than I should have but not to the point of being overboard. I'm watching "the big ward" and "from fat to finish line" on netflix and I recognize a lot of the same food issues I am having with my parents.
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Mystery solved. Huge rainstorm hit and broke the heatwave. He'd been barking and pawing at his ears so I gave him an ear cleaning and a bath... but it was the barometric pressure. Once the storm hit he raced around the house batking his head off. My dog is crazy like me so we enjoyed the rain on the patio.
Dogs.
Progress as of today: 93.5 lbs lost so far, only 17.5 lbs to go!
Up at dog sitting. It's over 100 up here and I don't do heat well so I am lying on the floor with my dog on my yoga mat watching netflix. The puppy never settles for more than a minute so my dog decided to head for the bathroom. She suddenly looks really old and her eye is tearing again. The bulldog can't go for walks because he has huge interdigital cysts that his mom says are a breed thing but I swear it looks like a fungal infection and the one time my dog started something similar it was daily vinegar soaks and washing the patio with simple green twice a week that got rid of it. I'm no vet though.
Super glad to have some quiet and down time. Just some alone time to introvert and destress, get eating back on track and decompress. There's been so much constant fighting at home over food changes... they don't have their drugs basically. My mom is trying to avoid insulin so my dad isn't getting as many opportunities for fast food so he's miserable even though I cook two meals a day.
Breathe, release, rejuvinate.
One foot in front of the other.
Ratings from nutritionist are educational and surprising. Like the breakfast I had because I cooked for my dad but burned his so I ate that one and then made anorher... eggs with cheese, white toast and margerine got a green because the fat proteins and carbs balanced. Skipping a meal got a green because it is ok to listen to my body. Protein cookies got yellows because eventhough they were healthy I was subbing them in for too many meals.
Alright. Keep on keeping on. Didn't pack food for this weekend because my fog got caught in a glue trap while hiding from fireworks and I'd already gone to bed with a sleeping pill. Disaster and trauma. Spent a shocking $76 at Trader Joes. I hope I just overbought and end up tsking stuff home. It is astounding to think of one person eating that much in one weekend. I got a couple of salads, frozen pizza, diet gingerale, a couple of frozen asian meals, apples, and oatmeal ingredients. My budget is more like that for 3 people and a dog for a week.
Progress as of today: 93.5 lbs lost so far, only 17.5 lbs to go!
That is very interesting from the nutritionist. I hope you are finding the evaluations to be helpful.
I'm sorry that home life is kind of chaotic right now. And very glad to hear that you have a place to retreat and regroup with dog-sitting. If it helps, my family is crazy about food too. Not in the same way, but it is insane.
I can see why people start lying about what they are eating... it was tempting to not list the frozen pizza I had last night... or the frozen pork dumplings. Or the extra yogurts and crackers. I just get so hungry dog sitting. The bulldog freaks out when I clean and I can't take them for walks so there's no way to move about and not feel hungry.
I like this bulldog... he's a sweetie pie... but I could never have a dog this delicate/heat intolerant. My dog is super weird and a loner but so durable and easy to take anywhere/do anything with.... like me? Lol. My furry soulmate.
Started off track today, but as the saying goes "If you get ne flat tire, you don't have to pop the other 3". Sometimes Pinterest is a font of wisdom. Stayed up too late last night watching GLOW on Netflix and dealing with fireworks and my dog... Overslept by 5h and got up and made coffee... at the same time as my dad was doing his thing and he knocked it over and it went EVERYWHERE. This upset him and his reaction is to get angry and berate me. I cleaned it up and went to help my friend finish her floor. On the way home I did my planned store run and still bought him his "extras" like diet coke and white bread.
The aggravation is kind of throwing me off though... All my meals are off today... I've had coffee creamer with transfats and sugar, no veggies, and a hotdog in a bun.... instead of broccoli, oatmeal and coconut oil. SIGH.
In the last 90 days or so I have lost 7.3 lbs and 1% bodyfat... A bunch of inches... and not from my boobs!
Tonight I will get back on track and eat a bunch of broccoli. I'll take sleep meds super early and be up on time.
One foot in front of the other.
Happy July 4!
Progress as of today: 93.5 lbs lost so far, only 17.5 lbs to go!
I hope you have a pleasant day today.
One foot in front of the other. Have a ton of recruiter emails but they are all indian recruiters. Unlikely job placement or decent rates.
Spent morning on OT time tracking. I'm probably spending too much time on it, but I need to budget my time also... so as I am entering what I do all day, I am also revising my plan for the week as I do it... This means a lot of time tweaking a spreadsheet. Sigh. But basically I have the day represented as hours starting at 5:30 AM, then I have the plan for each time slot, like a calendar. Then if I did it, I mark it green. If I didn't and I did something else, I mark it red and put in what I did instead. This way at least, I am tracking why I wasn't on task and what I did instead (which I can't do in a calendar).
Who knows if this will make me more productive. So far I figured out that
Discovered last night that the poor dog that keeps whining is a small white fancy ****zu that our neighbors mom dumped on them. they are tying it up outside with no shade or water.
Progress as of today: 93.5 lbs lost so far, only 17.5 lbs to go!
It must be scorching hot for the poor doggie!
224.9... no weight loss for me this week. Glad I have my new baking scale. I can start recording calories by weight as I consume them.
Breakfast this morning was a delicious protein chocolate chip cookie and iced coffee with 2% instead of half n half. Sure tastes like a real one to me!
Progress as of today: 93.5 lbs lost so far, only 17.5 lbs to go!
Went to Shakespeare By the Sea last night with a camping friend who lives near me. I had so much fun! I spurged on tasty treats at Trader Joe's and wore a pretty dress and we had lots of fun and laughed so much!
Today I gave myself off completely from tracking or doing anything or going anywhere. I made 3 meals for my parents... breakfast which was egg omlettes with cheese, dinner which was breaded porkchops, and dessert which was chocolate chip cookies... except my dad didn't like them and it caused a big fight and a lot of ill feeling all around. I made them with vanilla protein powder, almond flour, irish butter, coconut oil, eggs, water, cinnamon, baking soda, oats, walnuts, and dark chocolate chips. I thought they were really good... but just didn't understand why he wouldn't accept anything close to something he liked. They weren't sweet enough, he doesn't like oatmeal, and he hated the coconut flavor. So frustrating. My mom got really mad at him though.
Sigh.
I'll go back to looking at picnic baskets on pinterest
Progress as of today: 93.5 lbs lost so far, only 17.5 lbs to go!
One foot in front of the other. Breathe in, breathe out.
To regroup...
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Got an email back from my friend who sent the screwy email(s) (including **** yous and vicious statements). Apparently I'm totally right, she wants to be friends, and she added me back to her camping trip... Bat **** crazy...
At least the tension in my neck released and unpinched a nerve. I didn't even realize I was in pain until my bones slid back into place with a pop after I got her email. The human body is terrifying.
Now doing homework. Better than not at al.
Progress as of today: 93.5 lbs lost so far, only 17.5 lbs to go!
I'm glad you're working on homework. Every little bit helps! Keep trying! (It's been a rough week, hasn't it?)
225.7
Went to hot yoga last night. OMG. How is that fun? Half dead today.
Got a screwy email from my friend which I am ignoring. Life goes on.
One foot in front of the other. One day at a time. Tracking time for OT shows that I am getting nothing done because I am cleaning up the hoard every day.
I just keep trying.
Progress as of today: 93.5 lbs lost so far, only 17.5 lbs to go!
i used to love it - especially in the freezing Winter...it was so cool to go in there and get all warm and toasty.
what about the screwy email?
stay positive...you are doing well...hitting new lows in your weight and all! stay focussed!
Really glad to have DD this morning. Logging in to read other people's struggles makes me feel less blue. Today I need to crack on homework but I just want to stay in bed with my best friend my dog. Between my camping friend and not saying the right thing to a dude off okcupid... UGH. 1 step forward (weight loss and OT), 10 steps back. I just want to stay in bed all day.
Progress as of today: 93.5 lbs lost so far, only 17.5 lbs to go!
I didn't comment yesterday, but congratulations on your new shoes! Nothing like the joy of a new pair of shoes :-D
I hope everything gets better for you.
New camp shoes came today! They fit perfectly and are super flattering. I am pleased that they are dusty pink not baby pink... I think they will wear better. I was so inspired, I posted my first dog-friendly brewery meetup for the dog meetup that made me an organizer. I did a recurring brewery meetup for the last thursday of the month starting in July and a camping trip for the first weekend of October. Let's see how it goes, right?
OT yesterday was interesting. We're going to start with time management. I'm supposed to start with tracking my time... where it goes. They gave me a worksheet with the times of day down the left and the days across the top. Not sure what that is supposed to do for me... but sure. Why not.
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Pissed off a camping friend and she has decided to kick me out of the group because the trip was to a campground she also organizes trips to. I also used a liability statement that was public domain that she also uses. I took it down as soon as she said something... If I had thought she would be infringed upon I wouldn't have done it in the first place. I replied that it seemed like an extreme reaction to a mistake I corrected and aplogized for, I wouldn't have done it if I thought I was doing something wrong, and it was a mistake... I thought we had talked it through... and I hoped we could talk about it. I think she may have forgotten we talked about it because she is at least 70.
I'll be sad to not talk to her anymore. I feel very tired.
Progress as of today: 93.5 lbs lost so far, only 17.5 lbs to go!
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Good job staying on track!!!!!
Ty!
Horn_of_plenty on 07/07/2018:
maybe i can find those videos from netflix on YouTube?
Proud of you for managing your eating while away and dog sitting much better this time around!
those were good ratings from the nutritionist - very good job Happy!
Maybe! Everything is on youtube, lol.
It's weird... they have a lady on episode six who is 132 kilos and that's 291 lbs... but she just doesn't look that heavy to me. I guess my perspective is distorted.
Horn_of_plenty on 07/07/2018:
yes, frozen meals are so small.