223.6. Scale keeps laughing at me but I guess no damage was done on my vacation if I am only up ".1". So frustrating. Spent 6h last night vacumimg and cleaning with little or nothing to show for it except fewer ants. I am so glad I bought and put out ant traps before I left. Could have been worse.
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Spent too much time on tracking time today... literally. Tried to use IFTT to put fitbit and cronometer information onto a single dashboard with my other apps and couldn't do it... not the first user to have this problem. Fitbit does not make calories consumed part of their IFTT channel. Argh.
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Having a hard time managing hunger today. I eat and I am still starving. I am behind on the veggies today because everything is still a mess.
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Had to lock my older than dirt dog in her crate next to me on the bed to keep her on her cooling mat in front a of a fan. She has stopped panting at least. I just keep misting her with a spray bottle. Why a dog can't figure out that they should stay someplace cool instead of following me around the house in 90+ weather... I do not know.
Upside, I can get up to get a snack without tripping over her and there's no banging the screen door.
Downside, I feel guilty for locking her in her crate all day. I need a hug.
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Progress as of today: 93.5 lbs lost so far, only 17.5 lbs to go!
Home again. I think this was my most successful dog sitting in terms of not being up till all hours cleaning, wearing myself out, and eating ok... except for portion size. But I can continue to improve and work on that.
Finished watching Big Ward... sad. I felt like I found a bunch of people saying "me too"... and now they are gone. No season 2 available. Although I don't think I would pick weightloss surgery. People have to lose 8+ kilos to do it... and I don't really get why they pick extreme surgery instead of just continuing to grit it out. But then again I'm strugling to break my new plateau each time I lose a half a pound every couple of months or so. The idea of losing 2lbs a week... so tempting. But it also seems like it would be hard to do a thruhike of the Adirondacks on a stomach the size of a ballpoint pen. The New Zealanders aren't squeamish about showing the gory details either... with 59.3lbs to my goal weight left I don't think it would speed things up enough to balance out the effort and constant maintenance these folks go through. UDG is in a pre-op program though... and this show made it easier for me to start to understand why he is pursuing that. My ex in San Diego had it done about a decade ago. It helps me start to understand better how he got onto that path.
Sending parents out to eat. There's too much cleanup to do here (parents made a huge mess while I was gone) and my neck is killing me from driving my car. I am glad I waited to plant new stuff till after this weekend. All my herbs in my window died from the heat wave.
Progress as of today: 93.5 lbs lost so far, only 17.5 lbs to go!
Extra post for today... but I have had a couple of days to myself and have mostly spent it laying down in a cool pleasant quiet room with peaceful happy pups for company. It's about as close to heaven as that gets. I look forward to being healthier and having more exciting weekends away... but for right now I'm just happy about that... and also the inches list frim my ribs, waist and hips because they represent actual movement towards health... they are on the measurements for insulin resistant belly fat... and that is scary stuff. So I am very happy to be headed home tomorrow with these couple of days as a reward for that victory and a day of on-track eating in the bag, and to conquer looking for a job.
Progress as of today: 93.5 lbs lost so far, only 17.5 lbs to go!
(IDK maybe I'm wrong about that. WTH do I know about California?)
I'm glad that you posted again yesterday. What a testament to gratitude of the immediate moment. You are doing well for yourself. I hope to remain/become one of your biggest cheerleaders!
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!
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!
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?)
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Hope you are spraying yourself too! Stay cool!
Yeah I just keep hopping in the shower to wash off ants anyway. Dropped to 84.
Horn_of_plenty on 07/09/2018:
i haven't been managing hunger well either the past couple days at work...but i know why - too much stress doing something new that requires slightly more physical work...so body is craving carbs and energy. especially Monday after the weekend...i'm glad i felt better AFTER lunch! Leading up to lunch was BAAAAAD. felt like DEATH!
Just don't have a hamster snack ;)
Sometimes I mock chew on my dog... she never seems remotely worried. I dunno a hamster would feel the same way :)