Quick catchup post for Tuesday. Was super out of it yesterday plus procrastinating on signing the new lease on my storage unit... just couldn't get my head around signing it... so I procrastinated by straightening up all the stuff that got out of order when I went through the first aid stuff. I also went through my toiletries and tossed some for hazmat collection, organized others, and set some little free gift with cosmetic purchase treats I'd been saving aside for the nice female soldier who responded to one of my 2 easter "any female soldier (preferred), guy ok" care packages (only because I'd like a pen pal and I have really nothing to say to some 18yo dude but a female soldier would be fun to correspond with, and I was certain to say that although I am single, I hadn't met the right guy yet so she'd know I'm straight and not get any hopes about a new gf back home). She sounds super young, has cats, a husband and an infant stepson (hopes for some of her own), and works help desk at her base in I think Afghanistan. She says she likes going camping and looks forward to starting that up when she gets home and her son is old enough. I really liked her letter and was so inspired that when I went shopping at Daiso (they always seen to have good solutions for organizing and cheap), I picked up some cat-themed school supplies (pouch, decor tape, pens, and bookmarks). I'll look for some cat-themed cards and stamps to go with them when I go to Dollar Tree this week.
I don't do much shopping right now, but I needed a Mother's Day gift for my mom since I'm not planning on going out much while dog sitting next week. I got her a nice lounge nightgown in navy with discreet pink flamingos. It took several stores and two malls to find one that isn't hideous and I got over 15,000 steps in! Unfortunately I also did this in heeled sandals and have a giant blister on my heel. Ow!!!! Out of second skin patches so I guess I go back out again to shop some more. At least I can say I got a workout in!
Food today was off-plan. I had 1.5 jack's supreme pizzas. I didn't eat enough protein and vegetBles, mostly because I haven't packed up meals for the week... I don't have enough cooler space for the tupperware. I have to do it Saturday when I get to dog sitting and pack meals when I get there as I take stuff out of the cooler.
Progress as of today: 91.5 lbs lost so far, only 19.5 lbs to go!
Way off on diet. Way off on sleep. Need to re-center.
Got into a friction with my mom because she was out watching tv with me and she put a greasy paper plate from her rotisserie chicken and coleslaw on top of my $4000 laptop and homework and I ****ed about it because she is never careful about my work bag and sits on it and breaks things and my bluetooth headphones are cracked and none of the ports on the right side of my laptop work. I was saying that if I had done that with any of her stuff it would be all out war, and she kicked me. It was a nudge but I did a light kick back and said don't kick me. She kicked back harder and it was clear that it was going to escalate and I said stop. This isn't funny. This is really upsetting. No kicking, no hitting, no whacking me with things. No angry touching of any kind. I don't like that and it escalates. I find this very upsetting and I need to leave now and go someplace else for a while until I feel better. I am too upset right now and I can't deal. She said why does this upset you? I said we've talked about this before and if you don't understand why, that's even more upsetting. (She got into violent all out fist fights with her mom and although she didn't do it when I was a kid, now that I am back in the house as an adult she gets physical. I'm worried she will fall or hurt herself and then I'll get charged with elder abuse.) I couldn't be in the house without it escalating, but I'm not dressed to go anywhere... in old trail shorts with the hem falling out that are pilling and a tank top... so I just came out to the driveway and am sitting in my car till I feel better.
I think I have a new policy that anything I can't wear in public also goes into the bag of old clothes and I always need to be dressed to leave the house. Too bad. This is really comfortable for chores.
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1 - nutrigrain bar, sugary instant coffee
2 - 1/3 porkchop, 1/2 sweet potato
3 - 1/3 porkchop, 1/2 sweet potato
4 - nutrigrain bar, sugary instant coffee
5 - part of a rotissserie chicken, coleslaw
6 - mini pizza
7 - two blueberry waffles and a kellog quiche with butter and syrup.
8 - chicken ramen
Geez I pigged out today.
Several cups of water wit mio stevia punch flavor
Progress as of today: 91.5 lbs lost so far, only 19.5 lbs to go!
I liked your lesson about being dressed to be able to step out of the house at any time. I tend to hold onto clothes that are ripped, stained, ill-fitting -- just because they are in my comfort zone.
Forgive and forget about the food. Not too bad except maybe for the 8 ramen. Is that your comfort food? It is for my daughter, so I get it 100%.
I called her out on it because it's super weird that she's started it up the past couple of years out of nowhere. I don't want it to develop into anything more than it is now. Dementia will suck.
Stayed up till 4am last night but finished going through my first aid supplies, figuring out what I need to add, and repacking. I still need to work on it now, but at least I have a small base camp first aid hit I can grab and go with. Still need to add some stuff and Staggered out of bed at 7:30 but at least I got up on time to start reworking back to my schedule. Grrr! Get after it!
Today I should... grab my laptop and go to starbucks. I got nothing done most of last week or this past weekend. Super behind.
Dog is acting normal, just super tired. I think. She ate, she poops... no vet needed yet I think.
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Someone needs to explain dogs for me. She wouldn't eat her glucosamine treats so I popped them down her little throat... she gets all stiff when she skips them... and now she's my best friend again and ate the chicken and sweet potato dinner I made that she's been turning down for days. Dogs. So weird.
Progress as of today: 91.5 lbs lost so far, only 45.5 lbs to go!
you are always so organized with the first aid supplies!
My dog had what I can only describe as a nervous breakdown last night... I had taken a sleeping pill and was out cold at 1am when she started sitting on my head... all 50lbs of her. I thought she had to pee so I took her out back... but no... still freaked out. Thing was she wanted to dig into their couch to find a place to hide and I didn't want her to wreck their couch so I stuck her in her crate. At that point my super calm (practically a walking stuffed animal) dog just flipped out and started shredding her crate pad and blanket to smithereens.It was like being away from home with a 62lb bulldog puppy (think hyperactive cannonball with a woodchipper attachment for teeth and claws that nail you in punches with big fat feet) and being put in the bathroom for isolation and to be fed, and NOT being allowed under the house where there might be critters to chomp... was all too much for her. I was like maybe there's someone here... so I went and got a kitchen knife and bear spray and turned on all the lights. Then I realized I was under too much of a sedative to do much about anything and went back to sleep on the couch. I think I heard gravel disturbed while I was laying there. I have no idea how long my dog was flipping out for in her crate but at some point I went and got her leftover tramadol from her dental work and shoved one in her and she chilled out. Decided to put off camping a couple of days and take her home for observation and have easy access to a vet if she needs it. Setting up a tent I'd have to tear down fast and repack into my car to then rush my old dog to a vet sounded like too much work.
So I am home, channeling my frustration into repacking my toiletry kit, personal first aid kit, and base camp first aid kit, all of which are in sorry shape after being used and abused this year... Plus apparently some pills should have been packed into nalgalene bottles because they crumble. I was on the last of almost everything, since I didn't check it. I haven't needed my personal first aid kit as much now that my diet is cleaner... I have all these pepcid acs, tums, pepto, cold meds, anti-itch/rash, allergy, pain/inflamation meds that I haven't had to use in forever. I am nearly out of arnica, neosporin, and band aids though! All this exercise and I'm taking a beating hard. Time to stock up next costco trip I suppose! Expensive.
Asked UDG what I should pack and he sent me to skinnymedic.com. I'm not sure what I am supposed to do with that... It all looks like stuff you need medical training for. I wouldn't mind taking an EMT class, but omg that's a lot to buy. Poking around on the web I'm finding some good ideas though... like a thermometer strip that probably survives in a backpack. But like I'm looking for a checklist of what I should have that is slightly more than I would take backpacking... And it's frustrating because the online articles list things like "tylenol, ibuprophen, etc" but don't get into how much you should have and if they list a Diva Cup, they never include things like vinegar or non-scented soap. OR they list a tourniquet in the same section as deodorant???? And no airborne, zicam or nyquil?
UGH! NOBODY PACKS THAT WAY
Would love to now what you guys put in your first aid kits!
Progress as of today: 91.5 lbs lost so far, only 45.5 lbs to go!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWJkLV5Rd_Q
Good to be back on schedule. Went to bed about 10 ish and woke up about 6ish. Yay!!!!!
Dogs are up to their usual. The bulldog puppy wants to get close to my dog and she lets him know that that's not ok with a flash of her big white teeth... so I shut her in the bathroom tillI I am showered and fully awake.
Their microwave is weird and I can't get it to cook my oats without curdling the protein powder... so I'm a little out of sorts. They have SO MUCH junk food. How do they have perfect, hard, sculpted bodies at 50 and 57? It's all packaged food with bad stuff in it and then workout shakes and supplements. Glad I meal prepped and packed healthy meals.
Class today. Have to drive all the way back home to pick up my projector and drop my dog, drive to class, then drive back up again. Then drive home in the morning.
Progress as of today: 91.5 lbs lost so far, only 45.5 lbs to go!
Keep on .
At age 50/57 they have been working out a lot and learned a lot about eating and what to do to maintain their physique....
Day 2 of dog sitting. The dogs have gotten used to each other and are just chilling near each other. My dog actually even ate today. Normally she won't eat until we get home. I stayed up all night wed so I could leave to drive up at 4 am to be here by 6:30 and get the key so I wouldn't bother the neighbors. Then just crashed when I got here. Ended up sleeping most of the day yesterday and woke up at 6 on my own today. And fully functional! Nothing hurts, my brain works, and I might even manage to get a workout in this afternoon.
---- - 1/2 a bottle of coffee w added sugar. - Power oatmeal, water - Pedialyte (dehydrated) - 1/3 of a porkchop, 1/2 cup sweet potato, 4 cups spinach, butter, 1 cup lentil soup extra salt - breakfast for dinner- paleo pancakes, 2 eggs, 2 sausages. Maple syrup. Stevia orange punch. - 1/3 of a dark chocolate bar - yogurt, granola, berries
Progress as of today: 91.5 lbs lost so far, only 45.5 lbs to go!
Despite all oversleeping/lack of sleeping past few days, I was up on time and out this morning with my dog to see if I could get her a new harness. While I was switching them out, she decided that she had had enough and decided to head on out back to the car. I've never seen her move so easily and efficiently on linoleum before. Aged like 10 years. Whoever came up with the idea of automatic doors for a pet store was an idiot. Augh.
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Progress as of today: 91.5 lbs lost so far, only 45.5 lbs to go!
Omg. Piercing your own ears really hurts and I don't recommend it.
Progress as of today: 91.5 lbs lost so far, only 45.5 lbs to go!
Up at 9:30. Forgot to weigh in. Was up till 2 am with homework and packing. I felt pretty awful yesterday but feel almost human today. I leave for dog sitting early Thursday AM. The new dog sounds like a handful... separation anxiety, barking, chewing, dominance... asked them to leave his leash so I can walk them on quieter streets. The only thing to do with that much energy is to give the dog a job... like a pack where they carry water or make a delivery... and walk them till they wear out. A tired dog is a good dog. Hopefully he has an easy walk harness... but upgrading my dog's harness and repairing her old one just became a priority. I think I will bring her pack and her tactical vest (annual Halloween costume, she's a cop and I'm an inmate, but the vest really does carry weight. I just got the size wrong and couldn't return it so it is relegated to Halloween). I bet it will fit a great big horny teenage bulldog just fine though.
And I think it's time to use up the pepperoni, cheese, wheat flour, rice flour and peanut butter in the freezer that isn't on my diet and make some tasty dog treats. A dog who has to work for treats is a much better listener. I think I am going to burn a lot of calories the next two weeks. I really wish I had bought that dog ramp for my car. Bulldogs are heavy and have short legs.
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Progress as of today: 91.5 lbs lost so far, only 45.5 lbs to go!
227.2... feel like I have a fever and my whole body hurts. And it is a super hot day. And I need to not move my car so I have a parking spot for when they pour the concrete tomorrow... augh. My body is a cranky toddler that wants a snack and a nap and I must be it's master... but everything hurts... Waiting for the sun to go down a little bit so I can walk my dog to the park. I feel like poop. I really do. Maybe it's my coffee... it's pinon nuts and I depend on my morning cup to open up my lungs for air. All I want is some Starbucks and a brownie.
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9am - oatmeal w coconut oil, coffee, 3 creamers
11am - 2 eggs, 1 sausage link, 1/2 a sweet potato
1pm - milk chocolate candy bar
5pm - greek yogurt, blueberries
9pm - 2 cheese sticks and some 3 seed sweet potato crackers
Progress as of today: 91.5 lbs lost so far, only 45.5 lbs to go!
Some days are best left behind us. I hope you feel better tomorrow.
feel better, HAPPY!
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I'm sure your soldier friend will love the things you send....
Yeah! Good on Donkey for inspiring me!