March 3rd 2016. Thursday

Yep, this  will be our first puppy from Chip. He has sired 4 other litters I think including one with this girl.  He has such an exceptional temperament as well as being a champion.  gayla is also a champion.  So these are gold plated pups and they have small litters so they ain't cheap.  But mine will be.    Then if all goes well in two years we can get the whelping box out of the shed again and have pups in our living room.   about a year after the last of the pups was gone I found a tiny petrified puppy turd behind some furniture.  awe cute.   diane s

Busy morning at today. Not really a chance until now to finish my post. 

197

Holding steady here. Food choices warrant the weight. I am having a few issues with emotional eating popping up. I got overly stressed out about one of the dogs jumping up onto the sink counter and grabbing the ribs that were thawing in the sink last night. Yup, she ate the whole 1/2 rack. Luckily, the were raw and unseasoned, so no physical harm will befall her - except some possible constipation, which will serve her right!

...Anyway, for some reason I got so upset about it I got a tension headache, wanted to smoke (which has not happened in years) and had trouble not grabbing a bite here and there last night. I had to really concentrate on NOT eating. Blech! We also had to order food for dinner because I had nothing else except eggs ready to cook and Ron refused to have an omelet. We got Hawaiian BBQ. I ate 4 oz of meat and some macaroni salad (4 TBS to be exact)and no veggie - also totally out of character. We ate so late that when it was time for my yogurt (which is so routine now it is habitual) I probably should have not eaten it, or at least made a smaller portion than normal, but I didn't. I ate the normal portion and the result was that some came back up. Gently, not forcefully, but lord, I hate that! It is the weirdest thing and one of the unpleasant side effects of VSG. 

My example of human-ness for today!

I'm also feeling flummoxed today. Not uptight, not stressed, just sort of baffled and undirected. Go figure. 

Positives:

1. Food is well planned and I'm not hungry today.
2. Stable weight is FAR BETTER than rising weight.
3. Grateful for all that I have been able to accomplish the past 12 months. 
4. Blue is half way pulled down for her maternity trim (yay!)
5. Put on straight leg, slim fit black jeans this morning and the waist had ample room - no muffin top!