Friday, March 8, 2024

I think I am going to copy this before I press submit. OH seems to be odd this morning. I have seen gateway error screens several times and for some reason there are no Like buttons at least on my device. Weird.

I did my weekly weighing. I was down .6 pounds. Not very much, but given that we ate out all but 2 nights and one of those nights included pizza, I don't feel too bad about it. My clothes feel a bit less tight. I'm guessing if I had weighed earlier to get my "high" weight it would have been higher than it is now by about 5 pounds. I am 2.4 pounds lower than 3 weeks ago. All with food noise still cranked up. But the knee pain is also high so is helping me combat that noise.

Speaking of knees, my shoulder is getting more painful each night (tolerable during the day) but luckily my worst knee is much improved. It still feels odd to stand and walk on it but is not painful like it was. I may try a short walk with a knee brace this morning.

Not much planned for the day though it is DH's 1/2 birthday LOL. He pays attention to such things.

Have a fun Friday!

That's a fantastic loss, Liz! Food noise, a bad knee and repetitive eating out, i would have gained. Haha, 1/2 birthday. Why not!

Ugh. The poop drama continues. Once he goes again, I'm taking a sample for a fecal test to the vet. He likes to grab mystery wild animal poop on his walks. My head is on a swivel to keep him away from it, but there is SO much of it and he's stealthy and will distract me, then strike. We're practicing "leave it" with praise with limited success. I shake it out of his mouth, but maybe enough got in he caught something?

So another poop accident last night he didn't wake me for. I woke to the sound of him peeing nearly into to the floor air vent! Jesus wept, Kirby. He must have figured in for a penny, in for a pound. Figuring he was empty given what I was faced with, I put him out of my room to clean it up in peace (he tries to the grab paper towels and cleaning spray). When I went out to get him he'd pooped AGAIN in the house. Then Ceci wept. I don't care how much he hates it, he can bark and howl,all he wants, he's crating from here on at night. Then he has to alert me to go out. Privilege lost until he earns it back.

Losses started up again after a week off. I'm down 14 and in my 5th week. I made some yummy meatballs I found a recipe for. Easy protein. Next time I'll omit the salt. It doesn't need it with the cheese and sauce and Italian sausage. https://joyfilledeats.com/meatball-parm-casserole/

Thank you, Peps, for the video! I admit when the needle got close to you, my limbs went cold and tingly. But it didn't look bad. I remembered needing to give myself Lovenox shots with my various surgeries, some for 3 weeks straight and I struggled every time to just get the needle in. Once it was in it was fine. Must be a self-preservation instinct.

Today I think we need a dog bath for the stinky beast, the poop sample, and a walk now that it's not raining and snowing. None of the snow stuck, but it was pretty coming down.

I got a bird! It sends still shots and videos.

That's all I've got. Hope everyone has a great day!

So difficult to deal with puppies and the things they get into. Sounds like a crate at night might restrict some of the cleanup anyway.

I was wondering how long it would be before he was back in a crate! LOL! I would not dream of letting a GR pup of his age be out of his crate at night while I slept. Path to eventual drama and trauma! Squirt bottles and shaker cans will be your friend when the howling sessions start.

He lulled me into a sense of complacency and it was better than ear-splitting barking! But ear-splitting barking is better than cleaning up dog **** at 2am!

Update: The attempted walk wasn't very far but my knee isn't worse. I think I will try smaller steps next time.

In other news, DD is getting a chest X-ray for suspected pneumonia. Worrying about your kids (human or pet) never ends.

My mom used to tell me how she cried and cried when she found out she was pregnant with my brother. The reason: she knew she would never have a life where she came first. She knew herself well enough to know that she was going to be a mama bear and it wouldn't stop until the day she died. I can vouch for that. Even on her death bed she was telling me (with love) to lose weight or end up like her. (She was never more than 25-30 pounds over weight and died from pancreatic cancer which is linked more to smoking than obesity....)

Not gonna lie, I'm a little irked this morning to see I am up a 1.5 pounds this morning. It's not like I've been over eating.... Hmmm.... perhaps just a little flux up, but I don't like it. Eating disorder thinking kicking in.... But I do notice that with the semaglutide on board even the eating disorder thinking is less. I must remember, too, that an 8 pound weight loss (no longer 9... ) in two weeks is still quite extraordinary.

CC, I LOVED the article you posted yesterday. I am a perfect example of the experiment. I, too, find pleasure in eating still. I love the tastes, etc.... But the drive to eat more is so much less. That urge to keep eating has subsided. It still gradually gets a bit stronger Tues, Wed, and Thurs, but NOTHING like without it.

My half b'day is my mom's b'day. When I was little I considered my birth my mom's 1/2 birthday gift. LOL.... Considering I was a c-section baby, she may have thought otherwise.

Liz, sorry your shoulder is starting to rage, but I bet that does help you not question your decision to go ahead with surgery. Isn't it fantastic that we now have such wonderful options?!?!?!

DD, I have never understood the spring conference policy. By spring we teachers have been in contact with the parents of the struggling students many times. Parents of the regular ed students doing well are usually happy after fall conferences and don't require anything more - unless there is a change. You also have annual IEP meetings for EVERY ONE of your students. I think the spring conference is overkill for SDC kids especially. My district eliminated spring conferences shortly after I started teaching in the 90s. Spring conferences are on an as needed basis in my district.

Diane S., hope you are enjoying the same weather we have here today. It's a completely blue sky!!!! It's chilly in teh mid 40s, but it's not gray and wet. I'm a happy camper!

Frivolous Friday to all!

I lost 12 pounds from Feb 6th to the 27th. Then I bounced around basically the same weight give or take through yesterday (9 days). Then down 2 today. The semaglutide in both our shots eliminates a lot of inflammation, which would explain early great losses. Maybe once that's gone it's a bit less dramatic going forward with the normal bouncing around, but overall downward trajectory?

I felt the same about the article. I still love food, I just don't have that crazy need-drive for more and better and decadent. It hasn't shut down my desire for diet coke or my Amazon shopping habits!

Hmmm, my Coke Zero need is now easily met with just one. Yesterday I didn't even have one. My drive for baked goods and ice cream has been in hyperdrive for about two years. I still am interested in those types of foods, but not with the same zeal as before.