The Dog House...

Well, praise God i am feeling really well.  My strength is coming back and my M.S. is not bothering me too much at the moment.  so, I started a project.  Our puppy (six month old & 60 pound lab) needs a dog house.  I was putting it off until i felt better and last week I started up on the project.  Working on this house has shown me muscles (or lack thereof) in a whole new light.  Even my butt muscles (gluteous maximus?) are sore.  But, the dog house has really fired up my weight loss again, to about a pound a day.  Mind you, the plans I purchased for the dog house came from a K9 officer in Canada.  It is supposed to keep the dogs warm in the winter and cooler in the summer.  I had another motive for going with these "Cadillac" plans.  I figure, if I ever get sent to the doghouse, I must as well be comfortable! 

Before you think this is off-topic, I do have a point!

This has really distracted me from wanting to eat.  I make sure I get in my protein, supplements and I have been drinking tons of water.  When it is hot and I'm outdoors working on this, even with all of the water I'm drinking, I will feel myself get light-headed and dizzy.  I just go inside, drink lots of water and rest for an hour or so.  But the hobby has really helped me start to feel normal again, tone my muscles, and speed up the weight loss.

I didn't want the dog to bother me as I built his puppy palace so I started building it in our front yard.  OK, the roof section alone now weighs over 100 pounds.  Yes, I forgot the plans were written to support a large dog and snow both on top of the roof at the same time. If any of you own a husky or malamute, you'd understand... Now I need a plan "b" or I'll never be able to move the completed doghouse.

I have been focusing on something when I sometimes feel uncomfortable after I eat.  so, i thought I'd share it here.

If I feel uncomfortable after I eat, I do an inventory of:
a.  What did I eat?
b.  How much did I eat?
c.  How fast did I eat?
d.  How well did I chew my food?

I wish everyone the best...

Chris

Chris...

another excellent post... loved your inventory of uncomfortable!

As to Plan B... YOU HAVE FRIENDS enlist their aid! I'm sure you have some friends that would be willing to help haul the thing to it's permanent location and get the roof UP where it supposed to be!

Many hands make light work!

Post photos when it's done!

Judy

Chris you have explained exactly what we need to do when we start feeling like we want to self medicate with food....get distracted with something that helps us feel better.  I don't know how many time I've typed this or if I ever have here but remember H.A.L.T.
H- hungry
A- anxious
L- lonely
T- tired

These are all states that cause us to want to self medicate.  It also works to reach out and help another person that is struggling.  Even random acts of kindness.  Every morning when I walk the dog I pick up an elderly couple's newspaper and put it at their front door.  I'm sure they are thinking the newspaper person is doing a great job and that's OK.  The people that live there don't have to know it's me for me to feel good about it.

And of course...why would I be surprised that you are building a small condo.  Like Judy said...we want pictures!!

Oh and speaking of sore butt muscles....I broke out the rollerblades and was doing great until I decided to rescue a butterfly in the middle of the street.  I had never fallen before but I finally did.  The butterfly was OK but now I wonder why they don't make protection for your butt when you rollerblade??  Sort of like Gallagher said (the comedian) regarding panty hose.   "Why do they reinforce the crotch? It's the knees and the heels that break out!"

Needless to say I was reminded that no matter how teenager thinking my brain is, my body is 55.  It took a week not to be sore but I will be getting back on the horse.  I'll just try not to rescue anything without taking them off first.
hugs, Y

p.s. No worry here about being off topic.  You can talk about anything here...all I care about is people being kind to each other and staying away from statements that say "I am right and you are wrong" stuff.