Originally Posted By csgoofygirl iamsally- We will miss you by one day! We will be there Mar 28-April 1. Bummer! mele-So sorry to hear you aren't feeling well. I hear that Crohn's is rough. I have Celiac Disease and never know when I'm going to eat something that will make me sick. Hopefully you can figure out your trigger foods soon. Tinkeroon- Getting in that exercise routine is always a challenge for me. I can find lots of excuses all the time, not good ones, just lame excuses. geniesjoy-Hope your arm and shoulder get better soon! We have a sick Chihuahua at our house. We are going to need to make a hard decision about her before too long. She has an enlarged heart. DH isn't ready to give up on her yet, but I hate to watch her suffer. This is the worst part of having a pet. DD and I ran this afternoon. We went a little farther today, a lot less walking, mostly running. Well, it's more like a slow jog, but we like to call it running. So glad for the time change!
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Awww, so sorry to hear about the sick chihuahua! You're right...it's the hardest/worst part of owning a pet. Is she an older dog? I hope she does okay, but we went through that with our last dog too. It really is hard to see them suffer, as you said. We kept waiting and putting it off too. We waited too long, in hind sight. And boy, do I hear ya, when it comes to excuses not to exercise! It's so much easier than getting out there and huffing and puffing! geniesjoy...I hope your arm/shoulder gets better too! Maybe you should stick to light stretches for a while. Can you walk around the park where you're at?
Originally Posted By csgoofygirl My dog, Nikki, is almost eleven. That's kind of young for a Chihuahua. She just coughs and coughs any time she moves around, and sometimes when she is just sitting still. Lucky day for me. I get to have a mammogram. Woo Hoo! No problems, just routine. Then I need to buy some groceries, volunteer in DD's first grade classroom, and who knows what else. Busy day, so maybe I won't eat as much. I believe in us! We CAN do this!
Originally Posted By smedley Sounds exciting cs, good thoughts for the chihuahua. Mele I am so sorry you're struggling with this again, I am crossing everything that it sorts itself out soon! For sure getting well is more important than getting thin at the moment. Big hugs! Still doing fine here, off to do my strength exercises and then out for a walk
Originally Posted By smedley Went for my walk, but I forgot to report my most exciting news earlier (well it made me happy) I got on Wii Fit this morning to weigh myself, and it was time to set a new target, I set my 10lbs in 2 months and guess what?!? It told me that once I get to that target I will be in the normal weight zone!! Woo Hoo! So just 10lb to go to normality Hope everyone else is having a good day
Originally Posted By csgoofygirl smedley-Congratulations!!! Good job. Sad news. I had to put my dog down today. It was the right decision and the vet and office staff were so kind. It's never easy, but she isn't suffering anymore. Now I'm wondering how her brother dog is going to do. He's sticking pretty close to me right now. And that's a good thing.
Originally Posted By smedley CS I am so sorry you had to let your beloved puppy go, hopefully she is somewhere playing with the other doggies chasing sheep and drinking from toilets. Big hugs to you and the remaining doggy.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 cs, I am so sorry about your dog. Watching her constantly coughing must have been tough on your heartstrings and you knew the time was right. I'm sending you and your family virtual hugs. On a brighter note......smeds is almost normal!!! hee, hee but seriously won't that be GREAT? I dream of the day that I am in the normal zone
Originally Posted By Tandelothien csgoofygirl I'm so sorry for your loss, you are in my thoughts and I hope your little guy is going to be OK {{{csgoofygirl}}} smedley that is amazing! I can't wait until I'm that close to my goal
Originally Posted By geniesjoy csgoofygirl- I am sending many hugs your way on that heart wrenching decision to put your Nikki at rest. It is never easy with our pets. I always have to ask THE QUESTION: What is the quality of their life? Are they suffering? It is the price we pay for having little loved ones to cherish & cuddle for a short time. Seems you did all you could possibly do and made the right decision for you & Nikki. God bless you!
Originally Posted By iamsally Awe goofygirl. That is just so sad. We have an elderly dog. She has gone down hill and then rallied so many times. We have been taking her on long walks lately and she has really improved. So for now we have her. I hope your remaining furry friend is helping you keep your spirits up. Smedley! Almost normal?!? Yea! I have been in the *normal* zone several times now but have yet to stay there and keep losing. Maybe this time. I am only about 1.5# away now. I am so sorry mele. I wish I were up there so we could go out and do something fun. Hope to see you in June.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon So sorry to hear about your sweet Nikki csgoofygirl. I know your heart is heavy but I'm sure you did the right thing. But Woo Hoo to you for getting your mammogram! Too many people let it go by without doing so and take it from someone who KNOWS...you don't wanna do that!! Way to go Smedley! I'm so excited for you! Is your DH doing this along with you? I slipped today and had fried onion strings with my dinner. I'm sure I'll pay for it! They just sounded soooo good and I just love them. And DH wasn't much help...he didn't eat hardly any of them! So it's mostly his fault! Yeah, that's it.
Originally Posted By geniesjoy Today has been alittle better painwise as I didn't do any strenous excercise. Tomorrow back to see Chiropractor. Had early supper of Chinese shrimp & steamed rice. Delicious! Hope you all had an easy day. Tomorrow is a new day-yeah! Mele-hope you are making it through today with alot of love & support at home as you have it here, for sure!♥
Originally Posted By smedley Amazed we both know I will never really be normal ;P Tinkeroon, he has been eating somewhat healthier recently, but he's not on the plan with me no. I have had toothache pretty much all day today, I was hoping it would go away, but it hasn't so I am now thinking I will have to go to a dentist, I think I have an abscess. So I have spent the day having to make myself eat lol! How often do we get to say that about ourselves ;0
Originally Posted By smedley Hey where is everybody? The might need to see a dentist turned into a night with almost no sleep on Thursday night and an emergency trip to the dentist yesterday which involved him lancing the abscess and me ending up with a week course of antibiotics, not pleasant at all.. Still in pain and struggling with the eating, but am making myself because too little food is as bad as too much!! Hope everyone else is doing better!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 ACK!!!! smedley that sounds very painful I suffered with tooth pain last fall (you all may remember as I whined about it a lot) and it's awful as well as annoying. I hope today is a better day. Funny that we do think "hmm" maybe I'll lose some weight because I can't eat Yesterday was DD#2's birthday. I started the day with my weekly weigh in and had lost 1/2 lb. WHAT???? I've been SO good, seriously on the WW plan,but keeping away from carb points and not even using any of my exercise points. Anyway, I ended the day with ice cream cake that her boyfriend bought (I took it just to be polite you know and boy do I regret that! Super sweet, lots of fake cream that I don't like in the first place but I'll be darned if I didn't sit and eat the whole piece. What was I thinking? Obviously I wasn't thinking. Now I feel yucky. Today is our grandson's birthday party and they are serving hamburgers, chili, potato salad, chips, and I'm bringing a fruit salad. I SO want to just wrap the hamburger in a lettuce leaf and skip everything except the fruit but everything is home made and I don't want to insult the other side of the family. I guess I'll just portion control and see if we can take a walk tonight. I am finally in the zone Can you tell? I hope everyone has a good day. mele, how are you doing?
Originally Posted By Marlin Perkins Ok. I'm motivated. I'm drinking Slim Fast shakes, eating salads, and am drinking light beer. I even started exercising first thing in the morning. I'm going to show this fat who's the boss! NO MORE MR. NICE PERKINS!
Originally Posted By smedley amazed, I do recall now you mention it Feeling nauseous and sore still, think part of that is the antibiotics (nausea that is) keeping with it. Good luck with the party today, you can do it!!! Welcome to the party Marlin, sounds like you're making a good start
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Smed, I'm so sorry to hear you have an abscess! I've never had one in the gum area but did have one in the back of my throat that had to be lanced and THAT was no picnic so I really feel for you! Hope things shape up FAST and that you're doing much better in no time! Amazed, you always make me laugh! I would totally do the same as you, eating that piece of cake down to the last bite even though you don't like the super sweet stuff on it. The whole time I would be telling myself how dumb it is because I don't even really want it, but it doesn't stop me!! Still not losing. I don't think. Not getting on the scale. Not that I'm gorging out on lots of junk or anything (although I did eat a bunch of raw peanuts yesterday), just not getting the exercise (other than being on my feet for 6 hours at work). When I get home my feet are killing me and the thought of going for a walk or exercising has really lost it's appeal right then. And I am SOOO not a morning person so getting up to exercise then is a lost cause. It won't happen no matter how good my intentions are. I try to have a really good breakfast with lots of fiber and protein, a moderate lunch and dinner concentrating on fresh vegetables and low carbs. And, again, lots of fiber. Mostly trying to stay away from "white" foods...sugar, potatoes, white bread and white rice, etc... Someone told me yesterday that there are a lot of carbs in root vegetables which I didn't realize. I love turnips and sweet potatoes, rutabagas, etc... So I wasn't happy to hear that. Going to the movies today as DH has his first Saturday off in many weeks and I have been craving hot buttery salty popcorn for ages now and I think I am going to blow it royally today. And I will have no one to blame but myself. Tsk Tsk Maybe if I have a really light lunch and dinner and go for a walk tonight it will help to counter it. I have to rationalize this, you know?!
Originally Posted By iamsally amazed: If you want to wrap that burger do so. No one should be insulted. (You should have seen the look on my MIL's face when my DH and I scraped the fillings out of her sandwiches and put it on our gluten-free buns.)LOL I had quite a shock yesterday when I got on the WiiFit and was up 3.5#.....in ONE day. Well, I did have on my shoes. Then I nearly died laughing when I realized I was wearing my wrist weights!!!!!!!!! I am felling very good and have been getting in daily exercise. Once I get going I do well. I just need to learn a way to keep it up. Happy weekend. For us it is yard and house work. Maybe a trip to a zoo tomorrow.
