Monday is Weigh In

Today, I am back!! Woo Hoo!!




I found this cute little ticker over at Scrapfreak on Julie's siggy!!

I am almost through a 5th of my weight loss goal!!

Woo Hoo!!

No luck this week!!

My Tiny cat died on October 19 and because hubs was out of town, I had to handle the burial. Luckily, my oldest DD helped me. It was awful!! It's not something I ever want to go through again!!

So, there is still lots of sadness here because we lost our sweet cat that lived with us for 12 years. Last night, I changed the water for my beta fish, Tie Dye, and he died within 30 minutes of me changing the water. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I got Tie Dye for a Mother's Day gift and he was so cute!! He would just dance everytime you walked into the kitchen and he saw you!! I always have used bottled water for him but I cleaned his container with tap water...I hope that is not what killed him. He defintely freaked out everytime I cleaned his water...maybe it was his heart!

I need a vacation!!

No more pets?

That's what George says everytime we talk about getting another cat or dog!! I keep telling him "so that's what YOU say"!!

That's always been funny up until today!!

Today, we are watching our beautiful Tiny cat die slowly. Several weeks ago he stopped eating and went anorexic on us. The vet said that he has lipidosis...it happens when a cat stops eating and their fatty acids build up in their liver. The prognosis wasn't good. He stayed at the vet for a day or two and they force fed him and hydrated him and he came home. The vet doesn't know why he stopped eating. Tiny has always been our cat with emotional problems...pulling his hair out, pooping and not covering and marking his territory when we had a female cat because he hated her - although he was fixed!!

When he came home, we were expected to force feed him. That didn't work well from the get go!! I thought after a few tries at force feeding that we should let him go!!

So today, we are on a death watch. His paws and his ears are cold and his second eye covers half of his eyes. I wanted him to die at home so we could bury him in the back yard but I may not be able to wait that long.

So I decided that if he is still alive tomorrow morning when the vet opens, I will take him and have him put out of his misery!! The vet can send him to Tooth Acres and they will cremate him and spread his ashes on the grounds. He would join Topper, the female we had to put to sleep last year with FL.

Blech!! Not sure I ever want another pet at this point! Two cats down, one to go!!

Pray for me!

Up and Going

Hey there! Just wanted to stop by and talk about the new life change. Two weeks into the new life strategy and I have lost a little over 5 pounds!!

Who knew I had so much will power?

I am not sure what finally clicked this time but I keep thinking that since I am 48 now and they say that losing weight gets harder as you are older, I should start now!

So, for the last two weeks, I have been analyzing EVERTHING that goes into my mouth! I have even been looking up the calories on food to see what would be a better choice....unfortunately some of them have been whether a cheeseburger or a Filet O Fish would have more calories! So....I am not going to turn into one of those all natural, low fat, no fat, no taste types of people!

I would rather eat smaller portions of what I want versus food that doesn't taste good! That is my story and I am sticking to it!

I guess the hardest part is the lack of soda and Chocolate. I love Chocolate...with soda! So far, I have been able to get by with small sips of the soda (I love the carbonation) and miniture chocolate bars. All things in moderation they say!

So, onward and upward!! I still have lots of weight to lose! See ya!!

Rowdy

Another Great Blonde Joke!

I used to be blonde when I was really little!! Glad I grew out of it!!

A blonde calls her boyfriend and says, "Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure how to get it started." Her boyfriend asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's fininshed? The blonde says, According to the picture on the box, it's a tiger." Her boyfriend decides to go over and help her with the puzzle. She lets him in and shows him where she has the puzzle spread all over the table. He studies the pieces for a moment, then looks at the box, turns to her and says, "First of all, no matter what we do, we're not going to be able to assemble these pieces into anything resembling a tiger." Then he takes her hand and says, "Second, I want you to relax. Let's have a nice cup of tea, and then..." He sighed........."Let's put all the Frosted Flakes back into the box."

Good One!!!

Food

Here's what I am thinking about food and eating less -

1). Once you start to cut back, you are immediately HUNGRY.
2). I must have been eating way over 2500 calories a day before I got started cutting back this week!!
3). I don't like diet foods. What works for me is to eat what I like, but in smaller portions!
4). I just think when people have these great recipes that have all low fat or no fat, I would rather not have it. I am just not interested! Then I think it must not be me, their taste buds are just crazy!!
5). I guess what probably got me into this shape to begin with (besides my German heritage) is my love for sodas! I read a report today that liquid calories are not handled the same as hard calories. So you eat a burger that has 400 calories and drink a big soda with 400 calories. Your brain will tell you when you have had enough of the burger but you don't get the signal for those liquid calories! Grrrrrrr!!
6). I love fried foods - I didn't know I was eating so much fat although I don't have a problem with my cholesterol! That is part of my German heritage! I heard a joke once that said that there is only one page in a German cookbook and it says FRY EVERYTHING!! I love everything fried...except maybe twinkies! Fried is what I grew up with!
7). I have always admired people like weight lifters and body builders thinking (and I am wrong) that they could eat anything they want. Look at them closely and I think we would find that they eat healthy and like lots of supplements. So...I do need more exercise so possibly I could boost those food cravings with food! Good food!
8). Am I going to have to be this vigilent for the rest of the "lifestyle change" to get where I want? Yes
9). Am I going to have to be this vigilent once I reach a goal weight? Yes...for the rest of my life!
10). I suppose there will be days that I don't want to work the new lifestyle, like today when I feel like I am starving, but I will have to GUT IT OUT so I can stay on track!!

Food - I hope to put it somewhere in the background within the next few days so there won't be such a loud clamor going on all the time!

See ya!! Pray for me!! I covet your prayers!!

Rowdy!!

Losing Weight

I need to lose weight!

I casually mentioned yesterday at Scrapfreak that I was going to look at WW for online weight loss and Julie (thank you so much) directed me to http://www.sparkpeople.com/ I checked it out yesterday...well practically all day yesterday and I joined up.

By this morning, I had added 4 girls from Scrapfreak to my friends page!! How nice is that to have friends who are trying to lose weight at the same time? Well, 2 out of 4 of them are preggers so they aren't trying right at the moment but I bet they will be back in no time!

What's nice about Spark is that when I entered my weight and height, it gave me my estimated BMI and then told me I was obese! What a thing to say to someone that you have just met! Really!! lol

Anyhoo, I needed the kick in the bo bo because I am just getting fatter and fatter so yesterday I decided to do something about it!

So, when I eat something, I enter it into my nutrition page and it plots the calories for me! According to what I weigh now, Spark decided what I needed to eat to lose weight and how many calories a day I should have. The first 2 weeks are the break in period. What's even nicer is you can search foods and find what you should eat depending on how many calories you have left. Almost like the first time I did WW but FREE!! FREE is better!!

So, off I go!! I want to lose my spare tire and my 3 tiered chin!! Wish me luck!!

Rowdy