This time it’s for real

No not in that way! I swear I ate on plan yesterday and was actually shocked that I only ate just over 1200 calories. Although I am expecting green poop sooner or later. HAHA TMI! Last night’s dinner was good- I’m starting to enjoy meat medium well done- a little pink tastes better to me than a tough steak. I think hubby wants to make the pizza we bought over the weekend- some thin crust pizza so I’ll just be good today so that this evening I can compensate for the extra calories.

Back to the cheating- what I meant was I peaked at the scale today and it said 213 woo hoo! Obviously it’s not an official weigh in but keeps me motivated. Even if that number stayed at 214 I still would have been okay.

I wanted to introduce you guys to my newest pet! Yes I know I just got rid of my guinea pig (I never cared for guinea pigs- he was hubby’s pet)- but this poor guy was just sitting at the pet store for over a month and he’s the sweetest thing ever:

His name is Cinnamon- he is also a green cheek conure but with a cinnamon color mutation- hence the name

I didn’t want to say anything because I wanted to make sure that he was healthy and we could keep him. He’s 5 months old and a boy- I took him to the vet last weekend to get checked and he was tested for the usual diseases and also took a blood test for gender. Surprisingly I got the news yesterday he’s a boy (usually takes 4 weeks to get the gender results) and of course he was a bit grumpy cuz he was overwhelmed and his foot hurt (that’s where they get the blood through the quick) but you only get two weeks from the pet store to return the pet and so I had to step on it!

We are doing our best to keep Broc from getting jealous- since she’s the alpha she gets played with first and when I get home I always greet her first. Cin’s cage will be ordered shortly- he still seems a bit unsure of us- but birds are totally different from dogs- they don’t just trust you like a dog normally does- you have to earn their trust.

He’s already started screaming for us when we are around- which is definitely a good sign- last night when I was in the tub hubby came to join me and broc and cin started screaming for us so hubby went and got them and apparently it became family bath time lol. Broc has joined us in the tub before so she was happily splashing around but cin was like hmmm okay I don’t think I like this lol.

He’s so cute- because he’s so young he still takes a big nap each afternoon and he loves nothing more than to cuddle right up to mommie’s neck and be nestled in her hair and just sleep! Course then I can’t move but it’s okay- I want him to feel comfortable so he’s getting away with it right now

His wings are trimmed down all the way also so he can’t fly- but that’s okay- they’ll grow back probably in a year and by then he should be 100% tame and under control with the “flock.” It’s so cute when Broc flies he flaps his wings as hard as he can but can’t follow lol- but he JUMPS high He’s going to be a good flyer and he already tries to mimic us so he might be a talker also

Here’s a new photo of Broc- you can see that her wings are fully grown and extend much farther than Cin’s:

Isn’t she pretty? Look at that coy pose lol.

That’s all for today- have a good day everyone and keep on fighting the bulge!