Annie - Poor doggie. People just don't get what animals need. They really honestly don't get it. I have this friend who wants us to stay with her and her family. Well we have a cat and we can't just leave her and the area that I'm in does NO boarding. Like none, there is like ONE place for dogs. It is insane here. So, my cat would have to get a pet sitter or we found one vet that will do it (IF we are a client, meaning we have to shell out money for an exam + the daily fee to board). I find that situation a bit safer, but anyhow at first we just left her home alone for three days (a weekend, with feeders and such) as I heard that is what people do. I hated it, I worried the ENTIRE time and wouldn't have left her anyhow, but I was pressured to do so. But on the third day we got pressured to stay over more days and I'm like "we can't" "why?" "because we left our cat home and she needs us." "she can last another day" "no, we need to get back" "why?" lol...
This last time they wanted us to come up, we just couldn't afford all the expenses and they are like "well bring your cat and she can stay in the apartment" and I must say that WE wouldn't be staying in the apartment with her, so that wasn't going to fly. However, I'm like "she cannot handle five hours in the car, it is too stressful for her" and they just don't get it. Besides I can't depend on my BF's parents to look after my own cat, they hate animals and I can tell you right now she would be terrified with them and they are kind of clueless, so you can imagine how they would treat her. Answer was and IS no until we can afford to properly board her where I feel she is safe!
Pink - My kitty has pet insurance and she is a senior, so that is harder to get and you also get less options. We did have it finally come into play when we had to get her heart murmur looked at. I think it was like $600 over all and we paid like $400, they covered $200. Still every little bit helps. Yearly visits are not covered at all. Meds, kind of...it basically is just a "save a little bit when sucky crap happens" insurance.
Lindy - I myself have to limit the yeast. Breads, vinegars...sugar! I think sugar is the biggest one, that and breads with actual yeast. Yeast overgrowth can cause a ton of problems, especially in women. One thing I can say is that getting A LOT of dark leafy greens in your diet (I need to do this again too), limit fruit, and eat a lot of high water veggies you'll be washing out a lot of that yeastly problems. Cutting down on sugar or eliminating as much as possible helps loads. I'm fine with vinegar now, but I do say when I eat bread I feel bad physically so I limit that that a lot. I get through these periods where I eat loads of bread and I feel horrible, like I do now.
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Hellooooo, peaking my head in...I've been busy, a bit down, but BUSY and trying to get to the positive live changing attitude that I need in order to get this excess weight off. Okay, it is all EXCESS, but I'm up to 285 I think (hard to tell now that I'm hormonal) and that has freaked me out a lot. Ahhhhhhhhh! Weight regains suck...in soooooooo many ways and I know we've all been there. lol. This is the largest chunk I've regained totally around 25 pounds now. So, this is a big learning curve for me, to not let this happen again. I can see it in my face now, and my arms and legs. The thing is I'm still a size 24, but my black jeans, the ones that run small anyhow, are not gonna get on my body until I get some of this fat off. So, I've put them aside.
Anyhow, I'm waiting for a DVD set called Walk Away the Pounds and I also got a mini-elliptical that I can try out. I have options and am getting my butt moving. Eating more greens, a lot more, and high water veggies is essential for me so I'm figuring out what to do for my meal plans. I need loads of greens, celery...etc. I think it is a good time to do any juicing because the farmers markets are going to be full of produce soon. Juicing does take a lot of veggies and it does cost more to do that. So, with the markets filling up, yay!
I've been working and trying to get my life back together. I've continued to be pretty pissy the entire week, from the treatment of said family member. I've also HAD IT with sitting or phoning into meetings that SHOULD ONLY BE AN HOUR MAX! This last one on Monday, where I spent most of the time doodling, lasted friggin' 3 hours! For what? Nothing...so I'm planning on a meeting for my BF and his Dad this week and I'm setting a time limit...an hour and a half. That is it and I mean it! No "can we do it another day so we have more time" NO! My time is MY time and it is important. I'm important and I'm putting myself first! I'm not spending the entire day answering the same crap over and over again. lol. Not gonna happen and the longer the meeting the more of a chance of bad things and I'm not dealing with that anymore either. The insults and disrespect...nope. I'm not going to engage and I'm just going to say "I don't think it is a good idea to talk to people like that and I don't feel I need to stand here and listen to this right now." Period.
I kind of want to get off of "weight loss" for awhile. I keep thinking, well I keep feeling that is the WRONG way for me to approach this journey. The more I think about weight, the more upset I get and the more I put on. The less I think about it, the better I do and I think because I'm just living my life. Yeah it sucks right now, my relationship is like in the toilet, but still...I have to get back on my feet in order to get something positive for myself. I'm kind of pissy these days...I think the ordeal, not this weekend, but the last was and is the last straw for me. I'm tired, I'm gaining weight due to the emotional stress, I'm sick of it. I feel like I'm DONE now and I just want to get on with my life.
I've got two projects to work on and my own as well. So three really. Going to be working on that and have been, which is why I've been away last week. Haha I got so tired that I fell asleep on Friday at 8:30, in my clothes, on a pile of laundry, and like slept until 9am! lol. haha. Mentally tired I think...reboot time..which is what I'm doing I think. Rebooting does suck.
Not weighing myself for two weeks...I'll report back on the weight numbers then.
