My Journey: Positive Outlook For 2013

Hi Mandy, I have been reading your diary, but have not felt up to posting. I think having just a little bit of dark chocolate occasionally isn't a bad thing so long as it doesn't then make you want to go eat every sweet thing in sight. I am an "all or nothing" kind of person I think, when it comes to eating, & I really have to be careful that my consumption of the sweet things doesn't creep back up to my previous "fatty" levels. If you can control it, then good for you! Hope you're feeling better sweets. We can beat this! xoxo Cate
 
Mandy sweetie, you are still in the ones.....I weigh in each day like you and i have been in the 160's for 11 weeks:cuss:.....going up and down and up and down like a yo yo.

But I knew that it was going to be like that, so I just try not to take it too heart.:nopity:
197.8 is great and as Tom is happening just hang in there .I think of what I was weighing this time last year and am happy, so should you.
Every bit we drop is good. xx mrs woods
 
Q – I’m very curious to see what the scale will show this week. TOM showed up this weekend so I might be retaining water, although I really don’t feel like I am. We’ll see what happens this week.

ICY – That’s what I’m thinking. So far by giving in a little bit my cravings have been very well satisfied. It may not be ideal for everyone, but it seems to be working for me.

NIM – Thanks! It’s flattering to hear someone looking up to me especially after my slip up last weekend, but I am human afterall. ;) We are all counting the days for this trip. It’s been a dream trip for me for years. In fact, that’s all I thought it ever would be... just a dream. Now it’s a reality and it’s only a mere few months away! :)

CATE – I think I’m also an all or nothing type of person, but I think I can teach myself to have better self control if I give in just a little bit instead of trying to completely shut it off. My goal is to still cut back, but if I want some, my goal is to have a little bit instead of the whole bag!

MRSW – Thanks, yes TOM can be evil when you like to see smaller and smaller numbers. My TOM had been very predictable for the past several months (before losing weight I hardly ever got it), but the past couple have been earlier than I had figured. Just when I thought I had it down, BAM! LOL Oh well, mother nature will always do her thing. You’re right though. To think of how much heavier I was a year ago and how much larger (because I have lost more inches than weight), I have a lot to be happy about. :)

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Ok, so here’s a recap of my weigh ins for the past few days. Friday was 197.4lb again. Saturday was 197.8lb, and this morning was 198.4lb. Today’s weigh in was almost an hour and a half earlier than usual, but I woke up and figured I’d weigh while I was up. I didn’t feel like setting my alarm to wake up just to weigh in on time. Also, my TOM showed up early again this month so I'm hoping that that may have something to do with these numbers although I don't feel like I'm retaining water so who knows.

Food intake was ok over the weekend. Yesterday was better than today. Although, I did resist the urge to have seconds for dinner tonight so that was a success. Exercise wasn’t so good. I didn’t feel up to doing anything yesterday or Friday so I just rested. Tonight I did Taebo. I think the rest did me good. I felt very strong throughout the DVD tonight. It felt good! :)

I was kind of dreading this week because of Thanksgiving. I want to let loose a little bit, but don’t want to over do it. That may not be a problem at all now. Our little tradition is just staying at home and my brother usually comes over too. This year, my nieces who moved to NC two years ago are coming up and we should have them over the holiday along with my brother. It’ll be nice to see them again. It’s been over a year. Not only that, but instead of staying home like usual we may be going over to my aunt’s house (she’s the sister of my grandmother who just passed away in August). She always has a big to do around Thanksgiving and Christmas so there will be a lot of other relatives there too. I tend to not eat very much around other people so that’ll help me keep things in check.
 
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Mandy, sweetie....here is mine for the last 7 days
Week 16 Monday as we know...159.8
Tues..........................................160.2
Wed..........................................160.4
Thur..........................................160.8
Frid..........................................160.4
Sat............................................157.6
Sun............................................159.4
Mon...........................................158.6

Crazy as it is, it will come off. Cheeky scales.:waving:
 
Hi Mandy!

The Holidays are certainly a dreadful time! But we will get through them. I'm glad that you seem to be feeling better, you seemed a bit sad there for a while. I think it is frustrating, but true, that the closer that you get to your goal weight, the more difficult it is to lose more.

My Father is overweight and he can drop 20 pounds in what seems like a blink of an eye. But once he gets to 30, things become a bit harder and slower.

But slow and steady wins the race as they say. At least that is what I'm telling myself! :)
 
Thanks guys! Jade, I go through my ups and downs. I'm typically a very happy person, but at some times I do get down a little bit. I'm usually able to bounce back pretty quickly. :)

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Well, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Things went well here. We ended up staying at home with my brother and nieces. It was nice spending time with them. It's been over a year since we saw them last. They're ages 12 and 10 now and boy have they grown so much in such a short period of time! We had a lot of fun coloring, playing games, and then last night we made some M&M cookies. The dogs were great with them too which was awesome. They had so much fun playing together.

The only bad thing about yesterday was that my bearded dragon gave me a horrible scare! Last year he was diagnosed as having a heart problem. He kept filling up with fluid so the vet told me to give him a diuretic which has been working. Well yesterday morning I heard a lot commotion in his cage so I jumped out of bed. He was on the floor and was flailing his legs all over the place and had his mouth wide open. I don't know if he had a seizure or if he fell off of his rock and scared himself or what happened. I waited for him to calm down some and then I jumped in the shower to get ready to go to the ER vet (which don't specialize in reptiles). By the time I came back down he was acting normal again. So I decided to monitor him throughout the day and he did fine. Today he seems normal, more alert than yesterday, but he's refusing food. Our normal vet (who specializes in exotics) is open tomorrow so I'm going to call as soon as they open to try to get him in. I'm hoping it's nothing serious, but I do have a bad feeling that his heart is worst. I'm not sure what to expect. He's only 4 years old so he's still young for a dragon. We'll see what happens. Aside from all that, everything went well.

My weigh ins were fantastic too! I'd been in the 198's for most of the week and I had a feeling I knew why. Let's just say I'm going to start myself on some probiotics if you know what I mean. Wednesday's weigh in was 197.8lb and yesterday morning I was at a new low of 195.4b!!! I did ok for food intake yesterday. I had turkey, stuffing (mom makes hamburger stuffing), mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and a biscuit. I did have a second helping of the stuffing and a biscuit and then of course I had some of the cookies we made. With all of that food I KNEW my weight would be up this morning, but to my shock I was exactly 195.4b again!! :)

I haven't done any exercise since Monday. Tonight, I'll be starting up again. :)

Will try to get caught up your diaries tonight.
 
Thanks guys. My weight was up this morning, though I'm not at all surprised. Stressing over my bearded dragon and I had a little bit of a binge last night. :( I'm only up to 196.4lb and I'm sure it's mostly food weight as I ate a lot just over 10pm last night. Oh well...

As for Dewey, my dragon, he's holding his own. Unfortunately the vet I need to see wasn't in yesterday so I have to wait until tomorrow night now to get him in. I don't want to bring him to the ER vet because they're not experienced with reptiles. Since Dewey's doing ok at the moment I'm trying to hold off on rushing him in. He's still not eating, but I started getting some baby food into him yesterday. He seems to like the sweet potato and chicken food. He hasn't had any more episodes like he did Thursday morning, but he's done this weird thing with his head where he tilts it to it's side and sits like that for a few seconds, then he snaps out of it and is fine again. I'm hoping he'll do it at least once today while I can try to video tape it to show the vet. I'm wondering if he may have some kind of neurological problem going on along with his heart issue. He's a translucent morph which I'm learning now are known to have health issues. Wish I would've known that before I purchased him! Anyway, sorry for rambling. I don't have a good feeling about any of this. I'm really worried that this may be my last day with him. :(

Here are a few pics I took yesterday of him while I had him out and about.


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:beating:Oh my gosh! He's so cute! I'm so sorry that you have to go through this with him. I really hope that he'll be ok. Xx
 
Thanks! I did a lot of reading online today and think I may have a partial answer on what's going on. When they don't get enough calcium they can get MBD (metabolic bone disease) which can cause issues like what he's having as well as other things. There were times where he didn't want to eat which meant he did not get his calcium. For that reason I started giving him liquid calcium to be 100% sure he was getting it. I'm wondering now if maybe the damage from back then is catching up to him now. Maybe the calcium I've been giving him is the wrong kind or maybe he just needs a more concentrated dosage. I don't know, but if it is MBD it should be treatable so that's my hope.

I know a lot of people probably think it's weird to own reptiles. I can understand that. They're not like dogs or cats where you can play with them, BUT they do have their own little personalities. Dewey is a very sweet boy. He's always been so gentle and mellow and he loves to cuddle. Yes, they do cuddle! For him, he likes either sitting on my shoulder or across my chest covered in a blanket. That's our night time routine. I hold him covered in a blanket and when he's asleep I put him in his cage for the night. I had a very hard time putting him in his cage tonight knowing it could be the last time. Not only all of that, but when you have a pet who has special needs, I think it really strengthens your bond with them. That's where I'm at with Dewey. It's going to be a long day tomorrow until his appointment. :(

On the weight side of things. I had another pretty bad day for food intake, but the good news is that all of the junk food is gone now so I can't have anymore. I did end up doing Taebo tonight. My first time since last Monday. I had wanted to start it up again Friday, but with Dewey's situation I just couldn't get myself to do it. I do feel a bit better now so that's good.
 
Good job on the Taebo yesterday! Sorry about poor Dewey :( Hope the appointment today goes well and it's MBD or something similarly treatable.
 
Thanks! Just got home with him. Yes, he’s home! :)

Unfortunately, the vet visit provided no answers other than MBD has been ruled out. His calcium level is fine. The only off number in his blood work was his white cell count which was high. He suspects an infection of some kind so he prescribed me with an antibiotic for the next 2 weeks and a pain med to get him through the next few days. After that, we’ll reassess where he’s at. I’m so relieved to have him home. Now I just have to hope and pray that these meds do the trick to clear up whatever’s wrong with him.

I’m not doing Taebo tonight. I’ve decided to have some me time with the animals. I’ve been stressing all day today and barely ate anything so it’ll balance out in the end.
 
I hope Dewey recovers soon. It's good to take some time for the loved ones and de-stress in that way. Then, you can get back to Taebo with a clear mind and heart.
 
Mandy, hope too that your baby Dewey is doing fine.
We get so attached to our animals...no mater what they are and you love them.

We had a budgie for 7 years and when she died I had to ring up work to say I could not come in.... I cried a lot.. felt silly saying that over a bird but my boss loves animals too and understood. They are our babies.

Take care.:hug2:
 
Mandy, Hope you are doing well. You have inspired me to try out some Taebo. Am about to take the plunge into it as soon as I click the "Post.." button.
 
Hi guys... sorry I've been MIA for a while. My attention has been focused on Dewey lately trying to get him better. He went from bad, to worse, to even worse, to slightly better. He's still having seizure episodes, but they seem to be getting less and less extreme. The first antibiotic didn't seem to help him very much so I called the vet and got a stronger one which seems to be helping a little bit.

I've expressed my concerns to my vet that I don't want to jump the gun and not give the medication a chance to work, but at the same time I'm starting to feel as though he's suffering. I don't want him to hurt anymore. I asked my vet if this new antibiotic would show any kind of improvement by Saturday because if there isn't one or if Dewey's doing even worse I'm leaning towards letting him go. The vet seems to think there should be an improvement by Saturday so we'll see. So, right now that's the plan. It's been almost 2 weeks now and he got worse, but yesterday he seemed to be looking better and this morning he seems to be doing a bit better too. I'm hopeful, but I'm trying not to get too hopeful. I just don't know how this is going to play out.

There's really not much to report on the weight loss front. Since Dewey got sick I've only exercised once, which was last Tuesday. I tried a new Taebo routine, but just couldn't get into it so I stopped halfway through. Thankfully my eating has been in check for the most part so I haven't gained. I'm staying steady at around the 195lb mark, although yesterday I did reach a new low of 194.6lb. This morning I was back up to 195lb. I'm hoping to get a Taebo session in tonight mattering on how Dewey's doing. I need to get back into the swing of things.

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Thanks for checking in Mrs. Woods. I'm hanging in there. Hope you're doing well too!

Greensurf, how did Taebo go for you?
 
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