The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[BerkshireGrl]

DogMa,

Hello there! I'm very sorry to read of your losses... you sure are one tough and compassionate woman.

On your JDate, geez, he sounds pretty great so far! And he loves dogs!

Hope your phone call is absorbing and intriguing!

[DogMa]

I'm betting on dull and awkward, but ya never know. (And thank you.)

[Sojourner]

Woo Hoo!
Sojo Mojo scheduled for Wed night...
why the heck am I so excited?

[DogMa]

Oh. My. God. So I e-mailed the head of the rescue group last night because their Web site says all dogs get their shots and are spayed or neutered and microchipped, all at their expense. But none of that was done for Mojo. Plus I was bothered that they didn't tell me she was in heat until I was at the house picking her up. So the woman gets progressively nastier in a series of e-mails, starting with telling me that I have no business even questioning them when they're saving animals and ending with threatening to take Mojo back AND telling me that if she were the dog, she'd prefer to be euthanized than to be in my home.

I stayed relatively calm and just told her she was crossing into some dangerous territory (and all this was not only on e-mail, which I of course kept, but on my WORK e-mail; pretty stupid considering I work for a pretty big newspaper) and that I wouldn't respond to any further e-mails from her. She earlier said that she had the paperwork documenting Mojo's shots (which the foster mom had told me was lost) and that she'd send it to me. Don't know if she will. I'm going to call the vet on her rabies tag and see if HE has it and can send it over.

Meanwhile, Mojo and Teemu were playing well last night, and then when I wasn't watching, one of 'em yelped in pain. When I went out, Teemu was ... errrrr ... excited physically, but upset and wanted nothing to do with her. She kept pestering but finally settled down. I let her stay out of the crate during the night, and she slept on the bed and poor Teemu slept on the dog bed and wouldn't come up, even though there was plenty of room right next to me. She actually stayed on a corner of the bed and slept the whole night, which was nice, though.

This morning they're better again, but she's still hounding him. I cannot WAIT until this stupid heat cycle is over.

[Lauren]

Hey, Robin-

I wanted to take a minute first to tell you how sorry I am about your loss of Maggie. I can't imagine how tough this time has been, and I hope it gets easier - for Teemu too! Poor Teemu seems to really have his hands (err, paws) full with this transition too, and I hope it becomes easier and that Mojo's mojo lessens a bit! :-)

The jdate guy sounds interesting, indeed, let us know how it goes! And give it a shot, sure, he may be stalkery, or he may just be supremely generous and kind in spirit. Wouldn't that be a wonderful change of pace?

Good luck!

lauren

[DogMa]

Ha. Yeah, that's my hope. If he has so many miles, maybe he was just being nice. I'm going to call tomorrow.

And Mojo's set up to be spayed Monday, so hopefully Teemu won't be so bothered after that. They only do it on Mondays and Wednesdays, though, which kind of stinks. So much for being home with her for a couple of days after the surgery.

And the vet had her shot records and is faxing 'em to the spay place. Sounds like she got most stuff, although she only got one month of heartworm preventative, back in the beginning of October. Sigh.

[DogMa]

Ugh. Still here, but sleep-deprived. Food's on target, exercise has been better except that running is still a bit of a struggle. One of these days I'm going to get a full night's sleep again. Sigh.

Dogs are doing well, although Mojo can't be spayed soon enough for me. But they're getting along well, and Teemu seems to be doing better. They were fine when I left them for a few hours yesterday (with Mojo unconfined), but she was scratching at the door when I left and still went insane when I came home, so I think she's going to stay confined a little longer while I'm at work. Might as well, since she'll need to be confined after her surgery, anyway. Last night I left her out of the crate but set out a second dog bed in my room, and both of them slept on the dog beds instead of my bed. But she woke me up early, which is why I'm so tired.

Oh, and I was a big, brave girl last night and called the jdate guy. Seems nice enough, although the conversation was a little dull (but hey, it's at least as much my fault as his). Anyway, we're going to go for brunch or coffee or something Sunday. He's supposed to call me Saturday afternoon to set it up. So now I need to figure out what to wear.

[electra000]

Robin, I am so glad to hear that you and dogs are adjusting! I hope your brunch goes well. I am excited for you!

[DogMa]

Someone shoot me. So now I'm NOT going to features on Monday, because they're having trouble finding someone to replace me in news (because I'm apparently just oh, so valuable). Dammit dammit DAMMIT.

But I talked them into giving me Monday off since I have to be up so early to take Mojo to the vet (so the good news is I'll be home with her Monday night and a good chunk of Tuesday). And they promised me an extra day off of my choosing to make it up to me.

But GEEZ.

[DogMa]

Still here. I realized today that as angry and frustrated as I am about the work thing, I never even thought about eating anything. Yay, me.

[DogMa]

Grrr. My chicken wasn't defrosted, so I brought a frozen entree. It was supposed to be chicken and eggplant, layered with ricotta and pasta sauce. Decent nutritionals, and when I had it a couple of weeks ago, it was delicious. So I bring it to work and heat it up for dinner ... and I'm pretty sure it was eggplant parmigiana instead. Sigh. Hopefully the nutrition info wasn't much different.

[Karli]

Still here. I realized today that as angry and frustrated as I am about the work thing, I never even thought about eating anything. Yay, me.

WOW, actually, that's great to not only keep yourself from doing it, but to not even think about doing it ! Thanks for sharing that. It helps me realize that maybe that part of maintenence is tolerable.

I am very interested in transitioning and maintaining lately, so I am going to be doing some extra reading. I am going to read your journal over the next while.

Cheers to you,
Karli

[DogMa]

Hey, Karli. You're getting so close, how could you NOT be thinking about it? I know I was scared of maintenance at first. And I still worry some, but then I think back and realize it's been four months already and I'm still OK.

So today. 130.6. I really want to get back below 130, although I think I am and this is just the sodium from the past couple of days (frozen food both days, which always throws me off a little). And of course, I'm still not getting enough sleep. Mojo let me sleep a little later today, but I still woke up a few times during the night. She slept on the bed, and Teemu slept on a dog bed.

Went back to basics this morning on the workout. Did a BFL cardio session first thing in the morning, like I did when I first started running. Didn't quite make it through my level 10, but it felt good to get back to almost normal. Hopefully I can get back to where I was pretty quickly now that things are settling down here.

Speaking of which, gotta go. The natives are getting restless, and Mo just came in and started stealing stuff from the floor of the office.

[DogMa]

Argh. So first, I set out my afternoon lunch/snack: an ounce of hummus and some low-fat Triscuits. The phone rang, so I left the room for a second or two to get it. When I came back, Mo was finishing the last of my hummus. Brat.

So anyway, I had to have something different from what I'd planned. THEN my chicken breasts still weren't defrosted, so I decided to bring a frozen thing again. And NOW two friends at work both let me know they're going out for dinner - one to Zippy's, my favorite burger place, where I haven't been in months; the other to Central Market, which has a huge section for prepared foods, plus a lot of made-to-order stuff. My first reaction was absolutely not. I have GOT to eat what I planned and stay on track. But now I'm thinking it might actually be better to get Central Market than to eat my frozen thing. I can get some nice chicken or fish or something and some veggies, and probably get somewhat less sodium (and about the same fat) as I'd get in the frozen meal. But part of me thinks this is also an emotional issue, and it might be better for me psychologically if I just stick to my plan and eat what I brought.

Life was so much easier when the choice was just should I eat my lean and green or just have a soup or oatmeal or whatever.

[DogMa]

I ate what I brought. Yay, me!! Everything there just looked so greasy - even the veggies. So I had my frozen thing and some yogurt for dessert, and I'm good. I'll still probably be higher than I'd like tomorrow, thanks to the sodium and everything, but it was still a better choice than the alternatives. I even looked for a better frozen meal, but didn't see anything any healthier that would still be satisfying.

So I'm OK. Tomorrow is the big "date," which is really just coffee or whatever in the afternoon (I figure if it goes well, we can move on to dinner, and if it doesn't, I can tell him I need to get back to the dogs). The place is a bakery and cafe (Atlanta Bread Company, for those who know it). I'll probably just get a bottle of water, although they do have a few salads and some lower-carb bread I could probably handle.