Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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I bought Shadow a kit on amazon that wasnt expensive. It came with a short tunnel, bar or hoop set up, and weave poles. I think it was like $65-70? I can see if I can find the link @swenson19d0
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@swenson19d Such a cute picture. Agility should be fun for you and Kevin. Tippy never liked the tunnel. She would go part way in and then turn around. I haven't tried lately. When she was a puppy we tried. I knew she was pretty darn smart when the trainer would throw in a treat to entice her. If it was past half way from her end, she would run around to the other side and go in to get it so she wouldn't have to go as far!
@CMorning99 It's crazy to mandate something, like electric cars, when they can't support them. Hugs to you. I'm sure today was a hard one for you. I remember feeling "detached" and worrying that I wouldn't feel anything ever again. I decided that was worse than hurting. Those realistic dreams usually are ways to help you work through things. Sorry Gray cat isn't doing well. That and the trial...it's a lot. On the bright side, Happy Anniversary. I hope you can find a nice place to go celebrate over the weekend. Will be thinking of you at the trial the rest of the week.
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Guys! I have an albino raccoon! My usual lot of troublemakers that live out back were making a lot of squealing and fighting noises in the dark so I stuck my nose outside and there was this strange albino raccoon drinking out of their kiddie pool. I didn’t want him to leave before I got a pic so I bombarded them with marshmallows and they decided to get along for the sake of eating marshmallows together. He’s the same size as the litter of Trouble Brothers who were born earlier this year, has pink eyes so is a true albino. So awesome!
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@rheddmobile That IS awesome! Glad you were able to get a picture.0
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Wow thats cool @rheddmobile0
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Another Friday. First day of 7 on at work for me, then a 3 day weekend.
My favourite student got the job with us!! I'm so happy for her, she worked so hard and absolutely deserves it. So now we will train her in some stuff specific to our practice.
The other student worked with one of the people who thought I was bullying him, and what would you know. I got a messayfrom them saying he made a huge mistake for no apparent reason and they don't feel the student has the maturity to pass now.
Kinda feels good to be vindicated but I wish it was last week. I don't want to make a student repeat for no reason.
In running news my VO2max his 49 today! I've never been that high! And today was a crap run lol. So that was nice. All I've done is been consistent. It will probably drop back tomorrow lol.
Eating... I think im maintaining. I'll get back in the wagon tomorrow.4 -
@Avidkeo That's great that the student got a job at your practice. And, I'm glad you were vindicated too. Yeah on the VO2max! I'm convinced consistency is the key.1
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Great work @Avidkeo ! Glad the heat blew over and you were proven right.
I got a steam vacuum today.
Dd said it is the way to go to get this grout clean. I ran it a bit and am unsure if it is effective. I do like the steam function, killing all the dog poop germs, cuz cats don’t have any ya know. Anyone have any experience with them? I was hoping I could do the couch with it, dh is messy and germy.2 -
I've been so busy with Kevin that I haven't been eating as much or laying on the couch all day. My weight was down a surprising 2 pounds the other day. So I ate 2 ben & jerrys and 2 pcs of pecan pie... haha..regret. 🙄2
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I ordered Kevin a DNA kit from Embark. It offered the health screening too, so I figured why not? I took him to petco and lowes today. He loves getting out and seeing people. I am convinced he's 89% Labrador retriever haha!. Maggie's is getting groomed, I posted a request to our neighbourhood group on FB, (all 9 of them; seem to be slow to catch on; I may have to go door to door with Kevin to wrangle more of them), asking if anyone wanted a puppy/dog play date. I got a taker just waiting for a when reply, I don't wanna just pop by although I could, it's just not me.
Kevin get demanding at times so I googled it. boy... We are gonna nip this quick. My plan is to ask him if he wants to go to bed and put him in his crate or "pp outside" and take him out. That way I consistently misinterpret the barking and he only does it when he needs to go pp or to bed. He won't do it for bed, I'm sure, especially if he is wound up. I'm taking suggestions. He usually does it when he seems jealous, perhaps I am sitting too close to Maggie or I have the Cori cat. I suppose in this endeavour, ill have to allow acceptable "barking" as singing or something productive and not maladaptive behaviour.
I ate more pie today. it is gone. Bought lots of stuff from petco too. Kevin has a giant spider that crackles and squeaks.1 -
I am not one to ask about that behavior - Hobbes talks back to us pretty much every night especially if there is food (ours) involved. He is like a 3 yo kid who is not getting his way and I hate it. I blame dh because he lets him beg and whine and gives in giving him treats or something off his plate when I am not around. I ignore him, after making room go and stay in his bed. He knows 'no bark' but will ignore it if it suits him.
I got a call from Hobbes vet tonight - kind of surprised me, I was thinking she was calling to tell me his heart worm results which a tech would usually do and when she started talking about the biopsies I figured she didn't realize the other vet had already discussed them with me. When she said malignant I think I stopped listening. Hobbes will have more surgery next week after we get back from Cambria. She would have preferred we did it sooner... The lab saw something in one of the biopsies and ran more tests sending an addendum result. 😢😢
I saw the dermatologist today, all is good. Thought my weight would be way up after a heavy El Torito dinner last night but I was down another 0.5lbs... guess all the furniture moving is helping even though I have not run in almost a week.3 -
@swenson19d Yeah for Kevin helping you be more active. I don't know about the barking either. When Tippy wants/needs to go out, she has always just comes to my side and looks at the door. I'm fortunate in that she rarely barks. If she does, I know it is because she has seen or heard something out of the ordinary. Of course, that might be a buzzard flying overhead, because she hates them for some reason, but usually is it something that needs investigating. Oh, she does bark when someone comes to the door, but I'm okay with that. I have heard if they are jealous that it means they are dominating you. Perhaps you need to teach him to give you your personal space. A trainer can help you with that. You don't want him to become aggressive because of it.
@shanaber So sorry to hear the news about Hobbes. I hope they are able to get it all with a second surgery. That had to be a shock after getting good news earlier.1 -
@shanaber oh I hope Hobbes surgery goes well and they get it all. I hope it hasn't metastasised, and no chemo is warranted.
IDK if this the best idea ever or the dumbest;
Meet Sandy (until DH changes it). She is Kevin's littermate. He's got about 5 pounds on her. She knows nothing. I hope she learns as fast as Kevin did.
I can't get them to be still for a good pic.
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quilteryoyo wrote: »@swenson19d Yeah for Kevin helping you be more active. I don't know about the barking either. When Tippy wants/needs to go out, she has always just comes to my side and looks at the door. I'm fortunate in that she rarely barks. If she does, I know it is because she has seen or heard something out of the ordinary. Of course, that might be a buzzard flying overhead, because she hates them for some reason, but usually is it something that needs investigating. Oh, she does bark when someone comes to the door, but I'm okay with that. I have heard if they are jealous that it means they are dominating you. Perhaps you need to teach him to give you your personal space. A trainer can help you with that. You don't want him to become aggressive because of it.
Kevin is talking back. You tell him NO he can't have your food or sit in your lap when you are eating or trying to do hw and he makes a big deal over it; you seriously wounded him with rejection and he's telling you all about it. lol! He eventually stops and just lays next to me. Now that we have a litter mate, I understand why he does it. It has been his way of telling his mates that he is unhappy. Sandy is the no frills nip and snarl kinda girl, of course not at us. She is super sweet but will likely be alpha.
@shanaber I am just hoping that they need to be sure to have clear margins, nothing to be concerned about, just taken care of. I told DH about Hobbes and the demand barking, he swears not to enable it. We have a system; if I am eating and Kev wants it, I slyly hand it to dh and he can redirect Kev's attention and give it to him. Kev just absolutely forgets I had anything, got a nibble and some pets and hes off to find a chewy toy.2 -
@swenson19d Congrats on Sandy. She looks really sweet. I'm sure she will learn as quickly as Kevin. I think females in the dog world are often the Alphas.
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Oh @swenson19d - 2 puppies is a LOT of work! But 2 x the fun too! I like your plan for dealing with the whining. Hobbes is learning that he gets nothing when he talks back or whines, at least with me. Dh is learning he really doesn't like the begging and tries to send him to his bed but is inconsistent which makes Hobbes just beg more because, well, sometimes it works... They are just too smart.
We've got the Hilde house about as cleaned out as it can be. We are leaving in a couple of hours and the bil is coming over to let the photographer in. Dh said to me that he wasn't interested in cleaning things up/putting things away to get the house to sell for more since it means nothing to us personally. I had to explain that it had nothing to do with the selling price and everything to do with having cute pictures without clutter so someone can picture themselves here with their things and want to buy it, quickly. I sometimes just wonder at how someone so smart in other ways just has no sense about other things.
Food has been ok. I find myself falling back into not eating like I used to when I would get busy. I ate well on Friday and my run yesterday was great - amazing how that works! In all fairness I didn't eat much before heading out and I did get the hungry stomach rumbles but there seemed to be plenty of energy in my legs.
A week from today we are back in our house!! I will be checking in but may not be commenting the next couple of days while we are in Cambria.2 -
Good morning folks!
Oof, it was rough getting up this morning! Is it possible to be hungover off of 2 glasses of wine? LOL I am currently at work sipping electrolytes.
Well, were to start. Court went as well as expected. I learned a couple things...1) The DA is the nicest guy ever and spent the whole week printing all the photos so they didn't have to use the projector and I didn't have to see anything. He would look back every so often and ask if I was OK. My liaison was next to me between his family and me with a box of tissues, I teased her that she was my bodyguard and she took me out to lunch 2) "The Kid" has been downgraded to "little *kitten*" (LS)...we had to wait for him for an hour to come out of his cell b/c he was throwing a tantrum 3) This was NOT a crime of an angry teenager. It is apparent that the DA was trying to protect me and was very vague. It was a horrendously violent crime...mom had 9 broken bones. I am so glad the universe stepped in and said no deal...LS needs to be away longer than 26 years. 4) Even the DA was annoyed with LS attorney ... so much so he added a burglary charge at the end...it only adds a little bit and he doesn't even really care if it goes through, but he said it made him feel better LOL (LS had taken mom's car keys and iPhone).
I did good through the trial, but Fri-Sun I felt like I had been sapped of all energy was was sleeping 10+hrs a day with a nap. DH and I went up and moved the travel trailer out of the way for demo, I haven't heard from the guy yet though so...sus. All the tree trimming is done for round 1 and the water system has been put in. It was hard going into mom's house now that I know what it looked like and how much they cleaned before I got there. I actually started going through the mail I have been ignoring. I got another letter from mom's life insurance asking me to claim it. This letter didn't say I had to set up a trust account (which I can't do), just fill out the forms and send in the police report...so I did...maybe if I do it enough some one will have pity and give me the money. I also found the permits for the foundation for the mobile homes, I am wondering if it is going to be more complicated than I thought, evidently there are stanchions at key load bearing points and I am putting a smaller mobile home on a larger pad. I really hope it works out. Seeing all the permits mom had, I am def not doing that. I want that done so much, I really feel like it is my last hurdle.
DH is still slowly in-processing with his new job. He got 1 of his badges but they have made the security portion of his job into 10 jobs so he has to see 10 different people to do 1 thing. He still has no idea what exactly he will be doing. I am still enjoying him mostly teleworking and bringing me lunch
Grey cat is hanging in there. I am going to call the vet for a follow up. IDK why, peace of mind I guess...nothing we can do and it is $350 each visit. I am going to have them look at his teeth and make sure he at least does not have an abscessed tooth causing his drooling. I am so happy to have had him around for another 2 months, but I also know it is a clock ticking down. We are just working as hard as we can to spoil him rotten.
I did pretty good on food last week. I didn't weight myself this AM b/c of our big anniversary dinner last night. I think I am going to reset my 5K training plan again, it has been 10 days since I ran. I did have a solid laugh this weekend bc DH was trying on his nice jeans for dinner and he looked like a stuffed sausage, he was annoyed...welcome to my world buddy! Maybe I can get him to go walking with me a bit now.
Have a great week!
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Enjoy your trip @shanaber ! I know you are excited to get back into your own home.
@CMorning99 I just can't imagine having to sit through that trial and see the LS. It's no wonder you were zapped of energy. I'm glad Gray cat is hanging in there. I'm sure he is enjoying being spoiled rotten. Happy Anniversary.0 -
@CMorning99 Good to hear you and your liaison are getting on. For us the forensics and learning the exact details of death were pretty rough. Hang in there and lean on others as much as you can!
@shanaber I’ve been praying for Hobbes, hoping for the best for you all!
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Good morning!
Not much going on here. Yesterday was kind of a bust. I got sucked into social media trying to find articles regarding the recent hearing and looking at comments. I spent a while crossing looking to see if any were from his family, I am curious what they think about LS now they have heard the crime details. His family does have criminals (meth/stealing) but not sure if they used to this caliber of crime. IDK if they figured out who I was and blocked me on FB, or if none of them have FB cause I can only find his Grandfather and that dude is wacko.
I did finally schedule grey cat's follow up appt.
I spent a good chunk of time working on my reselling and was rewarded with 4 sales in the evening. IDK what was going on with sales last month, it was my worst month all year. I also did some shopping for myself. I LOVE the Oiselle pocket jogger shorts and capris, they have huge thigh pockets and so great for phone holding. I found a used pair on eBay for $15 and they usually retail new for $54. I also found a Oiselle sweatshirt cardigan, not as cheap but I have one already and love it! It has been so long since I have bought clothes. I bought some drawer organizers a month ago and finally went through my undergarment drawer...wow, that was a blast from the past LOL. I found so many nearly new Victoria Secret bras, beautiful ones that I am sure I paid $40-50 from 10 years ago...and now I wear the same 3 Walmart ones LOL I put them all up for sale, maybe pay for my new clothes I ended up cutting the contents in half in the drawer...feels good.
I reset my 5K plan to start again today. I also put in a more realistic goal LOL Weighed myself and I seem to have found my maintenance ... now if I just knew what it was LOL Still not tracking. I wish diet bet had not gone to a subscription based app vs pay as you go. But my goal is to see 150's by 1 Dec...even if it is 159.9!
Speaking of goals, DH and I need to figure out our savings strategy for retirement. Our money is everywhere and some of it is not working at all
Huh, and I still don't have a quote for mom's demo...sus, they were support to start yesterday.
Well, better get to it!
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I've been lurking lately.
I have not been logging, doing strength work or paying attention to my diet.
I decided tomorrow is day 1 of getting back on track. I plan to log my food and do all the workouts (morning run, lunch time yoga, and evening strength session). Hopefully I can get myself motivated to do at least 2 of 3 workouts if not all 3.1 -
@rheddmobile so far they have entertained each other, the quality of play is better, puppy vs 51 yo gimpy female. I need to institute "get down" so they aren't on me all day and I can get hw done. And crate them during a nap time for the same reason.
Hi @RunsOnEspresso . Lurk away 😅
Kevin is a hammock baby
Love some puppy naps
When we picked up Sandy she was a might thin and 18.6 pounds. She was near 22 yesterday, 3+ pounds in 3-4 days. I'm glad to see it. Kev is nearing 26... he's a brute. Vet tomorrow, shots for both and chip for Sister Sandy.2 -
Good morning!
Another day! Woke up to a cold and foggy morning this AM. Felt pretty good
Yesterday was a rather uneventful day. Work was slow. DH and I went to a lunch and learn at the library for a great speaker talking about space weather. I really enjoyed it. I left work at 3:30 and actually went running. Well, it was 1.5 miles but I started the 5K plan over again and so yesterday was a base run day to see where I am. This time I DID NOT go all out LOL. Held the pace at a 9:23 so my paces are a lot more realistic for the plan. DH is working on my computer. My desktop iMac just can not handle running Chrome and I have to use Chrome for 1 program. We have an appt this weekend to take it to get more RAM put in, but DH has offered up his Apple laptop which has 4x the RAM my desktop does to see if that would help before we spend $600 on RAM + labor. If that does not work, I may have to look at switching to Windows. I hope it does work, the program has good reviews so other people must not be having issues.
I also got the quote for the demo. That escalated quickly. Original walk through and my guy said $10K maybe...seemed fair. I get the quote last night and it is $25K What the actual...duck! $13K is for labor alone for 3 laborers and 2 heavy equipment operators and that is for 40-50 hours of work each. Hard maths: give or take $50 an hour. I am sure the heavy equipment guys get more though than laborers. Not sure if that is normal COVID salaries or he hires expensive laborers. The rest of the numbers were reasonable. I was told I could probably save a $2K or so by hiring a company with their own equipment (he rents his). After talking to him, we are going to recycle the steel so that should maybe be $250 back and if I pay cash, he will take $3K off taking it down to $22K. IDK if that is fair, but I don't want to wait and go around and get more quotes.
Today not much exciting planned. I moved my run up to today vs tomorrow so I can go to the bank tomorrow and see how I pull out the money. It is a joint account with mom and I have never banked there so hopefully it is smooth.
Well, about lunch time already
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@CMorning99 I agree with you. Sometimes, it's just not worth the time and effort to get another estimate. Going up that much does seem like a lot though. I hope they do a good job for you. I'm having computer issues too. I've needed to call my computer guy for a couple of weeks, maybe longer. I just hate dealing with computer issues.0
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Good morning!
Another day and another dollar! It was a beautiful morning, clear, cool, and bright.
I learned a lesson yesterday, don't talk to people unless you want opinions and judgements. I had sent that demo quote to a few folks I normally talk to and who have been helping me. And oh boy did I get "feedback" LOL. Everyone immediately said that was too much and I need more quotes etc etc. My two issues with this...of the people who had opinions, as far as I know, had not demo'd anything before. I assume they were just going off of $25K is A LOT of money, BUT it may be a fair price. The other issue was that they kept telling me I had to do more, look more, get more quotes...it took me 5 weeks to get this one...I am on a time table, yes self inflicted, but I have my reasons (mainly retirement and loan qualifications). I. JUST. WANT. IT. GONE! DONE!
Work was pretty slow, we have some inspections we need to set up for some assets being delivered. I need to get a going away gift for one of my dudes. I did actually contribute to the squadron yesterday and set up our flight raffle basket theme
DH seems to have figured out my computer problems. His laptop that has 32gb of RAM is working like a charm. When we ran the diagnostics, I was using 11gb of RAM for my programs and my old desktop only had 8gb to work with. I got a lot of work done last night. I need to get 25 items listed in the next 2 days.
I went for my run yesterday, I really tried to convince myself to skip it but somehow managed to get out there. I ran in the Saucony Shift shoes. They are advertised a cushioned recovery run shoe. IDK if I would call them cushioned, it was a firm cushion and that limited the flexibility of the shoe. You are def not getting any speed out of these. So I am not in love them but I like them. Run went ok, I had some torso issues (pain). Not sure if it was gas, cramps, or what.
Weight is still going down. I was STARVING last night when I went to bed, but calories were good.
Today I need go pull out the cash for the project and maybe treat myself to some thrifting.
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Good morning!
Today has started off great Ok, well the getting out of bed and out the door at 6:45 for formation run was rough, but the run was fan-freaking-tastic! It was one of those effortless runs, where I felt so good I had to work on running slower. I aimed for a 11 min/mile and noticed when I started I was going 10:30, so I adjusted to try and hit a 10:45 and that too so much effort to go slower. I was within 8 seconds of that pace for nearly 3 miles and things clicked...I started to feel minor fatigue right at the end. And finished it off with a solid runners high!
Yesterday went well. Work...nothing interesting...I left at 2pm to go to the back and see how I can withdraw $17K cash. It was actually very easy...after explaining why I needed the money and providing so much info. After I hit up my fave thrift store that has 25% for military on Thurs. Found a jacket I think I can sell for at least $100-175. I sold a jacket Wed for $200 on eBay...I am terrified. So many scams on eBay. I wont be out a lot if I do, but still sucks. I checked reviews and even googled the address and it all matched so...off it went! eBay also allows returns up to 30 days...and b/c I sell used clothes, I have had some returned to me obviously worn and returned.
This weekend we have final walk-through with demo guy. Black cat has chemo pill and weigh in. We need to clean this weekend too, seems a friend is coming to visit over Vet's day.
Have a great one!
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@CMorning99
I am always amazed at your level of energy. You seem get so much done.
Weight.
ohh down again, 2.5 pounds above "do something". yay! thats a 2.5-3 pound loss. I found that if dh doesn't bring home high calorie food, I stay on track better. I made chili with stew meat, it was supposed to be a beef curry (that dd requested. I don't put beef in curries, seems wrong since they dont eat cows). Anyway, we didn't have all the ingredients , thus chili. I even made beans to put in it instead of canned, that we didn't have.
Doggo's
whew. Kevin is house broken 98.3%. Someone shut the backdoor where he couldn't let himself out threw... um no. I don't "threw" out Kev... through the new storm door with pet access and he pee'd in front of it (on dh's watch). Nancy Drew haha! that seems to fit her. She is still Sister Sandy. Sister Nancy is trying. She still has some puppy tummy troubles and isn't "thinking" it out. But ya know, it's been 5.5 days. She is good during the day. Mornings and evenings when dh is home and or my attention is elsewhere, (shower, toilet, etc.), she has "accidents". That's fine as long as I catch her and can correct her by rubbing it all over her... nah, I jest. I just say "ooooh, ooOOP, HEY!, OUTSIDE", scoop her up and carry her to the grass, pets good girl, "pp outside" cuz pp it's all "pp". I'd have thought of something more clever had I thought about it. The cats it's all "pp". Perhaps I'll transition it to something obsurd... taking ideas.
Vaccinations yesterday and Sandy chipped. the both are 28 pounds and 14 weeks. Projected adult weight is 100 lbs. I sent the doggie DNA off for both of them. Can't wait to see how much chihuahua they are... I have hw to do (hence the distracting humor).
Why Nancy Drew?
They have a game. Kevin hides all his chewy treats and she finds them all. He's hasn't got a chance. He occasionally will bring it to be to hold and protect, which is too cute.
They stink. I'm thinking daily baths, but was told once every 2 weeks. IDK man... They slobber all over each other and roll around in doo-doo land (that's been picked up). Puppy shampoo & conditioner arrives today. The swimmers body wash with aloe seems to do just fine though. Vet commented on Kevin's coat yesterday. He's purdy.1 -
@CMorning99 Glad you figured out your computer issues and are getting some stuff done. Glad you got your run in yesterday, had such an awesome run this morning, and the weight is going in the right direction. I hope you have a good, productive weekend.
@swenson19d I'm glad the new doggies are getting along so well. Can you just do a spot wash on them rather than an entire bath. I have heard that too many baths will remove the much needed oil from their skin.
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quilteryoyo wrote: »
@swenson19d I'm glad the new doggies are getting along so well. Can you just do a spot wash on them rather than an entire bath. I have heard that too many baths will remove the much needed oil from their skin.
Yes. I try to wipe them down with a wet wash cloth at the end of the day. I think it helps. Dh said they smell like canned dog food, so maybe they are just stinky from playing all day.
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@swenson19d Aww. It's so cute that Kevin likes the hammock.0
