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[auntiemeesh]

The primary goal for this weekend was to find a way to limit Shadow's access to the litter boxes. We bought a baby gate yesterday (my first trip to the big new Target in East Liberty, exciting!) and that seems to be working fairly well. It's in the doorway to the back hall (about three feet long, the back hall holds the doors to the bathroom and back deck, and the tiny little linen closet/pantry/broom closet). We have it about three or four inches off the floor so the cats can squirm under it but Shadow can't get through. It's working well so far, although it does make going to the bathroom in the middle of the night a little more challenging than strictly necessary.

I also picked up a scale. I discovered that dieting when one can't ever weigh in doesn't really work. The scale is cheap and can't be properly calibrated (it claims to be accurately calibrated already, but it seems to weigh in a bit light) but even so, it looks like I've lost at least a few pounds. This gives me the encouragement I need to get back to work tomorrow with an all new dieting push. The scale currently measures me at 118.8 lbs (which might be under by 1.2 or a little more) so I'm using that as my new baseline.

Today was a very sluggy day, the sort of day that makes me wonder both how I'm going to survive a full week of work and whether I'll ever actually feel energized and healthy ever again. Despite that, I managed to get six loads of laundry washed, folded and put away; two litter boxes scooped; and a drainer full of dishes washed. Not bad for a sluggo day.

Comments

[lyda-pearl.livejournal.com]

yeah, you rock!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Well, you rock too!

[shirebound]

You accomplished a lot yesterday. :)

I wish us both luck this week, mentally and physically!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear!

[antbee362.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better each day. Sounds like a good solution for the litter but I definitely understand the middle of the night problem.
My scale doesn't agree with the one at WW either but at least it is a guide.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I figured out, eventually, that when dehydration is making you feel yucky, you should probably drink some water. Perhaps I can blame the dehydration on the slow learning curve?

[wbkbb.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel healthy again very soon. In the meantime, six loads of laundry is worth cheering.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

At the moment, it's seeming unlikely. I've had a sore throat all day, and I've been sneezing like a crazy person. *sigh*

[whtmtnwmn.livejournal.com]

You go girl, er, woman, er, women!
=D

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

:D

[ani-no-mouse.livejournal.com]

I hope the scale proves to be both kind and a good motivator! Good luck with the baby gate! (Rudy sees ours as a challenge, but hopefully Shadow will continue to be deterred!)

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Sadly, it seems that possibly nothing will motivate me to properly diet right now. Maybe I just need to concentrate on feeling healthy first, and then try to lose weight.