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21 May 2024

This morning I asked Bobby if he wanted to go for a walk when I was at the front door. I heard a really loud thud as he jumped off the bed straight to the hard floor instead of using the ottoman there for him. He limped to me. So I just dropped him and my cat Marco off at the vet and they will call me once they've been checked out. Marco is bleeding from his gums. Not a good day so far.

I stopped at the ATM to get cash to pay the young man who is taking care of nearly a half acre of weeds and the ATM went dead but finally gave me my card back. Called the bank and they show a $200 cash withdrawal so I'll have to file a dispute. Lousy day so far so I bought a bag of tater tots at the grocery store! Also bought a cooked chicken breast and a small bag of pistachios. Almost bought ice cream because it was on sale for $3.99 but talked myself out of it!

I walked without Bobby for over 5000 steps and my knee started hurting just a little. But last night I didn't even need to take Ibuprofen.

My realtor came over yesterday and I agreed to lower the price on my house because no one is looking at it and I really want to move. Between my homeowner's insurance and HOA dues I have nearly $9000 due at the end of June! One reason it's hard to sell the house is insurance is nearly impossible to get and the California Fair Plan is about all that's available for new policies and it's crazy expensive.

21 May 2024

19 May 2024

It's better than it looks and also worse than it looks. I hadn't posted my weight for over 60 days. Unlike post people on this site, I don't like to post my weight when it increases. I had set a new 15 pound goal somewhere around the first of the year. By January 21st I was down, maybe 4 or 5 pounds. Then stuff happened - being told by an orthopedist he recommended total knee replacement, finding out the new house that was going to be built in Oregon wasn't going to happens. Plenty of excuses. I started to gain. I can gain a lot of weight pretty fast. I posted some of the gain but never as much as it actually was. Then I just stopped stepping the scale and did not post my weight. When my house was listed for sale, 5 weeks ago I stopped cooking and got meals to go. Chicken strips at least 4 times, a Subway meatball sandwich, tacos I'm sure. I finally weighed myself in the morning about 10 days ago and was 185. So I started trying to eat less carbs than protein and lost over 6 pounds. So today's weight is correct. Still need to lose 5 pounds to get to January's weight.

So far, no one has looked at my house this weekend. I had asked someone who posted on Nextdoor to weed wack my property after giving up my yard care service. He texted me yesterday to make sure I still wanted him to work today. He asked what time and said he should come over. I told him I preferred the morning. Then he texted and asked if he could come right over. I said yes, but why? He just wanted to see my yard. I knew he a teenager, probably in high school. A few minutes later hecame over with his dad. They introduced themselves and we walked all over the lot, nearly 1/2 acre. His dad was pointing out things he should do. Really nice and polite young man. He said he'd be over at 8am and should finish it all by 11. I looked outside at 8am and he was working! I went out at 11 to pay him. He got about half the property done, mostly out front and it looks so much better than what the lawn service does. He's only 16 and wants work for the summer. He said he could come by during the week to finish. Anyway, I hope he is able to keep on working for me. He also said he'd clean the pond on my bank.

Still eating okay today but have lunch coming up next week with a friend at Red Robin.
Weight: Lost so far: Still to go: Diet followed:
80.9 kg 0 kg 7.4 kg Reasonably Well
   (9 comments) Losing 0.0 kg a Week

17 May 2024

Someone was writing about whether stress can make you eat or not want to eat. I'll find out soon enough. Just got my annual homeowner's insurance bill. $5200!! Well, at least I didn't have a stroke when I saw that. Up $2000 since last year. When I first moved here in 2011 it was around $1100 a year and eventually settled in around $1800 before huge increases started 3 or 4 years ago. I'm going to call my real estate agent to figure out what to do to get the house sold and closed before insurance is due at the end of June.

The thing I'm finding about trying to eat higher protein than carbs is I can only eat so much chicken breast and eggs only 2-4 a week. I had 2 of the beer battered cod pieces. 16 grams carbs and 10 grams protein so I feel like I need to find 12 more grams of protein without increasing carbs. So today it is't going to happen because I also had a quarter bagel and 4 strawberries. Protein will be somewhere in the 60's and carbs in the 70's. Calories may seem low but I am eating a pretty big volume of food doing IF.

I have weed wacking like crazy. Even at 9am I can barely do 45 minutes to an hour without getting hot and sweaty and not dizzy but maybe light headed. I just hired a teenager from Nextdoor who seems really eager to work. He says he doesn't mind working if it's hot outside. If he shows up I'll have a cooler with Propel and cold drinks but if it's the afternoon tell him he can do an hour every day until the work is done but not more than that if it's 85 or 90 outside. And I'll fire the current lawn service

17 May 2024



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