Becky Boo’s Weightloss for LIFE

Good morning everyone. Happy almost New Year to everyone. Ok, as far as the title to my blog, I am having trouble believing what t he scale told me this morning. ALL THE BLOAT WEIGHT IS GONE FROM THE PAST WEEK! I MAINTAINED!!! I am so happy with myself. I am right where I was a week ago today at 256 pounds. I didn’t lose, shocking, I know… But I am so happy that I got the scale back down cause the highest it showed this last week was 263 and that made me sad… So I have my ham and beans going in the crock pot, my dip and veggies and crackers ready to go for tonight and am going to hop in the shower soon. I think I will have a hop in my step today. Hope you are all having a good day, feeling better and making good choices!

Good evening everyone. I am happy to report some of the BLOAT weight was gone when I hopped on the scale this morning. Thank goodness! It was down two pounds from the day before. I am only hoping it is down at least two more tomorrow morning when I weigh in for my unofficial official weigh in to update my tracker… Even then I will not be back to my pre holiday weight but I am not sweating it. I am so excited to join the 500 pound challenge. What a great idea! Thanks Sandra! I think this is what I need to get up off my BOOTY and get active! I did pretty well with my eating today. I had plenty of water, my FAVE Thai Crucnh salad from California Pizza Kitchen and only one little piece of mushroom pizza from there as well. I had no bread that they put on the tbl! Yeah me! I also had one teeny weenie piece of ham, not even a piece, just a sliver. My mom and dad gave me some to make ham and beans with so I am going to make that tomorrow in the crock pot. I have a New Years Eve gathering to go to tomorrow. I am NOT going to do a whole lot of snacking over there. I know I will have some drinks but I will keep it in moderation. I am so ready for all of the drinking festivities to be over with. I know it seems like I have been drinking a lot the past month—cause I have—this is like the 4th time and I am ready for it to be OVER!!! I am not used to drinking this much and it leads to bad eating, laziness and a headache!!! So, I am ready for the holidays to be over and life to get back to normal! I am going to get myself an exercise mat from Wal Mart or somewhere. I dont have carpet so in order to do the floor stuff it is pretty uncomfortable. I will get that within the next week. I got my haircut again today. I really like it—it is shorter—but my face loosk much chubbier now—not as much hair to hide behind… Hee Hee Hee. I made an appt to have Leroy’s stitches removed this coming Monday. I asked them for a mild sedative to pick up tomorrow though so he can take it before his appt as he is a VERY large dog and he is NOT going to be happy nor as docile as he was when he was there last week sick and on narcotics… I hope everyone is doing well and making good decisions:)

Hi All. Well, I def got back on the eating right choo choo train today! YEAH! I had subway for lunch and then drank water all day. I went BIG grocery shopping after work and got lots of good things to eat. I am not using SparkPeople to log my calories—thanks to Debbi suggesting it to someone last week. I checked it out and I like it—so much better than the one on here… So after I got home I ate a fudge pop (only 110 calories and zero fat) cause I felt shaky—have been eating too much crap! and put the groceries away. Now I am eating a salad—it is good and I am glad. I am off again the next four days so I hope to get back in the full swing of things. I hope you all find yourself well this evening! LeRoy says HI:)

Good evening all. I have not been on the computer at all over the past few days. I am back though and feeling bloated and full of indigestion and heart burn from all of the terrible choices I have made… Plus I went out drinking with friends (there are 5 of us that have remained very close since highschool) lastnight and while I stuck to beer, I had wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to many and then………we went to Waffle House and we all ate full meals! It was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good at the time but I just dont eact like that anymore and I am SOOO paying for it now with this terrible indigestion. I am ready to get back on track full force tomorrow. I think my weigh on on Wednesday will be a disappointment to myself but I will do it and update my trackr eventhough I am most def going to be reporting and documenting a gain. Hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday! And LeRoy is still getting better every day!

Good night all. I hope everyone was able to enjoy their evening:) I just got home from going out to eat and doing a teeny bit of gambling with my mom and dad. We ate at a restaurant at one of the local casinos. It was pretty good. Here I go again, listing what I ate today. I had coffee, a string cheese, approximately 9 small pretzel twists with white chocolate and an m&m on it, a few potatochip thingees with cheese, bacon pieces and sour cream and chives on it, half of a baked potato with a little bit of butter and a tiny bit of sour cream on it, a grilled chicken breast with bacon, mayo and two pieces of texas toast, diet soda, water and two vodka and cranberry mixed drinks. I had what I had in moderation as far as I am concerned lol. I really only ate one meal today — not by choice I just got busy and was sleepy and was mostly focusing on the dog/s so eventhough I spulrged at the casino a bit—I don’t feel too terribly bad about it. I don’t feel bad about it all actually LOL. AND I talked my parents out of the buffet — they suggested it— I told them I really didn’t want to have all that food available to us and pointed out that none of the three of us really needed the buffet. Plus my ex works at this casino and he said the buffet is not very good and that people often complain abt it. So, they agreed to not eat there. YEAH! Update on LeRoy: He is doing much better today and, are you ready for this??? He had his FIRST bowell movement since Friday night —YEAH!!! This is a very good sign so MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME!!! Hee Hee Hee… Ok, I think I better stop this on that note. I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a safe holiday season.

Good morning everyone. I weighed in today thinking that I would just be reporting the pounds that were gone after TOM left last week after my unofficial official weigh in last Wednesday—but there were two more gone from there so I am now at a 22 pound loss! I got on the scale and off a few times and even moved the scale to different locations to re-weigh myself cause I thought that for sure it was wrong. It wasn’t wrong.

It was an interesting evening with the big guy. He was very UPSET that I have barricaded my bed off so he can’t jump on it. He whined and whined and whined. So what did I do? I grabbed my covers and pillow and got down on the hardwood floor with him. And what did he do? He got AS CLOSE To me as he possibly could and laid down on me and my covers and cuddled up! LOL. I just started crying. I bet he had been wanting to do that for a few days now—I know I had. So I was able to sleep that way for an hour. Then I had to abandon my blankets and get back into my bed. He was okay with that so we were able to sleep til 8 am when I needed to give him his 18 or so pills. He seems to be more of himself today and for that I am very glad:) I hope everyone is doing well and preparing for time with their families and or friends. I am arguing with the ex because he is being really nasty abt helping to relieve me a few hours so I can go out to eat with my parents this evening. I am just not going to call him again and will take care of it myself. Ok. I wish you all well. Merry Christmas and be safe!!!

Good evening all. Update on my pup: I got to bring him home around 8 pm this evening. He is still on pains meds and a ton of other meds and I am having to feed him only a few tbl spoons at a time of this intersting canned dog food with rice in it. I was sent home of a box of it—it was prob $150 bucks but he has to eat it. THis whole thing has cost abt $3000 but it is worth every penny so that he will be ok. There is terrible weather here so I feel bad having to take him in and out for the potty but he seems to be ok with it. He has jumped on my bed a few times so I ave baricaded it with baby gates and a stool. I am so worried he is going to hurt the surgery or sutures. I think he is ok. I had to put my hand down his throat a few times to get all 12 or so of the pills down. I have to do that twoce a day til they are all gone. He shoudl be back to normal in abt 5 days… Thank goodness I am off of work. I am not sure how this is going to work for celebrating the holidays. I live 25 minutes from my parents and he can’t be left alone very long. I will stay with him all day tomorrow and then my parents and I are going to a casino prob to have dinner and gamble just a tiny bit. My sister in Chicago only comes for Christmas every other year and my other sister does her husband’s side of the fam Christmas Eve. I used to spend Christmas Eve day with my ex’s fam but I won’t be doing that this year since I broke it off with him. I am truly greatful for him though cause he has covered two grand of this whole thing—though I have had to put up with his terrible moods swings in the process. I think that is just how he handles stress so I put up with it while I had to and am quite greatful he came through for me. Anywho, I am so happy Leroy is home though it is pretty exhausting taking care of him. While I rangled the other dogs into another room and put up with their barking and other nonsense, poor drugged LeRoy urinated all over the living room—he NEVER EVER EVER does this inside—and it went all over the bottom of the entertainment center and under it so I had to clean that all up and move the entertainment center away from the wall and mop and then dry everything up with towels so I could put everything back… I def got exerice in today just from all I have been doing since the pup came home. All worth it so I am not complaining. My eating was strange today. It actually has been since he got sick. I ate some asiago cheese crackers, an apple, some cheese, part (…) of an oreo cookie shake and a few white choc pretzels (maybe three of them). At least I ate the apple… LOL. I hope everyone finds themselves well this evening and I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a safe holiday. I just saw on the news a house just exploded in my hometown000they think there was a gas leak. Two adults and two children were inside and have gone to the hospital. I pray they are ok. The house is gone though. I am exhausted so I am going to sign off. Thanks again everyone. You guys rock:)

Hello everyone. How was everyone’s Monday? I woke up after a full nights sleep—went to bed around midnight and woke up around eight—I did not wake up once in between either—not sure if it was due to the exhaustion of worrying and crying all day and night or the fact that I had a lot more room in my bed without a 170 pound dog in my bed… Maybe a little of both. I went to visit LeRoy this morning. He was in the doggie ICU with IVs giving him meds. He is as high as a kite on pain meds but looked comfortable and had his eyes open. When I began to talk to him, he began to breathe faster and that just made the tears begin to fall! Tears of happiness that he made it through and tears of fear that everything continues to go well. The doc said he is going to try and feed him this evening, prob right about now cause he said around 5 pm. He said if he eats and is able to hold the food down—he will MOST likely get to come home tomorrow—I hope he is ready. I don’t want these other two rascals causing him any trouble—will do my best to keep them separated though as LeRoy will need his rest. I stopped at PetsMart after the visit and got him a nice LARGE and durable toy cause I have thrown all the softies away. HE will be upset cause he loves his stuffed babies—but I love him more so he will adjust:) I also got my other two a TON of bones to get them—and me—through this cold, cold weather that is keeping them in doors all day. With me being off of work this week—I need the bones to keep them busy so they don’t drive me completely bonkers lol. Anywho, I ended up eating a teeny weenie sausage roll and cheese lastnight and a few pieces of candy. They were my sympathy snacks for feeling so down… hee hee. Least they were the teeny weenie ones again! BArbie snacks I think of them as. Today I have had coffee, water, diet soda, a tuna california roll and a salmon roll (sushi) a few edamame (soy beans) and a few asiago cheese crackers from Target. I am super full from the sushi. Well, I feel truly greatful for all of the kind words, wishes and prayers for my dog. I know they helped and I am so humbled to have you all thinking of me! Have a great evening!

Update on LeRoy: I couldn’t wat any longer so at seven, I called. The operating nurse told me he was a great patient and everything was going very well. They had recovered the stuffed animal piece—it was quite large she said and told me that as soon as the doc was done sewing him up, he would give me a call! So about 7:30 or so he called and he was so nice and so great, explaining everything to me. They did staple his stomach and said that LeRoy did not lose any of his intestines, that it was all still perfectly healthy! He said it was blocked completely between the small and large intestines, they made a small incision and removed the obstruction and used some kind of fatty material to seal it up! He said in 16 years he has had no problems with that mode of suture but would not do the happy dance til 48 hours goes by with no leakage! He said I could go see him tonight or call anytime, even in the middle of the night—I told him he had made me feel so much better that I would wait til the morning to visit him. It is 5 degress here and very windy. Thank you Thank you Thank you for all the positive thoughts and words about my dog! And—of course due to all my worrying—I did really well on my eating today LOL. Still not sure I can eat anything—but I ate a BIG lunch so I am not starving. Again, thanks everyone:) It is truly appreciated. Have a Happy Monday tomorrow. I will be on vacation for the entire week…

HI everyone—hope you had a great weekend. Update on my baby, My 4 yr old Great Dane LeRoy: HE has been at the vet since my ex took him in at about 7:45 this morning. They sedated him and examined him and tood x rays. He is perfectly healthy so it is pretty clear that there is a stuffed animal—my guess-stuck in his intestines. I left work an hour early to go see him. When I got there he was in xray so I waited in the waiting room and I just cried and cried and cried. Then I got to see him and he is sedated so he wasn’t very affectionate—plus he doesn’t feel good—so I hugged on him and talked to him and gave hime TONS of kisses and made him promise me to make it through surgery. I talked to the night shift vet and he assured me that my dog is quite healthy and that there are no forseeable problems with him not making it out of this surgery—of course there are no promises cause anything can happen once they cut him and get in there… But I am seriously trying to think positively! Plus, they were being very upbeat abt it. I am not sure how familiar anyone is with large breed dogs, but he is X tra large—standing over 6 ft on his hind legs and over 170 pounds—and he is THIN—well, the bigger the dog and the deeper chested they are, the increase in chance of something called bloat. It is a bad word in big dog life. Basically, he should not run or play heavily for an hour before or after he eats and he should eat his food elevated off the floor-which I make sure he does and his food dishes are built especially for him! Anywho, bloat is when thet get too much air and it makes their stomachs swell and flip-flop and then they suffocate—yep—unless by the grace if God you get to the vet before it happens. Well, the vet is going to staple LeRoy’s belly to the walls so his belly won’t flip=flop as he gets older! I am relieved for this cause it is something I have wanted to have done but didnt want to put my dog through an unnecessary surgery—this way, they will be in there already and take care of it. I don’t think they would have suggested this if they didn’t think he was going to make it through surgery… I am such a spaz!!! I pray it is going well and that they call me soon to let me know he is A-ok! I am going to go up and visit him once they call—Thanks for all the well wishes for my dog. He means so much to me and no time is a good time for a goodbye, but I am SOO not ready for that day! I will keep you posted!