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Thanks donna!
((((HUGS))))
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[OhKay]

I think it's important to acknowledge the fact that you are having cravings, even if you are not going to act on them, too
Being able to do that, and not acting on them should help empower you!

I think you are doing fantastic!

[bizi]

Thanks kay!
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today marks 10 days AF and Intermittant fasting diet. It is a lowerish carbs and only eating during an 8 hour window. my weight is 183.5 this morning. ten days ago I weighed 190.8.
so some of that is water weight loss and bloating from drinking so much.
But I am glad the numbers are going down again. I yo yo my weight so much and this is hard on my body, it is a fact that I lose weight when I don't drink, and regain when I start drinking again. I keep doing this!!!!
We had crawfish last night, it was very good!!!!! First of the season. Also had some char broiled oysters, yum. Mine had hot peppers(jalepeno) and bacon and cheese.
They were delicious! It was a very expensive dinner out.
Tonight is trivia night. I have not given into my cravings thus far and don't plan on it tonight either.
Plan on doing taxes this weekend, it is not hard just time consuming gathering up receipts and adding up numbers to put into the program tax act. Have used them for years. They make it easy just answer questions and they fill in the forms as you go along.
I have had the morning off to make phone calls and request dr. orders etc. I really need to take a shower...which I hate as you know. I make it a bigger deal but it is what it is.
I have left over meat balls from wednesday that I will eat at home, my next appointment is for 1pm and is close by so that will be easy to get to.
I hear the fax machine going off, that is music to my ears....that means I have signed orders coming in.Yay!

Just get in the shower!!!!!!
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I survived not drinking at whole foods tonight because I ate a big dinner there of sausage and rice soup/cup and about a cup of blueberries and then 2 small chicken thighs....a bit later I ordered a side salad and that took a while to eat so that was good. I drank 64 ounces of water while there, I must have needed it as I have not gone to the bathroom that much.
I do feel somewhat bloated, I did not drink that much water today like usual.


I had a scare today. My one oclock client did not answer the phone when I called to tell him I was running a few minutes late. So when I got there his truck was parked in the driveway. I rang the door bell and peeked into the house where I could. I was afraid he was on the floor. His dogs are gray hounds and were sleeping, I could not see anyone, there was an upstairs that I could see the stairway. His wifes car was not in the garage, so maybe he was with her.

I called my husband and asked him if he thought I should call the police, he could be on the floor. We decided to leave that he was with his wife. I called his phone again and said that I was afraid for him and for him to call me As soon as he could. I called both major hospitals to see if he was in the er or admitted. nope.



He called me a bit later to tell me that his wife took him to lunch then he had Physical therapy. I had called him the night before to remind him of our appointment. He said he forgot today.
I was so relieved to hear he was ok. But felt upset that he forgot our appointment. oh well I will see him later next week.
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[OhKay]

Great job not drinking at trivia... I know that is hard

I'm so sorry about the scare with your client. I know how that feels.

It happened to me more than once. A lot of times, they were on the floor (alive), but it mostly happened in a town's senior living buildings, and I was able to gain entry pretty quickly, or I could reach their children, who came and opened the door.
Another time, I had a 94yo client who would not answer the phone because she was playing games with me (which she later admitted to in a round about way). She didn't like it when I couldn't reach her niece, and the fire department had to come.

I hope that your fax machine keeps making LOTS of noise!

[bizi]

A couple of months ago our cat had a tumor on her back removed and it was found to be cancerous. The vet said he thought that he removed it all and had an 80% chance that he did and a 20% chance that he did not. He said it was an aggressive tumor once he got the pathology report back.

We decided we would take his odds, thinking they were pretty good odds in her favor.
She was terrified with the ordeal....going back and forth to the vets office etc. We decided that we would just keep her home and not ever take her back to the vets office again.

last time the skin above it opened and became an abcess and that is why we took her in, we thought it was just a fatty cyst. We were wrong.
He told us the next step would be to go to baton rouge 80 minute drive from here where the vet school was. He said there would be extensive surgery required ribs etc. And told him we did not want to go that route.

Unfortunately the tumor has come back.
WE don't know what to do.
Hattie is happy and playful doesn't appear to be in any pain.
The tumor keeps growing and we need to decide what to do from here on. Do we just wait until it breaks open again????
Maybe we should take her to a different vet?
sigh
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Yes st. pattys day sneaked up on me too. We don't celebrate it though I should since I am irish. lol But I have been abstaining from alcohol during lent for a few years now. So it is hard to celebrate with out alcoholl, at least for me.
Jeff is going to an event at a brew house where they are releasing a new beer.
It is out of town about a 45 minute drive. His friend Mike and his wife Lisa are picking him up. Lisa will be the designated driver. There is also music trivia this evening that they really like...they are all musicians and they do pretty well.
You get a free beer for every correct answer that you get as a team.
So that is fun! I am not going.
This new released beer is 23% alcohol....unheard of!!!!

Budweiser beer is 5%. So drinking one beer is like drinking almost 5 beers!!!!!

The men are so excited to try the new beer. It is called techticles. The craft brewery is on the bayou tech(think slow moving flow of water) and that is the name of their brewery.


I am not going.
The weather is cold out and you know how I don't like to be cold.
This would be outside.....and I do't want to be around a bunch of people drinking and presumably getting hammered.

I will stay at home and do my taxes, and make calls gathering info about my clients so that I can continue getting orders on all of my clients. This is a slow process. I still have2-3 months of this until I start getting repeat clients visits. I am still getting organized and it has been almost 6 weeks since I started all of this.
For the most part I have been able to get doctors orders except for a few.
This weekend I need to refax those drs who gave me verbal orders but not signed ones faxed back. They should sign my requested orders with in 2 weeks of the verbal order.
So taxes and paper work are the agenda for this weekend.
I am in my jammies still. Weigh 181.6 this morning.

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thank you bobby for listening.
((((HUGS))))
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[OhKay]

I'm so sorry to hear about Hattie

How large is the tumor now? Do you think it is close to breaking the skin soon?
If not, I think you have time to decide what to do, and to give her more time to be a happy kitty. I would say I would not do anything after doing the first surgery, but I guess I would say I would have to if the tumor is it risk of breaking through the skin no matter which vet you go to, because ultimately I don't think that would make a difference. I would just have the tumor removed for her comfort (if needed) because the cancer is so aggressive. I would not keep throwing money at it, or put her through God knows what, instead of letting her enjoy life while she can... I'm so very sorry, Bizi

I'm sure that, at times, it can be disheartening and frustrating that you are still trying to get organized, but maybe it hasn't really been so long considering all you have undertaken, and how many clients you have? You are working so hard... getting all those doctors' orders is like taking on a second job! Honestly, I think you have done remarkably well in a short period of time BUT I can understand how stressful this all must be

Being outside in the freezing cold doesn't sound like a fun day to me. I hope that Jeff enjoys's St. Patrick's Day out tho. I'm glad that you're staying in, and I hope that you are able to get a lot done

Congratulations on losing some more weight! You're on your way!