Beginning New–Week 17
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December 14th, 2008
leisa
While I’ve not posted in a week, I’ve not quite fallen off the wagon. Macy had an operation that removed a tumor under her arm (right in her armpit), so I’ve been keeping her quiet. The operation was on the 4th. On Monday, the 8th, I asked Mark to help me look under her arm more fully as I had only been checking her stitches from the front to ensure no bleeding, swelling or signs of infection.
I was greeted with the sight of a gaping hole. (My husband did not look). I was mortified. My vet was just a minute from closing, so I had to go to the emergency vet. It was a 3.5 hour odysset (1 of those hours was the 2x drive). But Macy was very well behaved in the car and at the vet. They re cut her and re-stitched her. The vet believed that she had licked the stitches, though I had not seen her do that. They recomended a conical collar to keep her from licking.
Given the clumsiness of those, I elected to put a t-shirt on her. She has tolerated that very well. She managed to slip out of it, and then I saw the real culprit behind her busted stitches–she started scratching with her hind let underneath her arm pit. I’m sure that it is quite itchy! I put her back in her shirt (and did some retrofitting). She LOVES the shirt. The cone would have been ineffective in preventing the hind leg scratching and would explain why her stitches were intact in the front.
Though I’ve not been running, I’ve been working out with my 10 lb medicine ball for three 15 minute sessions this week. They have been very effective for an overall workout–to include cardio.
I had lunch out twice this week. My friends remarked “Wow look how skinny you have gotten.” Now, I’ve lost about 10lbs–but I’m only 5′5″. I’m still about 8 lbs over the weight that I want to be (which is not one of those perennially wished for weights, but one that I’ve had and maintained during my previous fitness period of my early 40’s). I should also add that one of my lunch dates who remarked how skinny I was had made that comment some years before when (1) I had never been overweight and (2) (of course) had not lost any weight (nor did I need to) to warrant the comment. Makes you wonder how your image gets stored in people’s memories!
Nevertheless, though I’ve not been pounding the trail or the pavement, the medicine ball workouts have been good body sculpting time. It’s terrific to look in the mirror (yeah, naked) as see that you are building some really healthy contours in arms, waist, butt and legs. Though very satisfying to see—I can really notice how much easier I can do my warehouse trips and heft dog food bags, cat litter bags, and canned food cases in my cart, out of my cart onto the belt, back into the cart, into my car, and finally, out of my car into my home.
But it is time to get back to pounding dirt/pavement a bit more and to continue with the strenght/tone. My weight has not moved–given my inattentiveness to what I’m eating (meaning I’m eating/drinking what I want) and that I’ve not gained weight, is a good thing. However, I’m only 1/2 way toward my weight goal–so being nonchalant about it is certainly no way to get to my goal.
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