Working On A Quirky Graph

The last few weeks have been trying. While I’m normally a fan of Winter in all its chilly glory, I have not been able to get warm. I have no idea what it is. Lou and I go for quick mile long walks a couple times a day on a regular basis and it still takes what seems like forever for my toes to unfreeze. I work from home, and will be huddled in front of my desk, slippers and a cardigan on, warming my hands around a mug of coffee or apple cider. I know I cannot complain. It really hasn’t been that cold this winter. I’m lucky where I’ve been as there hasn’t been snow drifts, or long periods of below freezing cold snaps. I just can’t seem to get warm. Until, of course, late at night, as I’m completely bundled up in bed, with Lou snoring at my side. Then, holy cow am I so hot!!

Winter has brought snow and ice, which is causing Lou’s back all sorts of issues. We’ve been shortening his walks to minimize his pain which just gives me an excuse not to go all out. It doesn’t help that I stepped wrong a couple of weeks ago now and twisted my ankle. I’m sure we look quite the pair with him limping because his hips hurt and I’m limping because it is taking forever for my ankle to heal. On top of that, I’ve been working hard on training him to walk next to me, a version of heel, which usually requires bribery to make it happen. Too many treats later and the poor guy has the runs. It isn’t fun to pick up after that, but I feel worse for him.

The last couple of weeks have just been off between his health issues and mine. I had finally hit over 25 lbs lost but I haven’t been faithfully eating clean which is causing that number to start creeping back up. I need to contact the weight mgmt specialist and see what they have to say. I’ve been trying to hold to the fasting regime as well, but sometimes I need my coffee earlier in the day than later. Especially since Lou has been placed on steroids for his back and we have to go outside every couple of hours. I can’t wait until we can get closer to sleeping through the night again.

Meanwhile, I am super thrilled with the amount of weight that I have lost. I am disappointed that any real gains are taking so long. Something has to change. Otherwise I’m expecting different results without changing anything else. Which is like expecting rain without a cloud in the sky.