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  • I am losing weight again!

    It's only been two days on Performance, but the scale is moving in the correct direction.

    Being on the Reboot/Reduce plan and doing 90 minutes of exercise a day was just too hard.  My coach was encouraging and felt that I should add some protein to the plan, but that was still leaving me hungry in the evenings, and making me feel like I was cheating.

    On Performance/ Reduce I'm not hungry at the end of the day and I'm not tempted to eat the wrong food.  That's a huge difference for my mental attitude.

    I don't want to reduce my workouts.  My ultimate goal is to participate in  Agiity Trials again.  I also need a great deal of strength and endurance to be able to compete at conformation.

    I have to share an "OOPS".  I have been logging food at MyFitnessPal and I thought I was eating too much until I realized I had set MyFitnessPal to lose two pounds a week.  I'm actually right there.

  • Frustration!

    I've spent the last few weeks frustrated.

    Mostly because my medical team and my weight loss team don't get how much I exercise.

    The straw that hit the camel's back is when my Profile coach mentioned in the meeting recap, that I work out 20-30 minutes a day.  

    That's just the warm up.  Seriously.  I walk 20-30 minutes a day, then 10-20 minutes of weight training, and another 30-45 minutes of cycling.  I am currently working with a personal trainer, and that's 45 minutes of strength training, with the cardio sandwich.  I will say I do cardio only on the day before and day after the workout with the personal trainer but then I step up the cardio to 60 minutes.

    According to Apple Fitness, my resting energy is 2140 calories and my active energy is 790 calories.  Profile had me on a 1500 calorie a day plan, and I was literally starving in the evening.

    I finally got Profile attention when I posted in the Facebook group.  They heard me and talked to the manager and she agreed that I needed to go to their Performance Plan.  I was already better yesterday evening, didn't feel like eating the house.  I did make a slight mistake by eating an extra starch, not a fruit, but it's a process.

    My social worker is having me not weigh and to focus my mind on losing weight.  We'll see how that works.  I did weigh because I have a telemedicine class today, but I am losing weight, so there is that.

     

     

     

     

  • Gym posted a video on Instagram

    I have joined a new gym — literally new — it’s only been open for a few months and they are still missing some of the equipment that they have ordered.

    It’s at https://www.instagram.com/p/CY9fiszhq4m/

    I do at least 20 minutes of walking on a treadmill each day — and start out each day with that.  That’s for my spinal surgery recovery.  I’m starting to do more, ever since I read an article at https://blog.myfitnesspal.com/why-running-and-walking-is-unlikely-to-ruin-your-knees/.  BTW, I almost always use an Apple Fitness Plus workout.

    Every doctor I’ve seen about my knees has claimed that I need to stop exercising by walking but this article refutes that.

    I also do strength training.  I alternate between arms, legs, and an Apple Fitness core workout.  Weekly I work out with the club’s fitness trainer, who took the video.

    I end the workout with more cardio — usually a Pelaton class, as the gym as two, or an Apple Fitness Plus workout.

    YES, I love Apple Fitness Plus and when I go to dog shows, I use the workouts in my hotel room.

  • Exercise Preception – most of my caregivers don’t seem to realize how much I do exercise

    I think the only people who do get how much I work out is the owner of my gym and my personal trainer but then they are there when I do it.

    I think that my medical team doesn't get it and I know that my Profile coach doesn't.

    So here's the routine — 20 minutes of walking on a treadmill to satisfy the requirements of my surgeon.  That is a bit of compromise for my knees.

    Strength training — I split it up into three: arms, legs, and core.

    20 minutes of cardio, usually on a Peloton bike.  

    Once a week, I am working out with the personal trainer at my gym.  We had our first visit last Thursday but we'll be moving to Wednesday this week. 

    I do think it's throwing me into a bit too much of a calorie deficit.  

  • Clinical Trials

    Man, you have to watch out.

    I do clinical trials as often as possible.  It helps everyone else.  If we don't do clinical trials we won't have new technology.

    I'm currently enrolled in the Pfizer Covid clinical trial and it's great.  I took Summer to a vet for a clinical trial, and it again it was great.  In fact, I tried to spend money with them.

    However, I also signed up for a clinical trial with a local physical therapy place.  However, I can tell from the appointment process, it's a scam.  Yes, maybe someone is gathering data for someone, BUT they wanted my insurance information.  The people doing the Pfizer study didn't do that.  I am pretty sure it's a way to get people in the door.

  • Good week so far!

    Husband has taken a mini-vacation, giving me one 🙂

    Say endo and primary care physician and got some answers and solutions.

    Quickly losing the weight spike.  I gained around 8 pounds New Years Weekend.  I will admit to being off plan and eating salty carbs.  I've got 5 of those pounds off so far.

    The endo thought it was waste, both liquid and solid.  I also think that is what is making my back talk to me.  It doesn't hurt, but I can feel it.  

    Dog agility class went well.  

    I haven't used insulin for two days.  The endo thought I shouldn't take insulin until the evening, especially with the addition of Farxiga.  

    Also got my next CT scan scheduled.

  • Good primary care visit

    This was my second visit with a new provider.  She's very young.

    My previous primary care doctor was great, but he has gone to a concierge practice.  I have a feeling that's not allowed by my plan.  

    My biggest question is when should I get tested for Covid and she says that Baylor Scott and White is still working on the — test only if you have sympthoms.

     

  • Good Endo Visit

    I saw my endochronolist yesterday.  My A1C was up, but I attribute that to cortisone shots, I forgot to tell her that… darn.

    Anyway, we added Farxigo, which I picked up and took one this morning.  CVS is running a tad slow, but she might have needed to do a prior authorization.

    I'm using less insulin, but I miss some dosing sometimes with getting accomplished to the InPen.

    She actually doesn't want me to dose in the morning anymore and wants to start dosing around 1:00 pm I think.  She says my blood sugar starts climbing around 3:00 pm

    She set a goal of 140 average blood sugar and 80% time in range.  Otherwise everything is the same.

  • The Glen Rose show was too much

    It's interesting but I didn't feel the same during the Dallas Show.

    However, the Dallas Show is indoors, cement / tiled floor.  

    Glen Rose is dirt, where livestock has been.  There is a huge steep ramp to get into the show arena.  It was very hard to move the crate stack.  I have friends who call it "Satan's Outhouse".

    I also had a 90 minute drive.  I will also share that I didn't sleep well.

    I have until February 2 to decide if I want to enter Midland.  

    Saturday didn't seem bad at all.  Sunday, I couldn't decide if I wanted to stay for owner-handler so napped in the car for a few hours.  I didn't stay.  Probably a good decision.

    When I got home, I was completely stiff and locked up which I haven't seen for a while.  It eased up after about 5 steps.

    My knees were also bothering me more than usual when I walked later in the evening.

    The good news is that I have until February 2 to decide on the next show.  

    They do say that this is a one year recovery.

  • A bit more love today.

    Obi took Reserve.  

    Summer took Owner Handler Best of Variety and competed and won against a dog. 

    We have groups later in the day.  

    Kathleen Weaver

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