Goodbye Gizmo

Such a sad day.  Our family loves having pets, we have four dogs and two cats.  Yesterday we had to say goodbye to our little old pug Gizmo.  Gizmo was just the funniest thing – chubby, loud snores, with the sweetest heart.  He has been in my life through many ups and downs and was always good for a snuggle on a bad day.  Gizmo started having health issues this year; he developed tumors, started having seizures, along with loss of sight and hearing.  Friday he began having multiple seizures and they became uncontrollable.  We made the tough decision to let him go, our hearts are breaking.  He would’ve been fourteen on January 1^st.  We were blessed to have him as a part of our family, we love you Gizmo.

So I did not lose any weight this week, rather gained .6 lbs back of my 2.2 lb loss last week.  Bummer dude.  I am wondering if I am accurately recording my calories. I record everything, but I don’t always measure and weigh all of the food, so this could be part of it.  Another issue could be water retention and/or the muscle I am building from exercise.  So I am going to make sure I am getting in all of my water and premeasure everything.  In addition to a laser focus on my diet, I am also going to find ways to get in more exercise, besides the three runs per week.  I think this will help out too.

Yesterday was spent at the vet with Gizmo; I had to take a sick day from work.  I spent the evening with family; it was good to get my mind off of the loss of our little guy.  Today, I’ve been pretty low-key.  Got the morning coffee and I’ve been pretty much just doing laundry and catching up on my DVR list.  This evening we went to a basketball game that our daughter was cheering.  We won, it was a great game!

I made nachos for the kids and now we’re all snuggled up watching the Sound of Music.  We might make popcorn too.  Tomorrow is getting back on track with rededication of efforts to both the eating and working out plan.