2 posts tagged “weight watchers”

I forgot to mention in my previous post that I start my Jazzercise classes again this week. Seeing as I know evey one there I don't have to be nervous this time around. I purposely didn't start "dieting" (Weight Watchers) again until today because I wanted to get all of the crap eating out my system. I have to say that I didn't eat horribly last week. I did indulge in a little chocolate (which is to be expected during to that time of the month) but other than that I did pretty good.

My Jazzercise classes are on Monday, Thursday and Saturdays. My weight lifting class is only on Tuesdays. I'm ready to get back into the routine. I hate that we have to go for a month in between classes every 3-4 months. I know once I start though that I'm going to drop the weight at a quicker pace rather than relying on myself to work out on my own time. I have my first weigh in of the year tomorrow. Since I know how much I weigh it won't be much of a surprise.

I'll update with my weight loss progress again on the following Tuesday.

So I created this account back in December and then totally forgot about it. That's not unusual for me. Life gets busy and stuff (blogs) get put on the back burner.

I started back on Weight Watchers in July when I found out I was going on a cruise to Mexico for my birthday. I started walking and midly working out 3 times a week until the day I was moving a couch and ripped the top of the nail on my big toe. It was nice while it lasted but the results were slow and I wasn't doing well as far as dieting went. On Sept. 8th I started taking fitness classes through the City of Santa Clarita. I now take Jazzercise and Weight Lifting 4 days a week. So far the results have been amazing. The first week I lost 4lbs. The second week I lost 3. I'm on my third week and I've already lost 3lbs and my weigh in isn't even until Tuesday. I wanted to lose 30lbs before the cruise and so far I have 14 more pounds to lose in 7 weeks. I'm positive I can do it.  

On Tuesday before class I walked into my mom's room to visit my cat Kelee (aka Chairman Meow) and I noticed a big bloody growth on her foot. I knew something was up with her because for the past week she would hide in a random place and sleep more than usual. She would also hide her foot whenever she was laying down so we never saw this big growth until that night. We decided to take her to the vet the next morning.

According the the vet the "growth" was actually a tumor. He told us that he'd run tests but it's possible that she could have them all over her body and that we should be prepared to put her down if that were the case. As you can imagine, I lost my shit. I wasn't prepared to seperate with my "child" after 11 years. Who would be? Pets become family members and losing them is almost as hard as losing an actual family member.

Thankfully, the vet called back later that night and told us that the blood work came back completely normal and that they would be doing surgery to remove the tumor the following day. So yesterday, she had the tumor (and a toe) removed. I went to visit her last night and she wasn't fully off the anestesia yet so we couldn't take her home. He showed us that she couldn't even lift her head or open her eyes fully. I bent down and said, "Hi Chairman Meow" and she opened her eyes and started purring. She almost had me in tears again. We left her there over night and got a phone call this morning saying she still wasn't totally back to normal yet so they are going to keep her until 4 today and give us a call. I'm not too concerned because after we had her spayed she slept for days afterwards. I just can't wait to bring her home. Her son Cheech misses her dearly.

And that's all for now. Until my next update...