March 31st……All About Pets Show

Today was our annual pilgrimage to the All About Pets Show that is at the Congress Centre with the St John Therapy Dogs.  This is Nikki’s chance to just be herself and get drive by pets and snuggles from those that find her interesting and just want to ask about the therapy dog program.  We arrived at 10 and by noon we were both feeling it!  We were on the schedule to be at the booth until 3 and I think that when that rolled around Nikki had enough.  She rarely said a word in the car all the way home.  I know if they ask us again next year we would do it all over again.

Princess Nikki sitting on her padded bench for snuggles

 

March 30th…Poon Seminar

Well I as dreading today and I think that is why I slept in so late this morning.  I lounged in bed and thought about not going to the Dr. Poon seminar at 1 pm, but I did spend money on it to go so I thought I better not waste it.

I got in at 12:30 and the line was already packed down the hall.  I ran into Ham and MedivalGal and thought I would stick it out.  I sat with MedivalGal near the front and listen to Dr. Poon reinforce the items that are in his book and also how to read labels within the guidelines of his eating.

There was a break between the sessions that I approached him and I asked if there was a therapist that knew his way of eating and that could help me out.  HE asked for more details and his reply to the CBED was “Eat a whole cow if you want and eat all you want just as long as it my foods” with a really big grin.  Then he told me that I should book an appointment with Dr. Crystal and let him know what is going on.  Dr. Chrystal also is a therapist plus a medical doctor so I would be getting the best of both worlds.

As a side note, Dr. Crystal was the first doctor I had when I started on this journey and he made me feel good about visiting.  I am not sure if it was the “newness” of starting it or if it was him.

I sat through the rest of the seminar and thought that there might be some light at the end of the tunnel that isn’t an oncoming train.

March 29th A busy day for a day off......

We had today off from work since it had been Easter and I really didn’t miss chocolate all that much this year.  Normally we have it in the freezer as soon as it hits the shelves and we work away at it until it goes on sale after Easter and fill it up again.

This year I did something different and went with DoxyLover and her family to a fundraiser doggy Easter egg hunt.  It was to support the National Service Dog Society and I figure for $25 and there is swag at the end I wasn’t going to worry about.  Mel and Nikki enjoyed themselves and Nikki enjoyed her grass just like we were camping.

Mel enjoying the contents of one of the eggs she found.

Nik is wondering where hers was.

DoxyLover's Sophie trying to get at the loot.

Once I got back to the house with the girls we headed off to Brampton to have dinner with AirCoolin’ & CorrieFan as well as Maine & PizzaGuy and the kids.  We made beef stroganoff for the bunch of them and I made it pretty Poon Friendly but I ate the egg noodles to go with it.  I had the internal mind wrestling of not eating the noodles, but eventually I gave in.  I kept to the liquids the rest of the night and passed on the 2^nd brownie with topping that Maine brought

March 28th Bonnet Babes

Today was the Easter Bonnet contest at the office.  I decided to go big ro go home when it came to the decorations of the Miss A gave me to use.  I figured at least I would be in the running for the $10 Tim’s gift card that was the prize.  Nope……it went to Philly C and I think she won because she had marshmallow peeps in the top that people could eat.  I guess I will have to think of something edible in my hat next year!

Here are some photos from around the office…….

The back of my bonnet



Me in my bonnet.

DoxyLover did this one......



 

 

 

March 26th Coco & Cake

Well today was my visit with Coco…..I am not sure what I think about her yet, but she is an older lady that is very quiet.  She didn’t ask too many questions to spur on a floodgate if stories or feeling from me so I am not sure how my next visit will go.  She doesn’t know about Dr. Poon or that lifestyle so I found myself explaining a lot to her.  She decided at the end of it she decided that I have compulsive binge eating disorder.  She also wanted me to check out inpatient rehab for this in my area.  I don’t even think my benefits would cover this let alone the 28 days of a leave of absence that I would have to go through.  I will have to ponder this and see if it is something I want to do.  To me rehab is extreme but so is a weight loss surgery.

It left me pondering things on my way to have a birthday dinner with PH and Nash and I wasn’t really up to eating.  So I picked at my dinner and put on a happy face for the sake of the birthday dinner and needed the DH input on the whole rehab thing.

Here is PH and Nash enjoying their desserts……..

 

 

St Patty’s Pics

I realise that I didn’t post any pictures of us around the office….so as promised, here they are.



It seemed like the right thing to do at the time!

Wow

I have Ms. Florida's words echoing in my head this morning......"garbage in, gets you garbage out."

Yesterdays menu was a 6" sub with milk for lunch, supper was nachos and cheesecake for dessert and kids sized drink with a kids sized popcorn at the movies.  (BTW Life of Pi was good but take tissues) I would have eaten this as a regular day before Poon and I am finding that still was conscious about the carbs.  I picked at the bun for the sub an didn't eat all the nacho chips or eat all of the tortilla around my cheesecake.  I felt absolutely okay leaving it behind! 

After my day of "letting go" I am paying for it today.  I was up and down during the night in the bathroom, finally took some of the DH Imodium this morning and my head is killing me.  Not sure if it is because of the lack of sleep or the salt intake from yesterday.

Off to take some Aleve and back to bed for this one!  If I feel better after the nap I will definitely get on the treadmill!

EDIT: I did make it to the treadmill but for 18 minutes....better than nothing I guess........