Dear Bacon – I’ve been hiding most of the day from my brother. I ate his breakfast. There I admit it. I ate his breakfast. So what. He snoozed and he lost. Now though, I feel like he’s been stalking me all day. Every time I turn around, I can feel him watching me. He’s watching me right now isn’t he? Signed Big Trouble
Dear Big Trouble – Oh my friend. There are just certain things in life that we don’t do. Eating your brother’s food is one of them. There will be something to pay for this. You might as well just push your bowl of kibbles his way tonight to make up for it. Trust me, with the evil look he is giving you, it might be the right move.
Dear Bacon – There’s a standing rule in this house whether your are anipal or human, when one is sleeping you do not wake them. I have to go wizzle. I’ve had this strange feeling for a LONG time. But, as you can see kitty is sleeping on me. If I move, she will wake. If I wake her, she will be in a bad mood. So I wait with this pained look on my face. Signed Helpless.
Dear Signed Helpless – I know the feeling my friend. Well personally I don’t know the feeling but my mom knows the feeling. She has been in your position numerous times with one of us in her arms. Just keep your head up and those legs tight.
Dear Bacon – Who says that humans can be the only ones with teddy bears. Here is mine. He’s my buddy. We go every where together. We are playing patty cakes here in the picture. He’s slow in catching the patterns but he will learn. Signed Bear Times Two
Dear Bear Times Two – Hey my friend. Nobody can say anything bad about this. It’s totally cute! You always have a friend with you. Keep teaching him the patty cake song – he might just catch on soon. Did you see the movie Ted? It could happen!
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Dear Bacon – What? It was Curious George and I am Curious too. I want to know what made George so Curious. He was totally full of fluff – I knew it. Nothing between those ears but white fluff. Guess he won’t be curious much longer huh? Signed Curious Too
Dear Curious Too – Now the world knows. White fluff is what put Curious George together. Hilarious. Looks like he might need some reconstruction surgery there. Does your house have a BooBoo Facility like here at the Hotel Thompson? If so, get him in surgery STAT.
Dear Bacon – Am I the only dog that has a snake for a sister? I mean, I know we both have the same body type but this doesn’t seem natural to me. I don’t think we look alike at all. I’m so confused and a little scared. Signed Confused Dog Brother to a Snake
Dear Confused Dog Brother to a Snake – WOW! First off, we need to talk about you my friend. Wipe that scared look right off of your face. Dude up right now. You are a MAN doggy. Ssnnaakkee – is a girl. You need to set up your area – start marking your territory. Don’t let her know that you are scared of her… because personally I would be too but we are men anipals. Show no fear. Then work your sister to your advantage. Treat her as such. Most men take care of their sisters. And in turn, they take care of YOU. Who in the neighborhood is going to mess with YOU now? If they do, bring your sister along. I can assure you, you will be king of your hood. Now, off you go to make nice with your ssiisstteerr. Let me know how things work out for you okay.
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Okay mom you can leave your new friend at the store okay – gulps. Mom and dad went to the pet store to get some things for me and my bros here at the Hotel Thompson. While they were in the store, they came across this guy who was being ‘walked’. Rolls eyes – really? He needs to be ‘walked’. And we all know my mom, she hasn’t met a stranger yet that she won’t talk to.
So mom – with dad in tow – walks up to said stranger and inquires his name. His name was – are you ready for this? – Chester. Yeah okay. So mom did something so outrageous. She asked if she could touch Chester. Mom – what in the heck are you thinking?? Chester gave his okay… something about his tongue sending approval. I don’t want to know. So while Chester’s head was turned, mom petted him. He wasn’t greasy or slimy or anything like that. He felt weird to the touch.
Then mom did the most insane thing. She told daddy to give her his hand to touch Chester. Now understand, all of this time dad is standing there and doesn’t have a clue who or what Chester is… I mean would you guess snake with a name like that? Well dad the ever loving trustworthy guy he is reaches out his hand and touches Chester. That’s when the guessing game began – what is Chester. Dad thought he might have been a bearded dragon or another type of lizard. But bless his heart he didn’t freak out when mom told him it was a snake.
Would you have freaked? I told mom Chester was off limits here at the Hotel Thompson. I mean OFF LIMITS!
Dear Baconsss – My humansss say sssafety first. I’m a truess believer in that. Whenever we goesss out for a ride, I alwaysss buckle up. You never knowss when you might have to make a quick stopsss. Do you wearsss a sssafety belt during your travelsss? Signed Seymour
Dear Seymour – Gulps. Yes. I do practice safety first. But I have to say if I was traveling down the street and you pulled up next to me, I would probably also pee on myself. I’m just being truthful. Double Gulps.
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Dear Bacon – The human must suffer. It’s not bad enough that they dressed me up in cardboard but to dress me up as a cat as well. Shaking my doggy head. No. They will suffer. I foresee chewed up slippers and/or poop in said slippers in their future. And of course this ridiculous cardboard box will be torn to shreds upon me getting it off. That’s a promise. Signed Pissed Pooch
Dear Pissed Pooch – Shaking my head. OMP – I so feel you my friend. What was your humans thinking? Honestly – were they eating mushrooms? Who dresses their dog up as a cat? Looks at my mother – don’t even dare!
Dear Bacon – Okay I admit it. Maybe – and that’s stretching maybe a long way – I watch too many war movies. But really, who doesn’t? It’s usually what’s on television when the humans leave to go make money to keep me in nibbles. Some of these movies are totally awesome. I’ll also admit that some of them can be like really scary with all of that blowing up things and loud noises. But I digress. So maybe I take it a little too far these days with my outfit. But hey, why can’t us hamsters dress up too, right? Signed Rambo
Dear Rambo – Dude, now *that* is a picture that is priceless. I love it! Look at you in all of your combat. You are like the happening hamster ever! I say there is nothing wrong with watching war movies. And hey, if you get a little scared, there’s always crawling under a blanket or jumping on the mute button.
Dear Bacon – Humans play doctor. Why can’t I? That’s what I thought so I did something about it. I put on my scrubs and got out my doggy and went to town playing. He has a tibial shaft fracture but it is stable. He he will survive. Healing will take some time but he will be up and running in no time for sure. Hey if you got it, you got it. Do you ever play doctor Bacon? Signed Dr. Hottie Pants
Dear Dr. Hottie Pants – Well you go there my friend. You look better than any doctor I know for sure. You have skills. Everyone plays doctor. Sometimes I still hear daddy playing doctor with mom. It’s weird at their age though. Keep that in mind.
Dear Bacon – This is the pits. No, I mean it really. It’s not bad enough that my humans put these ridiculous pajamas on me. Now I have to wear the cone of shame. AND they sat me in a make shift bed which is really an old potty box with a blanket. Really? This is how they treat me. Can you give me a word of encouragement my piggy friend? Signed Cat in the Hat
Dear Cat in the Hat – You know my friend. You are looking at this all wrong. Look at it from the positive prospective. They put pajamas on you – I’m guessing – so that you wouldn’t scratch whatever you had done surgically, right? Then they put the pitiful projector on your head so you couldn’t lick or bite that particular surgical spot, right? AND then they put you in a comfortable spot with a blankie so you would be comfy. See, look at it from this perspective. Do you know what all of that adds up to this little piggy? To me, it says your humans care for you way more than you think and want you to be comfortable during this duration. Instead of looking at it from your point of view, take it from my point of view. And let me add, suck it up for all it’s worth – humans love that when they think they’ve done something to you 🙂
Dear Bacon – Can you believe my humans have the audacity to blame ‘me’ – innocent cute little ‘me’ – as stealing one of their valuable orange crunchy things they snack on while watching television? Me. There is no way they can pin this crime on me. There is no proof! Signed Cheeto
Dear Cheeto – Do me a favor my friend. Go to your nearest mirror and look at yourself. Go ahead. I’l wait. Whistles while waiting and taps hooves. Oh good you are back. Did you see that incriminating evidence on your cute little face? The orange stuff my friend. That would be evidence of eating your humans prized Cheetos. By your name, I’m thinking this is not your first run in with the law on being busted for this crime. Might I make a suggestion for future escapades? Once you have partaken of the evil Cheeto, go drink some water out of your bowl with delight. I mean slush that water around on your cute little face to wash the orange stuff off. No proof means it didn’t happen my friend. Happy eating.
Dear Bacon – I was cold. It was freezing in this house. My humans like to hang me as they so delightfully like to say. Don’t worry about us little pooches. I had to resort to the last step and wrap myself like a hot dog. It does the trick especially with the sun coming in from the window. Have you ever been this cold? Signed Cold Dog
Dear Cold Dog – WOW. I say if you’re cold, go for it my friend. I’m one of the very few here with us anipals that love it cold. I’m with my mom and like you said, we like to hang meet here at the Hotel Thompson. The colder the better. Heck, if we could skip over summer we would so do so. Stay warm my friend!
Dear Bacon – Here is my brother. He is so weird. I was looking down at the dog just minding my own business. That’s when Patches (my bro) jumped up and pulled my head up. What was so important that he wanted me to see you ask? The humans were cooking breakfast. Something smelled so delightful. They call it bacon. I’m just wondering. Do you know what this glorious smell is? Signed Matches
Dear Matches – I know exactly what that awful stuff called bacon is. It’s horrible. Such a bad thing to ever try. Some humans get addicted to it. See, that’s how bad it is for you cats. Once hooked, they can’t go back. And I for one can guarantee you that you don’t want to get hooked on that bad drug. Yeah, it’s a bad drug. Better steer far away from it my friends. I wouldn’t want it to stunt your growth or anything. Snorts!
Dear Bacon – Don’t you jussst love my new ssssweater? I got it for my birthdaysss. I just love to sssslither around the house wearing itsss. I think it makesss me ssslim and bringsss out the color of my eyessss. What do you thinksss? Signed Sexy and I Know It
Dear Sexy and I Know It – As long as YOU think you are sexy and you know it, does it really matter what anyone else thinks? You rock that sweater around your house all you want. Perhaps maybe next time your humans can get you a longer one? Keep slithering there where you are my friend.
Dear Bacon – ssss safety first is what I always hiss. My human friend sss says the same thing. You always buckle upsss the important things in your life when you get into the car. Anipalsssss are no different. Remember that my friend – ssss safety first. Signed Mr. Slithers
Dear Mr. Slithers – Gulps – of course. I agree strongly with you safety first. That’s why I would *always* let you ride shot gun up front with the human – always. In fact, I would go as far as saying I would always let you go with the human period. I’ll just pass on this ride. I get car sick at times anyway. Safe travels to you and yours. Gulps and slowly backs out of this letter.
Dear Bacon – My human must die. There it is. Plain and simple. He put this stupid contraption on me and now I look like a cat. Really?! A cat? That’s as creative as you can get my human? Just wait until you go to sleep and you will go to sleep sometime. Signed Jax
Dear Jax – Oh my piggy heavens. Dude, your owner is very brave to dress you up like that and then to take you out in public and THEN to take your picture. Clicking my tongue. Yes you are right. He must pay tonight.
Dear Bacon – That’s it. We are ready. It’s bad enough that we have cats chasing us around the house and inside of the house. Now when we go out in the field, squirrels are trying to get us too. This means war. Bring on the hamster troops. Cats and squirrels are going down! Signed Troop End of Destruction
Dear Troop End of Destruction – Pardon me sir but I must ask. Where do you find those cute little guns and fatigues?? Ok, I know you are trying to look tough but squeals with piggy excitement. You are just way too cute to be making any havoc out there in the killing fields. Can’t you solve this war without tragedies? Come on. I bet ya’ll can talk this out in a peaceful manner. Sure you can! I have faith. I can call Dr. Phil for you. I’m sure he can get you on the show.
Dear Bacon – There I was playing with Mr. Spock and all of a sudden his leg started to spontaneously shoot out white stuffing. I’m not sure what happened but I knew we needed a medic STAT. That’s where I jumped in with my scrubs and got to work patching up Mr. Spock. He didn’t feel a thing during the operation. And look, his leg will be fine in a couple of days. It was a close call indeed Mr. Spock. Signed Dr. Kirk
Dr. Kirk – I know that was a tough call my friend. Thank goodness nothing beamed you up. That would have been a tight predicament to be in and oh thank goodness you were on call for the surgery. Can you imagine how Mr. Spock would look if you had to amputate his little leg? The horror!
Dear Bacon – I have got to quick partying all night with the dogs in the neighborhood. I’m not sure what people are putting in their commodes anymore. We all went out for a few drinks and the next thing you know, I woke up like this. Of course my friends took pictures to blackmail me with in the future. I’m not sure what happened or what her name is. I need help. Really I do. It was a ruff situation this morning doing the walk of shame. Signed Fido
Dear Fido – Oh dude. I would say you need therapy. You gotta stop drinking the strange stuff in commodes. You just never know what might be in there. You don’t want a repeat of this night. Oh my goodness. Are you going to call her at least?
Oh my dogs – the first sighting of a snake here at the Hotel Thompson. Don’t worry mom. I know how you feel about snakes. I so got you covered here. This little rascal is not going to bite those cute ankles of yours. Which brings me to something that daddy told mommy one time. You know daddy tells me stories of his and mom’s dating life when mom is at work. One time daddy said he gave mommy a romantical card and he wrote on it,
“You look as good to me as a bare ankle to a rattlesnake”.
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Can you say that got mom hooked to daddy right there and then – Barks with puppy laughter.
Now I leave you with Jokes with Daddy – enjoy my friends and have a great weekend.
Dear Bacon – I overheard my dad telling mom last night that he was going camping this weekend. I love camping. There’s just something about the woods with all of those trees and marking my territory. I get excited just thinking about it – oops I almost wet myself. Anyway, I wanted to be ready when my dad got up this morning. Do you think I’m dressed appropriately for the woods? Signed Camper in Training
Dear Camper in Training – Oh my friend. I think you will have a blast in the woods with all of those trees. And look at you! I think you are more than appropriate. You look like you belong in the woods making trails. Yes you do. I hope you have a blast and one thing. Be careful of the sticks on the ground that wiggle.
Dear Bacon – This has been a huge day for me! First I met my new parents who seem pretty cool to tell you the truth. Then they took me to this awesome store where they had everything… and I do mean everything! They bought me food and treats and even fitted me for a cute little jacket in case it gets cold outside. I didn’t think it fit too good in my arms but my humans said that I would grow into it. Have you ever been to this store that has everything? Signed Barks and Cuddles
Dear Barks and Cuddles – Look at you!! Squeals with cuteness. Never fear, you will grow into your little jacket. And hey that jacket looks adorable on you. I just love seeing your little tail peeking out below the bottom – too cute! And this store you speak of, yes we have one close by the Hotel Thompson. Mom/dad have taken me in the past as well as Houdini. It has everything that any anipal can imagine. It’s such a fun place to explore for sure. Now you take care of yourself little guy and keep us posted on your growing rate.
Dear Bacon – It’s a hard job keeping one’s self in kibbles and treats. You see I’m a fashion pup model. I advertise a lot of times for doggy products. On this date, I was pushing shampoo products as well as supporting dogs who bathe. Can you believe that there are dogs out there that never take a bath? The horror in that! I just can’t imagine not taking care of one’s personal hygiene. So, I have to ask my friend. What kind of shampoo do you use? Signed Pup Model
Dear Pup Model – Now that is a career! Look at you my friend. You do have the legs to be an awesome model for sure. I use a shampoo made specifically for farm anipals. I know it doesn’t sound wonderful but it’s awesome on my piggy Mohawk and keeps my bristles less irritating to mom’s bare skin around her ankles. What we do for our humans, right? You keep on being the star you are sweet friend. Happy Bubble Bath!
Dear Bacon – I think I’ve made a grave mistake. You see my dad was taking some medicine and dropped a pill. I thought it was cool to play with the pill but accidentally swallowed it. I then saw this snake on the floor and have been holding it for hours watching it to make sure it doesn’t get loose in the hacienda. The things we do to protect our humans. Who knows how long this snake has been wiggling around here. It could have bit someone! Signed Snake Watcher
Dear Snake Watcher – Oh no my friend! You might want to not swallow any more pills in the future. Hopefully this pill will wear off really soon. I’m not sure what it was – hopefully nothing too much harmful than what it already is. I mean, catching live snakes in your house – that pill had to be something wicked. You might just want to go chill for a while. Perhaps take a nap and it’s okay to let that snake go. I bet you won’t even find that snake when you wake up. It’s okay – you’re safe. Not walk away from the snake and sleep my friend.
Dear Bacon – I don’t get it. It was raining outside so my dad put my raincoat on before I went outside. My raincoat is new and I love it because nothing on me gets wet – you can’t see my rain boots underneath it. Well me and dad are walking outside and people keep looking, pointing and laughing. I don’t get it. What’s so funny? Signed Sluggo
Dear Sluggo – First up, tell me that’s not your name. Really? Second up, I don’t think they are laughing or pointing at you. Nope. No way. You are way too cute my friend. I think they are looking, pointing and laughing at your human. Humans are weird like that. You just keep on walking and don’t mind them at all. Just be careful of salt on the streets okay.
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Welcome my friends to our weekly issue of Journey with Friends. This is a time that we come together for support, for encouragement, for fellowship – all with one single goal in mind – to live better. Welcome to our journey to share our goals and our accomplishments and our disappointments and frustrations.
Together we can do this!
February 12, 2017 – I love my Sundays. I still keep my i-Watch on and track my activity but I don’t push myself on Sundays. It’s my day of rest. The scheduled I finally found that works for me is pushing it Monday thru Friday, Saturdays are a bonus if me and the hub workout and Sundays I rest. This schedule I can maintain for sure. Today, I kicked up my feet and watched movies on television while cuddling with the anipals. Now those are great times. Miles Moved: 1.33
February 13, 2017 – Coming off of the weekend, it feels good to move and take my daily lunch walk chasing my shadow. I always bring a jacket in case it’s too cool outside but most of the time the jacket comes off midway. And I finally found a great walk to do. I walk all the way around our work complex, through the parking lot making a circle, going back around the complex and then ending up back at my office. It’s a great walk full of hills. It does make me feel good afterwards. Miles Moved: 2.30
February 14, 2017 – Do you know what gets my goat? Bullies. Pure and simple. And they are everywhere – not just in schools. I’ll tell you a secret that I haven’t told many people in my life. When I was in middle school, I was bullied. Why? For being overweight. Then in High School, I was bullied for a different reason. Why? For being smart. And let me tell you something. It doesn’t stop there. There are bullies everywhere – in the gym, in the church, in stores and Lord forbid in the workplace. The little bullies just grow up to be big jerk bullies. I guess from being bullied from a young age, I learned to block a lot of feelings in my youth. Now that I’m older, I’ve learned that I don’t care what people think about me. I know that I’m a good person. Get to know me and I promise you will like me… really 🙂 But some people in this day and time still look at you and assume you must be lazy. It’s like people that judge a book by the cover. You never know what you have until you get involved. So for all those bullies out there – kiss my southern grits. Now 🙂 I feel better. That was my soap box issued for today. Miles Moved: 2.56
February 15, 2017 – Well we didn’t do too bad last night. We did split a dessert but also means half the calories, right? And hey, we do still need to live and celebrate special occasions. Got my walk in at work before the date so that counts too. This week, my i-Watch is set for 400 calories to be used for exercise. At the end of this day, I did 889! That’s a personal best so far this year. Go me! Miles Moved: 2.03
February 16, 2017 – I’ll be honest with you. I sure didn’t feel like walking outside today. It’s in the 50’s which would be awesome if their was no wind and the sun was fully shining. That was not the case here today. It was in the 50’s with LOTS of wind and the sun kept ducking behind the clouds. I took a small walk around the warehouse at work for 10 minutes this morning before work. Then for my lunch break, I zipped up my jacket, put on my hoody, put in my bluetooth with my music and hit the streets. Brrr and chilly willy! But today was a good day and I’m glad I walked. Not just for the obvious I’m moving and I did 20 minutes outside. But because one of the other tenants in our work complex was going to their car and stopped me for a minute. They told me how proud they were of me, that they had seen me outside every day and they had to give me an atta boy for walking in the elements I’ve done. ❤ Now, hey – that makes everything better. Miles Moved: 2.18
February 17, 2017 – Today I realized that I’ve been changing my way of living for 7 weeks. What have I accomplished? I’m definitely eating a lot better. My food choices have some kind of thought behind them. And if I know we have something special coming up, I definitely make sure we eat better and work out more. Makes sense huh? Why didn’t I think of the years ago? LOL. And one day this week, I really didn’t want to workout but I did anyway. I was talking to my sister about this and she said that’s when you can tell things are changing with my mindset. I don’t want to but I know I need to. There’s a big difference. It definitely helps walking at mid-day and gives me a little refresher for the rest of my day. Miles Moved: 2.32
February 18, 2017 – Today is my moms birthday. With that being said, not much is going to happen today besides a birthday dinner. We still have to live and celebrate life 😀 Miles Moved: 1.26
Thoughts for the week: Life is a work in progress. I don’t expect to make changes overnight. But I do expect to live each day – day by day working towards a goal. And YOU my friends don’t know how helpful you are or how much I appreciate your support during this change. I really love each and every one of you for sticking with me and reading my thoughts every week. I hope I don’t bore you ❤
This week walked: 13.98
TOTAL 2017 Miles: 87.03
January Weight Loss: -12.00 pounds (88 more to go!)
Welcome my friends to our weekly issue of Journey with Friends. This is a time that we come together for support, for encouragement, for fellowship – all with one single goal in mind – to live better. Welcome to our journey to share our goals and our accomplishments and our disappointments and frustrations.
Together we can do this!
February 5, 2017: I’m definitely living for my Sundays – the day of rest from all exercise. The big game is on tonight so I’m sure I will get some exercise from jumping up/down and screaming at the television. That counts, right? Giggles. Miles Moved: 0.95
February 6, 2017: I’m so excited! I finally got my green exercise ring to move and I am kicking it like you won’t believe. My goal this week is to have perfect circles in everything – activity, exercise and stand – all week long. I think I can do this. Some people have asked what the circles do. I have an Apple i-Watch that does everything ❤ . On the Apple i-Watch, you have an activity app that keeps up with three things – your activity, your exercise and your stand. Your activity ring is the red ring. That tells you how many calories you are burning for that particular day. For this week, my calories are set for 370 calories therefore my goal is 370; however, as you can tell from the picture, I’m normally doing twice as much as that – yay me! Your goal calories changes from week to week. It can be higher or lower and gives you something to shoot for. The exercise ring is the green ring. It is recommended that you do some type of exercise for at least 30 minutes a day and that is your goal. If you do more, the green just keeps wrapping around like the red. And then there is the blue ring. That is your stand goal. The app is set up that it wants you to stand 12 out of 12 hours. Which means, if you sit too long not doing anything, your watch will buzz to let you know you need to get up and move. Neat huh? I hope that explains more. I’m in LOVE with this i-Watch and can’t thank my sister enough for the gift. It has really helped mt to be more aware of what I need to do everyday. And the stand reminder is awesome at work because sometimes I get too involved in paperwork and forget to move. Miles Moved: 2.23
February 7, 2017: My RA in my hip has really been giving me a tough time today. It may be the wetness in the air due to some rain we are suppose to be getting. Do your bones/joints let you know when rain is coming? It’s the pits for sure. But still, during lunch at work, I got up and moved it around the parking lot. In fact, I think I kicked it really well 🙂 Miles Moved: 3.06
February 8, 2017: The rain did come in – thank goodness! But my hip is still giving me problems. It *hates* me moving. Regardless, I hurt if I move and I hurt if I don’t move. So what am I going to do? Walk of course – LOL. Miles Moved:2.34
February 9, 2017: People around my office complex are starting to recognize me from walking so much. I think it’s cute. If they are outside of the building when I come around, they now wave and tell me how proud they are of me getting out there and moving. Crazy huh? It really does inspire me to keep going at it especially when my hip is yelling. Miles Moved: 1.96
February 10, 2017: YAY! I never thought Friday would get here. I have to say that I almost had a perfect week. I was so tired last night that I went to bed early missing two hours of stand time. But I’m good with that. Today I felt really great so I kicked it up a notch on my lunch walk. Felt awesome! Miles Moved: 2.70 miles
February 11, 2017: Today’s agenda is to run errands in the morning, movie in the afternoon and then rest. Lots of rest. Miles Moved: 1.16
Thoughts for the week: As time has went by, there has been several changes that I’ve seen. My body is one. My tastes is another one. I use to be a huge potato chip fan. I loved them – all of them. But these days, I don’t want any of them at all. Just thinking of them, turns my stomach. And I’m also happy to say that I still have not had a single soda. It has been 43 days now since my last one last year. Some days are easier than others. Some days I struggle and realize that this is a lifetime change. So how did you do this week my friends?
This week walked: 14.40
TOTAL 2017 Miles: 73.05
January Weight Loss: -12.00 pounds (88 more to go!)
Welcome my friends to our weekly issue of Journey with Friends. This is a time that we come together for support, for encouragement, for fellowship – all with one single goal in mind – to live better. Welcome to our journey to share our goals and our accomplishments and our disappointments and frustrations.
Together we can do this!
January 29, 2017: Thank goodness Sunday is my day of rest. We did absolutely nothing today. We went to the grocery store, ran some other errands and basically chilled. There wasn’t any football on television and me and the hub actually felt a little lost. Miles Moved: 1.54
January 30, 2017: I’m finding that when I get back into my routine on Mondays, I kind of miss it. What do they say about a body being in motion, stays in motion? That never really made sense until now. I enjoy my walking. It has made a HUGE difference already in my legs. I walk taller for some reason which is weird. Miles Moved: 1.62
January 31, 2017: I’m mixing my walk up around the parking lot these days – people don’t know if I’m coming or going and that’s hilarious. I think a lot of people in my normal route were getting used to me and have started waving at me now. I’m still doing the same route but just in different directions. It makes it feel new which keeps it exciting. Miles Moved: 2.02
February 1, 2017: No matter what kind of day you can be having, I’m *loving* taking my lunch by walking out my frustrations. Frustrations of not balancing my work numbers, having a huge workload – you name it. It’s great to get out and pound the pavement to see what I can do. And it feels better when I come in and hit the paperwork again. Even better. I spoke with the hub and we are moving the weigh in until this Saturday since it falls in the middle of the week. Hopefully, something is starting to show up on the scales as well. Miles Moved: 2.21
February 2, 2017: Something is going on with my exercise ring on my i-Watch. It doesn’t hardly move – LOL. I mean I’m literally exercising 30 minutes a day. My activity ring is running circles, some days doubling my movement. But the green exercise ring doesn’t make it around. It infuriates me. But never fear, my sister is looking into it to see maybe if I’m doing something wrong. And today for work, I went on a VERY long walk all around where I work. These surrounding people in other offices are going to start recognizing me – giggles. Miles Moved 2.19
February 3, 2017: My day of rest from walking at work – this is good. I use Fridays to get caught up with work from the week and if I get time, I walk but I don’t force it. I do this also because I know me and the hub unit will do our own walking together tomorrow. 2.33 Miles Moved
February 4, 2017: Weigh day! And we are running errands all.day.long and putting a nice walk in their somewhere together. 1.51 Miles Moved
Thoughts for the Week/Month: We weighed in Saturday and I’m officially down 12 pounds for January 2017 – can I get a whoo-hoo! I’m excited about that! In years past, I would jump in and lose a lot of weight but then I struggled at keeping it off. This time, I’m trying to change eating habits and learning to live healthier. It’s a huge difference… slow but sure. I’m walking more. I’m feeling better about myself. My pain levels are dropping – not gone but dropping. I feel a huge difference in my body – especially my legs and butt. And with making little changes, we are eating healthier. I had one person ask me, “How much did you lose?” When I told them 12 pounds, they responded with, “Is that all?!” I smiled and shook my head. It’s okay. It may not be something to you but to me, it’s TWELVE pounds and that 12 pounds will snowball into more pounds and guess what I’ll be doing at the end? I’ll be the one smiling feeling awfully darn proud of myself!
This week walked: 13.42
TOTAL 2017 Miles: 58.65
January Weight Loss: -12.00 pounds (88 more to go!)
Miniature pot bellied pig and friends - Bacon, Houdini, Hemi and all of the Rock Clan with Journalist Rocky the Squirrel all out looking for adventures from the Hotel Thompson.
Dear Bacon – There’s a standing rule in this house whether your are anipal or human, when one is sleeping you do not wake them. I have to go wizzle. I’ve had this strange feeling for a LONG time. But, as you can see kitty is sleeping on me. If I move, she will wake. If I wake her, she will be in a bad mood. So I wait with this pained look on my face. Signed Helpless.
Dear Bacon – Am I the only dog that has a snake for a sister? I mean, I know we both have the same body type but this doesn’t seem natural to me. I don’t think we look alike at all. I’m so confused and a little scared. Signed Confused Dog Brother to a Snake
Dear Bacon – Can you believe my humans have the audacity to blame ‘me’ – innocent cute little ‘me’ – as stealing one of their valuable orange crunchy things they snack on while watching television? Me. There is no way they can pin this crime on me. There is no proof! Signed Cheeto
Dear Bacon – Here is my brother. He is so weird. I was looking down at the dog just minding my own business. That’s when Patches (my bro) jumped up and pulled my head up. What was so important that he wanted me to see you ask? The humans were cooking breakfast. Something smelled so delightful. They call it bacon. I’m just wondering. Do you know what this glorious smell is? Signed Matches
February 5, 2017: I’m definitely living for my Sundays – the day of rest from all exercise. The big game is on tonight so I’m sure I will get some exercise from jumping up/down and screaming at the television. That counts, right? Giggles. Miles Moved: 0.95
January 29, 2017: Thank goodness Sunday is my day of rest. We did absolutely nothing today. We went to the grocery store, ran some other errands and basically chilled. There wasn’t any football on television and me and the hub actually felt a little lost. Miles Moved: 1.54
ut then I struggled at keeping it off. This time, I’m trying to change eating habits and learning to live healthier. It’s a huge difference… slow but sure. I’m walking more. I’m feeling better about myself. My pain levels are dropping – not gone but dropping. I feel a huge difference in my body – especially my legs and butt. And with making little changes, we are eating healthier. I had one person ask me, “How much did you lose?” When I told them 12 pounds, they responded with, “Is that all?!” I smiled and shook my head. It’s okay. It may not be something to you but to me, it’s TWELVE pounds and that 12 pounds will snowball into more pounds and guess what I’ll be doing at the end? I’ll be the one smiling feeling awfully darn proud of myself!
Piglove 