Seriously…?

Miss Sophie Reinsch (Miss Piggie) has passed away today at 1:45 pm due to complications from a respiratory infection.

Miss Sophie

In lieu of flowers, please donate to your local Humane Society.

Sophie Reinsch
Born Dec 2009
Death, July 7, 2010

She was the best damn piggie, and will be greatly missed by all.

I invite you all to share in acknowledging the passing of the tiniest member of our family, Sophie. As a Guinea Pig, Sophie led a simple life, but one marked by good humor and love for those around her. Always quick to taunt the cat from behind her bars, or to call out for her fair share of the vegetables, Sophie showed us all a little place in our hearts that was still full of childlike wonder.
The staff of the Calgary North Veterinary Hospital went above and beyond in making her final moments in this life comfortable and even got her energetic enough for a last bit of a run before her tiny body gave out and released her enormous spirit to join her creators.
Sophie will be sorely missed by those who survive her. Any prayers or words of healing for us or to speed her on her way are graciously and thankfully accepted.

Friday, March 19th

• Exercise: Stationary Bike
• Time: 30mins
• Distance: 4.5 Miles
• Calories Burned: 225

Saturday, March 20th

• Exercise: Walking
• Time: 2hrs 30mins
• Steps: 3,883
• Calories Burned: 262

Sunday, March 21st

• Exercise: Stationary Bike
• Time: 22mins
• Distance: 3.5 Miles
• Calories Burned: 209

Monday 22nd- Monday 29th Personal issues and medical appointments.

Tuesday, March 30th

• Exercise: Belly Dancing
• Time: 35mins
• Calories Burned: 336

Results

• Weight Lost: 0 lbs
• Inches off Waist: 3in

Isnt always that easy. Especially when you are shaped like I am.

Ya know, short, with meat on your bones.

However, I am lucky enough to have married a man who loves and desires me no matter my shape. But, who is also willing to help me feel better about myself, instead of just giving me compliments when I complain.

Its also fortunate that I have an awesome Twitter friend (TheDirtyGround), who is also local, and a moronically talented artist. And who supplied me with two links that have already helped me feel better about myself. The first, a curvy girls sexy clothing store, Hips and Curves. Not only do they have a BUNCH of awesome outfits in a wide range of sizes, they are AFFORDABLE.

Yeah, I ordered a mountain of stuff from them, with the blessing of my dear husband.

Then, she began raving about these Burlesque dance classes, saying how its awesome to help your overall body image. So, I asked for linkage, and she hooked me up.

Burlesquercise

I read some info, looked at where the classes were. And found that one of the classes is VERY close to where we live.

Bring it up to the husband, who is in favor. He nearly agrees on the spot, regardless of price.

150 bucks for 6 wks? Hell yeah!

I signed up for the May course, which starts a week after my birthday.

That gives me roughly 2 months to build up my endurance and such a bit.

So I started working out again today.

And Jelly Bean did agree, if I liked the classes, he was in favor of me continuing them.

I also bought some DvDs, so I can learn the basics of Burlesque dancing, and Belly dancing.

Yeah, there is a plan!

Okay, so, it seems I get to have an eye exam every few months for the forseeable future, but my prognosis looks fairly good. I dont have a definate answer yet on which disorder I have, but things still point strongly to Coat’s.

He also looked at the mass under my right eye, and say it seems to be a lipid deposit, but surgery is probably more trouble than its worth, considering masses like this can be HUGE and deep. So its just a wait and see on that front also.

So, a day of stress and eye dialates, and having things poked in my eyeballs, all to be told to wait and see. I know what to look for, just in case my eyes worsen, but the chances of that are luckily kinda low.

On the Being Healthy front, I have probably dropped a pants size, I dont know for sure because my pants were already a bit loose. But the coat Mum got me for Xmas, that barely fit, I couldnt zip it over my bum 2 weeks ago, now zips up, and has some room.

That pleases me a lot, since it means that the work I am doing IS paying off.

So I learned something from my doctor when we saw her earlier this week.

My overall lifestyle is shitty.

Like REALLY shitty.

So, in the hopes of fixing some of my problems, I am working towards small goals to overall my life better.

I hope.

First on that list,

My caffeine intake. Holy crap we drink a lot of caffeine. So that is cut down to ONE average sized glass of dr pepper a DAY around lunch time.

4 small meals a day, and NO SNACKING. Which is going to be really hard for me because I LOVE to snack.

Being more active. To help with that Jelly Bean got us a Wii Fit, well, it was money my mom sent us for a holiday gift. I have so far spent nearly 2 hours using it. My bare minimum for use is 30mins a day, but it would be better to get an hour in. And since all of us are doing it, I feel the competive urge to beat Jelly Bean’s high scores, which is actually fairly hard for me to do.

So hopefully everything I am doing will help me out.

The big change I am hoping to see is just my overall view of life. I dont expect to shed a shitton of weight, and I will probably always have depression and insomnia issues, but maybe these changes will make it less suck-ful.