northernmusician's Journal, 01 July 2014

I've decided to cut a bit harder. Another 100 calories on lifting days.

As promised, the scene at the end of yesterdays treadmill. Hope you're enjoying my 'slide show'.
175.4 lb Lost so far: 3.4 lb.    Still to go: 7.4 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

Diet Calendar Entry for 01 July 2014:
1828 kcal Fat: 82.82g | Prot: 144.35g | Carb: 131.97g.   Breakfast: Tangerine, Carrots, Strawberries, Salsa, Egg White, Egg, LeanFit Whey Protein Shake - Vanilla, Espresso Coffee, Unsalted Butter Stick. Lunch: Carrots, Red Delicious Apples, Cucumber (Peeled), Pork Loin (Tenderloin). Dinner: Vanilla Ice Creams, Blueberries, Cream Style Corn, Butter, White Potatoes (Flesh and Skin), Chicken Thigh, Chicken Breast. Snacks/Other: Egg, Mayonnaise. more...
gaining 1.4 lb a week

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Treadmills don't end like that around these parts. I'm moving to Canada. 
01 Jul 14 by member: Annabelle3117
Beautuful scenery. 
01 Jul 14 by member: jmb3450
That is absolutely beautiful. I would walk really far to see a view like that. 
01 Jul 14 by member: ChicaLean
Gorgeous. I might've jumped in at the end of a run... 
01 Jul 14 by member: 2ManyCurves
It's lovely. Bet lovely in winter to when the falls are frozen. One of the many things I miss from that area is all the little water falls frozen in winter. I also miss the sound of water everywhere. 
01 Jul 14 by member: dclaytor
This is an amazing are for water. Lakes 100 miles long... rivers... creeks... salmon. :D 
01 Jul 14 by member: northernmusician
*area* of course. It truly sucks not being able to take Ginger. Spend my time feeling guilty.  
01 Jul 14 by member: northernmusician
It does suck that you can't take her, but it shouldn't suck out of quilt. Only cause you miss her company. As far as I can see there's nothing to feel guilty about. Your a great guardian and friend to her and given her a very full life in a area that many dogs would love to live in. The only thing you might feel guilty for is if you keep her around when you should let her "go". Only you and yourn can call that. Just remember she's had a life most city dogs dream of.  
01 Jul 14 by member: dclaytor
I was just talking to a friend today about that Dclaytor. When it gets to the point she can no longer enjoy anything and I'd simply be keeping her for sentimentality or for me, then she has to go. At that point we will take one last trip together into the bush.  
01 Jul 14 by member: northernmusician
That sounded wrong. Vet first. 
01 Jul 14 by member: northernmusician
Glad to see your thinking about it. Know how hard it is. Because of where we live we get a lot of "dump" animals we rescue and they're usually mid age all ready plus haven't been well nourished up till then which shortens life span. Anyways over the 15 yrs that been here we've lost quite a few and it's hard. PS We usually do it ourselves. A .22 to base of head is just as kind and quick as vet. Vet confirmed. When speaking to vet about how hard that was she told hubby "To suck it up and be a big boy." Vet is 1 1/2 hour drive and for a hurting animal that's a long time. 
01 Jul 14 by member: dclaytor
Awww, where I used to live on a back road in the country we used to get many a dumped animal. Many we kept and they became part of the family. Cats we always had extra the ones that hadn't turned wild we vaccinated, often neutered or spade, fed they were in and out of my house,, kids named them. Thankfully I had a country large animal vet for my horses and he didn't charge much and we could get shots from a vet/ farmer supply. Dogs we either gave away or kept. We had some neat dogs and cats that were just dumped. Luckily we never had to shoot one except a couple wild dumped dogs that went after my kids. I did shoot them but caught them in the butt with a 22. Neighbor farmer killed them as they were dangerous. Believe me I'm a dog person but they were not safe to have in the area.  
01 Jul 14 by member: wholefoodnut
@wholdfoodnut. I'm more afraid of feral dogs than any of the other wild life out here including wolves, mountain lion or bear. People don't understand that a .22 to the head is kinder than dumping them. Here if coyotes don't tear them apart they die of thirst or end up shot any ways. We fix all we keep or find homes for. Wild cats we just live trap and fix. We give our own shots too. Couldn't afford so many if didn't. That's another reason we tend to put our own down. We already spend close to 1500 a year just on food and treats. Some years we spend more on vet bills than doctor bills. We have one cat we found about 9 months ago that was 80% feral and had to live trap. We call her Heidei cause she hide for 5 months under our bathroom cabinets. Took over 6 months before I could touch her. A true animal person knows there is a kindness in a bullet as well as a bowl of food. Just depends on situation. Do think if your going to shoot them make sure it's a clean kill. We've nursed a few back that been shot and left for dead. Amazingly they've been some of our best animals. We've actually seen some of our rescues do happy dances when they've been here a little bit and realized that their now living the life of riley. 
01 Jul 14 by member: dclaytor
PS Wholefoodnut. We have a chauhauhau that we found in a cattle guard. He's named Foxy cause it was first thought he was a baby fox when first seen. How he survived we don't know but by feel of his fur and his weight he'd been out for awhile. He's a happy dance one. 
01 Jul 14 by member: dclaytor
Oh definitely, the feral dogs cm be dang can be dangerous. My kids ended up after getting off their school bus in an old work pick up truck one day parked in the driveway. They were teens, I came home from work, all 3 g and a friend had escaped the dogs when they got off the school bus. The dogs were still trying to get at them in the truck. It took getting the gun and shooting at them to get them to go away. Missed them that day. Dangerous to us and our animals, and it wasn't just us. They killed all of our chickens and my neighbor who finally killed them was a hog and cattle framer and they killed numerous babies. The feral cats it depended on the cat. Some were friendly, some not, we had one that was born in our home revert to feral, we would see him in the fields but he would no longer associate with us, he was actually one of my favorites. He would look if we called his name and no further action. We left the totally wild ones to fend for themselves. Honestly we could not take care of all the feral cats, they are ever increasing.  
01 Jul 14 by member: wholefoodnut
A chi.in a cattle guard, oh my, any idea how it arrived there? they are so little. I have a chi pom mix, who is my buddy.  
01 Jul 14 by member: wholefoodnut
Have no idea how he ended up there, but if it was for any other reason than he was lost I woulda had some ripe words for those who left him. No lost signs were ever posted though. Its cause of the ever increasing thing that we trap and fix the wild ones. Our vet is quit used to it. They just tranq them thru the bar. It can get expensive. We've had a couple years where we spent over 5,000 on vet. When that happened it was for injury and once for hysterectomy on a chi that had cancer. She lived 7 yrs longer to be between 22-24. We felt it was well worth it. I'm 3 chi's buddy. There like toilet paper on my shoes where ever I go.  
01 Jul 14 by member: dclaytor
I destroyed one once. Unless it's a sudden thing and the animal is in severe pain and there's no way of doing it different, I will not do it again. It's not in me. I'm only 5 blocks from the vet. 
01 Jul 14 by member: northernmusician
If I was only five blocks I wouldn't either. To be honest I've never done it my self. Family wont let me not that I want to. I just feel I should shoulder some of it too. It's always been my mom, dad, or husband. I truly thank them.  
01 Jul 14 by member: dclaytor

     
 

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