amanda123's Journal, 27 September 2010

Well Amanda I have been there for about 3 months now and I thought I was doing a great job and you and me are in the same boat. I am stuck at 217. Weird huh? I have gotten some great advice from Lapug and Ctlss tho they are really great at giving advice so take their lessons. One thing is that I use to think oh no I cheated I better continue to cheat today because I took abite of cake or something I wasn't supposed to well that is no longer the case if at first I dont succeed I kick mysellf rom behind and satrt again. We all get to a point where we feel we might could have that slice of cake or that bowl of cereal(which I love) but the point is knowing how to stop yourself and learning a healthy and satisfying lifestyle. i will help you all I can and good luck 

Aww, Aamanda. I agree that you really need to log your food. Sometimes when we think tha we are doing just fine, we are inadvertantly eating way more carbs than we thought. So now it is time to buckle down and get back on track. Log all your food, start walking whenever you can (I know it is hard with all the things that you are juggling), and no more "Oh jsut one little______won't hurt"'s. We both know that it does hurt, especially when it causes those nasty cravings. Go back to induction and do 2 clean weeks. You CAN do this!! I know it, but more importantly, so do you!  

Just got off the phone with the insurance company and they are most likely not going to cover my car. According to the cow owner he checks his fences daily and didnt know they were down but a branch had fell on the fence and that is how the cows got out. So because there was no negligence on his part that they can see then they won't pay on the claim. He said he is going to talk to his supervisor because I am a customer of theirs as well as the insured and the cow owner said he is concerned because he doesnt want to get a bad rep on this. Oh the insurance guy made sure to tell me that he didnt have insurance to cover his cow so he won't be getting any reimbursement for the cow.... what is that about? Did he tell me that to try and make me feel guilty about hitting the cow? Or was that to soften my blow of losing my car in the ordeal? I just don't get it. So instead of being all tough and assertive like I wanted to be I am crying instead and let him know I will wait to hear back from him. I guess I just really thought that everything would work out. That insurance would cover the car and things would be just fine. Everyone kept telling me it wouldnt but I didnt believe them. Now what do I do? I don't want to sue or fight but I do want my car replaced. I drive 55 miles to work and back every day. Plus on Mondays and Tuesdays I put an extra 60 miles on my car going to school. So that is 670 miles a week that I drive not counting the weekends. My other little car will not hold up to that. S - T - R - E - S - S - E - D!!! 

Amanda, I am so sorry that this is happening. It will work out, just trust in God to take care of you. As for being assertive, if you don't hear from them in a few days call back and try again. And the farmer can say all he wants that he maintains his fences but where is the proof? As for he cow not being covered..WHAT??? The cow wasn't supposed to be on the flippin' road in the first place! I feel sorry for the poor animal, but I feel worse for you. Hope things get better!  

So sorry about all the stress you are dealing with. It took me months to get over being rear-ended and it wasn't even my car. Hope something works out with your car. 

The insurance adjustor is coming out tomorrow to do an "investigation". I told him that the guy keeps his cows in a one strand electric fence by his house and that he leaves his main gate open all the time. He said "yes I know, he told me that he thought he left the gate open" Grrrrr - so that doesnt qualify as negigence? See the property does have nice fences and a gate surrounding it. He grows grass for hay on most of the land so he keeps his cows inside with just the electric fence and leaves his gate open. All it took was for a limb to fall and knock out the electric fence. I think the insurance company is just trying to get out of paying. Maybe if they know I am serious about this they will do the right thing. I am requesting the police report.