Civilized
REAL QUICK: Weight this morning was again 143. And I am in a nasal fog today. Not fun. Pooh.
Today will be a very low day since yesterday was not. I’m afraid that I am at my set point. Right? I must be as I’ve been the same weight - give or take 2 or 3 pounds - for 6 months despite eating in the ball park of 1250 calories. But so today I’m eating low both because I cannot smell or taste anything and because I’m not hungry. Oh well one more reason - we’re taking Mom to Olive Garden Monday. I’ll eat the Minestrone soup (143 calories) and maybe a bowl of salad. I found out that the Olive Garden Salad is FULL of calories thanks to the dressing I’m sure. So deceptive. No wonder Americans can seem to drop weight.
But for today I’m having a Cedar Lane bean burrito which is yummy, light, hot and organic (260 Cal) and then tonight I’ll have the giant salad (8g spinach, 6 mushrooms, .5 medium cucumber, brewers yeast, braggs aminos and splash of Flax) and 1 cup egg white. This should round out to about 766 cal but we’ll see after tonight’s crunch.
On other fronts - great news from California, which in my opinion is the most civilized state in the union, passed a LAW that all dogs and cats shall be spayed/neutered in an effort to reduce animal overpopulation. There are parts of the law that allow for LICENSED breeders to breed. Also, all service and show dogs will be allowed to stay in-tact. I can see the potential problems with this, mainly that acquiring a license will be much too easy. I’ve read a few articles that claim the law only mandates non-purebreds be altered but this couldn’t be the case and furthermore, when I read the law it didn’t seem to hint at anything like that. The hunters will be furious. The puppymill breeders will be incensed. I think it’s about time. In my county alone - just Knox County in TN at ONE shelter, 11,000 dogs, cats, puppies and kittens were euthanized for no other reason than a lack of space and no home. This doesn’t include the old, sick and aggressive animals who were destroyed for obvious reasons.
I’ll have to post some links about it but not right now.