Another reason I’m not surprised I only lost a few pounds is due to the fact that if we could just low-carb away our extra weight, there would be many more thin people in the world. There is no magic diet. Just healthier ones and ones that make gaining less likely. But what the hell is my body burning, though? The body’s got to burn something just to move. So if you’re not giving it enough carbs to burn and it’s not burning fat, what is it burning then?

Since Blitz had the last of those flimsy paper liners, I pulled them out of his cage and put one of the puppy liners down. Rockefeller, I’m not changing yet because he has regular bedding. I realize these guys are going to be a lot of work no matter where I put them. haven’t decided yet if I want to stick with this setup or put them back in the kitchen. I kept the pen set up in case I wanted to move them back. I’ve got it sitting in the corner of the living room where it’s out of the way. The kitchen seemed enormous once I got them off the floor, even though it’s still way too tiny for us. Not enough cabinet space, no adjustable shelves, not enough plugs.

Anyway, a lot of work and money goes into these guys and sometimes it gets old. I don’t mind hard work, but this is not one of the ways I would prefer to work hard. The liners alone aren’t always enough. Meaning, it’s not as simple as pulling them out of the cages and dumping them. Stuff slips around the edges and into the base of the cage so I have to clean that out as well just like I had to sweep and mop the kitchen floors when changing the liner there. So if it’s going to come out to be the same amount of work, I may consider throwing them back on the kitchen floor. The hay is what makes the biggest mess but that’s their favorite cuisine. I may bitch about the work and expense, but I’m not about to deny them anything they need or like! We just ordered them some more food and hay, as well as tongue scrapers for me and a combination base/topcoat nail polish.

Although I’ve strayed a little bit, this diet is proving to be awesome! Any other time I’ve lost the few pounds I can lose, they came right back. Not with this one. Don’t want to get my hopes up just yet but it looks like I will be able to remain the same weight after all. Yes! This is just as acceptable to me as losing would have been. Gaining is not, though, and it never will be.

Made my first mushroom spinach casserole yesterday and it came out well. Could have used more mushrooms and less cheese, though. I also forgot to remove the stems of the spinach leaves, LOL.

We went to Sam’s yesterday and it was a fucking zoo. The thing people don’t realize is that that’s what’s going to help spread the virus. Too many people out in public at once like that isn’t a good thing. From what I heard, though, just about everyone is going to get it but most people won’t know they have it. What they’re hoping to do is to stop it from spreading so fast that people overwhelm the hospitals.

Decided not to go out in the crowds again to get the stuff we normally get from Walmart, so we made an online order for Safeway. The only problem is they can’t deliver until Tuesday which means we probably will grab a few things this morning.

I told Tom, who agreed, that if he had to be out of work, now is a great time. But what I’m more worried about than actually getting the virus is what it may do to the economy. He’s not retired yet, so the economy still matters to us.

The weather has been cold and rainy, but the thirsty California ground is definitely grateful for it. I’m not, though. It makes sleeping easier, but I haven’t been able to go out walking.

I realized that Aly may have seen my tweets before I deleted them before I deactivated. I made a couple of tweets about liars that she would have known were made with her in mind. Pretty sure she gets tweets sent to her phone, so even if the person deletes the tweets, she’ll still see them anyway. So there is a chance that she may not have seen that journal entry, hacked my account or is able to track Twitter. It still wouldn’t surprise me if she’s done some tracking and hacking, though.