Dieting…

Well, Pixie’s gonna live. But as the doc suggested our first visit, she needs a dietary change. To get her under control, we need to switch her food to this expensive prescribed diet food. Joy. She likes the wet food okay. Not a huge fan of the dry though. As suggested on the packages, we’re transitioning her food with a blend of old and new brands of dry food. What hurts most is she’s not allowed anymore treats. And she’s a HUGE fan of “cookies”. Thanks to Mom’s spoiling, she probably eats as much cookies as she does dry food.

According to the doc, Friskies (the brand we give her), Whiskas (old treats that Oreo still eats), and Meow Mix (old dry food we stopped buying) are the three worst brands out there. Fabulous. My theory is that it was probably the new dry food and treats. Because she was fine on the Meow Mix dry food and Whiskas Temptations treats. But when we switched to the new Friskies flavors of dry food and Friskies Party Mix treats she like devoured them and whines all the time for them, eating more for taste than hunger I think. But it’s only theory and we’ll play it safe. So after the six weeks of prescribed brands, we’ll switch to the cheaper but healthier brands. And all the food we have now will go to Oreo (until he notices he’s not getting special treatment) and then the strays. So we’re set for cat food for the strays for a while. >.<

As if that wasn’t bad enough, doc says no more pet grass for Pixie. Oy… She LOVES that stuff! She whines all the time for it. And she’s smart, so she knows where I keep it and where I serve it to her so she watches those spots. :P Ah well. For now, the grass remains on the window shelf over the sink, pushed as far back as possible so it’s not as visible, and left there for Oreo to nibble on until it’s ready to be tossed.

I’ve decided I need to work on my diet too. Well, not diet diet. But like, I need to stop “starving” myself because I’m too lazy to get up and make something or think I might be eating something better later. They say you should eat within half hour after waking up or something… Well I tend to wait hours. Partially cuz I really am not hungry and partially for the aforementioned reason. Plus, I can cut back on portions. I don’t need to eat ‘til I’m ready to explode just because something is tasty. And as suggested by my fwend, I will not be eating just before going to bed. And now that I’ve broken in my shoes some, I can start the whole going for walks thing. I’ve never been a huge exercise and diet person, but these are things I can do. Maybe when/if I start losing weight, I can do a real diet to help lose more. But I’m in no huge rush, just a bit of an attempt to be a little healthier.

Oh, it’s official. I’m ordained. I got the certificate today. I can now perform marriages and whatnot.