Battling My Inner Brat – My Weight Loss Journey: Loss

I had two losses this week. We will start off with the good loss. I had my weekly weigh in and am down 2.5 pounds from last Monday. I am very grateful for this loss. I still am working on taming my brat at night who wants to eat whatever she wants for dinner and then wants dessert. I have been very good about doing my two shakes a day however so I was still able to drop 2.5 pounds. I did not really exercise or do well at dinner though so my goal for this next week is to get dinner under control and to be more active.

My second loss this week was a tough one. Last night we lost our beautiful little guinea pig Peanut. Since we have not been blessed with children yet, our two guinea pigs have been our children. Peanut was such a blessing to my husband and I. She had such a sweet and gentle spirit. We could just sit and cuddle her as long as we wanted and she would just snuggle into us and let us love on her as long as we wanted. When we were upset or sad we could just pick her up and feel so much better. My husband Steve was especially close to her and she would just sit and watch TV with him. About a month or two ago we discovered a tumor on her stomach and I believe that is what took her from us. She started to get really skinny (she was always the pudgier of the two) and we knew something was wrong. Yesterday she went downhill very fast starting in the morning and by 1:00 in the morning last night she left us. This has actually been one of the toughest losses of my life. It sounds silly to mourn over a guinea pig but she was truly my baby. There have already been quite a few tears shed by both my husband and myself and there will probably be a few more.

“Mommy loves you so much little Peanut! I am so blessed to have had you in my life and you will be in my heart forever. You are so missed!”

Baby Peanut the day we brought her home