one of the local lost dog recovery groups that i follow recently put up a notice for a senior collie that went missing, and they listed his weight as 120lbs... and i know this is so not the point, and i hope they find their dog safe and sound, but. what the hell do you MEAN 120lbs. are you horrible at estimating weight, or did you lose a dog that is so obese as to be spherical. HUH.
Been working out consistently for months, had to show off the gainz as Vi, the convention bathroom had the perfect lighting lmao. btw can't wait for season 2 of Arcane!
So a few weeks ago, we started Addy on a new arthritis med! Librela is a once a month injection, it's been approved & used in Europe for a while now, and just got approved recently in the US. I had read a bit about it after a mention in one of my dog health groups, and Jack asked the vet about it during a discussion about managing Addy's pain. We've been having more trouble with it over this winter, and she was on the highest dose of her pain med we could do. It was really starting to stress me & Jack out over how much time we might still get with her.
After some bloodwork & confirmation that Addy's issues are all physical (old car strike injuries + age), no neurological symptoms, we did the first injection. She kept getting pain meds for the first 2 weeks, then we stopped last Monday. We've all been watching her closely to see how she did.
And!!! She's been doing great!! A 20 degree temp drop last week? No big deal. She didn't start limping or hobbling at all. She went on a 2 block walk on Sunday night, then spent 2 hours at the dog park yesterday. And today when I got home, she was still bouncing, barreling into my legs for pets, and grabbed a toy for tug.
We're really excited that it's already doing so well for her! I'm really grateful that it got approved when it did, and that we have the vet rehab center so close to us to do the injections.
I don’t talk about it much but I’ve lost almost 60lbs. But no one tells you that when you lose weight suddenly it hurts when you’re a side sleeper. I had to get a memory foam mattress topper with a cushy pillow top that goes over it so my hips won’t hurt. And now when I sleep on my side I need a knee pillow because it hurts to have the bones in my knees touching each other.
Being fat has never negatively affected my health nearly as much as restricting my food and counting calories for years did. No matter what diet culture and fatphobia tells you, fueling your body and allowing your body to be at its comfortable set point weight is always a good thing.
the crazy thing about our cultural obsession with selling a particular aesthetic as the one true indicator of Fitness is that one day you are going to meet the most supernaturally athletic person you’ll ever see in your entire life and they are going to look like Just Some Guy
I’ve unlocked the level of working out where it’s like “I enjoy working out. I look forward to going to the gym, and I feel disappointed when I can’t go there for a few days. I am not scared of the side of the gym that is all men picking up very heavy weights and grunting, I know that I have just as much right to be there as anyone else.”