Weigh-in

We had our first feline weigh-in for our fat foster cats, Buddy and Wilbur.  After four weeks of being fed a proper amount of wet food (4 oz. per cat, per day), Buddy has gone from 26 pounds to 23.5, and Wilbur has gone from 21 pounds to 19.5.  This is a great start, and they’re both already more agile.  This new friskiness isn’t great news for Skylar, their roommate, because Skylar is being subjected to regular beat-downs and attacks in the litterbox.  He used to be able to just lounge up on a high surface, like a cat tree, but now Wilbur can easily reach those spots too.  I’m working on the problem by removing Skylar from the room at least three times a day so he can use a different, more private litterbox, and that’s working out well for him.  He enjoys the breaks from the bedroom, but doesn’t act stressed or reluctant when I return him.  I figured out the litterbox issue when I went into the bedroom last week and found that someone (Skylar), had peed on the top of a relatively pricey Epson printer.  Not a nice surprise, nor nice to have to clean up.  I really hope these foster cats get to go home soon so that Skylar can once again be the master of his domain.

One interesting note… by weighing the cats at 4 week intervals, I inadvertently discovered that I’d lost 10.5 lbs. in that same time period.  It was confirmed at a doctor’s visit the next day.  In all my years of dieting, I’ve never been able to dump 10 lbs in 4 weeks… maybe I could do 8, if I was lucky, and that was while watching what I eat.  If I told you what I’ve eaten in the past month it would make you feel green, but it includes numerous pizzas, chocolate croissants, entire boxes of cereal consumed in 48 hours, a large tin of shortbread cookies from my mother, and a load of desserts from Trader Joe’s.  I guess it’s time to check my thyroid gland again, especially because I’m sitting here in shorts and a t-shirt while Flippy is bundled up in sweats and buried under the covers.  If the only symptom of hyperthyroidism I get is odd weight-loss, then that’s super, but I don’t want to progress to Graves disease and get bulging eyeballs.  No sense trying to look like a bushbaby.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 02/09 at 06:45 AM

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  1. Ah, to have hyperthyroidism rather than this blasted hyPOthyroidism. Congrats on the household weight loss.

    Posted by Calamity Jen  on  02/10  at  10:53 PM

  2. I actually have Hashimoto’s disease, which is where you spin a daily roulette wheel and your thyroid decides whether to go into overdrive or crap out completely.  This past October, my TSH was 77 and I weighed 20 lbs. more than I do now (although I was still 20 lbs. less than I’d weighed in Oct. ‘07… I’ve lost 40 lbs. in the past 16 months, thank goodness).  My weight ballooned so rapidly and it made my fibromyalgia much worst (not to mention, it was wreaking havoc on my self-esteem).  Now maybe my thryoid is just settling down, getting back to normal, and I’m dropping all the excess pounds I put on?  I’m certainly not unhappy (and if I lost 10 more lbs. I’d be ecstatic), but I could wake up tomorrow and be hypothyroid again.  I love surprises! :p

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  02/11  at  04:53 AM

  3. I think you lost the weight honestly carrying cats to the vet and back! And hefting those two onto the scale with you. Hope the weight loss continues favorably for all of you.
    When Nina was new, Victor was so excited, he had to be all over her whenever she came out from under the bed. This included joining her in the litter box. She didn’t like that and peed in her cat bed (washable and now her favorite). We put an extra litter box near the bed and she could get to that without too much enthusiasm from Victor. He’s settled more now and gives her more privacy.

    Posted by Victor Tabbycat's Mom  on  02/22  at  01:56 AM
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