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QOTD- I wish I had done it in my 30's then I wouldn't have so much excess hanging skin. I don't ever regret it.
I got my ballot in the mail yesterday and I am mailing it off today. My Mom called last night and I went over all of the ballot measures with her and she will probably mail hers out today too. This is one thing I won't procrastinate about. I'm also going to make sure my roommate votes if for president if nothing else. Oregon is an all mail election state we have been for over 20 years. You have to sign the back of the ballot and they compare it to the signature that is on file. So no way to cheat unless you force someone to sign it. I can't wait until this election is over.
My roommate hit his leg at work and now has an infection, he is diabetic so easily gets infections and it takes forever to heal and sometimes needs IV antibiotics to kick it. He had to fill out the workmans comp info so not sure what is going on, but he is home today. I'll talk to him when he wakes up.
I'm going to button up my patio set and umbrella for the season. It is supposed to not rain tomorrow and that should give me the time to cover it and put the umbrella in the shed. And my clothes line will go in the shed as well. Other than that no plans, if it is nice I'll try to get a walk in. Sunday is football, and I need to spend some time on my computer to figure out how to get music onto my phone, and move my backup onto the computer rather than one drive. I don't trust any remote drives or clouds.
I need to get back to work.
Have a great day everyone!
5'5" Age 67 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 172.9
I was 48 and 173 pounds at 5'2" tall. I was shocked when the doctor recommended weight loss surgery. I had been fighting diabetes for 10 years and he said it was either insulin or weight loss surgery. He did not explain that weight loss surgery could resolve diabetes or maybe I just did not understand.
Everyone I talked to said that I was way too small for weight loss surgery. I spent another 10 years on insulin and watched my body slowly end up over 210 pounds and my A1C was around 9. I finally decided to do the surgery. I had another doctor by then and he did not think it was a good idea. He told me almost all of his weight loss surgery patients gained all the lost weight back. I was 59 then and talked to a surgeon who said that was the oldest age he would consider surgery. I was going to try the lapband, but he did tell me the do RNY and I listened.
My diabetes was much better after surgery. I lost all the excess weight and felt amazing. But even at 128 the diabetes started to come back. My research seems to show that you need to do the surgery before you start insulin or at the most five years of insulin. After that the pancreas is too weakened to keep the diabetes from returning.
My nephew's wife is in her 30's and was put on Metfomrin for pre-diabetes. The next time they are in town, I plan to talk to both of them about weight loss surgery and explain how doing it early will give a good chance of it going into remission for life. It is not a walk in the park, but such a life-changing option.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I'm glad you are liking the thread, that means a lot! Great pic's!!! That platter is so cute!
RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150
REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155
I also loved all the pictures this week. Thank you for sharing.
HW 299 SW 290 CW 139 GW 140 2/08/2019 OPERATION: Surgical Hernia with excision of total surface area of 55 x 29 cm of abdominal skin.
Great Job on the work walk!!!!
HW 299 SW 290 CW 139 GW 140 2/08/2019 OPERATION: Surgical Hernia with excision of total surface area of 55 x 29 cm of abdominal skin.
Those signs are everywhere around her too and never thought of that, lol!!!! I get spooked by those signs when I'm hiking alone!!
RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150
REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155
Good Morning Amy and Meneurs,
I really enjoyed the week on the menu. Lots of great ideas and encouragement. I miss the days when Grim would scrutinize our menus and remind us of the rules we signed up for. Hope everyone else is getting a new outlook on what this thread can be. Positive vibes with a little tough love thrown in. Not in a mean way but in an accountability way. Feedback has been great this week. I am hoping this is my turn it around point.
Weekend looks like 3 days for me! Whoo-hoo. Tomorrow I am going to gym in the morning, then Mom duty. I have out of town guest coming mid-November, so I need to get some food prep done. I plan on getting the Braciole done for the meat pot this weekend and maybe a cheesecake if time allows. It is peak fall this weekend and should be in the low 70's, so I want to get out to see the leaves. If Ron finishes the shed, I hope to go to a museum or the Shanksville Memorial on Monday.
QOTD: I so needed this in my 20's but never realized how overweight I really was. I called myself the dyslexic anorexic. I looked in the mirror and thought I was skinny. I even was approved and was 2 days away from surgery in 2015 and I chickened out. I don't know if I would have been nearly as successful if I did it any earlier.
Accountability: I snacked on 1/2 honey crisp apple with 2 tablespoons on Snicker doodle Cannoli dip from Aldi and I was about 350 calories over what Fitness pail allotted me and I only had 90 proteins. Never got to treadmill damn dog wouldn't got to the bathroom so we were out walking for over 45 minutes, at least I was moving
TSS: 6 years 10-months 7-days 165.4 Lowest (129.4)
B: Coffee with SF Coffee-mate pumpkin spice creamer
MS: Chobani zero sugar cookies and cream Greek yogurt, Strawberrys and blueberries
CB: Coffee with SF Coffee-mate pumpkin spice creamer
L: Spaghetti squash and last bite of sausage and pulled beef that were left over in the fridge
D; Chicken thigh with Korean BBQ sauce and roasted brussels sprouts
Exercise: Dog walking
Water and Vitamins: On track. I take a Bariatric Advantage Ultra multi w/iron I use bariatric advantage Calcium chews and 500mg of Magnesium. I also use MiraLAX and fiber in my first coffee of the day.
Have a great day my friends.
Brightest blessings
Chrissy
This is the exact recipe i used for the Spaghetti squash.
Moose farts (Hand Made) and pumpkin truffles from Aldi. I thought it was very cute for the game last Sunday.
The neighbor's dog jumped in Rons lap when he came in the house to watch the game Sunday. He looks like he is supposed to be there.
HW 299 SW 290 CW 139 GW 140 2/08/2019 OPERATION: Surgical Hernia with excision of total surface area of 55 x 29 cm of abdominal skin.
Those trees! Fascinating how they've grown there, just beautiful.
RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150
REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155
Great job on getting away from your desk!! Oh how I miss Advil!!
RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150
REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155
Good morning, everybody!
4 weeks until we visit Chrissy!
I made it up early and got to swimming. Today I also did about 1300 of the 1600 workout. I definitely could have finished, but I had to leave in order to get to work.
We did drills with the pulling blocks and kick boards plus some other drills like one arm swimming. I don?t kick much, so the pulling block actually makes me faster and the kick board is so, slow. But it?s all about improving.
Marilyn is going to Dallas to help DD move apartments. She leaves this afternoon and returns Sunday night. This should be a good weekend: three days of CrossFit, a haircut, some football and I?m making a shrimp boil in the crockpot tomorrow.
QOTD: I don?t have an exact number, but I wish I had done it earlier so that I wasn?t still on diabetic medications.
Last pictures, thank you for bearing with me. The temple with the faces is Angkor Tom and the one with the trees is Ta Prom (also called Tomb Raider Temple because that?s where it was filmed)
Breakfast: bagel
lunch: chicken
dinner: steak salad
have a great day, all!
Jim Age 59 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
