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Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 6/19/25 3:20 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: Thursday, June 19, 2025

Arghhh - OH just ate my post!

118.8 - DH weighed this morning for the first time in 4 weeks (he last weighed in Florida). He is down another 2 pounds though he thought he had regained as much as 5 after Aruba. I was pretty sure he had lost. But he is still 20 pounds above "normal" BMI. I do think he might be too thin at that point and I don't think he probably has ever been that light as an adult based on what he says and pictures I have seen of him.

Peps must be busy touring again this morning. What a wonderful trip he is having.

Yesterday was a run around and do errands day and today is similar but with lunch and dinner out tucked in. It is supposed to be close to 80 here on the Cape and close to 90 off Cape. It will be a welcome change for me as I have been cold here since we left Florida. Today we are doing our daytime errands on the Cape, then driving off to meet DH's sisters for dinner. Tomorrow DS is taking a day off so we may go to Provincetown. He returns to his home in Maine on Saturday.

Have a thriving Thursday!

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 6/19/25 3:00 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Shopping in your own closet/bureau is always fun when you find something worthwhile.

What a pain with that crown! My last one was a tough fit so for a short while they thought it was off and I was worrying that I would end up with the same result as you. Luckily they were able to adjust it in the office but it did take quite a while.

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 6/19/25 2:57 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

I actually don't pay a lot of attention to fat these days and just eat what I want, though I do try to concentrate on protein. I kind of violated that last night (getting protein) when I ordered eggplant parm but I do love the stuff - at least I can't eat much of it at a time.

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 6/19/25 2:54 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

What a shock to learn about a young person's murder.

It must be sobering to view some of that WWII history but important to learn and remember. I have to wonder if some of what is happening in our own country would be less tolerated if that history had been emphasized here. DH and I are going to Auschwitz when we are in Poland next month.

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 6/19/25 2:49 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

So sad about DH's co-worker and also your friend's husband. It is difficult to be at the point in life when friends and family are dying. Makes one think about appreciating the time we have left.

Your strategy with your mother sounds wise. Hard to put it completely out of your head though, but again gives you a reason to appreciate your own marriage.

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

VSGAnn2014
on 6/19/25 12:20 am
VSG on 08/14/14
Topic: RE: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

The sad truth is that we are all old enough to know how short life really is. Yesterday at the gym while doing yoga I found myself thinking of all the folks I loved who have passed. Now it's no longer just grandparents and parents who are gone, but friends who meant a lot to me.

I found myself thinking of Shel, who was such an awesome human being and who navigated her exit from this world with so much grace. I'll never forget that hour-long conversation we had a couple of weeks before she passed. Damn, that girl was staring into the abyss with such courage and curiosity. I think she'll be one of my guides when it's my time to go.

ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22

POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.

VSGAnn2014
on 6/19/25 12:07 am
VSG on 08/14/14
Topic: RE: Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Ermagerd! That rose bush of yours is gorgeous! What is the name of it? We're plotting our new backyard garden right now, and roses of all kinds are going to be a big part of it.

I love that you Scrabble-bombed your opponent. And congrats on getting your eyes/glasses finally sorted out. Cataract surgery was life-changing for me, but it also took me a while to get the far-away and up-close balance sorted out.

ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22

POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.

VSGAnn2014
on 6/19/25 12:01 am
VSG on 08/14/14
Topic: RE: Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Paula, all your news is so good--especially the "healthiest patient of the day" award and your doc taking you off the beta blocker. BTW, I just put dried mangoes on my grocery list. Thanks for that.

ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22

POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.

VSGAnn2014
on 6/18/25 11:59 pm
VSG on 08/14/14
Topic: RE: Tuesday, June 17, 2025

I wish I could see my hairdresser only every three months. I stretch mine to every 5 weeks, and that's not a small chunk of change.

ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22

POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.

DiamondD
on 6/18/25 7:15 pm
VSG on 06/13/12
Topic: RE: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Sorry you had all the dental hoopla but no good outcome. Does your dentist have to send out for your crown? Mine used to, but now they make them right in the office with a 3 D type printer.

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