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122.5, down again!
Busy day today. Helped out in the church's garden for a few hours then came home and made Greek turkey meatballs and homemade tzatziki sauce for them. Then DH and I took our walk. Still need to shower and do some grocery shopping!
I'll share the meatball recipe if it is as good as it looks! Trying another new recipe tomorrow as well! Got to shake it up every once in a while! I save recipes that I see online to my phone and then forget about them, so I perused them the other day and decided on 4 new ones for this week!
Tomorrow I will lead Bible study, may do lunch with the ladies afterwards since DH is lunching with a friend. Then it will be time to clean for a BBQ we are hosting at our house on Friday night!
Peps, I agree with Diane, if you are comfortable where you are at weight wise, just keep on doing what you are doing! You look awesome and very fit! Who cares about those darn BMI charts anyway!
Diane S, enjoy your walk and pizza!
Liz, enjoy the last leg of your trip! You will be home to Justice soon!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
The weight loss is more of an emotional and personal thing. I am 5'7" and the idea of weighing 200 pounds at that height doesn't sit well - especially since I spent so much time hung up on the fact that the nigh normal BMI for my height is 159 pounds. I have a photo of me at 188 which I think is a really good weight for me. I had gained 18 pounds from my VSG goal weight and was "unhappy" about that, but realistically, it was an ideal weight for me.
Greetings all
It is overcast and downright cold here today. I had to get up early as house cleaner needed to start earlier today due to other commitments. Fine by me. Earlier start for me for coffee and net surfing.
So the dentist was fine yesterday. Got it all done and no ill effects. I have decided this dentist is a good one and am grateful as there are many dentists here who are not taking new people. I still need more work done - not sure why I need so much other than I have heard my former dentist - *****tired suddenly - was getting senile. I did not think that but recall that my last crown took two hours and I did not know why. Oh well, another adventure in aging is dental stuff.
Liz you really have had an adventure! I know you will make the most of it and be glad to get home. Yeah the pack/unpack routine would be tiring. Hope you can stay put when you get home. For a bit.
Squirrel attack DD!! Yikes! Sounds like time for duct tape. I once had a squirrel get inside my house. It chewed phone wires. I came home and found a bagel at the bottom of the basement stairs and stuff dumped over and fur on the fly traps. Caught it in a humane trap and took it miles away to a lake. Hope your squirrel stops and finds something better to eat. And thinking of your BFF and son. Glad that this is being taken seriously and treated. Needs to be addressed in every way possible.
Peps, you look great and do not need to lose any more weight. Having seen you recently I would have guessed your weight as much lower and believe that you are muscle, not fat. So that is my two cents.
I gotta hit the gym today as I have skipped a few. No excuses available. Pizza again tonight, Then back to the great dinner unknown.
Diane S
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201.5 - same old, same old...
Today is another kinda sorta busy-ish day. My choice, so it's all good, right? LOL...
The AC repair guy is here with the new motor. He'll install it and do a deep cleaning of the AC unit. Fingers crossed it's a long term fix. I really don't want to put a new HVAC system in the house. It's not on my to do list! I want a new roof first.
Weight loss seems harder these days. I'm not exactly sure why, but it is slow going and due to personal choices. I'm on the max dose of tirzepatide so there is no upping the dose. I really do want to lose that last 13 pounds, but I have to admit my motivation to be "good" is pretty low. I have found a really comfortable groove of eating - no dieting, no counting calories, protein centered meals, daily indulgences. It feels like a very natural way to eat. But I'm afraid it's going to keep me right around the 200 mark. So, I guess I have some thinking to do and decisions to make.
Diamond D, you are right about the cruise - great to have the hotel room follow you and those wonderful meals without the hassle of having to pick a place to go, but definitely not enough time to explore each port with any depth. That was my only "complaint" about our recent cruise. I would love to go back and stay a while in Salzburg and Vienna and take a few days in Munich. Those three cities in 10 days would be a great trip!
Time to get productive! Ciao!
Sorry to hear about your BFFs son. So hard! I'm super happy he sought out help!
And those darn squirrels! Hot tub covers are a pain to replace. We had to replace ours this year!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
We both like Hokas!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
I used to when they strictly ate raw but now they eat raw in the morning and kibble in the evening, so they all the extras from the dry food.
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
Yes, absolutely. And having a breakdown in front of his mother, who immediately knew he needed help in a way that his wife was not recognizing. Thank God he is safe for the moment.
Hard to see a silver lining in BFF son's hospitalization, but how fortunate that help was sought while it was an idea, rather than an attempt on his own life.
I was thinking about the parts of travel that can drain you, like eating out every night, and packing and repacking. I'm already packing in my mind for Scotland, and frying to keep my imaginary suitcase to a carry on. I did think about my time on the Windstar cruise, and in that case, eating out every meal didn't feel tiresome, and it was lovely to see many different places without hauling suitcases around. The downside is you don't get to experience a location deeply, because you need to move onto the next port. Do you think the start of the trip being harder because of SILs condition has added a bit to your travel fatigue? And my gosh, the heat in Spain. How is the weather in Poland?
A squirrel chewed a hole in our hot tub cover!!! What in the world? DH has made a crude repair and we're just going to have to live with it. New ones cost between $600 -$1000, and this one is only a couple of years old. Worse than the price, they are hard to come by for this older model. When we last replaced it, we had to special order it, and it took 9 months for it to be delivered. $%&#@ squirrels!
But that is a minor problem today. BFF called me at 8:10am this morning. She asked if she woke me, and I said no, I'm getting up at 8 these days. She said, good, that's what I thought, and then she told me she was at the hospital with her son. It is suicide ideation. I don't want to write anymore details, but my heart is broken. He is my boy too, and I've loved him since the day I held him when he was just a few hours old.
So whatever plans I had, I'm going to stay around the house in case BFF needs me to come and sit with her.
