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Sitting all day at a fair must be exhausting. I hope Bella is okay. Don't you wish they could tell us what is wrong?
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I definitely lost muscle and though I am regaining it, my skin tone is terrible - I have old lady skin now.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Making great progress on planning that trip. So good that BFF and her son have your support - I am sure it means a lot to them.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Lists are critical when you have that much to accomplish. I can't do without them (I can't even remember more than a couple of items needed at the food store LOL).
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
- Glad you could be a support for BFF and her son. And yay on getting itinerary set for the Scotland trip!
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!
123 on the dot again!
Still tired today. Unpacking the car from yesterday's show went quick. The only thing I'm going to replace for the next show is some cards.
Im 99% sure I won't do art fairs in FL so at this next one I'm going to have a moving sale! 40% off all wall art and matted prints! I might break even on what it cost me to get printed!
Bella dog is under the weather. Not sure what is ailing her but something is definitely off. Will have to watch her closely. I did give her some vetprofen to see if that makes her feel any better.
Home soon Liz! Hope your travels go smoothly!
Busy day Peps! I bet the clean house feels wonderful! I agree about the GLP1s being game changers! Makes sticking to the plan (or at least not going off the rails) so much easier!
You really do have cooler weather Diane. I always think of CA as warm, but not your area!
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!
Painful feet or hips can really take the fun out of sight seeing. A rest tomorrow might be welcome.
We had such a nice visit with DS and the lovely girlfriend. On the way home today we stopped at a sculpture park DS really recommended. It was made of different metal pieces, gears, instruments, fences etc . by some guy who was a hoarder and also visionary.Very cool stuff.
We got home and BFF and her son were here. We had dinner together and son seems to be doing okay. He hugged me a long time and cried a little when we came in. I think he will be okay, but it is a long road ahead. Right now he is just very sad, but I wonder if other emotions will surface. Of course I am biased , but he has a right to some anger as there are broken vows on his wife's part. He is already looking at some condos and there appear to be some on the market he could afford.
Tomorrow I will get back to my workout, and try to add an exercise snack as suggested by Diane of a short walk. I have the NYT Sunday paper to read also.
Oh I finally tackled the Scotland trip and made my decisions about hotels and itinerary for the last few days of the trip. Now it will be about researching restaurants and day tours we'd like now that I know which cities and hotels we will be in each night.
Thanks for the reminder about exercise snacks. I feel like this last round of weight loss resulted in muscle loss too. I want to rebuild strength, so I am focusing on weights, but I need to also build walking stamina and improve walking mechanics. But I don't need to do it all at once, even some short walks could help.
When I was in therapy my therapist recommended I take Prozac daily and Xanax for acute episodes of anxiety while waiting for the Prozac to reach therapeutic levels. Her advice really made sense: You can't fight a war on two fronts. Meaning address the physical issues with medications, freeing your energy to address the emotional, psychological issues. I feel like that's what we're doing with surgery and/or pharmaceuticals, address the physical so we can deal with the emotional food issues. It's so much easier to work on emotional issues when you don't have to fight your biology at the same time.
Greetings all
It is full on sun today. Even early in the morning. Might get up to 70. DH has decided to start walking the dogs again so he is doing so. I reminded him he did not have to do miles and advised him of the exercise snacks. Turns out the cardiologist told him essentially the same thing. Even a few blocks walking is valuable. DH takes a beta blocker and it tires him but even a small amount is better than nothing. So that is good.
My friend got as far as Winnemuca Nevada which is a huge distance. Casino town and it is 110. Onward.
Liz I feel your foot pain. Thats the thing about big city travel - walk and walk and walk. Love hearing your experiences. My recent visitor is married to a man from New Zealand who was originally from the UK so they used to go there often. We shared stories of the British Museum. Do the National Gallery if your feet allow.
So Peps white tornado!! Remember those old commercials for Mr. Clean? Sounds like you have no issues keeping busy in retirement. Wish you were here and I would hire you to groom my dogs.
So I have enough errands and chores today that I had to make a list. Banking, gallery, studio and bla bla bla. But none of it is really time sensitive. I did my walking yesterday and may skip today since my list has about 8 items and that is enough.
We started the new season of the Guilded Age last night. Love that show.
Stay well all and absorb this glorious summer.
Diane S
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