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I was just wondering this morning who is taking care of your dogs?
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!
Posted a pic and my review on TT
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!
Die Schlossen sind prächtig! 
We gave up our low 2-door BMW sedan and replaced it with a BMW SUV last year. So much easier to get in and out of for ourselves and our friends.
Lucky you to be in a weight maintaining groove! I'm afraid to try going without the tirzepatide even though I am taking an extremely low dose. I suppose eventually I shound try it though.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
119.2 - Unchanged since yesterday which is good because I ate fairly well last night.
Love the German date!!! Is your trip the Rhine Getaway? Very intrigued.
Two more days here - the time has gone by fast! Yesterday was a very strange day. First time in 15 years that it rained for the entire day. It was POURING at times. We were able to walk over to the resort two down where we had a dinner reservation and luckily were seated under a patio roof because it started up again during our meal. We stayed at the bar for an extra couple of after dinner drinks to wait for it to subside to sprinkles so we could walk back. At one point I had to use the ladies room and the hostess went with me with a big towel held over our heads to get to it through the rain LOL.
My DD and SIL are in the air on their way here. We pick them up at about noon. We have to finish packing up our stuff here in the room so they can move in for the week. We are renting a different room for our last 2 nights. We already have plans for lunch and dinner. Lunch at the restaurant run by the person who used to run the restaurant at the resort here until a couple of years ago and dinner at the restaurant ru by the person who ran the resort restaurant just prior to that. They have done well and have good food. The one here is not so great. A Netherlands company has bought up a large portion of the resort restaurants and bars over the last few years and the quality of the food and service is mediocre at all of them. So we go off campus.
Have I mentioned that we started watching Dept Q based on the recommendations here? Really enjoying it!
Have a sandwich Saturday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I found the lack of connection after I left to be both disconcerting and freeing. And weird.
There is an oral one now: Rybelsus (semaglutide). Doesn't work great (I tried it). Some of the compounders were compounding both semaglutide annd tirzepatide and people didn't seem to think they worked very well, but maybe there will be one developed that does.
You can get Zepbound from Lilly Direct in vials (no pen) for self-pay:
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Report back!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I felt that way about Ireland - felt like home.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
126.7 lbs.
Peps, ich würde so gerne mit dir nach Deutschland reisen. Du bist gerade an einem wunderschönen Teil des Flusses.
Enough of that! You've probably already visited or cruised past Mainz, where I spent a wonderful 1966-67 when all that part of the world was still West Germany and I was a wide-eyed naïf. Anyway, keep posting those gorgeous pix. We're enjoying them so much.
I posted yesterday, but the site ate my post. I didn't have much to say, so not much was lost. Today the plan is to drive 300 miles south to Huntsville, Alabama, to look at a car we are interested in buying. As I mentioned earlier, we're ready to sell two of our cars and replace them with a comfy, cushy sedan we can enjoy during the long road trips we both enjoy. Planes are great for getting across oceans and big swaths of North America, but we're ready for seats that massage you and safety features for old folks who cat around like they're still on spring break.
And speaking of weight maintenance and comfy ranges, I'm almost at the point where I almost don't worry about my weight anymore and simply trust any upticks are due to holiday eating or bathroom inactivity or (lately) gaining a little more muscle (physical therapy is really kicking my butt!). I do still weigh every morning and record my weight on My Fitness Pal--don't think I'll ever stop doing that.
Time to coffee up. The bus leaves early this morning. Wishes to all for a satisfying Saturday.
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.
Couldn't resist doing the date in German! Anne will appreciate. It would be nice to be traveling with her since she is 100% fluent in German, unlike I. My German is conversational, at best. I spoke German to a young woman at a concession kiosk and she started speaking Kobelenz Platt... Needless to say, I had a hard time following her. I will take that as a warning to speak German only when needed. But part of me wants to use my German. It's been such a long time since I've been able to use it.
We docked in Koblenz early this morning. We docked on the Rhine just a few meters from the convergence of the Rhine and the Mosel. The view from our stateroom is the very impressive monument to Wilhelm I. Ron and I did a walking tour of the old part of town. My brother took a sky tram/cable car to the fortress and will meet us later in the day. The rest of the day is a cruising day. I am hoping to spend a lot of time on the sun deck taking in the views.
Shot kicked in this morning. I had some thinly sliced meat - probably 3 oz and and piece of brown bread toasted. When my eggs came, I could not eat them both. On our way back to the boat, Ron was hankering for some gelato. We stopped for some at previously mentioned kiosk. Worth every single calorie!
Not much else I can think of... Let me know if I'm over posting the pics on TT.
I do miss my dogs, a bit.
