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Good Morning! I'm at my desk and somehow feel like I've forgotten everything that seemed so urgent on Friday. 3 day weekends are good for that.
QOTD: I couldn't possibly choose. I have had lots of wonderful years I would love to revisit. But 2017 was a great one. I was at my lowest post op weight and just moved in with Grim :) I know it's probably controversial but 2020 was pretty great too. I had never worked from home before and it was glorious to have so many extra hours in the day.
Accountability: I had 2 cookies in Maine.
- protein coffee & a few bites of leftover cheeseburger
- egg white egg bite
- babybel cheese & apple slices
- 1oz. beef short ribs & broccolini
"at your best" - hmmm. In that case, I guess 50s. I didn't have WLS until I was 55, but I was pretty active even before that. Swam laps or did water aerobics most days of the week; ate nutritiously (albeit too much). Earlier decades - no. I was either pretty (or very) obese (late 30s and all of 40s) - smoked throughout my 20s up to mid-30s, and wasn't too active in either decade. I did say above I've been "happiest" in my 50s and 60s...and that's true. But with "best", I guess 50s - esp the last half (after my WLS). I've slacked off a bit the last couple of years.
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
That's a bummer! I want to try some pumpkin flavored ones soon.
RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150
Wow that trip really seemed to sneak up fast.
RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150
Love how you look at life. You've done some amazing things.
RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150
Good Morning! Yum tacos. I found out yesterday that someone in another department had to have emergency gallbladder surgery and she has nobody as a back-up. One of my team members has done that job in the past so they are pulling him to cover that role temporarily so I'll cover his stuff for this payroll week. All of my other projects have to get set back again but it's all about teamwork.
I feel ya on the strength training, I'm a cardio girl at heart! I do enjoy my Pilates bar tome stretching now but I started it when I couldn't do a full 1/2 hour on the elliptical because of my ankle. I'm glad your pain is better and know you'll put together a schedule that works for you. I also want to take walks on break now that it's cooling down but I allow the work chaos to consume me and don't get away from my desk like I should.
QOTD: I don't think I have a clear answer. I'd like to take little portions of each era and piece it together. I would say about 6-8 years ago but there were times then that Em and I fought like cats/dogs and now I love our relationship that we have so I can't give that up.
TSS: 10 years 2 months
B: SF latte, 3 turkey sausage links, and an orange
L: Turkey and cheese sticks, carrots, light and fit yogurt and some fruit
S: Mixed nuts, a piece of fruit and yogurt
D: Homemade smoked sausage (beef/pork), broccoli and cheese, a banana, and dark chocolate
ES: Protein ice cream and carbmaster toast
E: 1/2 hour elliptical, 1 mile on treadmill and 20 mins Pilates bar
V/W: On track
Totals: Cals:1302 Protein:119 Carbs:114 Fat:53
Have a great day!
RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150
Hi gang. We had a nice day trip up to Maine yesterday, and had a nice barn tour at the Shaker Village. Traffic stunk on the way home, but it was a good day.
I need to start getting ready for my trip to Tunisia. I leave Thursday afternoon. Everyone keeps asking why I haven't started packing yet. It's like, almost three days away.
I've been eating more the last week, but not outrageously so. I'm thinking I may not have much to eat while traveling. Nothing I'll want to eat, at least.
QOTD: Interesting phrasing. Not "when we're you happiest," but "were at your best." I read that as being healthiest, or fittest, though I'm not sure if that's what you intended. I think I was at my best in my thirties. I was a little overweight, but not a lot, and was pretty fit. And everything worked, with all factory original parts.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
Instead of swapping cardio, which you enjoy, for weights, which you don't, could you tack on 1-2 weights exercises to the end of your cardio? Alternate them throughout the week? It would have have to be all cardio or all weights that way.
HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150
Jen
For most of my life I was plagued by overweight and by having a stomach that always looked somewhat pregnant. I worked really hard at diets and exercises, but never was satisfied with the way my body looked. I was 59 having weight loss surgery and had a tummy tuck a year later. Once the tummy tuck healed I felt better about my body than I ever had in my life. Between 60 and 70 were great years. I felt light and full of energy. I thought about a belly button piercing, but then decided that was not "acting my age". But I did wear bikinis, spent a lot of time at the beach or pool, went to amusement parks, took great vacations, had lots of friends.
I joined a group of line dancers and went to classes at the senior center and then out to bars and dance halls three or four times a week. I was 67 and at Myrtle Beach when I tried tandem sky diving for the first time from an airplane. I did it a few years earlier off of a mountaintop. At 70 I was at Cedar Point in Ohio and for the first time in my life got so tired I rented a electric chair so I could keep getting on rides. It was great in some ways because we got to go directly to the front of the line. But it was the beginning of becoming weaker and I slowly lost strength and energy in the last six years.
I still enjoy life, but do have to accept certain limitations and worry about falling or getting too tired. I do as much as I can, but now have a housekeeper weekly and pay someone to do my laundry. I could no longer keep up with things like mowing grass, shoveling snow or climbing on ladders, so sold my house and moved to a condo where the maintenace is done for me.
I really get up every morning and am thankful to still be here. If I could go back to a earlier age, I don't think I would. Seeing what is in the future is more fun.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Mornin' All!
class today - and that's it! It's only supposed to get up into the 50s today (although 60s by the end of the week), so I'll probably just get off the bus a couple of stops early and walk the rest of the way to my building.
I'm the same with weight training, Amy. I'm a cardio person. It's not hard for me to get myself to do cardio, but weights - ugh. I'll sometimes get into the routine and do it two or three times a week for a while, but then I'll stop and it takes FOREVER to get myself going with them again. Need to work on this...
QOTD: I don't have a specific age, but I've been happier in my 50s and 60s than I was earlier in life. I think that's pretty common, actually.
today's food:
coffee with half & half
protein pancake topped with Greek yogurt, 1/2 diced peach, and SF syrup
Loma Linda taco filling (1/2 pack) on top of salad greens and topped with diced tomato, plain Greek yogurt, and salsa
protein muffin
channa dal
yesterday's food (for accountability - meh - OK but not that great):
coffee with half & half
protein pancake topped with plain skyr and SF apple butter
protein pumpkin muffin
pack of peanut butter crackers
"popsicle" made with yogurt and protein powder
piece of sourdough bread with light butter
vanilla Greek yogurt topped with raspberries
Loma Linda taco filling (1/2 package) on salad greens topped with diced tomato and plain Greek yogurt
SF popsicle
1 cup protein ice cream
glass of wine
have a great day, everyone!
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
