VSG Maintenance Group
6-26-19 Wednesday
The past few days has been a blur. Monday I took my mother to cardiologist. Everything is fine. 3 hours drive time. Tuesday two trips to take the dogs to the vet. 3 hours drive time. Tuesday afternoon company. Brother and his grandson coming to play on the sawmill. Adalyn has been sick for about 3 weeks but over the past few days she has had fever over 102, red ears and red throat. DD has been sick with the same stuff and struggling so I have been babysitting. Too much going for my agoraphobic tendencies. I need a time out.
We have an invasion of centipedes. Hundreds of them. Bug spray does not seem to do anything. They are attracted to light.
On a good note I found an interview on the YouTube Dave Rubin channel with Eckart Tolle. Then promptly bought his audible book The Power of Now. He has been around a while I sure could have used his book years ago. That is funny because there is only NOW. The past is only an education and a memory.
I planted a bunch of seeds in the raised beds. DW planted too. What I planted is coming up already. We will definitely have to thin plants. Blooms on the tomato plants. The top 3 inches is miracle grow potting soil. It is fun to watch it grow.
More Later, David
HW=362(6/14) SW=314(9/14) GW=195 CW=270 (1-26-2020)
on 6/26/19 5:48 am
The flies are dying down and it was a beautiful day yesterday. It was my dad's wife's birthday so we had her choice for dinner - steak, potatoes, local asparagus. I like meat and beef, but I am developing an aversion to beef that isn't really well done or ground. The texture of it when it's tender is grossing me out, which is such a shame!
Another gorgeous day today. I did a little weeding in the veggies yesterday. I'm hoping this stuff really starts to grow now that it's warming up as it's nearly July and they are usually further along by now.
Today I am going to take a long walk or a hike. Maybe I'll go to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
I am such a night owl I need an alarm to wake up at 8am! This summer I'm trying to keep my sleep schedule 12-8. My true circadian rhythm is 2am-10am. During the school year, I have to get up no later than 6:30am. It's a killer.
Today I'll run some errands and try not to snack. Sadly, my sleeve is fine with a greater volume of food now that I'm home. Maybe I should just live in Mexico until I loose my regain.
My Daily Eats have been published. There was something freeing about the practice. I chose to log everything I put down the gullet yesterday for accountability. Calories were not abysmal, but I would like to tweak the macros. More protein, less fat, and fewer carbs. I'd like to keep carbs under 100 for now and protein over 100. Doing that should lessen the fat. However, I know that going low fat and low carb is a recipe for disaster.
Weight was down to 264.1 today. So yesterday's weight was merely a blip.
Today is sunny and is going to be in the 70s! Perfect weather for accomplishing things around the house!
I added another level of accountability for myself yesterday. My trainer is now going to weigh me every Tuesday on the gym scale. It's an old fashioned health-o-meter doctor's office scale. At 6 pm, fully clothed and wearing shoes I did weigh. As we all know, that is the absolute least optimal time and cir****tance in which to weigh. LOL! But, I faced it bravely and without feeling embarrassed.
I have also made a decision that when I get all this regain off and keep it off for an amount of time, I am going to treat myself to an LBL, which I think will help me feel better about my packaging. I would have liked to do that before, but it was not a financial reality. It is at this point, so if when the time comes that is what I want to do, I will do it.
Trainer looked at my menu yesterday, too. I found it interesting that she wanted me to eat fruit only after I had eaten a full protein and vegetable meal. Something about the fruit working with the cortisol levels in the body when they are the highest (morning and night). I had not heard that before. Does this sound familiar to anyone else? So, I will eat my eggs and chicken sausage this morning and eat the fruit later in the day and see if that has an effect on how I feel or on my hunger level. Will also pick up spinach today to add to the eggs to get another veggie in.
The house still looks like a used furniture store and we have a dog club party here on Saturday.
THE MOTOR HOME HAS FINALLY BEEN SMOG CHECKED AND THAT MONKEY IS OFF MY BACK! Diane O. do your research well ahead of time. Finding a good place familiar with RVs is not easy.
Off for more coffee, do a few chores, eat my breakfast, etc... Retirement is beginning its lure....
With all your working out, a lbl will indeed liberate the Adonis that is covered up right now! I am also thinking about plastic surgery when I lose some regain, but much more minimal than a lower body lift. I would be happy with just a pannilectomy, no tummy tuck etc, just get rid of the apron. I can deal with all the other loose skin, but I find the pannus is the most difficult thing to hide, even under clothing. I don't mind a bit of a curve of a tummy, in fact my husband says he thinks it's kind of sexy. (Lucky me!), but the rest, not so much. I go to great lengths to conceal it, and forgo some clothes I would like to wear like sheath dresses.
If I can get away with a lesser surgery, I will! It depends on how much loose skin is there. I don't think I will need any stomach tightening, and I have heard the tummy tuck hurts like hell! The only areas that bother me are the loose skin in the pannus region and the chest. I am hoping I won't have too much loose skin there. If I do and it bothers me, I will investigate improving that area, too.
