Wednesday July 22, 2020

Weight 121.4. Out to dinner again last night but not crazy eating. I do need to be careful because right now I seem to be in a very social/out to dinner phase. I am out tonight, for lunch and dinner tomorrow night and possibly at least once on the Weekend.

So glad that DD checked in at home and in her own bed last night. The procedure must have gone well.

I had a great time with my former co-worker and her husband last night. We decided we need to get together on a regular basis. Lots of laughs!

Today David is taking me on that Rail Explorer in Rhode Island, then out to dinner in Newport. That should be fun as well and it is good that I had a bit of a break from seeing him. We will see how it goes today. Before we go, I have a Zoom coffee with my Florida friends so it will be a full day.

Have a safe and healthy Wednesday!

I have 6 pairs of reading glasses... in the car, in my purse, in my bedroom, bathroom, family room and kitchen. I grab them when I need them, shove them out of the way onto my head and they all inadvertently migrate upstairs to my bedroom when I go to bed as "headbands". So here I sit squinting because I'm to lazy to go up and bring a bunch of them back downstairs to their place. Aging...

Speaking of aging, my dad was telling me he talked to his sister (my crazy aunt with no filter) Sunday and he was telling her about some huge thunderstorms they'd had that morning. My aunt, said, "Oh I bet mother and dad hated that on their flight to Nantucket! Have you talked to them lately?" My dad just said no he hadn't and carried on. My grandparents have been gone 40 years. She did ask about me and Ferg, so she's got current memories. I said, gosh if she has to be losing her marbles at least she's in a happy place where her parents are still alive. Still, very sad especially for my dad.

My dad's surgery is today and they fly home tonight. It'll be a few days before there's news about the results.

Always cleaning to be done on my to do list, so I'll try to do some today. It's so hard when there is no one else to see the grime! I do much better with the threat of public humiliation to spur my cleaning!

We have the marine layer back and are below normal temps today, so a walk would be great at some point.

Enjoy your days, everybody! Feel better DD!

Is your dad flying home to So Cal or home to Michigan?

Home from Minnesota to Michigan.

Thinking of your Dad today Cecily xxx Sending healing

I hope all went well for your Dad.

Down about a pound today... 267.6. That's what I get for trying not to lose weight. LOL!

Yesterday was another productive day: haircut, GREAT workout, another fruitless run to drop stuff off at Goodwill (will go again in a few minutes), groomed a Cairn in the late afternoon, made a lovely dinner of organic locally produced chicken sausages with salad.

The work out was chest focused. I was pretty damn pleased with myself for the amount of weight I am able to press these days. On the flat dumb bell press I topped off at 80 pound dumb bells in each hand. The incline independent plate press I maxed out at 115 pounds on each side (though that is an average weight for me on that machine). Whooo hooooo!

Spent more time pondering my passive vs. active thinking and where to go from here. I am still in the "I'm not sure territory'. That's okay. I realized yesterday it is totally okay not to be clear on all this. I am feeling so settled with the idea of discarding the phrase, "I want to lose weight." The statement, "I want to be thin" is holding much more weight for me. To get to thin I have to create an action plan. Getting to thin feels goal oriented and has a positive connotation to me. Losing weight means dieting and holds negative connotations a plenty! Color me weird. I know my brain works in odd ways, but it makes sense to me.

My trainer was surprised that I said I want to be thin. She said she thought I wanted to be built. Funny how differently she and I interpret thin. Thin to me simply means without excess fat. Well built. Not lanky or skinny. Thin can be muscular and fit. She likes men with meat on their bones and she loves my bulk, so she doesn't want me to get 'too thin'.

Okay, I've got to run, if I am going to make the Goodwill drop off before they fill up. Perhaps there will be more later.....

I've dropped a 17.5 lb dumbbell on my boob twice. I can't imagine 20 let alone 80!

Ouch CEC

You never cease to amaze me with your workouts Peps :) Well done x