Sunday June 11, 2023

Mostly smooth travels yesterday. We landed at 4 and were checked in by 5. So nice to be back in my renovated room again (it was being renovated while we were here last year so we were in a different room).

We slept until 8 after going to bed at 9 pm!!! I can't remember the last time that happened. Today is walking on the beach, food shopping, and deciding where to have dinner. Such stress ;)

Here is my current view while drinking coffee (not great detail as it was taken with my iPad). Have a super Sunday!

That long sleep sounds delicious, and well needed! Great way to kick off your stay.

Yesterday started in the high 80s and ended in the low 60s. Cold front came through! Its chilly and windy today, but brilliant sunshine. But no paper reading on the porch.

Wegovy .5 kicked my butt a little yesterday. I took my shot Thursday night. Friday and Saturday, I was only able to eat like 3 small bites of something, then done. Example, when we go out for happy hour, I eat ONE slider normally. This time I couldn't even finish the little slider. Which is good in terms of lowering food consumption, but then my physically empty system begins to churn with acid etc, and some nausea. Same story Saturday. Luckily sleeve experiences taught me how to manage nausea and it never got too bad. Today seems okay, appetite suppression, but no nausea.

The musical, Next to Normal, was phenomenal!!! It was originally on Broadway in 2009 (I think) , but retains relevancy. It deals with a family and the impact of the mother's bipolar disease. Searing, sad, and, also hopeful. That's the end of this season, I think we will get season tickets for the upcoming one.

Feeling tired after getting home around 1am last night. (And we originally left the house at 12:30pm for the first of 3 events.) I was going to try and hit the ground running today, and start taking care of things I'd deferred until break. Going to defer them for one more day, while I have a nap, and then finish a book I started.

I'm low on information today. It's only going to be in the 70s! So nice outside.

I have two boxes of tops and sweaters to unpack (none of them fit - ugh) and no good place to put them. My closet is admittedly huge, but it's mostly hanging space and I'm a folded clothes person! I don't like hanging knits or t-shirts as they get get weird stretched out points in the shoulders from the hangers or stretched out necks. So lots of empty hanging space and not enough shelf or drawer space. I need to get creative.

That's all I have planned today...

Carbs have gotten back in the house and it's not good for my eating.

Hope you all have great days!

Interesting that Wegovy makes you feel like that. I always thought with the sleeve it was mostly a physical response (and the chemical was just a metabolism change). But maybe it was all chemical?

When I first got my sleeve, I was told it worked by creating physical restriction, and reducing grehlin, which reduces appetite. Now my clinic says it also creates a surge of GLP 1, which is a natural hormone that works in the brain to regulate appetite. This surge drops off, which could be one of the factors that leads to regain. It makes sense to me, based on how many of us talk about how much easier it was to eat smaller portions, or resist non nutritious foods, the first years after our surgery. I'm sure physically, the capacity of our sleeves does expand. But maybe the 5 years out type of struggles are also related to diminishing hormone assistance, causing an increased capacity we didn't have before, because all those nice GLP 1 hormones were telling us we were full.

So here we all sit, years after our surgery, with our limited physical capacity, (which clearly does help) with our mostly original hormone /metabolism systems, (some of us have changed our systems by increasing our lean muscle mass) which I will contend have never been normal otherwise we wouldn't have needed surgery. I simply do not think it was a question of willpower or lack of knowledge that brought us to the point of surgery. Within this group I see smart, educated, determined, disciplined people. On the exercise front (and many other aspects) more disciplined than me, and I think I do try hard.

So with almost universal struggle for maintenance after about 5 years, and then the success of drugs that mimic GLP 1, it makes sense that part of surgery success is hormones... We are a lot of complicated biological systems indeed...

Greetings all

Gallery duty this morning. Fortunately another member showed up early and opened the door and shut off the alarm system. I was worried about that since I have not done it before and you have to get a code in within 30 seconds or it calls someone. I cant do much of anything in 30 seconds. Anyway it was a nice if cloudy morning and I made some sales and met a woman from Switzerland; home of my ancestors. And I learned the technique of another one of our members - quite complex.

Made a quick store stop after that. The little market there is my favorite. A fairly complete grocery but small and easy.

Liz glad the travel went well and that you were able to rest up and fix the sleep deficit. What a magical thing it is to be able to sleep. My mom had a nurse who was one of those people who only sleeps about 3 hours a night and is full of energy. Can't figure that one out.

DD glad the show was good. Nothing better than a good musical and nothing worse than a bad one. Interesting on the Wegovy. I had no clue it would do nausea. So interesting how all this bio chemistry works.

So not much happening on the tossing stuff agenda today. Need to rest up from 4 hours of sitting at a desk where counting bills was my most strenuous activity.CC I put a low chest of drawers in my closet for folded stuff. Most of my hanging stuff is short anyway. And too small. Need to purge that too.

DH is dozing. Looks like a good idea to me. Especially since I just now had some lunch. Eating really makes me sleepy. Lots of us have weight issues due to evening eating which is often due to insomnia.

Cheers. Diane S

Getting geared up to start sorting and tossing always seems like the hardest part. Once one is engaged it isn't so bad. I am planning on selling my Cape house next year so will need to spend next summer doing the sorting/tossing. I am just not ready to do it this year