Monday, June 10, 2024

We didn't do a lot yesterday other than our usual daily walk and out for a casual last dinner with DS by the water. However this morning I have sore neck and lower back muscles. No particular reason why other than maybe delayed reaction from snorkeling. I did my usual daily PT exercises yesterday but had skipped them on the day before because I was too tired from the snorkeling.

Still amazed on a daily basis at my lack of appetite. I intentionally tried to get in a few more calories yesterday. How weird to have to think about that?

Today we take DS to the airport in a couple of hours. It will be somewhat lonely without him here but good to have the room to ourselves. DH and I have a date night at a restaurant nearby that gets good reviews for a romantic atmosphere.

DS will pick up Justice early tomorrow. He seems to have become very social lately which I had really noticed when he was with his cousin a couple of weeks ago. Not just tolerating the presence of other dogs but instigating play and running zoomies around them. Fun to see him in the videos sent by the woman he stays with on Cape Cod when we aren't there.

I hope you all have a Magnitudinal Monday!

I did indeed do some tidying yesterday. I vacuumed and folded laundry from the archaeological layers on my closet island (lots of clean puppy laundry no longer needed). I'm trying to get it cleaned off so I can have the ceiling fan in there switched out by a handyman. The previous owners put these really ugly "fandeliers" in there. Chandeliers with ugly plastic crystals that have fans blades that magically appear when you turn the fan on. Nice idea, but I hate these. There is one in the closet and one in the master bath. I would never have considered a fan in the closet or the bath, but it's really nice when you're trying to dry your hair, but overheating from using a hair dryer! I bought walnut wood-bladed replacements that match the other fans in the house.

The scale was down 0.6 today. 196.2. 12.4 pounds from not having an overweight BMI. At this rate that may take a while! But it no longer feels unattainable.

I did indeed have a catch up with my friend. 2 hours and 56 minutes. Lord have mercy. At least a lot of it was interesting. Her husband got head-hunted for a new job and they are moving to Texas. They've been dying to get out of California, so I'm pleased for her. Fun to hear about the house hunting.

Nothing on the calendar for today, but lots the rest of the week, so I will soak in the silence and semi-alone time (with Kirby). Maybe some more tidying. I really need to clean up my paperwork and file it away. I have the folders (because the buying is always more fun than the doing).

My go****here really is such a thing as a fandelier (I thought you had made up a word to describe the fixtures you're replacing). The images Google pulled up confirm-most definitely the unsuitable placement for such a a....just why'd someone make such a choice? Must be trendy but not my style either.

Smiles regards the continued scaling down.

I'm calling shenanigans on BMI determination of health based on waist/hip ratio based upon what I believe to be your body type. The posts of a few days ago got me scrolling a little deeper into the topic of body types. Seems like 40+% of women (including me) share your body type. It goes by several names- the one I like to use is "Athletic". Regardless of name, the determination of category 1. Shoulders are approximately the same width as hips and 2. The waist measurement is 9< less inches the measurement of the hips. At my lowest, 126#( just before the Whipple and almost clinically underweight-not good) my hip to waist was somewhat less than 4 inches.

It would be nice if someone would set up a more accurate system incorporating body type.

I might even be an inverted triangle! My shoulder width is quite a bit broader than my hips or waist. My waist and hip measurements are closer to each other than either is to my shoulder measurement. I probably should have been a competitive swimmer...

This is what I found about inverted triangles

While not commonly found in women (approximately 5%)

Inverted triangles generally have beautiful wide shoulders, and often look taller and more confident at first glance. You probably also have great legs and should be able to wear clothes beautifully - assuming you choose the right ones.

See? You are a rare goddess!

What a great description!

I love how these meds are working for you! Yes, your goals are obtainable, because you educated yourself and knew how to use the medication.

Thank you DD! I give a lot of credit to you as I don't think I would have considered these if they hadn't been such a good thing for you!

154.6 and looking to step just inside of my happy (weight) space. a doable 5 pounds and any more is gravy - up to a point (for example seeking to meet or beat a lowest weight after WLS ).

Diamond D mentioned yesterday, the usefulness of recalculating the cost-benefits over time when determining what weight range we want to live in.

Over the years what was size, vanity and fulfilling a life longed desire to rid myself of what I had come to believe made me "less than" and undesirable/deserving.... Blah blah ....Has morphed into finding that sweet spot where I am as healthy, strong, and comfortable in my own body as I can be....And the victory, at last is that achieving that goal is, at this late date, I am doing it for myself.

Thanks for the nice comments posted yesterday... I'm frequently puzzled as to just why our adult children are so keen to carry on in ways I thought (obviously wrongly) would fade away in the same way a favorite toy is put away into a closet corner, or how the picture books change to chapter books change to novels and again true grown-ass literature.

But, then again, while I continue to put up Christmas trees because the boys jokingly declare they will not set foot in the house until the tree appears...why is it I remember in ways that pierce my heart the history of every ornament that goes on that tree from the ones that hung from my childhood trees and all that have followed...

I guess I've realized the importance in acknowledging the Magnitudinal joy that comes with carrying on with tradition in a child like manner. And I did it on a Monday!

My daughter who lives in sweats and rarely sits at a table to eat at home had requested my fine china, silver flatware, and crystal glasses. Setting a table with them reminds her of the Christmas dinners we used to host at our house as the kids were growing up and wants to try to recreate that in her own home. It surprised me, but after thinking about what they represented it didn't.