VSG Maintenance Group
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Greetings from Portland Maine! The weather continues to be beautiful, so it is a good weekend to be here. We stopped in Ogunquit for lunch yesterday (shared a burger), then got to DS apartment around 4:30. Nice place but so overfurnished - he wanted a lot of familiar things around him LOL. He still has a few pieces of furniture coming from my house after the wedding. It is going to be a tight fit!
We ate at a lovely Italian restaurant last night near the harbor. It was in an old building with exposed brick walls and 3 beautiful curved bars. Our table was in a sort of loft overlooking one of the rooms with the pretty bars. Nice lighting though that meant I had to use my reading glasses LOL.
This morning we are going to take a walk in a nearby park, then DS has us booked for a Harbor Lighthouse cruise this afternoon. Lots to do in this city. This is our last trip away before the wedding and house closing, so we will be fully in de-clutter mode at the house starting Monday. Because we are hosting the after wedding brunch I don't want to pack anything up ahead of that but I'm hoping to have any additional stuff to throw away or donate out before that.
Enjoy the first day of the weekend! Have a satisfying Saturday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
on 9/14/24 7:06 am
Good morning! I'm knocking things off my do-before-I-leave list. Yesterday was an oil change on my MI car, MI gifts for my friends, and making brownies for my folks to freeze. They are amazing brownies.
Today's tasks will evolve. I do better if they sneak up on me. I also want to see the Beetlejuice movie that's here in town. I haven't heard anything so maybe that's not a good thing?
There are so many Monarch Butterflies here right now. They're everywhere! Maybe the warmth is keeping them here?
Scale was 186 today. Nice to have it moving a bit again.
Not much else happening here. Hope everyone is well!
I will not click on that brownie recipe! I will not click on that brownie recipe!
Rats. I clicked on it. 
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
on 9/14/24 7:51 am
I keep forgetting to comment on this... I've been having to drink Premier Protein shakes as I'm out of Fairlife shakes and there are none around here. Jeez Louise, they are hard on my digestive system! I'll be happy to go back to Fairlife for much better taste and less internal distress. What do they put in those things??
The shakes and protein powders can be hard on me too. I stick to 1/2 of the premier protein at a time, using it as my coffee creamer. Thanks to Diane S's suggestion the Fairlife is also going down better with a little cocoa powder in it to make it not as sweet tasting. Funny that I now have to unsweeten things to make them palatable!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
164.5. Nice little drop today, probably thanks to good bathroom time yesterday!
Another beautiful weather day. Will have to sit outside a bit! I should probably grill but think we might have meatballs in a mushroom gravy over rice or Asian pork lettuce wraps. Whatever we don't have today will be on tomorrow's menu.
Got Mom some clothes on-line (yay, didn't have to take her shopping-yet). I also shopped my closet and found a few too big items for me that she liked. Win-win!
Liz, how is DS adjusting to his new digs and new city? So nice that you could go and spend time with him this weekend. I know DC is going to have a hard time when we move! They spend most of their days off hanging out at our house.
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
