Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Weight 118.2. 10 days until the wedding. Eldest DD arrives from New Jersey late tonight so I am getting the downstairs room ready for her to stay and work in.

Deep thoughts about life changes yesterday: ThinLizzy navigating the world without DH but with support from her DD; Diane S learning about a new life being created on her birthday; a wedding coming; several of you planning for retirement. On the last note, it is scary but it seems that for most it just works out. Some spending adjustments just happen: fewer meals purchased during the work day, less gas, less money spent on work clothes, keeping the car longer so the loan is retired, etc.

Today we are taking DH's car to be fixed (it failed the annual required inspection last week so has not been drivable). Then we will go out to DH's home to put the wardrobe delivered Friday inside the house and mow the lawn. Not sure if we will bring Justice though he really does love taking walks there. My home is in a neighborhood with paved streets and though pretty with views of the pond doesn't offer as much for a dog - DH's neighborhood is mostly interconnected dirt roads ultimately ending up at the ocean beach where we can continue the walk. Lots of good smells and space to run.

Time to put the laundry in the dryer. Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Good morning, all! Hump day--remember that?

Weather here is lovely. Mopping continues, although at this point I think I'm just plain lazy.

CC, this is your big travel day, and I'm thinking about you and the puppy up there in the sky looking down at our lovely country.

I don't have much else to say, except that all's good here.

Quick update as I wake up before the mad dash to pack... The first week on 12.5 was a good one! Even with a lot of celebratory end of summer food. I was 186.4 today, so 2.2 pounds down this week for a total of 46. Hoping to get back on track once home to get to my goal.

Thinking on September here in MI, this has been the warmest I've experienced and my folks say the same. Normally my heat has been on at least a few days and I've gotten in some sweatshirt weather before heading home. And fog. No fog this year even once. Still shorts and Tshirts weather and windows wide open. It will be interesting what sort of winter they get here.

I should go start organizing myself. Have a great day all!

Great results on the 12.5 dose!

Greetings all

quick iPad check in from the gallery. It's a great fall day and there have been quite a few visitors. I already messes up a sale bit minor.

so dinner out tonight at the Chinese buffet. Friends want to celebrate our birthdays so that's nice. There is a dollar store next door so I will stop in for wrapping supplies needed at the gallery.

yep liz I have often thought about how our little group represents the patterns of life. So much is shared here and it's good. Hope justice gets the walk of his dreams. My phone alerted me to the fact that dh took poppy on a walk. It tracks her steps and seems to have set a step goal for her. Also gives a map of where they went. This is indeed modern America where we need dog step info in addition to that provided by dh Apple Watch.

cc have an uneventful flight. Hope there are no surprises at home.

more tomorrow when I have a keyboard

diane s

163.4, another smidge down!

Made Mom?s Amazon returns to Kohl?s today and then we shopped there for her. I told her it was my pay back for making her go to the Mall with me during my teenage years! Shopping with her is pretty painful (indecisive, finds something then decides she doesn?t like it, finds something then decides she doesn?t like the laundry instructions), we finally ended up with 2 new tops and it will be my brother?s problem if she decides in the next few days she doesn?t want them after all! I know I?m complaining but I wouldn?t trade this time with her for anything!

Great dinner of grilled red pepper, onion and zucchini with Tuscan seasoning and salmon with a cherry preserve, ginger and brown mustard glaze! Delish!

Tomorrow will be a busy day bringing Mom back home. It is a 3 hour drive one way and I?m going to pretty much drop her off and get back in the car and come home.

Got all of my pages in the scrapbooks! The only thing left to do is make a Table of Contents page to start each album (many of them already have it done) and to make a little metal tag for the outside of the album which identifies the date range of the pictures inside. Hard to believe that I have been doing this since my first one was born (1998) and very soon I will be all done. Looking forward to selling all of my supplies. If I get a hankering to do it again, I?ll go the digital route!

Congrats on continuing to drop weight. You amaze me with both your cooking skills and scrapbooking. I just don't have the desire or patience for either.

I agree Liz, life events are happening all around us and to us. I think that as a group we are also reflective about our journeys, how we got here, where we're going next, and where we hope to end up. And in all of that, there is so much collective wisdom. What a blessing.

Just like yesterday, today was decent. My big non work outing was to the doctor's office. I had 5(!) vials of blood drawn for my upcoming visit with the WLS clinic. I am blessed with very good veins, and blood draws are no big deal for me. But as I was sitting there (it took a few minutes) I started to think, am I light headed? I'm feeling light headed! No, no you're not, you're being silly. I did not faint, so all is well.

Tonight's supper was Wendy's chili which I picked up on the way home. It works when neither of us seem to be too interested in cooking.

We talked to DD last night, and she's lost 40 pounds so far. I think she started the last week of May. I am so very happy for her! DH has 2 more Wegovy shots left, then he is moving to Zepbound, which currently resides in our fridge.

Your DD is having amazing success. She must feel great.

Yes, our collective wisdom is broad. I think we work well as a weight loss support group because we don't just talk about our weight but just as much about our lives. And at the end of the day how we respond to life's ups and downs is key to what happens with our weight. I personally found it extremely helpful to have one of our members navigate some big life changes before I did so I could ask her questions and hear how she dealt with them.

133.0

Just a quick check in to see what's cooking- happily, all looks well and good. Nothing fancy or out of the ordinary; feet hit the ground in the morning- I turn around and it's now. Kurtbear grilled steaks and we had them with baked potato and garden tomatoes. So yummy.

That really is about it. Sweet dreams your ways and special cyber hugs to you, Lizanne. Let it be and and practice the self care your body so needs right now.