Saturday, November 2, 2024

Weight 118.2. Last day of daylight savings time. DH bounded out of bed at 6 am. Does not bode well for staying up late to try and adjust to standard time.

Today I have water aerobics, then we are meeting an old friend of DH in Melbourne for the afternoon. Back here by 6 to attend a birthday party. We asked the bartender at the clubhouse what she drinks and bought 2 bottles of wine for her gift.

I don't think we have any plans for tomorrow which is a good thing. I am skipping the morning walk probably because DH is ready to go and I am still drinking my coffee.

Have a safe Saturday!

No time change here! Best thing about Arizona...

I have errands to do today, but that's all. Tomorrow is a chance of rain and a high of 48. My no heat days have come to an end!

My friend Cathy and her husband are on an around the world nearly month long National Geographic trip on a private plane with 75 total people. She texted this morning to say it's incredible! The first pics were from Machu Picchu... These are the moments I think it would be nice to be married and have a built in someone to do wild travel things like that with. I could go alone, but a good bit of the fun is in sharing the experience!

Anyway, off to pick up toy stuffing... take care!

No time change sure would be nice!

While your friends' 'round the world travel sounds amazing, the first thing that came to mind for me was the cost. I can only imagine what a trip like that would run considering what I paid per person for our upcoming European river cruise. ACK!!!!!

I think they were very successful in their working lives! He ran marketing for Atkins, she was a biochemist for Proctor and Gamble (funny to hear her early career stories of being the only woman on the original Always development team having to explain pad absorbency needs to a bunch of men). They sold their home on the sand in San Diego to move to Sedona. She said they decided not to get a second home and put that money toward travel instead. They do phenomenal trips. And even after all their years together they genuinely love spending time with each other. It's really lovely to see.

My BFF is no longer married, and her boyfriend is too infirm and broke to travel. I know that she is always on the lookout for travel partners, because she also likes sharing the adventure. I've noticed there are some tour groups that specialize in solo travelers specifically for women. In my experience, there's always been some people on every tour whose company I enjoy. And of course the few you learn to avoid quickly! Maybe something to look into?

I kind of forget that Sedona does have a winter. Good suggestion from DD about traveling. My grandmother toured England, Scotland, and Ireland as a single in a group of other singles and she made some great friends.

I know dozens of single/widowed women and a few married women who travel the world with traveling buddies. Likewise, many women join tours of all kinds as a solo traveler.

The two years after my husband died I went to Antarctica and the Galapagos and Italy and Greece and other Adriatic countries with good friends and to Ireland and to France by myself the two years after my husband died. They were wonderful trips!

I think it helps to be an extrovert, but I could be wrong about that.

I am in a mood about weight loss! It's okay and I am not seeking consolation or commiseration, just voicing here cuz I think y'all get it.

I have reached that God awful stage of weight loss where I have to deal head on with the eating disorder garbage to continue to lose weight. That means for me I have to start making emotionally uncomfortable choices. And because I am not calorie counting or tracking grams of macros (other than loosely tracking protein intake to make sure I'm close to 100 grams per day), the choices have to be made. In the long run, this is a good thing. In the short term, IT SUCKS!

This type of issue brings out my inner Varuca Salt. Because I was "good" yesterday and had to make a hard choice, my inner petulant child wanted and expected a significant drop in the scale this morning. No such luck!

I also want to lose about 35 more pounds. Not sure if that is realistic. Logically, yes it is. Emotionally, physically, I'm not so sure. I have to drop at least 25 so I'm securely under 200. I will not be satisfied being over 200. Muscles or not, I really don't think I should weigh more than 200 for my height. (Remember top of the healthy BMI range for me is 159.)

Anyhow, that is where I am today... Other than that I'm busy with dog grooming and getting pics of the RV so the listing agent can get them posted!

Satisfying Saturday to one and all....

I decided to be happy at a higher weight. It was too hard to stay at the calorie deficit I needed to loss anymore. Maybe one day I will. I could go up one more dose in Wegovy, or switch to Zepbound, or take my Wegovy every 7 days instead of every 9 days like I've been doing.

There are no easy answers to this. I absolutely understand why you want to get under 200. Physically, its probably the right thing for your body. Psychologically it's a very powerful number.

I had to look up who Varuca Salt was. Sustaining weight loss over a long period is tough especially if you have to work at it. It just gets tiresome after a while. You do look pretty fit in that Halloween picture so maybe you don't need to drop all of that 35?