Wednesday, February 5, 2025

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Nice dinner out last night. I had a bit of DH's unusual Greek salad and a fantastic grouper dish. Good food, service, and overall date night though we were up a little late talking afterwards.

Today is water aerobics and bocce with some laundry in between. Oh and also a Justice walk at some point. DH is playing golf today so he will be up and out before I start my activities. Leftover feta pasta tonight.

Tomorrow I play golf with the ladies so I may try to go to the driving range for a little while early in the afternoon. I need to keep working at hitting the darn ball when it is not on a tee.

That's all the news fit to print! Have a waterfall Wednesday!

133.6. Well darn, up again. Calories were at 1,000 yesterday and 700 the day before. No reason for a gain, but then again I wasn't in a 3500 calorie deficit the days I was losing a pound a day while sick! Hopefully the gain will stop! I was getting excited to hit goal!

Still need to finish cleaning the house today and finish up some Bible study. Weather cold again. Boooooo!

Good luck with your golf Liz! Love your determination!

Your body probably needs to recoup a bit before losing again. Hopefully it will do so lower than before you got so sick though.

144.2

50% chance of rain, so looking to be a waterfall Wednesday here with no hint of anything but dreary gray....bleh...

Apologize for the lack of presence; I've been ostriching deeply in that dark landscape aka January. Now it is finally February and and hopefully a return to the happy place of the here and now. Baby steps, maybe, but forward progress and grateful for the movement.

Speaking of...time to mosey out the door and my drawing class...

Eyes forward and sending positive energy to all.

Gray and cold can be so depressing. Another month and spring will be just around the corner.

Good to see you! Yeah January, the month that lasts a year... February is just a bit brighter and lighter to carry....

Howdy, M150. :)

I read recently that one of the most beneficial things folks can do is to take some kind of art class or join an active artist community of any kind: visual, writing, anything. I wondered if that were actually true, but have no idea that it is or isn't.

Seems like lately the media of all ilks are intent on grabbing our attention with "Did you know that...?" opinion pieces, often (to my eyes) with very little actual evidence that their opinions are true for anyone other than the writer. I'm in one of those moods lately to take in and consider seriously only those things that seem to have some basis in fact. I also realize that it's true (for me) that I now have access to so very much more "information" (by which I just mean somebody's or AI's keystrokes) than I used to have.

I swear--if there were a guaranteed-to-be-true news and science source I'd pay serious money for it.

P.S. And to be clear, I'm not feeling this way because of politics, just about everything. I do hope this means that the clickbait internet era is coming to an end. (A girl can wish.)

Hola Friends!

213.4 - a weight I can certainly live with. Like Paula, I seem to be in a holding pattern. It is what it is, right?

I am having icky sleep so far this week. Three nights of light sleep, lots of waking up and a lot of dreaming makes for tough times when the alarm goes off. I am thankful, though, that I am not having trouble getting to sleep. For me, lying awake is the worst!

Dad was pretty sharp, in a good mood and mildly conversational yesterday. We had a pleasant visit. My brother showed up while i was visiting, so it was a nice family visit.

Workouts continue to be a highlight of my days. Having almost 70 pounds gone sure does make a difference when it comes to exercise. Duh...

As the weight has come off and the fat continues to go away, my attention to my skin laxity intensifies. I'm interested in a deep plane facelift when all is said and done. Apparently this is the new gold standard procedure. Not sure if my guy does them. Hoping so. I see him next week for my "11s", so I'll ask him. Might be a nice little "retirement gift" to myself. Though I don't really want to do it until I have at least another 20 pounds gone (25 would be ideal). Who knows if I will even ever do it, but it sure is fun to think about.

I like that I am able to "talk" about all these things here. Ron and my BFF are not always supportive of self image issues, so I keep a lot of this kind of thinking to myself in my "real" life. My eating disorder therapist knows me so well she has come out and bluntly said, "Oh, I fully expect you to have or seriously consider skin removal surgery." She actually thinks having the skin removal will HELP my eating disorder thinking. Who knew????

Well, enough deep thinking for today.... The sky is blue, the temperature is in the mid 40s, so it's feeling like a perfect California February winter day! No complaints after the downpours yesterday...

I think I would be such a good candidate for a facelift! My skin is saggy, but not thinning, or papery. 3 things holding me back: fear of pain, cost, but more importantly, I'm not interested in taking time to heal. And I know a panniculectomy would change my life, but I'm even more afraid and less inclined to devote the necessary time to healing... but if insurance would pay for it, it might be now or never. I assume Medicare would not.

I've heard with proper documentation (rashes etc. it is often at least partially paid for!). Get documenting with your doctor girl!