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Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 11/24/25 8:44 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Sunday, November 23, 2025

Absolutely!

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

CC C.
on 11/24/25 6:35 am, edited 11/24/25 1:03 am
Topic: RE: Sunday, November 23, 2025

Yikes! Stovetop and canned cranberries? I suppose that proves the point that it's whatever your memories are attached to that food that means Thanksgiving to you!

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 11/24/25 3:59 am, edited 11/24/25 4:02 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: Monday, November 24, 2025

118.6 - up quite a bit maybe due to eating chips and dip yesterday LOL. I can pass on chips but not when there is a good dip. Actually I think I need good bathroom time.

Good day yesterday with the family. More or less a repeat today though the guys (DH, son-in-law, and grandson) are going golfing. Interesting changes: The daughters have both lost a lot of weight on Zepbound and are looking good. Son-in-law informed us that he wasn't cutting out beer entirely, but just cutting down so went to the store to buy some (since DH has only bought 0% beer at his request). But he has been drinking the 0% sometimes. Lots of high protein drinks and supplements being consumed by all except granddaughter who still eats a lot of junk food. Hmmm....

One DSD has her Zepbound covered by insurance but at the 1st of the year it will only be covered if her BMI is high enough which it may not be at that point. In other words, no coverage for maintenance.

One final result to the tragic shooting here on Friday morning: The locksmith who was with the deputies serving the eviction notice died yesterday. My DH knew him from using him to change the locks at his home previously. So sad all around for the families including the mother of the mentally ill man.

Time for a Justice walk, followed by water aerobics. None of the family members plan to be up early enough to come with me at 9. Have a monster Monday!

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 11/24/25 3:27 am, edited 11/23/25 7:29 pm - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Sunday, November 23, 2025

That is a long way just to get dog food! I just looked it up - looks like you can get it from Amazon too?

Your plan for Thanksgiving sounds lovely - and a really nice way to share with your neighbor. I agree that having what is traditional for you is much preferred. Since my former DH died, that hasn't been an option (he always cooked, then my DS would cook his recipes). Very different from current DH's family, but this year it won't even be their kind of dinner. I suspect it will be more like what I was used to for the stuffing and the cranberry sauce as both will be homemade. DH's daughters like Stove Top stuffing and jellied cranberry. My grandmother also used to make cranberry sauce so I am used to a chunky berry sauce (I checked and the chef at the club will be making it from scratch). The concierge was amused that I asked but she said the chef was pleased to have someone care LOL.

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 11/24/25 3:20 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Sunday, November 23, 2025

Could you make that soup with chicken and just buy a precooked chicken?

We have 2 kids here: DH's grandchildren are 17 and 13. No cooking because we go out to eat every night and we are getting a takeout Thanksgiving dinner from our clubhouse. We were going to eat at the Thanksgiving buffet there but decided we didn't want to have to dress up and sit in a formal room. And from my perspective there would be way more food that I could eat to make the price worthwhile. DH's 2 daughters are in the same boat: both on Zepbound.

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 11/24/25 3:14 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Sunday, November 23, 2025

Well that jacket sounds like a good deal! Congratulations on your needing new coats LOL.

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 11/24/25 3:12 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Sunday, November 23, 2025

Sounds tasty but all beans are excluded from my low nickel diet (though I do love them).

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 11/24/25 3:11 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Sunday, November 23, 2025

A lovely tribute to a good man. I like that custom.

good luck with the gnats - I guess that is another good reason for not having real plants ;)

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

CC C.
on 11/23/25 6:26 pm, edited 11/23/25 10:26 am
Topic: RE: Sunday, November 23, 2025

More rain today and now we're fogged in. Fog is rare in the desert! I ran to Home Depot today for supplies to stand my tree up straight since I won't get the new tree until after Christmas. Came home, washed bedding and changed sheets, tidied the kitchen and went to the grocery store. I am going to make my mom's recipes for Thanksgiving and hang out in my jammies decorating the tree. I did have a few invitations, which is lovely, but I learned last year Thanksgiving recipes with the attached history and memories are what make it feel right. At least to me. To the neighbors who invited me yesterday, I offered to bring over cranberries to share as my grandma's recipe makes a lot and I only need a little. His wife said she'll trade me for dessert.. Score!

Tomorrow I need to go to Flagstaff to get dog food. I am currently feeding Just Food for Dogs, which Kirby loves (finally, he didn't ever like kibble), but that company is THE WORST for shipping. They charged my order and never sent it. When I called Friday thinking it would be easy for them to ship Monday, deliver Wednesday, they said they didn't think they could get it here and I should go to Petsmart in Flagstaff to buy it and they'd try to ship my next shipment in December. That's nuts. So I'm driving over an hour each way for that, plus it's more expensive than ordering from them. Argh.

Maybe I'll go to Home Goods up there to make the trip a little more fun.

That's it here. Take care!

Peps
on 11/23/25 4:45 pm
Topic: RE: Sunday, November 23, 2025

Like you, I am in charge of mashed potatoes for the clan, as well as Ron's step mom's spicy carrots in cream (another southern casserole family favorite).

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