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I got back from Long Beach on Sunday night. I spent yesterday being a slug. I really didn't do much at all, except visit my dad. I did welcome a new puppy for a week or 10 days. A friend is getting Bug's sister. Her house is being painted this week and the breeders are going on a trip to the giant sequoias. Silly me offered to take the pup for a week to 10 days. I regretted my commitment as soon as it was bed time. The new puppy barked, yowled and complained on and off ALL NIGHT LONG. I was cranky this morning.

Upping the dose to 10 mg of Tirzepatide on Thursday went well. No negative side effects. However, I did notice yesterday that my want to eat really took a nose dive. I had to keep on top of my nutrition yesterday, and actually didn't do a very good job at it. I realized at 8 pm I had not really eaten a proper lunch and still had not had dinner. Not good. I quickly downed a Quest Bar and got on getting some dinner. Having been a slug all day, I had not thawed meat, or gone shopping for salad makings. I jumped in the car and grabbed two grilled chicken tacos at the local taqueria. I finished only one. The other will be lunch today.

I'm down to 238. 2 more pounds until I hit -40 since Tirzepatide. But 43 down from December all time high. ACK! NSV - getting rid of all my show dog pants. They are just too big. I ordered new trousers. They are 4 inches smaller. I am hoping I didn't over estimate my how much I've reduced. What will be trickier is dealing with the suit coats. Those are too pricy to just replace. I will see about getting some of them taken in. But I can see that losing another 40 pounds will require a newish wardrobe. I'm hoping i have enough left over to closet shop. We shall see....

I still need to catch up on the postings made since last Thursday.

Hasta la bye bye!

Do you have a forced air dryer? Using that to dry him will make a huge difference in the shedding after a bath. When a double coated breed is clean the hair releases from the other hair more easily, so it seems the dog is shedding more. The forced air dryer blows away a lot of what is ready to release. Win, win!

This is basically the same one that I use: Forced Aire Dryer

Scale still showing a bit of a gain even though eating and calories have been on point. I'm not going to sweat it and will just trust the process. Not feeling as strong of an effect of the injection this week so maybe I will go up to the 5 mg on Sunday after all.

Boring day today. DH is working. Weather is nice so perhaps I'll take a walk after lunch. Pork lettuce wraps for dinner. I cook up ground pork loin with onions, peppers and shredded carrots, add Bachan's Japanese BBQ sauce and serve in lettuce wraps. They are really tasty. I just love the sauce (I get the big bottle at Costco!)

Yikes! Glad you made it back safely (though I am sure very tired!)

Good morning ! I did a long check in yesterday and lost it (my fault). Shorter version today. Checking in here daily is part of my preferred routine. I love trying to stay on top of your wisdom, challenges and successes ! My goal is to be better about contributing.

My Guardian ad Litem cases are keeping me engaged in a meaningful way. I still am helping to coordinate the safety team at my church, ditto. I am taking an unintentional breather at 143 pounds, in my normal range, but really prefer to hang 139-144. My activity level is dramatically higher following my shoulder replacement recovery. Very rarely do I feel a restriction or any discomfort. I may have to pull back a bit on feeling invincible! I found a perfect place to launch my kayak, less than a mile away. High tide, daylight and wind/wave levels determine my timing. I love the meditative/ spiritual synergy of paddling alone. The two things I always recommend is to let someone know where you put in, your anticipated route and what time you plan to be done as well as paddling against the current/wind first & leaving the easier paddling for the end. I have pretty much stopped wearing my "I've fallen and I can't get up" GPS fob and telling people my plan when I go out alone. The inlet where I paddle is full of sand bars, pluff mud (like quicksand) and sandbars, so I like going out 2ish hours before high tide so I can better navigate in the beginning and finish up on an incoming/high tide, where my options are pretty much limitless. Two days ago, I decided to go out two hours AFTER high tide because I really wanted to paddle channels to the mouth of the ocean ( 3ish miles). The paddle out to the ocean was amazing, almost effortless and took less than an hour. I turned around and began the return trip against the wind, against the tide. I have never paddled so hard in my life to make SLOW progress. If I stopped at all, I was pushed backward so I had to find secure hidy holes to tuck into to "rest". I HAD water, my phone and air horn in my dry bag, so could have called for help at any point. Needless to say, it took me three times as long to get back and I had difficulty with passage through some oyster beds and sandbars. If a boater gets grounded coming in, they are pretty much stranded until the next high tide. I made it back by the skin of my teeth, but lesson relearned... put in no less than two hours before high tide, let someone know your plan, put GPS fob and protein bar in dry bag.