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I want to be just like you when I grow up!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
Liz, the speed with which you're purging is inspiring. And I think (because I'm not that decisive), unusual. I agonize so much over every white teeshirt.
I also still worry about discarding clothes that are a little bit too big for me, because I always want to have something to wear when I regain 5-10 pounds.
Will I EVER NOT regain weight?! That's not just a rhetorical question.
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
Not much house progress yesterday as we had quite a few errands to do including getting beach stickers for my town and DH's for the family members. One front porch was power washed and I went through my backup closet and got rid of a lot of clothing. There is still a LOT there. I am going to have to get a fairly large portable closet to put into the basement of DH's home when I move. Possibly I will pare more at that point but I already had 5 bags of stuff. Some of it made me shake my head: 3 black dresses which were essentially the same style? Late this afternoon I will either attack my main closet or start on the pain cans and other possibly hazardous materials downstairs. Not fun but necessary. The dumpster comes tomorrow and I am getting a storage unit at the end of the week to start moving DS's excess stuff out. We have a donation pickup scheduled for July 12, but will do one or two drop offs of things that organization won't take prior to that. A lot of work still!
Good news though! DS has an apartment. I think he will like it and is very excited that his cat will have a nice view of the woods out the window LOL. We may have to juggle where he is going to live just prior to his move as I may be ready to put the house on the market before his early August move date.
I have a PT session today. The last one was almost 4 weeks ago before I went to Aruba. I did my PT every day while I was gone with the exception of travel days and snorkel days. I know I have made progress but it will be interesting to know if I am as far along as I should be. After that I might spend some time at the beach before my work on the house. It is supposed to be a beautiful day.
Have a torsible Tuesday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Talk about being a whirlwind! Glad the med seems to be well tolerated. If you are a stress eater (like many of us), you have certainly giving it a real test over the last week.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Speaking of energy ... next bday (in December) I'll turn 79. That number sounds so bizarre. I certainly don't feel or move like I imagined decades ago I'd be feeling and moving at this age. To be clear, I feel and move really well.
I do know how very, very fortunate and privileged I am to be so healthy and mobile at this age. So much of our late-in-life has to do with our genetic inheritances.
I also know how quickly at this phase of life (which has many phases) one's self-satisfaction in feeling and acting younger than one's contemporaries can be crushed by a life altering diagnosis or an accident.
But until then I'll follow my doctor's advice and "Just keep moving!"
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
You certainly have a lot more energy than I do. I noticed how fit you looked in your FB pictures.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
DD, I hope you know what a great writer you are!
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
Thank you, CC! I am skimming that article, and it is one heck of a roundup about so many anti-inflammatory benefits delivered by these drugs for scores of ailments caused or contributed to by our current-day processed foods and lifestyles.
The more I learn about these drugs the more I wish I could live another 100 years just to see how the medical/pharmaceutical industries are going to change. I also think that a huge contributor to those future changes will be the need to reduce society's health care costs.
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
I have truly enjoyed living here all these years, and there will be much I will miss.
