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on 1/23/26 12:20 pm
Yay on staying under 200!! I wonder if giving your muscles a break from training means some of that inflammation from the constant repair is giving you a boost? I know you're probably anxious to get back to working out, but maybe this is your "true" weight without the repair/inflammation response?
199.3 WTH!?!?!?! three days in a row and a little less each day. Hmmmm.... Liz, perhaps you are correct! I even ate more normally yesterday since the gut issues seem to be waning. (Didn't have to get up during the night...YAY!) Of course, a bit of my disordered thinking is kicking in! It says to me, "Dude, don't eat too much. Really, cut waaaay bac****il you have some wiggle room to stay under 200." Which invariably leads to a few days of starvation eating, which leads to a binge. But, at least I am aware and can stop it before it starts (or at least gets out of hand).
Liz, I find that ship credit weird. We had it for our Viking Cruise. We ended up using it for gratuities. They never applied our credit to Ron's bar bill or his clothing purchase. I am starting to look forward to our cruise in October. My brother is, too. He's already talking about looking at extra-curricular excursions. We may end up booking a few tours privately, rather than with the cruise line. I will leave that up to my brother.
Another gray and gloomy day, but it beats the hell out of the sub zero temps in the mid west and the east! We have temps in the mid 50s today. Nothing to complain about.
Okay, for the first time I was unable to figure out what my father was talking about yesterday. No matter what type of clarifying or leading questions I asked, he was unable to make clear what he was going on about. I had big feelings about it at the time, but it wasn't until last night that I realize my feelings were because this was a first - I was simply unable to decipher what he was talking about. I have always been able to figure out his topic and have a conversation with him. Yesterday, was the first time I was at a loss. I think that chipped into a new level of sadness about his dementia for me. Makes sense.
Well, I must get on with the day. I have things to do and people to see! (Not really, but it sounds good! It's really another day of not much.)
on 1/23/26 11:07 am
One of those Instagram ads that knows what you want more than you do and probably will turn out to not work!!
How the heck did you find that??? Will be interesting to hear how it works!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
on 1/23/26 9:09 am
I talked to my folks this morning and the wind chill was -30! Brr. We have only dipped briefly below freezing on a couple of nights. The plants are all confused and sprouting when they should be sleeping. The weeds especially. The neighborhood suspends its landscape maintenance in the winter because it's normally not needed. So the weeds are having a party out there.
The water weight is all gone. No change today from yesterday. I sent this to Peps, but I bought something silly, that could be cool and motivating. It's a onesie that you put on and scan yourself with your camera and it takes all your measurements and tells you how your body is changing over time. I've never been good with a tape measure because I never know if I have it in exactly the right place or holding it too tight or too loose. Should be fun! For a hundred bucks, I've wasted more than that on stuff that didn't work.
I need to go to the store today. Tonight I'm having dinner with friends. In there somewhere Kirby needs a walk.
The tumbleweed pile is waiting to go. I did the math and it's basically 2400 cubic feet of thorny weeds! 20'x20'x6'.
That's it for me. Take care all!
We are sitting in the Port of San Juan right now at 7 am waiting for our room service breakfast to be delivered. Our bags had to be packed and outside in the hall by 6 am. One of the downsides of cruising.
Fairly slow day yesterday going onto Tortola to have a snack and a couple of painkillers. The weather was beautiful even though the forecast called for rain at anytime. Not much interesting in the shops there so I just spent the rest of the ship credit we had to buy a few articles of clothing and some jewelry. The credits are not refundable, we had an all-inclusive plan, and we didn't take any excursions so it had to be used in the shop ;)
We need to shower after breakfast and be off the boat by 9 am. Next stop is a resort on the beach about 15 minutes away by cab. We will be there for 3 nights returning home on Monday.
Have a phenomenal Friday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I seem to recall that BB had her robotic vac do a dog poop spread. I have one but it isn't one of the ones that automatically empties itself so I have to stick around to empty it several times. I probably could avoid that if I ran it daily but I don't want the thing running around all the time (it isn't fast and also seems to repeat places a lot). So I don't use it (and now we have a housekeeper to do the floors on a regular basis - much better).
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
The plan for your tooth sounds wise - I think you would end up in the same place anyway. I wonder if implants have gotten any less expensive? I paid for one for deceased DH in 2015 and was shocked at the cost. And even though we had dental insurance it wouldn't pay anything toward it because the caveats of what was covered were so stringent. The teeth on both sides of the implant had to be completely cavity free for it to be covered which in most people our age is almost never the case.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Totally doable weight loss goal. I think setting a realistic target makes it so less likely that you will sabotage yourself. Losing 60 pounds in 160 days is crazy. It took me 8 months (240 days) to lose 35 pounds 2 years ago.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
