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Sending peace and well being in abundance your way for the weekend. BTW, if your DH "bags" the Bambi, send the neck meat my way. I have this ancient ancestral mince meat recipe from way back when the family made a living cooking for the logging camps in upper lower Michigan. Totally worth the effort and expense of jarring a shelf with it.
I love that: "I'm made for water, not chasing balls". You have some great sayings that hit deep. I feel like this is me too but a lot of social life here is around golf and DH likes it so I am going to make an effort. DH's tournament qualification play was cancelled due to too much rain (rescheduled to January).
Good that you had such an enjoyable evening before heading to your parents.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Thanks for sharing your morning view. Like Ann's backyard picture, it brings a bit of peace.
Awesome the golf outing was good. Sounds fun that it's good activity coupled with fun social time. How did your DH fare with his tournament entry? My DH would like me to take up golf when I retire. I will give it a shot, but I am spectacularly uncoordinated. It may be added to the pile of other sports he'd hoped we'd do together like biking, tennis and racketball. I'm made for water, not chasing balls.
The music was so perfect last night. Lots of bluesy stuff, which hits deep in my heart. 2 bottles of wine and some good conversation between sets. I reminded myself that I need to make sure to seek these sorts of soul soothing outings as winter looms.
Time to pack up a few things and get on my way. I'm not sure if I can get connected to my parent's wifi, so I may be absent until Sunday. I hope everyone has a great weekend, and that my DH does not bag a deer because I don't want to eat venison.
119 (official weekly weight). I had my meeting with the PA at HenryMeds last night. He was the best I've met with so far. He suggested that I try taking 1/2 dose twice a week. He said some people who do that find that can drop the amount down a little more for maintenance or it can help break a stall if still trying to lose weight. As I mentioned I am buying an amount equal to a year's worth of the medication at one time because at this point they plan to stop offering injectable tirzepatide in December. A year at a reduced price will delay having to figure out the cheapest way to obtain the brand name stuff. I have mentioned our little support group at a couple of these check-in meetings and they have been very intrigued. I think we are so blessed to have one another!
My golf clinic yesterday was fun - A nice group of ladies and the best instruction I have received so far. It has been about 18 months since I swung a club and my shoulder is a bit different so it felt a little weird driving at first but then it felt fine. I actually did pretty well - he was the best at explaining the proper stance, etc.
Today DD and SIL (is that correct for both son-in-law and sister-in-law?) arrive from Massachusetts at 8:45 at our local airport for the weekend. Early day for them. Today is supposed to be warm but decent out. We have a boat for most of the day so will go up the intracoastal for lunch then try going to one of the little islands to hang out on a beach for a while. Dinner at an outside place on the ocean if the weather cooperates.
Time to get my act together so we can fit in a walk with Justice. Have a free Friday!
Morning view:
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I love that you are such a mama bear! Your kids are very lucky to have a Mom like you!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Good luck with your parents this weekend.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Amazing isn't it Paula, how one can play nice and accommodate and endure when it's aimed at us, but, as you say, watch out when someone messes with someone we love. Suddenly we are fierce and courageous. I think it's okay to apply some of that fierce resolve to our own situations too. Still working at it , after a lifetime of being taught appeasement is the proper response.
Thank you my dear!!! And you're right, I usually try to be "nice" to keep the peace....... but every once in a while, watch out! Especially when it comes to my kids, LGBTQ rights and misinformation surrounding those issues!
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!
DD, good luck this weekend with your parents. I'm still telling everyone I know about your mantra: "I don't have to set myself on fire to keep others warm."
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.
WARNING: YOU ARE APPROACHING A RANT ZONE.
Paula, that bit about people thinking, "Oh, you look great ... you're not going to lose any more weight, are you?" makes me want to *****slap them. My take on this bizarreness is that many people don't seem to want others to change in any way. I think those folks are simply bad at adapting and accommodating others who are actively looking for ways to better themselves--or even just exploring how else they'd like to exist. So when they see someone changing in any way they want to stop that change.
I also wish for you that you had more friends around whom you weren't the odd duck in any way. It's got to be hard being "nice" all the time to make others comfortable.
I'm probably out of line to post this, but you seem like such an incredibly nice person and do so much for others that I'd love for others to accommodate you for a change.
TLDR, to quote a recent political candidate, folks should mind their own damn business!
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.
