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Off and on rain here too.
DS 3 and I went to the macro insect photography exhibit which was pretty cool. Snacked on string cheese for lunch and then will have an early dinner at the sushi place. I get an appetizer called avocado flower which is spicy crab meat wrapped in avocado petals. It has some of those fried crunchies added in too. Very good and no rice!
Nothing else really happening today.
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!
Congratulations on the move!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
137.8
I have found you at last! Long convoluted and still not exactly resolved story involving email addresses needed for sign ins that no longer exist and misplaced hard copies of passwords lost in the move, etc etc etc. Technology 17, Me 0; no matter, it will work out in the end somehow.
House is a total train wreck and despite my efforts, I still brought over too much. No problem as the purging spirit remains and I know St Vinnies will welcome all this bedding and linens I'm about to shoot their way.
Typing this out on a cell phone is nuts and I'm back to sorting and playing with my new doll house which is very enjoyable at the moment. No time factor-no pressure and am getting my steps and strength training in for sure.
goal!!! August 20, 2013 age: 59 High weight: 345 (June, 2011) Consult weight: 293 (June, 2012) Pre-Op: 253 (Nov., 2012) Surgery weight: 235 (Dec. 12, 2012) Current weight: 145
TOTAL POUNDS LOST- 200 (110 pounds lost before surgery, 90 pounds lost Post Op.diabetes in remission-blood pressure normal-cholesterol and triglyceride levels normal! BMI from 55.6 supermorbidly obese to 23.6 normal!!!!
on 8/17/24 6:58 am
Rainy morning. We went for lobster rolls, but I ended up with the shrimp po'boy. Tasty. I mostly ate the grilled shrimp innards. There was a lot of butter swimming at the bottom, so picking up the sandwich wasn't possible. The folks got lobster rolls. They looked good, but I'm not sure I like lobster enough to spend that much for a sandwich!
I need to go to the grocery store today when it stops raining. And later walk Kirby. But that's all I have to do.
Not much else going on here. Have a good day!
I LOVE the Sagamore ! I've stayed in the hotel and the chalets !
Age: 64; 5' 5"; High weight: 345; Start weight: 271 (01/05/15); Surgery weight: 218 (05/27/15); Pre-Op (-53); M 1 (-18); M 2 (-1.5); M 3 (-13.5 ); M 4 (-13); M 5 (- 8); M 6 (-12) M 7 (-5, Xmas); M 8 (- 9) Under surgeon's goal and REACHED HEALTHY BMI 12/07/15!! (Six months and one week.) AT GOAL month 8. Maintaining at goal range (139- 144) ~ four (4) years !!
If it's Saturday, we must be in Burlington, VT. We drove from the middle of nowhere to here during mid-day yesterday, stopping at a hole-in-the wall deli and market to get a great sandwich. Dinner last night was at a farm-to-table place with nice ambiance and good food. DS had recommended it from when he was in school near here.
I booked our flight back to Florida on October 14. Less than 2 months away during which time we will have DD's engagement dinner (tonight), bachelorette party (next weekend) and wedding (end of September). Along the way, DH is celebrating his 70th birthday and we have to get the house cleared out. Time to relax once we get back to Florida!
I had a terrible dream this morning that Justice disappeared. I was offering a $500 reward for his return. I did get a reassuring video of him this morning already from his caretaker.
Have a stupendous Saturday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Greetings all
Yet another beautiful day. A bit of rain is predicted which is good.The nearest fire has grown quite a bit. It's still a long way from here but sad to think about.
Studio time today. Made some new things. The big kilns get fired today which takes about 9 hours and needs monitoring. So grateful we have paid technicians to run them. It's complex since it's gas fired and the air/fuel mixture plus rate of temperature climb must be within certain limits. It's impacted by wind, humidity and other unknown forces of the universe.
Lobster roll CC! Sounds good. Good for you for having food indifference. That may be the secret to all of this.
Lunch today was tuna salad and cottage cheese (DD I can hear you gagging!). It's a good amount of protein for me. I am going to try Ann's microwave egg poach since getting the poach pan and cleaning is a bother.
And DD you are an expert book critic! Thanks for your thoughts. Good writing is such a treat to be savored. Some books indeed have a super plot but are not well written. Jurassic Park comes to mind - a terrific story that reads like a jr high kid wrote it. Glad the dreaded memo turned out to be no so bad. Occasionally, a problem actually gets solved.
Paula sorry your doggy got a sting. Hope she recovers quickly.
DH did lunch at an Italian place. Brough home most of two calzone. Those will likely last us for a week. He is now totally absorbed in a tv show about King Tut's tomb.
That resort looks cool Liz. Glad the rain ended up being amusing.
Diane S
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Rainy day today. I didn't go outside much but it was sticky humid. DS 3 is home for a night and DC 1 came for dinner tonight. We will all go out for su****omorrow for dinner before DS 3 goes back to his college town (only 1 1/2 hours away). Tomorrow DS 3 and I are going to an exhibit of macro insect photographs at a neighboring towns Art Museum. He shares my love for photography and all things nature!
Bella dog must have stepped on a bee this morning and got stung. She came limping inside and the bee was still embedded in her toe pad. Poor thing was shaking for a good 30 minutes. I watched her closely for about an hour and she finally settled down and was able to fall asleep! After her nap you would have never have known she had been stung.
Hope you all have an enjoyable weekend!
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!
I feel the same way about Kristin Hannah's books. Such good stories but sometimes the execution is not strong enough. It was incredible to listen to someone who experienced being a nurse in Vietnam and the condemnation of society afterwards. Her experiences were different but not dissimilar. The most moving aspect was that her sister and 2 nieces were present and none of them had ever heard her talk about it. She had locked it all away for years but opened up with us. Her family (and many of us) were crying.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Started out rainy here, but the sun has returned, and the breeze is lovely.
During the rain, we went to see a movie, DiDi. It's a coming of age story about a Chinese American boy who is struggling with the transition to high school. I know this character, and his friends. What compels adolescents to do crazy things against their own self interest?
I finished The Women. Like a lot of Kristin Hannah's books, I think the central plot is very compelling. But her execution of her plots leaves me a little underwhelmed. Her actual writing feels tedious to me at times. So yes, the subject matter in The Nightingale and The Women, fascinating. The prose, kind of plodding sometimes. I'm probably in the minority here, because she seems to write lots of bestsellers. Liz, when your book club had the guest speaker, that must have been incredible to hear. I wonder if this book will become a movie at some point?
We got the sometimes dreaded Back to School Memo. It looks like most of our open positions in Special Education are filled. Very good news. Perhaps there is reason for optimism that this year does not have to be the same dumpster fire last year was. I'm going with optimism :)
