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125.9. Deserved uptick! I ate like crap yesterday! I have a category called ?junk? on MyFitnessPlan where I enter non nutritive foods like chocolate, salty snacks, sweets and alcohol. Yesterday 917 of my daily total of 1637 was from that category. Thankfully I?m doing better today! Though there are still some junk entries!
Busy day with errands. Bank, Costco, dry cleaners. Had to get the two older boy?s phone switched over to their own plans which is harder than you might think to accomplish. Spent the morning getting wedding nails off and then putting my own polish back on. My natural nails are actually longer than they have ever been!
Spray tan update. It looked great for the wedding but is wearing off very unevenly and looks horrid right now. I fully admit I am not moisturizing daily per the instructions so it is most likely my fault!
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!
Jerks are so weird. I guess they're miserable, lonely, unloved creatures who are striking back against the universe. Or they're just ******** and sociopaths.
Right now I'm sitting in the waiting room of an orthopedic surgeon to learn more about my crappy knees and what can and should be done about them. They've always been crappy--meniscuses slipped out of joint during my teens, flex of both knees has been only 90 degrees max for decades, arthritis, and all the damage that obesity for decades can contribute. I learned early on how to get along great with them, but at nearly 80 I'd like an actual diagnosis and my likely progression and possible and best options to deal with them going forward--including nothing.
Yesterday was beautiful here. We took a visiting granddaughter and her boyfriend to a long margarita-fueled breakfast and then chilled while watching Formula One races in Monaco.
Today it's cool (60 degrees) and drippy and will be all week. The new painters are working hard to correct our original painters' work, and it's looking great. I predict we'll be able to move our furniture in in a week or two. Woohoo!
Looking forward to hearing more about our new retirees' changing lives and everyone's summer plans and travel.
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.
117.4 - I can't figure out why I am this low. I was so hungry yesterday and had some extra snacks. My meals were the usual.
Yesterday DH worked like crazy weed whacking, mowing, and raking the lawn. It looks great but that's a lot for someone 70 years old and a pacemaker. He doesn't want to hire someone because he likes doing the normal maintenance when he is here but I don't see his kids stepping up. He sent a picture of the knee-high grass to his daughters and told them it was so high he had to weed whack it first. The married daughter replied that she had to do the same in her own yard. What? She is the one with the unemployed husband. Who BTW loves to tell people that he can't sit still for long - and always has to keep moving. Doing what I wonder? Tomorrow DH plans to weed the gardens and spread the mulch which was delivered in April and not spread yet.
While he was working his butt off I unpacked, shopped, and cooked dinner. Dinner was tasty - one of those old WW recipes.
Today is a break day at least. A Justice walk on the beach, then DH is golfing and I am going to my old town to meet SIL for lunch.
When we walked on the beach yesterday we saw the carcass of a huge shark which washed up last week. Thankfully Justice wasn't too interested as it was covered with bugs. I wondered what would happen to it (it is on a public beach), so posed a question on the local FB group asking if anyone knew whether the town is going to remove it. Lots of responses and I learned a lot about what the recommended treatment was (after googling for more info). The bottom line is that it will be left there to serve as food for scavengers and possibly eventually being picked up by the tide. In the midst of the helpful responses were jerks making snide and snarky remarks as if I was supposed to know the answer so I must be an idiot. No wonder kids feel bullied by social media!!! These are supposed adults. Didn't they ever hear that no question is dumb or if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything? So much for me participating in those forums.
It may reach the low 70's today. I hope so! The sun is quite bright out there. Have a thoughtful Tuesday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
DH lived in Japan for a few years while his Dad was in the Air Force. My FIL flew a lot of flights over Korea from the Japanese airbase. I'm not sure if the conflict was still official in 1962, but Korea is what's on his tombstone. DH said when Kennedy was shot, his Dad spent the night in his jet, on the runway, at full alert because they didn't know what was going down for sure at that moment.
Your menu again sounds wonderful. Yesterday we had polish sausages and baked beans. Today we had bacon and eggs. I need to up my meal planning game :)
In this case it is the association's insurance that is no longer allowing gas grills on the deck. Our friend had his connected to a gas line when he moved in, so now he will have to get it disconnected and move it to his driveway probably. An Argentinean without a grill, it's just not right.
One of my great uncles was killed in Italy also, and is buried overseas. He is the one who left the young bride. So many sad stories, like your uncle. Tragic.
Greetings all
Quick check in before I go out and about. Kiln opening. Have a great memorial day all. We won't do much except remember our service men and women. My dad was a Navy Sea Bee in WWII stationed in Atu and also on a ship. He was also a ship fitter. My mother's brother was killed in Italy. He had a daughter born two or three days before he was killed. The telegram announcing her birth was returned undelivered. The impact that WWII had on our parent's generation is beyond measure. WE all need to think about this service and sacrifice - especially when our democracy appears to be in peril.
Well off to do something fun and maybe even useful. More later if anything happens.
Diane S
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How cool that Bug and Grizz have become fast friends! Our dogs played a little more together when they were pups, now they just usually hang out with each other. Emma doesn't like to share her humans though and will hop down if Bella tries to intrude on pet/snuggle time.
I think you will be amazed at how quickly not working becomes the norm!
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!
They just stopped the semaglutide a week ago. The FDA took it off the shortage list on 2/21/25 and the compounders had to stop in either 60 or 90 days depending on the type of pharmacy. So they stopped on 5/21/25.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
