Wednesday, January 15, 2025

120.7 - almost 1 pound lower than yesterday. Hopefully getting back into a normal routine will get me back where I have been the last few months. Injection tonight (1/2 day late).

Another cold, not busy day yesterday, reading and watching a documentary on TV. I had chicken soup from the deli for lunch. Good, but not the best I have had. A deli near us in Florida has much better soup. We had dinner at a Greek restaurant with great food last night. Also a warm ambiance with low lighting, wood paneled walls, and a wood bar. Quite nice. I wish we had more restaurants like that in Florida. There are lots of restaurants but at most the food is mediocre or the atmosphere is just ok. Surprising to me as we live in a relatively affluent area.

I am so looking forward to getting home tonight. Hopefully we will be there by 7. Though the kids have been great we have hardly seen them except between activities. And they are now both at the stage where interaction with adults is kept to a minimum. Makes DH sad as this is new for the younger one (just turned 13).

Weird dream last night! I dreamed I was back at work but leaving so I had to clear out all kinds of junk. Way more stuff than I ever really had at work. Maybe because the house here is super cluttered? I feel judgy about that but I really have a hard time with clutter. I made my kids keep it in their rooms with a closed door. Here it is everywhere though it is clean. I'm guessing this is what DH's home used to be like because he doesn't even seem to see it. He stays much neater largely because he doesn't have a lot of stuff and maybe because I make sure everything has a proper place and if he doesn't put it there I will. Very OCD of me, I know. BTW, I didn't get this way until I had my own apartment. My room as a teenager was several inches deep in junk and clothing on the floor. And I have gotten worse (better?) over the years because I used to have messy closets, drawers and basements (wherever I couldn't see), but since I retired I feel the need to have it all organized. DSD is a single Mom working a demanding job and shuttling the kids everywhere so not a lot of time to keep things neat.

SIL arrives tomorrow morning for a week in Florida. A difficult travel for her as she has been suffering with cracks in her spine and now a crack in a rib. Partially because of osteoporosis but the treatments she has had for lung cancer over the last 6 years may have contributed to her bone brittleness. She is getting a ride to a hotel at the airport tonight and will have the shuttle driver lift the bag in and out for her tomorrow morning. We will take care of her bag on the Florida end. I really admire how she doesn't let anything hold her down. Her house is always pristine BTW, though she has had to modify a lot of activities lately and have help on some.

Another boring day coming up since 1/2 is here at the house and 1/2 on the plane. But then we are back on the move tomorrow. Have a waggish Wednesday!

In AP News today: https://apnews.com/article/obesity-bmi-weight-definition-lan cet-f3aafc072a3e685036d32ce3d9c3adac

You can't make everyone happy. My waist circumference is above the "acceptable for a woman" 35 inches because I am tall and not waifish and built like a ruler with zero discernible waist despite a flat stomach. And my waist to hip ratio is bad because I have absolutely no hips or butt. I can pull jeans off without buttoning or unzipping! So I would be back to obese with no way to improve without BMI.

I was unable to watch the video, but was able to read the article. Saw no mention of criteria. Was it in the video? I still think the best way to determine a health level when it comes to excess weight is to focus on body fat percentages. Like CC says, no pleasing everyone, but seems to me that body fat level is the real indicator of obesity and metabolic disease.

It wasn't. But waist to hip ratio and waist circumference standards are often mentioned as an alternative to BMI.

https://www.webmd.com/diet/calculating-your-waist-circumfere nce

I wonder why they don't just use fat percentages? I would think that is really the ultimate in assessing if one needs to lose? I would think there are machines good enough to measure that in a doctors office these days.

126.2 this morning (didn't eat a lot yesterday)

Yesterday we had a furniture-shopping adventure--drove 3 hours to Nashville to visit an amazing Restoration Hardware gallery (4 floors and a very fancy restaurant). I'd never been to one before, even though I've bought several things from them over the years. And boy oh boy do I like some of their offerings! We fell in love with a very Italian looking white wool sofa, but it'd cost twice as much as we imagined paying for a sofa. We may still do it, but it'll mean we'll have to pass on some other things we have had our eyes on. C'est la vie, eh?

Earlier this week we did score some beautiful chairs via an online auction. Fortunately, they're only 500 miles away where my beloved stepdaughter lives, so I'll drive there on Friday, pick 'em up Saturday and visit with her, then drive back home Sunday. The distance is almost the same as from here to my old home in Missouri (and interstate all the way) so I already have the driving muscles to handle that kind of trip.

A coffee table we ordered will be delivered tomorrow, some lighting fixtures arrived this week and more come next week. The big deal is that the inspector comes this afternoon to review all the electrical work. After that hurdle is crossed, drywalling and flooring happens, and things really get in gear around here! :-)

Amidst all this we still have snow here in Kentucky. Streets are cleared, but lawns and unshoveled driveways are still covered. Today is cold and sunny, but the next 3 days temps will be high 30s and low 40s. I'm ready for the ice to be GONE!

That's all the news fit to print. Have a good one, y'all. :)

A lot of work to furnish a new place. I have been to the restaurant at a RH in West Palm Beach. Very fancy!

I can only imagine what the West Palm Beach RH gallery looks like! Must be amazing.

And this is what 6 months of selling 2 homes, buying a 3rd home, relocating permanently to a new city, and getting married looks like for an old lady. Before this I was happy to be at 135-140, but as I've said before I don't hate this new set point range. And I'd still be happy at 135-140.

I feel like exhaling and relaxing for a while. As Diane said earlier, I sincerely think we're ALL killing it, given our weight/eating/upbringing backgrounds and challenges. VSG made our (currently) healthy lives possible, and our work since then (of various kinds) has continued to keep us upright and mobile since then. I salute us all!