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I'm glad WW is working for DH, Liz. I can't believe it is time for you to head north again ! DD & Peps, I'm counting down those final days with you two ! You will just LOVE being retired. Diane, I think of you and your Scrabble every week when I play Mahjongg. We have a shark too, and she was biting last night ! CC, your planting and outdoor furniture are motivating me. I have taken down the sheers on my lanai (meets the definition and sounds much more southern than "screened room") and after 2 years and significant washings and hours in the sun, am replacing them. My furniture is still covered to escape the pollen, but I also pulled the rug up and will wash down the screens, covers, and floor before putting things back together.
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 !!
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DH lost another 3.4 pounds last week. He is doing well on his WW program. He said part of his losing motivation is not wanting to have to buy new clothes. But his golf shorts may get too big and he doesn't have smaller sizes in them unlike his casual clothes. Peps most recent TT picture made him feel that he has to work harder - he said he will never look as buff as Peps.
Cool this morning: low 60's which we haven't seen for more than a month. Water aerobics will be a *****illy when we are partially out of the water. Today I may poke around some furniture consignment shops while DH is golfing. We are meeting friends from Cape Cod for dinner tonight.
Weather predictions for Spring Cleanup weekend on Cape Cod are terrible: rainy and low 40's. I'd love to skip it but I know DH would be unhappy if I did even though he wouldn't say anything. Unfortunately April and May on Cape Cod are frequently like that (a little warmer in May). That's why we aren't returning for the summer until May 25.
Noisy renovations going on next door. They started sawing stuff outside at 7 am. I think there is a rule that limits hours for that kind of thing but the rules are kept in scanned documents so I can't search for anything and can't find it otherwise. That's one thing my prior association did well - keeping rule documents up-to-date and accessible. Not so this one.
Time to get laundry in and get changed to take DH to golf. I will walk Justice after water aerobics (DH already took him for a short one).
Have a wholesome Wednesday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
So progress on weed removal methods and the end of planting is in sight!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I love that the kids have made you a character in their story!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Good luck on the second surgery. At least you are an expert at drops at this point!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Love is Blind sounds like a ridiculous premise. I don't like very much "reality" TV anyway partially because it is NOT reality.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
on 4/8/25 6:15 pm
I got 6 more plants in the ground. And 2 "mysteriously" jumped in my car at the nursery I found myself at... 6 steps forward, 2 steps back. 8 left to plant.
I did buy a new hoe, a saddle or stirrup hoe that you run across the ground (can get under my rock mulch) and it cuts off weeds at the soil. It's hinged and you push and pull. Such an old effective tool I've seen a hundred times, so why have I never gotten one before? Another garden mystery. It made quick work of all my weeds. So much better than hand pulling!
It's getting warm here. Mid-80s coming. It was 76 today.
Not much else to report... Except I got Wordle in 2! Nice start to the day.
Hope you all are well!
Inspired by all the cooking here, I texted DH an ingredient list for white chicken chili. Hmmm, maybe it's not the cooking, but the shopping I'm finding tedious because once I got home and found all the ingredients neatly stacked on the kitchen table, it was easy to put it together (Well, the chicken was in the fridge, but right in front, not buried in the back, so easy peasy).
Tomorrow is DHs birthday! He turns 65. He won't go on Medicare yet, because I can keep him on my insurance until August. I already bought his present earlier. He wanted a Celtic Cross on a chain, and I wanted him to pick it out, so we went shopping at an Irish store in St. Paul. So tomorrow we will go out to dinner, and I bought a tiny cake from his favorite bakery. It will be a quiet celebration with just the two of us.
White Lotus was intriguing. For me, Posey Parker's character Victoria was the most fascinating.
We had a staff meeting today and my principal said as I was walking in, just a couple more of these for you! Yes, probably 2: May and June. My 4th hour class has made up a story that I am an international spy and the reason I'm "retiring" is because I am being reassigned to a new spy project. I guess I've done a good job staying undercover until now, with my middle aged lady ways, non descript car and modest house. Pretty sure my next assignment will involve lots of travel.
I remember my SIL going to Jazzercise classes! What I really want to do is the bungee fitness exercise classes! Looks so fun!
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!
Love me a nap! I hope you got one 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!
