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Wow! That weight is just falling off you! What are your plans for maintaining?
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!
143.6 (no doubt a result of moving Heckle and Jeckle all over living creation) I have no desire to go under 140 which is not a bit attractive on me. I wish I could say, like Ann, " more desserts are in order", but then there is that sugar and white carbs problem. There is a reason why I don't drink anymore and the same thing goes with the above. Different demon screaming the same message....
Liz, the view from the restaurant is to be found nowhere around here, and for sure, if it was, the restaurant would be booked up for decades no matter what the quality of the menu.
Another busy day...hoping to get more stuff over to the new house. Goal for here is to open space and depersonalize, while at the same time leaving enough to maintain the craftsman "vibe". Personally, even though it is good advice, I think the realtor who suggested this ought to be over here helping me do just that.
While I don't have ****ly's cleaning bug, I guess it's time to get after it and have me a sedulous Saturday.
Still 11 pounds down! With as much as I am sweating today I may make my 12 lbs. in my first month! I worked our church garden this morning and then DH and loaded up the cars with art fair stuff. Will have to set up tent and hang pictures later afternoon, early evening. It is hot and humid here and will be even more so tomorrow! That's WI for you!
We had our date night last night too. I got tuna guacamole which is just guac with chopped raw tuna on top (put together with a mold) and then soy sauce over the whole thing. They serve it with sweet potato chips and you just scoop it up with the chips and eat! Super yummy! We won't get done setting up for the art fair until 6 or 7 so it will be Jimmy John's on the way home. A little John was the perfect size for me before starting the meds. We'll see if I can eat it all now. Probably can.
Hope you all are enjoying your 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!
lol about the boob conversations! If I remember right Peps enjoyed the boob conversations when Shel was here. She had a double mastectomy and needed to buy new boobs for her swim suit. Pep's got a kick out of going out and buying boobs!
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!
on 7/13/24 7:39 am
Beautiful ship view!
Yes, poor Peps! Boobs, periods, menopause... I was going to do arms and boobs after my body lift/legs, but you all know how that first part went. So I have a very saggy upper half. My arms bother me way more than my chest.
Feeling a cleaning bug today. I did the stove grates last night. My folks used my kitchen this winter while theirs was being remodeled and while they cleaned the stainless part of the stove, the cast iron grates were sticky. Today I'm working on bathrooms and washing/changing sheets and towels. Vacuuming as usual. I did it yesterday and can see the tumbleweeds already.
Feeling so much better today having slept well. It's warm out - closer to 80 later I think.
Scale was 190.4 this morning. Maybe the 180s will be visible in the next few weeks.
I think that's all. Going to dry my hair, then start vacuuming. Take care and have a great day!
Great date night last night. We went to a restaurant on the water in Woods Hole, a little village tucked away in a corner of this part of the Cape and sat at a table next to the open windows (pictures from our table below). There is no AC in this old building but no need for it with the sea breeze. Afterwards we stopped at a bar just down the street from my home and listened to a band whose lead singer is from my former town and used to play soccer with DD. We have seen the group before but she has improved so much, mainly because she has more confidence in her voice. Fun time.
Now that I am in goal weight range, I tried on the dress for my daughter's wedding which I had bought small. It fits! I was afraid it would be too big and I would need to have it altered. What a relief!
Lots of amusing comments on boobs and their complications yesterday (sorry Peps). As my mother said in her last days "There were so many things in life that you just had to laugh at".
Today I return to fretting about getting the cupola painted - a friend who does odd jobs is supposed to do it this weekend but it is rainy today. I hope it is dry enough tomorrow. It is the last thing out of my control that needs to be done to the house before the pictures are taken on Tuesday. The landscapers were supposed to mulch today but they did it yesterday because of the forecast. I sent the owner a note because I was so appreciative.
Not much in the plans for today due to the rain, but I am going to dinner with the "girls" (eldest DD, SILs, and possibly niece).
Have a sedulous Saturday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Ouch, Phyllis, the truth hurts, donnut? I'm good with the band, and like side and back smoothing makes, but can't quite figure out the cup sizeing- hard to fill out the top of the cup. Have tried moving down to a B and increasing the band size- no good. Have heard that increasing the cup size while decreasing the band size sometimes works...Big mystery
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!!!!
I simply deflate, moving from melons(too big) to muffins and finally now, raisin cookies. Ahhh, well.
The sun is starting to set, and its been a busy day! Drove my 1.25 hours there and back for my hair. When I got home, I was in the house about 15 minutes and then we left to pick up BFF to go to her grandsons 6th birthday party. Its 8:45 pm, and I am back home, sitting on the porch, drinking a protein shake.
I have to say I take some comfort in other people also having trouble with their boobs. And I hate bra shopping, it's worse than swimsuit shopping. I also need to wear a smaller band size if I want them hoisted higher, but I don't want to. So there. Phyllis Diller quote: I don't have my boobs anymore, but I still have the bags they came in.
