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Great sunny day here. T shirt weather. Started the day with scrabble where I won two and lost one. Defeated the Shark - not by much. My last game I bingoed out for 76 points. It so demoralized my opponent who had been leading. Tee hee.
Those shirts are great Peps. You will wear them lots. And I bet that sales lady loved the cute California guy who spoke German! When I was in Italy more than one person approached me and spoke to me in German - I think because I look like a kraut. Glass blowing in the bar?
DD yep the gym becomes a hang out for retired people. So much more pleasant when you have time and are not squeezing it in between other events. LOL on the grocery. It does indeed seem like a mission when time is tight. As a retiree I even let other people in line ahead of me at times. Or better, go when the store is not crowded. Good on you for getting the hang of leisure.
Well Ann congrats on being done with the colonoscopy without incident. I too have ol-osus or whatever is is. Bet you are glad that chore is over. I too like being knocked out. Sorry the car was sold but there will be another.
Yay Paula on ditching a med. Always good. You are rocking your maintenance.
Stopped at the hippie deli for a few things. Got a couple of hand pies at the deli. We shall see. Better than cooking.
Did a few things at the studio and also got a new right lens for glasses. So now after 4 months I have normal vision I guess.
Trying to post a pic of my rose bush.
Diane S
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The dining scene has changed so much in the Midwest! Red Lobster, Olive Garden and a place called Mr. Steak were fancy. In the early 80s it was very difficult to get a cappuccino anywhere. Espresso, maybe, at this one place in Uptown. One time my Uncle was visiting from the east coast, maybe mid 80s, and we were at the Marriott hotels restaurant. He had spent years eating in the North End of Boston at this point. Before he ordered he asked if the pasta was fresh, and the somewhat perplexed waitress said, yes, we boil it right here. We died laughing, both at his, what seemed to us, pretentious question, and her response. Now lots of places have in house made pasta, but not back then. You'd be lucky to get real garlic, instead of garlic powder.
Nice shirts Peps! Glad you were able to find some fun clothes to wear in retirement! Hopefully you guys have room left in your suitcases!
So nice to be back home with Justice Liz! I know our dogs are always more than happy to have us back home, even if we have only been gone an hour! Great job at maintaining weight on vacation!
DD, your retirement days sound wonderful. You and I would do fine together on a trip. I too like to ease in to my day!
Ann, sorry the new car didn't work out for you. I just bet there is a better one waiting in the wings! Glad the colonoscopy report was good and the prep wasn't all that bad. I too had a report of the O-sis at my last colonoscopy. I now enjoy dried mangoes on the regular and they do indeed help keep me regular since being on the GLP1 meds.
Weight was 124.3 today. I'm having a busy day of appointments. Started off seeing my heart rhythm specialist and for the 3rd year in a row he had told me I'm the healthiest patient he had seen so far that day! He took me off my beta blocker since my blood pressure has been running quite low and makes me lightheaded.
Second appointment was to pick up my new glasses which I only wear when driving at night but had not had updated in I bet 10 years.
Third appointment was a haircut which felt long overdue but was actually right on schedule.
I still have a dentist appointment left at 3:20 today.
DH and I will go out for dinner tonight. Originally thinking pizza or sushi but Red Lobster has a Tuesday special on crab that we think we will go for. So many Red Lobster's have closed but ours remains open for now. Funny that RL used to be the celebration date place for Ben and myself (birthdays, anniversary etc.) The seafood is only okay (maybe even good for Wisconsin) but doesn't even come close to what you can get on the coasts!
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!
Forgot to mention I got the knock-out version. :-)
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.
DH goes to a colonoscopy clinic where they knock you out completely. I really don't like going all the way under and I don't mind the semi aware state of sedation where I can watch the screen. It's kind of interesting, especially when you're higher than a kite.
125 lbs.
Happy posts so far this morning -- weight lower than expected after a two-week holiday in Aruba, cool new shirts found in Deutschland, and retirement is rewarding and sounds lovely for both our freshmen retirees. :-)
This bloody site has eaten two phone-initiated posts I've attempted in the last few days, so I'm typing this on my iPad instead and hoping for better results.
Our weekend drive down to Alabama to look a nice used car we were considering buying was terminated halfway down there when the dealership called to say that the car had been sold the night before. C'est la vie.
My weekend also included a long Sunday of prep for a Monday morning colonoscopy. You all know the drill. The colonoscopy itself was really a good experience--that commendation needs a little explanation. Monday morning at the colonoscopy unit was (as I'd expected) a popular time slot for colonoscopies. Everyone on the team was competent and pleasant, even entertaining (a plus, given what they and their patients go through), and the results were incredibly detailed (more so than any results I've ever seen before). I've seen all the pix taken during the process and now know what a polyp really looks like (I had one little bitty one--now removed), hemorrhoids (not serious, but not surprising), and (this was surprising) a bit of diverticulosis. I'd never imagined I had that, but have since learned that almost everyone over the age of 40-50 has some of the "O-sis," although not necessarily the "I-tis." I don't have the I-tis, thank goodness, but the doc's recommendations included advice to eat more fiber.
Trying to get a fiber gold star this morning, I ate 2 cups of berries with my morning yogurt and just had avocado toast for lunch. I even logged it all into My Fitness Pal (something I've not done for years) just to learn how I'm doing. Turns out I'm 3 grams OVER my daily requirement of fiber, so maybe I overdid it a bit.
We're cleaning up my car (getting it ready to sell) and going to rehab this afternoon. That's all I got. :-)
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.
Whoo hoo flower power!!!ds
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Love the shirts Peps! I wouldn't expect such colorful shirts, perfect for California, in Germany. But then I remembered that Germany does impact global fadhions. Isn't it fun to speak your other language? When I speak Portuguese, it feels a little bit like singing.
Glad your trip home went so smoothly Liz. DD said they've had lovely weekdays in Boston, but it inevitably rains or is overcast on the weekends.
DH has a new hobby buying Tommy Bahama shirts off eBay and Poshmark. I like it! Liz, that's your DH's preferred brand if I'm remembering correctly.
Yesterday I got up at 8am, had my slow start, then DH and I went to work out. I found all the retired people ~ they were at Planet Fitness. Past summers it's not been crowded at 10am, but it was raining and Monday, so maybe everyone decided to get their work out done. It felt good to push and pull some weights. I took it easy because I didn't want days of soreness, and I think I hit the right spot.
After, DH and I stopped at the grocery store and I needed to keep reminding myself I did not have to rush through like my hair was on fire. This shift in time perception is going to take a bit. But there I was in the grocery store, relaxed enough to have a laugh with DH rather than acting like I'm storming the beaches at Normandy. Then I finally settled in with the NYT Sunday paper. Later I cooked dinner! Leftovers today. The sun is out, so maybe we'll even be able to eat on the deck. I bought a new tablecloth :) After dinner we went to the Wake for DHs friend's spouse. And then I did some straightening up of my office. It feels much nicer when I walked by it this morning.
Today we will go to The funeral Mass, and I will work out. Since the weather is nice, I suspect DH will probably go for a bike ride. After I work out, I'll do whatever strikes my fancy!
