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Will have to look into Fareed Zakaria. We watch very little TV news other than the local stuff lately.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I'm sure your home is closer to the Ritz than the Red Roof Inn!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Liz, I'm glad you weren't out powerwashing! You sure got a lot done inside. And lobster dinner is a very nice follow up to all the hard work.
A new routine for us is watching Fareed Zakaria on CNN. He interviews a wide variety of people (but not pundits), without hysteria, and with a global and historical perspective. I wish all news could be delivered like this. I cannot abide with many of the shows that allow spin, raised voices, and outright false statements.
Not much on the agenda today. Paper reading of course, a bit of laundry, and some retirement paperwork.
127.0 lbs. -- not sure how/why those extra lbs. disappeared so quickly. Oh, wait! Now I remember that earlier this week I had a couple of consecutive days when my bathroom productivity was nearly legendary.
Liz, I'm still chuckling over your DH's desire for you to bond with him through power washing on a cold, windy, nasty day. I have one of those DHs as well and frankly think he's nuts on that topic. I do appreciate that it's satisfying to see dirt and mold and tree pollen disappear rapidly. I also think that a power washer is a very useful toy. ("Tool Time," anyone?) However, access to noisy equipment isn't the only requirement I need to join in.
Yesterday we spent most of the day downstairs--cooking breakfast for the first time since November, eating at a folding table, doing 6 loads of laundry (!!!), and soaking in the guest bathroom tub. It felt like we were staying at the Ritz!
Today we'll be looking at wallpaper, but that's pretty much it on the remodeling front.
CC, I'm sorry about your friend's rigidity. My take is that she knows that all along she was in the wrong and violated the rules she understood, feels loyal toward her son, and is now trying to justify her behavior. I think it's a pretty common human need to think we're the ones who were right. But it's hard to stand in "the public square" and admit we committed sins.
Gotta jump up and get dressed. Y'all have a good one.
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.
119 - after 1.5 donuts yesterday 
I did not power wash yesterday. I put my foot down and did indoor cleaning only. Top to bottom scrubbing in bathroom and kitchen, dusting and vacuuming in other rooms. The younger woman who arrived last night is going to do some heavier stuff like washing the wood floor in the great room and oven cleaning. The other 2 jobs for today include sifting through all the condiments in the refrigerator to toss anything outdated, washing it down thoroughly, and sorting through old bedding to determine what to donate vs throw out. The outdoor folks will be spreading the mulch and perhaps raking one other area on the side that is sometimes neglected.
We had a great lobster dinner last night and will probably go out with the group tonight (8 of us). DSD can't eat much as she is on an extremely low-fat diet due to gallbladder removal surgery on Tuesday. She has lost a lot of weight getting ready for it which she had started losing on Zepbound. She looks good weightwise but her diet is incredibly restricted right now so she is craving everything (she also had to stop the Zepbound).
Have a surprising Sunday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Grilling outside must mean you had good weather! They usually grill here for this weekend, but it is too wet outside.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I'm not sure about ground chicken in that di**** might be kind of mushy?
Yeah, readers that you can look over are best when switching from close to far away a lot. I had to go through figuring that out after I had laser vision correction 15 years ago. I went from extreme nearsightedness for which I wore glasses or contacts all the time to just needing readers.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
You have done all you can to reach out to this woman so you should not feel guilty at all. I have to think that she may have some personality defect that makes her turn from what appears to be a caring friend to acting like you are the enemy. I had one of those once. Better that those people are not in your life. If she is like my former friend some day she may act like she forgot it ever happened and try to be close again while you are thinking no way. This happened about 5+ years after the break at a community celebration that deceased DH was officiating at.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Your three step "plan" sounds reasonable and doable. If I were doing it I wouldn't weigh too often though (I can't mentally take the ups and downs when trying to lose weight).
A discussion with your oncologist will probably help you make the decision that's right for you. I feel for you and especially the younger women who had cancer in their late 30's/40's and have to make decisions about their aftercare with these drugs after having had their bodies cut open, irradiated and/or blasted with chemo. One of those women is here staying with us this weekend and definitely is fighting the weight gain as she previously was always quite slim. She isn't super overweight but definitely more curvy than usual to put it nicely,
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
125.2, getting very close to my low range number. I was actually able to get over my 1200 calories today, most of them being healthy choices (all but my 2 squares of Lindt dark chocolate).
DH got a new phone so he spent the day setting that up. I did a shortened treadmill routine and arm work, worked on my Esty shop for not long enough and then grilled out hamburgers and veggies (peppers, onions and zucchini).
Tonight I'm working on my last Character Development class homework. Those 12 weeks went fast! Perhaps some TV and a soak in the tub to end my day is in order!
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!
