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Painful feet or hips can really take the fun out of sight seeing. A rest tomorrow might be welcome.
We had such a nice visit with DS and the lovely girlfriend. On the way home today we stopped at a sculpture park DS really recommended. It was made of different metal pieces, gears, instruments, fences etc . by some guy who was a hoarder and also visionary.Very cool stuff.
We got home and BFF and her son were here. We had dinner together and son seems to be doing okay. He hugged me a long time and cried a little when we came in. I think he will be okay, but it is a long road ahead. Right now he is just very sad, but I wonder if other emotions will surface. Of course I am biased , but he has a right to some anger as there are broken vows on his wife's part. He is already looking at some condos and there appear to be some on the market he could afford.
Tomorrow I will get back to my workout, and try to add an exercise snack as suggested by Diane of a short walk. I have the NYT Sunday paper to read also.
Oh I finally tackled the Scotland trip and made my decisions about hotels and itinerary for the last few days of the trip. Now it will be about researching restaurants and day tours we'd like now that I know which cities and hotels we will be in each night.
Thanks for the reminder about exercise snacks. I feel like this last round of weight loss resulted in muscle loss too. I want to rebuild strength, so I am focusing on weights, but I need to also build walking stamina and improve walking mechanics. But I don't need to do it all at once, even some short walks could help.
When I was in therapy my therapist recommended I take Prozac daily and Xanax for acute episodes of anxiety while waiting for the Prozac to reach therapeutic levels. Her advice really made sense: You can't fight a war on two fronts. Meaning address the physical issues with medications, freeing your energy to address the emotional, psychological issues. I feel like that's what we're doing with surgery and/or pharmaceuticals, address the physical so we can deal with the emotional food issues. It's so much easier to work on emotional issues when you don't have to fight your biology at the same time.
Greetings all
It is full on sun today. Even early in the morning. Might get up to 70. DH has decided to start walking the dogs again so he is doing so. I reminded him he did not have to do miles and advised him of the exercise snacks. Turns out the cardiologist told him essentially the same thing. Even a few blocks walking is valuable. DH takes a beta blocker and it tires him but even a small amount is better than nothing. So that is good.
My friend got as far as Winnemuca Nevada which is a huge distance. Casino town and it is 110. Onward.
Liz I feel your foot pain. Thats the thing about big city travel - walk and walk and walk. Love hearing your experiences. My recent visitor is married to a man from New Zealand who was originally from the UK so they used to go there often. We shared stories of the British Museum. Do the National Gallery if your feet allow.
So Peps white tornado!! Remember those old commercials for Mr. Clean? Sounds like you have no issues keeping busy in retirement. Wish you were here and I would hire you to groom my dogs.
So I have enough errands and chores today that I had to make a list. Banking, gallery, studio and bla bla bla. But none of it is really time sensitive. I did my walking yesterday and may skip today since my list has about 8 items and that is enough.
We started the new season of the Guilded Age last night. Love that show.
Stay well all and absorb this glorious summer.
Diane S
Thank goodness for the meds!!!
And doesn't it feel so good when everything is clean (even though contemplating doing it is so difficult)?!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Good morning!!(Good Afternoon, to Liz - just after 4 pm in London!)
200.2 this morning. All is well in my weight world.
After trimming a dog yesterday, getting some lunch together and puttering about, I did a deep clean of our bedroom/kennel room and master bath (my bathroom). All crates, bed, nightstands, moved, dusted, vacuumed behind and under, some walls and baseboards washed. Afterwards I started in on the kitchen cabinets. It amazes me how dirty the house gets. But I think with all the dogs, it's to be expected. Oh, well... my choice, LOL (and I wouldn't change it!). That took a few hours, but well worth it.
We did not go to a movie, but Ron wanted to go out for a "good burger". So that's what we did. I had half a burger and 2 onion rings. Honestly, I could have eaten the entire burger, but decided that since I was "satisfied" after half I would stop there. Interesting concept that! Something that without tirzepatide I struggled doing - even after VSG. Fascinating to me how much of an impact that medicine has on me/my thought processes about eating. My NUT/eating disorder therapist thinks I am the patient for whom the GLP-1 and GIP are the missing links. Have to say I agree. I know I have an eating disorder, but the meds really do help manage the aspects of it I never could really manage long term.
Time to get on with my day. Client will arrive with two Wire Fox terriers at 9. I must be ready!
Toodles!
Last full day here. My feet are having a tough time with all the walking. Flat feet, bunions, and a healing skin condition do not make for great walking. The skin condition keeps me from wearing certain shoes comfortably and a lot of walking on pavement is just tough after a while. Funny that I can walk 3.5 miles in the morning at home without problem but this is so difficult.
SILs are home! They made it back to Boston by dinner time last night and dear friends of ours from Cape Cod picked them up at the airport. What a relief! They had planned for 8 days before and including the wedding but ended up there for 18 days due to the hospitalization.
Yesterday we went to the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Place. Underwhelming as it was too hard to see much with the crowds. Reminded me of the one time we went to the Macy's Parade on Thanksgiving in New York City. In the afternoon we went to the Tower of London and had a tour by a Yeoman Warder Beefeater that was quite good. She is one of only 5 women in that role and actually lives there! We saw the Crown Jewels there too - very impressive. Last night we met a friend from Florida at a pub nearby and had dinner. Funny that we were here at the same time.
The plan today is to go to Harrods, Westminster Abbey, and High Tea at 4. Maybe the National Gallery for a bit if my feet can take it.
Tomorrow we need to leave the hotel by 6 am. It will be a LONG day. But then we will be home! Have a monstrous Monday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I had eggs florentine yesterday for breakfast. They were great!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
We rented e-bikes in French Polynesia and I liked them. The ones we had were pretty lightweight so felt like a real bike. I wouldn't be comfortable on the really heavy ones. A friend of mine fell on one of those and got really scraped up. I looked into the price of the ones we had and they were quite expensive. Not sure we would use them enough to justify that.
I am with you on planning and arranging connections - too overwhelming for me. That's why I always used a travel agent previously. But DH is good at it and took care of all of that for this trip.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
You should set a definite date for your trip to visit your friend so the time won't slip away! And I too suffer from overdoing the cleaning before company. Obviously the basics like bed and bath have to be up to snuff but no one cares about much else.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish