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I think you look wonderful as you are!

I am glad my self-worth wasn't built on youthful good looks, though at the time I wished I had them! How traumatic if it was and then the inevitable happens and your foundation crumbles?

There is a plastic surgeon I saw on Instagram talking about how the idea that fillers dissolve over time or can be easily dissolved with a shot is very wrong. He talked about doing facelifts on people who had used fillers and opening their faces to find filler EVERYWHERE aside from where it was placed. That's why people get pillow/alien faces with too many fillers. It just spreads. Made me not want to do them! My bff just got them and I think they look very fake and puffy. (Aside, the gay male community has this thing about youthful appearances - and thinness - that can be so destructive! It's like women's concerns about aging and weight times 1000.) I would much rather look like Helen Mirren or Meryl Streep in my later years than Meg Ryan or Madonna! A long-winded way to say you look beautiful just as you are, DD! You all do!

I have been cleaning today as my cousin David is coming to stay either tomorrow or Sunday depending on whether he is able to stop to see a college friend whose mother is ill. Cleaning up dog hair and dog dirt is a full time job! I also hate dog smell, so I end up washing everything not nailed down.

Very cloudy, windy and cool here. Perfect cleaning weather.

I think that's me for the day. Take care!

Greetings all

Early check in for me. Friends arrive late in the afternoon and I have various time sensitive errands to run later so here I am. It's foggy and likely will be all day. Main impact is choosing restaurant with view or no view. Thinking it will be no view but who knows. Our little airport is having an airshow with vintage planes this weekend. Fog is probably not a good thing for that. We are already hearing some weird airplane noises.

Agreed, Liz has got this figured out. Up early, getting things done, eating right. You go girl. You got this. Now go catch the cat!

DD it's noon and I am still in jammies. I see no point in getting dressed until I am going to leave the house which will be in about an hour. Meanwhile I had eggs, did some gallery banking and picked up garbage. Still more to do. Enjoy your days before school. My niece teaches science in Nebraska and she is already back to school. Seems so early but not sure if the kids are back yet. She changed schools to a different system so has to do training.

And hey Peps it's so true that a story or tv show can be so suggestive of food and instill cravings. Glad yours was a cantaloupe as opposed to tiramisu. 60 squats! Don't think I could do 6.

Lordy the airshow planes are suddenly dive bombing. Sounds like a WW2 movie. Guess this is how the afternoon will go. Quite loud.

Nice moment yesterday. Talking to brother unit and he mentioned what a good time he had here and that he would like to come again later in the summer! I thought that coming up here was sort of a duty to him and that would likely be the last time. Yay.

Time to get moving.

Diane S

I did have a new sag appear in my jawline this spring. Is it Ozempic Face or just normal aging. Not gonna lie, facial fillers sound intriguing. I don't see getting a facelift unless I want to give up traveling for a a set amount of time. There's x amount of money to spend, and I'm going to choose trips. :)

I did a good job of working out post surgery because I was very concerned about muscle loss and damaging my metabolism. Once I got past the first 2 months, I started to feel great as my body was really using my fat for fuel, and the low calories weren't leaving me lackluster. I had a rich and bountiful source of energy with me at all times. :) This time around, I can feel that my body does not switch to fat burning with any ease. If I burn up a lot of glycogen, I get shaky instead of tapping the fat. I'm blaming it on Tamoxifen interfering with the process. I probably have damaged my metabolism. I'm not going to lose weight without low calories. That's why I decided to stop pursuing weight loss even though I definitely have body fat to burn. Time to do what I can to heal my metabolism and maximize health.

I love these discussions and the research you share! Knowledge is power. I feel like we are a very well informed group that is always curious and ready to look at new information. TT is irreplaceable :)

I'm down almost 2 pounds since weighing on Wednesday morning. I believe this number is a new low on this current journey down, but I'm not absolutely certain. Anyhow... must be that I was holding on to some water from travel and sitting in the car and/or from the salty prepared foods I ate on the road.

Yesterday's workout, though not super tough is already being felt in my glutes! Only 60 squats, but done on a flipped over Bosu Ball after a 2+ week break gave my muscles a little something about which to comment! LOL! I did a full body workout, which is just what was needed. I felt good when I was all done.

Got a Costco run in last night after exercise. I bought cantaloupe which I have had a hankering for since it came up in the book I'm listening to. Funny how a description of a melon by an author can trigger a want. I also got some berries and organic Honey Crisp apples. I am seriously focusing on getting more whole fruits into my food routine. The documentary I mentioned yesterday really did slap me upside the head about well rounded nutrition.

Have to groom a little old Norwich Terrier later this morning, have an appt. with the nutritionist this afternoon, and a visit and dinner with BFF tonight. I guess that's a pretty full day.

Toodles!