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Liz, I'm glad you are thinking about your muscle mass. It is important! Clinical studies are showing an average of 22% lean body mass loss over a year of taking tirzepatide, while up to 40% decrease in lean body mass was seen in certain patients in a 72 week period.

As for hanging skin, as much as I am loathe to say it, I am finding that in myself, too. I believe it has to do with age and fat loss, rather than muscle loss. I have always had very sturdy legs and as I lose weight, my thighs are becoming more defined, so I know I'm not losing much muscle there. BUT.... on my left thigh, especially, I have icky loose skin! Blech.... Never had that before. Yuck, yuck, yuck! But it is what it is and I prefer the smaller me to the larger bodied, fluffier version of me! LOL I've also got bat wings and some saggy man boobs. Also, as we age, our skin loosens naturally due to subcutaneous fat loss. It's just a sad truth of getting older. I will take loose skin and aging over the alternative!

Ate salty, salty foods yesterday, so I'm up a half a pound or so. But several handfuls of movie popcorn and two small slices of pizza for dinner along with good company was well worth it! I enjoyed the movie, too! However, I thought afterwards, "Did I really need to see Twisters right before driving through the midwest at the tail end of tornado season in the northern plains?" LOL! I did love the special effects and really enjoyed seeing Maura Tierney in a mature role!

Today is packing day! Have to pack the car, my clothes, and doggy supplies. Two weeks on the road is a lot! I don't usually do more than 5 day stints, so preparing for a full two weeks living out of a suitcase, going from hotel/motel seems a bit daunting. At least, I have a wonderful number of choices for show clothes to bring along. I am loving that!

I will be spending a lot of time on the road the next two weeks, so I'm guessing my check ins will be intermittent.

Peps has me worried about my muscles. Though I don't feel weaker I think I have lost muscle in my legs and arms more than in past weight loss as my skin is much looser. My arms aren't that surprising because of the shoulder surgery and I am working on strengthening them daily but realized that I should add some work for my legs. Though I have continued my long walks I haven't participated in other strengthening activities like I have in the past, again because my shoulder has restricted me. I googled exercises focusing on legs that I can do at home. In the fall I will be able to rejoin some past activities and potentially start working with the new trainer here but will have to wing it on my own for the summer. In the meantime I am paying more attention to how much I am eating still trying to have enough protein in the mix.

The home inspection was last night and I have retained an attorney. The broker said the inspection seemed to go well but we won't know until later this morning if they want me to make any fixes.

I had the strangest dream last night that they found a room off my basement that I never knew I had. It was sort of an office with an oversized AC unit in it. They requested that I replace it with a smaller more appropriately sized one. Weird!

We worked on some details for a trip in March with friends last night. We are chartering a boat in the British Virgin Islands with 2 other couples for a week, staying the 2 nights prior in Tortola and the 2 nights after in St Thomas. Should be an incredibly fun and amazing trip. The others have done things like this in the past so not as amazing to them but they are super fun people and we are really looking forward to it.

Today we need to clean the condo so it is ready for the bachelorette party descending here a month from today. Tomorrow we fly home assuming Delta has stopped cancelling flights. I hope we make it as I have 2 appointments on Thursday that I need to get home for, and we drive to NY on Friday to see DH's DS and DIL who are here from Poland for a week.

Have a writative Wednesday!

Not a lot to report today. Scale the same. But my short's waistband which is unforgiving with no stretch is looser.

My dad caught Claudia's cold. He came to sit outside my house for a while and really struggled with his balance to get back. I had to hold his arm to make sure he didn't fall while he shuffled back and swayed. A real wake up call that even the smallest illness on an older person is very hard on them. So far this summer we're just bounding from health ailment to health ailment!

Crazy thing I read today: This will be the first Presidential election since 1976 to not have a Biden, Bush, or Clinton on the ticket. 48 years! Mind-boggling.

I think that's all here. Hoping for everyone to start feeling better here.

Take care all!

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Just a really short drop in to catch up on the hap's

I, too, was a "scooper" In high school at Millers Ice Cream #1. The dairy and ice cream factory was right there in Eaton Rapids (original Miller got tired in the 1880s of selling his milk for nothing and ...). Big Ice Cream Festival every year. Oh...Paula, you have nothing on me re ice cream sampling! My favorites....where should I begin?

Signing seller contract and paperwork-pictures tomorrow so nitpicking just everywhere which is tedious and putting me in a mood of sorts. Liz, I'm just so happy that you hit the almighty "sell first day" lottery. But, then, your house, from what I saw, is just spectacular and it would be unusual if it didn't sell immediately.

Devon, I've had just that same experience as you described- just goes to show that the number itself is irrelevant as to value. The difference is in the direction one approaches it.

Off I am, catch you later, gators!

Thanks for the latest addition to my vocabulary! MAFFICK! Love it! I have to get that one incorporated into my usage!

So, I felt dumpy yesterday! LOL! My shirt was too baggy, my jeans were loose... And rather than celebrating, I was annoyed. LOL! The jeans are new. I've worn them only a few times. The last time I wore them they were a bit snug in the waist. Yesterday I could pull them off without unbuttoning or unzipping. I have absolutely no idea why this annoyed me. Maybe it's because it felt like I wasted money on them? Who knows.... It's not like they cost a fortune. I bought them at Costco. Weight loss can trigger odd reactions! LOL!

However, I do believe this validates what I was thinking was going on with me physically. My body is slimming down right now, rather than showing scale reduction. That is perfectly fine with me. It's actually a positive.

Another funny thing about the brain: while gaining weight at this weight I felt horribly fat, disgusted with myself, etc... However, at this weight while in a losing mode, I feel quite spectacular! I feel thinner than I actually am. Interesting how the brain perceives physical changes depending on the cir****tance surrounding the change.

Liz, I did not realize that in MA one had to get a lawyer involved with the sale of the house. Here in CA it's a realtor and a title company and a notary public. That's it. Most of the title people and realtors are also notary publics. That makes the actual paperwork and legal side of things pretty easy for the seller and buyer.

National Ice Cream Day was indeed celebrated with an Oreo Cookies n' Cream Ice Cream Sandwich. Delish!