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Good catch! I was also surprised by all of Ocean's DS progeny. LOL!
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.
Florida: basically in one week. We fly out of here at 8pm on Friday, February 14, and arrive around midnight and leave at 6pm on the 20th.
Off to Pub Night in a few minutes. Looking forward to music, but dreading going outside. It is 17 degrees with a 20 mile an hour wind. I've been in the house for 1.5 hours after trecking across the parking lot at work. While my face had regained feeling, my ears still hurt. Life where the weather makes your face hurt. Gotta love it.
I saw an ad for those trikes and thought genius! My Mom had a 3 wheel bike in Florida (aka an adult tricycle, it said so on the shipping box) and while it was fun and got me to the pool, you're not setting any speed records. And while I'd like to cruise about with the wind in my hair, I am hesitant to ride a 2 wheel bike for fear of falling and breaking a hip, because of my osteoporosis. But a 3 wheel much more stable, and with an electric assist ~ Zoom!!!
Also, dealing with these tedious, nonsensical, bureaucratic tasks gives new meaning to impotent rage. You are their puppet and there is nothing you can do until your tasks are finally done.
My favorite DMV story: I was waiting, armed with a book and patience. A Jimmy John's delivery poked his head in the waiting area and said Delivery for John K. I nodded with deep satisfaction, knowing we are still a nation of innovators.
Greetings all
More rain today. I am home early as I just did not feel like doing the studio today. It's in an old funky building and sometimes feels gloomy and cold. I do have a heater. Oh well. I did the gym and waddled happily to Smokey and Aretha. Then I stopped at the hippie health food store because I was out of red rice yeast. Got stuff for chili on Super bowl sunday and a few other items. I am a sucker for their deli roast beef. It really amazes me that I am no longer a sugar junky. Just carbs.
Ocean Diane So good to hear from you! We wonder what you are up to. Yep guess we all get a bit of seasonal disorder. Glad yours is lifting. Enjoy spring as it arrives. I say yes on the electric trike. My brother has one and it looks nice. He got it a couple of years ago to go to Burning Man. Worked well. I have no idea if he uses it much these days. Seems like it would be fun to go cruising with wind in the hair. Go for it.
DMV Ann = seventh circle of hell. But bless those workers. Not an easy job. Who knew they charge for SSI card. I had to get a new one 15 years ago but I don't recall a charge. Such chores are un-fun. Reward yourself.
Yes Liz you are very busy for a retired person. We are all in awe. Keep on truckin'.
So we went to the sushi place last night. It was quite good. Brought about half of my dragonfly roll home. Shrimp and avocado and a sweet/hot sauce. Place was quite busy and actually full of fairly civilized looking people. Kind of nice. Lots of people around here are sort of "feral" so it's nice to see a nice sit down place.
GL on the work out Peps. Yep you have achieved the very difficult of losing fat and not muscle. You are doing it right. Guess the right way is not the fast way. Reminder of the protein pushing surgeons. They are right.
Steak tonight. I had the rest of my sushi for lunch. Still have much paperwork to do. Made a list.
Diane S
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I'm a yankee and use every drop so I'd use the old, then the rest of the dose from the new (different syringes).
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
212.7 - ounce by ounce I keep plugging away.
Lunch lady brought me "healthy" cinnamon roll.... UGH.... so hard to resist. At least it was kindergartener sized! Then she brought me another while I was doing yard duty and put it next to my laptop. That one I put to the side and pretended it was not mine! LOL!
While the weight is coming off slowly (frustratingly so), I am feeling really good about working out and strength training. I like to believe that while I am losing fat I am building muscle. That seems plausible given I am smaller, but weigh pretty much the same. I did some reading on losing fat and building muscle. They are contra indicative of one another. To lose fat one must be in a calorie deficit. To build muscle one needs to be in a calorie surplus. To do both simultaneously is a rarity. Fingers crossed I am one of those rarities. LOL! Perhaps I'm losing fat and simply MAINTAINING muscle. I'd be completely happy with that, too.
Did back on Monday, chest on Tuesday, legs yesterday. Today I will do a push pull with some arms and abs. I hate abs!
Shot day today. The 5 month supply arrived earlier this week from a new pharmacy. I hope this compound is as good as the one I've been using the past 9 months. I do have left over from my last vial. Do I use that up first? IF it's not enough for a full dose, can I use the other pharmacy's meds to complete the dose? Input????
Another rainy, gloomy day here. We need the rain, so it's okay. It's unusually cold here for rain, though - low to mid 40s.
having a thingamajig Thursday sounds like a plan!!!
