VSG Maintenance Group
Recent Posts
It's funny how sometimes the same workout can be super hard one day and fairly easy in another.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Any improvement in your health? My DS called this morning and it sounds like he has something similar to what you have had.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Love what your therapist said 
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I love what your therapist said! How true! And you have such a wonderful relationship with both of your kids and a great husband to boot!
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!
130.5. Almost there!
I count 4 activities for you Liz! A Justice walk definitely counts and so does going to dinner even if it means you don't have to cook!
Still cold in Wisconsin! Yuck! DC1 and I are making lasagna for dinner tonight. Happy they like to help in the kitchen! Bonding time and they learn some good life skills! They learned quite a bit of cooking skills in scouts but Mom's foods are always the best. All my kids can cook and love the tried and true dishes of their youth!
I did do the treadmill yesterday and today did a walking and strength training DVD by Leslie Sansone. It was only 30 minutes but it felt difficult today. In a month it will feel easy. The DVD is intervals of stepping (marching in place, side steps, kicks) and then upper body resistance exercises with lighter weights as you are doing squats or lunges. I was sweating! Feels good to be moving the body again, even if I need to talk myself into it daily!
Not sure what else is on the docket for today. Maybe balancing checkbooks, getting ready to meet with our tax guy or editing Hawaii pics!
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!
Oh man Ann! That sounds awful for DH! Liz is right, too many surgeons have a god complex and can't believe anything could go wrong with their work! I hope they can fix his loose screws without too much pain and damage!
Reminds me of a story told by my defibrillator rep. An old, very thin man had his defibrillator erode through his thin skin. Instead of seeking help from the doctor, the wife simply sewed pockets into all of his shirts to place the defibrillator in, wires still being attached to the heart! They only discovered this at the man's yearly check in! Can you imagine?
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!
Your day sounds awesome Liz, water, socializing, and Italian food. If you have time for a good book, even better!
I read to books so far by Elizabeth Strout: Oh William! and Lucy by the Sea. I've read Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton previouslyby the same author. I think I will look for some more of her titles.
Yesterday we laid low, more sun by the pool. Its warmer today, but looks to be more overcast. We have dinner reservations at a place called The Summer House at Disney Springs. We will probably go.
Tomorrow we have to check out at 10am. Our flight isn't until 8:45pm. We initially planned to hang out at the pool, go have an early dinner, but now the forecast doesn't look too good. We might see if we can pay for a later check out.
Wow, screws working their way out? Sounds like a form of torture, not medical care.
Thank you for your kind words. The subject of resiliency is very interesting. How do people rewrite their script? I see it in my students too.
There have been many epiphanies along the way. One that really sticks with me is my therapist said, you still have the opportunity to have a healthy mother daughter relationship. This time you will be the mother. And she was right, it is a deep source of joy, mothering both son and daughter, but having daughter first was really healing.
Geez, poor DH! Unfortunately a percentage of surgeons seem to have a difficult time listening maybe because they believe they know everything. I have dealt with them in the past. Best to work with a level headed one.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
If your prescription coverage is under any sort of Medicare Part D, then it is not currently covered as Medicare has a stipulation that they do not cover weight loss drugs. Biden started an initiative to change that but as far as I know it has not made its way through whatever approval process is required.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
