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diane S.
on 6/22/25 3:09 pm
Topic: RE: Sunday, June 22, 2025

Greetings all

It's another sunny mild day here. In the 60's outside. If anyone wants a summer trip without sticky heat or mosquitoes, come here. United Airlines has a flight direct from Denver to my back yard. Summer here is so fine.

So I did my walking and rediscovered old Laura Nyro music which was the sound track of my college years. After that I stopped at the hippie grocery and bought a quiche. No pot pies. Old people discount day. Skipped the studio as I will be there tomorrow.

Peps did you get to see the horses at the riding academy? Bet they are awesome. How interesting that Patton helped the school survive. Can you get over the counter codeine there? I would...

DD the sweet peas do not have blooms yet so no fragrance. I can't wait. The roses have a little. Hope your travels go well and aunt does ok.

Yep Liz take charge of deck arrangement. If you have the spacial ability go for it. My DH also has none so those of us that have it must take charge. And get more hydrangeas.

CC are you getting ready to travel?

Interesting about the trizepidide doses. Hope you all find sweet spot. Interesting how we expect a body reset when we weigh each morning yet somehow our bodies did not get the memo.

Yeah I would not plan on Egypt anytime soon. Med cruise? Maybe.

Diane S


      
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diane S.
on 6/22/25 1:11 pm
Topic: RE: Sunday, June 22, 2025

This sounds great!!ds


      
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Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 6/22/25 9:55 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Sunday, June 22, 2025

Sounds tasty!

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 6/22/25 9:54 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Sunday, June 22, 2025

I guess your heat is coming to Boston this afternoon. Luckily Cape Cod will be at least 10 degrees cooler.

You will look lovely in that Tommy Bahama dress and they are truly comfortable. I am bringing a Tommy Bahama white linen dress and jacket with me to Europe. Their linen is so soft and cool - I bought DH 2 linen shirts from them recently too which he is also bringing.

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 6/22/25 9:50 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Sunday, June 22, 2025

Good luck on your travels tomorrow. Those early mornings on flight days are a bear.

I would be hesitant to go to Egypt right now too. Even for the countries we are visiting (Spain, Poland, England) we have been warned to not wear anything that screams USA.

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

DiamondD
on 6/22/25 8:53 am
VSG on 06/13/12
Topic: RE: Sunday, June 22, 2025

In my quest to improve protein (and calcium) intake I made an iced coffee with 2 cups of Fair life milk, a shot of espresso and sugar free torani vanilla. 160 calories, and 26 grams of protein, so its comparable to protein shakes, but , for me, much tastier. It is more volume though, 16 ounces vs 11 ounces. I still prefer it.

DiamondD
on 6/22/25 8:37 am
VSG on 06/13/12
Topic: RE: Sunday, June 22, 2025

The picture of your deck on Facebook looked very inviting. DH should probably just trust that you got this LOL. DH is the spatial person in our family. All my instincts tell me it won't work, but I need to remind myself that he is almost always right when it comes to these matters.

CC, thanks for the reminder about the lifetime pass for National Parks. We don't have immediate plans to visit any, but I'm hoping. It might be worth buying a pass now, as the prices could go up. In fact, I think they did not too long ago.

Yeah to wearing new summer dresses at last Paula!

Diane even though they're still small, are your sweet peas giving off fragrance yet? What about all those roses? One of my great aunts had a rose bush by the corner of her farmhouse and all these years later I remember that heavenly fragrance.

I can't wait too see the Lipizzaner pictures Peps! It's a marvelous trip, but this feels like the highlight. I love that you found an Orchestra on your walk. These moments of delightful serendipity, I think that's my favorite part of travel.

Speaking of travel, we see that Egypt was added to the travel ban. This gives us a big pause when thinking about traveling this fall. We would be entering and leaving through a connecting flight in Europe, but still, with an American passport. And then the escalating situation in Iran... October may not be the time to go.

Another hot day on tap. It was incredibly humid yesterday, but still tolerable in the shade. It was better in the evening, and I even weeded a flower bed. Right now it is warm and breezy on the porch, and I'm quite comfortable.

Off to Massachusetts tomorrow at the crack of dawn. I hope this retired lady can get up at 4:30 am!

Paula1965
on 6/22/25 7:45 am
VSG on 04/01/15
Topic: RE: Sunday, June 22, 2025

123.9 for the 3rd day in a row. Guess my body likes this weight!

No DH walk for me today. It will be too hot once we get back from church. We will go to our friends place and try out the pool but I think it will be too hot for that as well. We will then go back to their place for some charcuterie that I put together and play some games! With the snacking, I don't think we will have much of a dinner. Perhaps a protein bar which is fine with me since don't feel like cooking anyway.

I get to wear my newest Tommy Bahama dress to church! Yay! They are so comfortable!

I bought a new dress off Amazon which looked really cute online but doesn't do much for me when I tried it on, so that one will be returned!

DC1's date went well last night. They stopped over when it was done to tell me all about it. Those beginning stages can be a lot of fun!

Tomorrow is going to be hot as well. I have a coffee date with a friend in the morning (might have to be an iced latte) and a teeth cleaning scheduled in the afternoon. I'm thinking Jimmy John's or the like for dinner! Still don't want to cook in the heat!

Have fun planting and beautifying your yard Liz.

Peps, enjoy your last few days of vacation. Good thing you are retired, you will need a vacation to rest up from your vacation!



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!












Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 6/22/25 4:23 am, edited 6/21/25 9:24 pm - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Sunday, June 22, 2025

Hopefully that cold won't get you down! I think tapering off on the tirzepatide will be better done at home where there aren't so many distractions/temptations. It seems from reading people's accounts and from my last meeting with a NP that figuring out the proper maintenance dose is via trial and error. Like Paula, if you find yourself too hungry at a lower dose, go back up a bit. I had tapered down to 2.5 mg per week prior to my last NP meeting and it was working well for me. The NP said some people would halve it and take it twice a week and found that they could go down a bit more. So I did that and now take 1 mg twice a week. I have been doing that since December.

117.4 - no clue why the drop. I ate completely normally yesterday and in fact finished my entire meal whi*****luded pasta. I also had 1/2 of an English muffin with peanut butter which I don't do too often. Weird.

We accomplished everything planned yesterday. The deck looks great with the furniture from my former house. DH was afraid it would be too much, but he is spatially challenged. I was confident they would fit. I ordered 2 outdoor rugs quite similar to what I had at the other house to complete it. We also bought some flowers for a planter in the front and a hanging one for the back. There is a garden bed next to the deck which needs to have something planted in which we need to figure out. DH is having a hard time imagining what to put in there partially because of that spatial challenge I mentioned.

DH is going to the funeral of an old friend from college today, traveling there with another friend from that time. I have never met them. Not sure what I will do other than put the flowers in the planter and maybe mulch that back garden bed to give DH a better idea of what it will hold. Also, maybe pick some hydrangeas for the house. Like last year they are flourishing on the Cape this year. My favorite flower!

But first, the bus leaves at 7:30 for breakfast, then a Justice walk following that. Have a super Sunday!

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 6/22/25 4:10 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16
Topic: RE: Saturday, June 21, 2025

Thanks for the series tip! We finished Dept Q and need something new to watch.

Those burgers sound great. We rarely do burgers at home for some reason. Usually if we grill it is steak.

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish

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