VSG Maintenance Group
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153.0. New low for this try at weight loss, but not really expecting it to stay. Too many ups and downs as of late!
Good church service again today. I'm feeling better about making the switch and feel like it was the right move! They did Baptisms today (adult full body immersion) which always touches my heart! Tears of joy for changed lives! The message was about having having "critical conversations " with others and how to go about it. I've never enjoyed conflict but learning conflict resolution skills is always a good thing. I'm getting better at it with age!
Making homemade vegetable beef soup for dinner. DC1 hanging out! DSD and fiancé left at 6:00 am. Long drive back home to Bismarck ND!
Cold and wet weather today. Will snuggle up under the covers with a dog or two soon! We love our naps!
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!
Nice job maintaining! We are really enjoying watching the Lincoln Lawyer recommend by Diane!
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!
Yes! What Liz said.
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.
Liz, thanks to your advice years ago, most nights I sleep with socks on. It really helps me get to sleep.
Thank you!
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.
Today is when I first heard of Veruca Salt and what she's a metaphor/metanym for.
I'll also cop to knowing nothing substantive about Oompa Loompa, although the name is vaguely familiar as a children's literary reference.
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.
I know dozens of single/widowed women and a few married women who travel the world with traveling buddies. Likewise, many women join tours of all kinds as a solo traveler.
The two years after my husband died I went to Antarctica and the Galapagos and Italy and Greece and other Adriatic countries with good friends and to Ireland and to France by myself the two years after my husband died. They were wonderful trips!
I think it helps to be an extrovert, but I could be wrong about that.
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.
How's about to-do lists for selling, decluttering, and moving one's home(s)?
Or an exercise regimen to strengthen your core if you're a woman in her 70s?
Or build a shopping list of Halloween candies that are most popular in 2024?
I'm getting excited! ?
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.
Interesting - it also works well for dementia patients. I had an Alexa in deceased DH's room and would play his favorite music to help him feel calm.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Holding in a 2 pound range is fantastic! That is always my goal. I think it's from my Weigh****cher days when it was required to stay within a 2 pound range to get free meetings once a lifetime member!
They all respond to music in one way or another in this group. Some walk around in time with the music and one or two seem to calm waaaayyyy down and end up snuggling up or draping themselves over me while we listen, play and sing.
