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Absolutely agree with your sentiments!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Made it through the 4th. We had a very successful party. It cooled off in the evening so we could spill out and eat on the deck and watch the fireworks later. Our 4 dogs (our 2 plus our DD's 2) and the cat all survived the fireworks without too much trauma. Yesterday, we pretty much just rested and puttered, putting things away. Today is DH's bday, which is being overshadowed somewhat this year by the BFF's son's wedding later today. Another friend from childhood (but only since we were 9) arrived last night for the wedding and will be staying with us for several days. So I've been busy!
Liz, I'm in the same boat re maintenance. I'm using semaglutide since tirzepatide is harder to come by in CA. What they told me at HenryMeds is to decrease slowly over a couple of months. In their experience, many people do well on half the dose they used for weight loss, though, of course that can vary. It sounds like that part of things IS pretty vague. I agree with you about the cost. I'm on a half dose now, but still paying the full monthly price since HenryMeds is a monthly subscription deal. I looked into Orderly but I wasn't able to get my questions answered satisfactorily without signing up with their service, but it sounds like they may let you pay by the vial. Anyway, I decided to stick with what I have until I'm feeling more confident about my maintenance dosage and then look around for alternatives.
Lizanne
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Been away for these last few days (busy, busy...closing Monday) and will catch up on posts asap. Hope everyone is having good 4th of July fun and such and that all family doggie friends are faring well with the noises. Swann is alert to them, but doesn't seem to care one way or another.
Doctor happy with weight loss at yesterday's yearly Wellness Visit. Limited check up with nothing concerning. Recommended I get more electrolytes and hydration which is the one practice I haven't yet raised adequately (never had any problems before...). The only downside to visit are the numerous appointments I've added to an already too long list. Was expecting the mammogram, but evidently time again for colonoscopy 
and a full out "happy 70th birthday" heart health check appointment.
Liz, I wouldn't be surprised, given the relatively short time these medications have been available, that much is not known yet re med dosing in maintenance. In fact, YOU might become a data point in some current research.
DS is over to help Kurt paint the front porch floor and his requested compensation is biscuits and gravy, so it's off to the kitchen with me.
Planning, indeed, a very salutiferous (and all the synonyms attached to it) Saturday.
Hope the same for all.
Recent posts have me considering how silly it is to spend our lives collecting THINGS and then arranging our lives to care for them.
The growing intensity of my declutterring and downsizing has me fantasizing about how happy I might be living in 600 square feet with only 10 outfits to wear and only my memories and digital photographs to remind me of all the lives I enjoyed this lifetime.
Maybe my last incarnation this lifetime could be as a member of a non-religious retreat community where we take our meals together, have overnight laundry service and super-fast WiFi with lots of lovely nature trails to hike that somebody else maintains.
But today I must finish mowing the trails on this beautiful 25 acres I still care for. Truth is that chore actually doesn't suck.
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 did a lot of maintenance in advance of selling like you. I wanted the house to be appealing right off the bat.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Congrats on your first class upgrade. Good of the airline to make it up to y'all that way.
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.
What the heck day is it anyway? These middle of the week holidays especially with tourist traffic restrictions make it really confusing.
Pleasing news yesterday. I have 3 90+ year old handmade quilts made by my great-grandmother which my kids don't want. I reached out to my nephew and wife and they would love to have them. I had a feeling they might. It really pleases me. So I will be boxing them up and sending them to Washington state this week.
I hate overcast, rainy weather. It is warm, almost tropical but the lack of light seriously affects my mood. DH made a reservation at a place on a marina tonight but unless it improves we will be cancelling. It is a great place when the weather is good, not so much otherwise.
DS just got up and announced that he feels sick. Just what the household needs.
I am starting to wonder what happens with maintenance on tirzepatide. Do I stay on the current dose and try eating more or do I step down on the dose or timing until my appetite equals my maintenance calories? And what source can I work with to lower the cost if I am reducing the dose? Last time I googled it I couldn't find a lot of guidance on what works best for most people.
Today's plan is meet friends for coffee, do some more house staging, and go out for date night. I hope my mental enthusiasm increases - a bit more light would help.
Have a salutiferous Saturday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Thanks for all of the protein suggestions. I boiled up a dozen eggs this morning and made 2 of them into modified deviled eggs for lunch and added a beef stick for the extra protein. The modification was using Walden Farms honey Dijon mustard instead of mayo. Their dressings have zero calories, carbs, sugar etc. I used their dressing in a past weight loss program in egg salad and remembered it worked pretty well.
We had flash flooding today. Ended up with a little pond in the backyard. We were out shopping and the rain was coming down so hard it was hard to see the road. 5 inches in one hour! A dam broke in a community about an hour away. What a mess!
I'm actually finding it hard to get 1000 calories in at this point. I have to eat with a purpose for sure. Got a variety pack of pure protein ready made shakes. Hope I like them. I'm giving up on the protein powder I bought! I think it has been the biggest contributor to my GI woes.
Nothing much going on except shopping and cooking today. DS #2 comes home tonight, DS #3 comes home tomorrow and DC #1 will pop in as they can between work. Tomorrow we need to cut down a tree that unfortunately didn't survive the curb appeal we put around it a few years ago (root had to be cut to put in the curbing). It was a beautiful Autumn Blaze maple too! Darn it all! It still has a few green leaves on it but is for sure dying and we don't want buyers next year having to deal with it or making us deal with it at the very end! We jacked up a sinking landing to our steps also for that very reason! The joys of owning (and selling) a home! It will be me doing a major clean out like Liz next year.
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!
Greetings all
It's sunny here and almost hot! We are comfortable but much of CA is having a serious heat wave. Friends need to go south for medical tests and were going to go inland to see a friend but decided against it because its 110 in sacramento. No thanks.
So we had lunch at the Chinese buffet. DH and his buddy always want to go there when other buddy is out of town. That one hates Asian food. Oddly, he is driving to Reno which sounds horrible to me.
So we watched 4 episodes of Griselda last night. Great show. I looked up the real Griselda and yikes what a vicious person. they named the 4th kid Don Corleone. I think she killed all of her husbands. Kind of like Breaking Bad South American style.
Last night's steak was good. No clue whats tonight. Did not bring home Chinese buffet food. Freezer spelunking is in order.
Liz it might be kind of hard to leave that house but after fixing and cleaning and all that work on it you will be glad to leave. We did this with our Omaha house that was twice as big as what we have now. By the time we got out of there I was so done with it.
Yeah CC I seem to go in cycles. Some days I want to snack and snack and others I don't. I can't really correlate it with anything except when I am home all day with no plans I seem to snack more. Note to self: be busy.
Paula was asking about extra protein items. Another good thing is pumpkin seeds. Costco has them roasted and they are good. I think they are the highest protein of any seed stuff. Also string cheese.
DD glad you got a respite from travel. You need a catch up day. Yay for First Class.
I think I need to open the front door and let the breeze in. Thats how warm it is!
Diane S
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Nice that you got a break today after a delayed travel day. Cool that you rode first class!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
