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Boo is right!
Sorry you had a tough day at work. Enjoy the time with family, the early Thanksgiving dinner and of course the wine!
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 boy. One of those painful meetings today where parents are desperate for solutions that aren't readily available. My heart is squeezed and wrung out.
I'm home for a bit, then off to BIL's house for an early Thanksgiving. As I told my supervisor after the meeting, I hope there's copious amounts of wine.
The snow that fell yesterday is hanging around. It wasn't much more than a dusting, but it's staying. Low 30s now, 20s in the evening. The forecast is for even more cold in the coming week. Boo!
148.6. Today was split dose injection day. Like Liz, the jury is still out on if this will be more beneficial. I did order then next dose up (7.5) with plans to take less. I think I might even go down to 4.
No bible study today. Lots of cancellations due to snowy roads and busy lives so I made the executive decision to wait until after Thanksgiving to meet again. I think there might have only been one or two others besides me this morning.
Yes, I said snow. Cold, blustery day with about 2 inches of snow on the ground that is thankfully melting quickly. Got the most important rooms of the house cleaned. I really should do the downstairs finished areas too but think I might wait until early next week.
Thinking about making "cheese buttons" for my husband for dinner. It is a dish from his childhood that he has fond memories of and I got the recipe from his sister. It is essentially a dumpling stuffed with cottage cheese and I think onion. You boil them first and then fry. They don't sound too appetizing to me, but I'll try them once! The worst part is I have to make the dough for the dumplings (rolling out and cutting and everything). I don't think they have a dipping sauce but think they should. Perhaps I'll come up with something!
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!
Back down to 218.4. Injection day. I've been using Fridays to track weekly weight loss, so I'm hoping I wake up weighing a little less tomorrow than today. Though, I can't complain at a pound a week, right?
Had a really good self choreographed push-pull workout yesterday. I love push pull workouts because they feel so even on a physical level. For every push (say chest press) I do a complimentary pull (Lat pull). I do it with legs, too - squats followed by dead lifts (quads vs. hamstrings). I am pleased that I am adding another day to my weekly workouts. I will really enjoy having the free time to workout 4-5 days a week in retirement. At least, that is what I keep telling myself.
I have to take an indepth look at why Wednesdays are tricky food days for me. I'm guessing it is a combination of the meds lessening in my body, midweek stress, and the availability of free treat foods at school. I have been allowing myself to lose focus on my goals and rationalize eating treats (baked goods, candy, chocolate) the past few Wednesdays. Granted my "cheats" are minimal compared to what they once were, but I still want to figure some stuff out around this behavior.
Today is ultra sound day.
I like Thumbs Up Thursday! Something so cheerful about that!
Good catch! LOL! I'm not sure if it was a typo or wishful thinking. But anyway, y'all knew what I meant.
119 - shot day (still taking 1/2 dose twice a week - the jury is still out of whether it is better or not).
Italian night was enjoyable - good food and company. Our visiting friends met our friends here and got along well. We were the last people to leave just after 9 LOL.
Today I have my last golf class. We are playing on the course and will learn about course etiquette. Not making noise when someone i****ting the ball? Not driving the cart where it isn't supposed to go? I guess we shall find out.
Dinner with our friends at the beach club tonight. The high is 70 today and will be lower tomorrow. Maybe we try to go to the beach club this afternoon? Or we poke around in shops downtown?
In the meantime, I am going to try to get a quick Justice walk in. Have a thumbs-up Thursday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
My DH mostly mellowed with dementia - as if some adult-acquired filters left. He showed enjoyment more readily and loved dogs which he had not prior to that (except possibly as a kid). However in his last year or so he became subject to temper tantrums mostly when he didn't get his way and didn't understand what was going on.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Good news on DH's health. I had to look up king tides this time - fancy name for extra high tide?
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
119 huh? Same as my weight this morning ;) Interesting observation about weight changes - I think mine goes lower right after a shot, then creeps a bit each day leading up to the next one.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I think overall my dad has been a happy-ish person. He is very, very good about not borrowing trouble from the future and brought us both up to follow his example. I seem to have been able to adopt his philosophy and tend not to worry about things well beyond my control. My brother, however, is more like my mom in that respect and does worry. One thing my dad has always had is a very solid sense of self, service, and understood his intellectual prowess. He is extremely well read and holds both a Masters and PhD in communication and education. (My brother has a JD. I am the least well educated of the three boys. LOL! I have only a post baccalaureate degree in education.) I think his interests in the arts and economics and politics have kept him involved and positive. Even though he has a great deal of difficulty with his short term memory now, he still watches a lot of news programs and loves documentaries and takes advantage of the activities in his assisted living facility. I am grateful that he seems to be past the "angry stage" of dementia. He is usually very pleasant, cheerful and upbeat. 2 years ago he had a lot of anger and bitterness about the changes in his life.
