Slower Weight loss at 50?
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Good morning.
Ed, taco salad sounds good. I've switched mostly to eggs and a vegetable for breakfast, and one morning made a banana cinnamon egg, sort of like a banana pancake. Beautiful daffodil!
Jo, I've really missed you...sorry for your schedule change. I hope Sophie's ok. I hope your health is good. Just wondering why you have a new primary care Dr. I was having some doubts about mine after my visit last Friday. I hope your skin check and ortho appts go well. I am looking into hip replacement. The ortho I went to see has been doing anterior for the last 10 years. She was the first in her hospital to do it, and does a lot of them. I'm still working on questions before I go and tell them to set a date. I'm chicken about any medical procedure, and this is a big one. I've been waking up in the middle of the night with questions. Writing them all down before I call back.
Hi to Irene and Jan.
It's currently 54 and mostly sunny today with a high of 67 expected!!! Warm and Spring-like! Will definitely spend some time in the sun outdoors. I read for a while yesterday on my porch in the sun. It was nice.
Have a good day, everyone.
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Jo good luck with Sophie. Hope your Dr visit go ok0
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Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! It's 47 sunny degrees right now, with a partly cloudy high of 75 expected this afternoon.
Being Thursday, Lilo has the day off from any medical procedures or shots. I wonder if she looks forward to Thursday or to the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) because of that? Then again, if there are no medical procedures or shots, then no extra treats either so maybe she would rather have something every day. Somehow I doubt it.
Nothing major on today's agenda. I might try to get out to the international market, if I can get there early enough, to look for exotic fruit and a few cooking sauces I try to keep on hand from there that are very difficult to find anywhere else
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good morning.
It's currently 51 and sunny with a high of 74 expected. Wow!!! Beautiful Spring day ahead. Yay!
I forgot to take my car for a drive yesterday, so will do that today.
I'm just going to see what the day brings.
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I will have to find something special to do for Orion today because March 11, 2021 is officially his third birthday! We don't actually know exactly when he was born, as he's a rescue cat, but this is the day we approximated with the veterinarian.
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Aw, pretty cat....happy birthday Orion!0
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Finally! I can start nosing around for an appointment to be shot.
The Georgia Department of Public Health announced yesterday that beginning Monday, March 15, 2021, patients with chronic health disease, such as diabetes, would become eligible to receive the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID) vaccine.
I did make it to the market this morning, and had a somewhat late lunch because of time slipping away. I got a little bit of fruit, a lot of noodles for J, in different vegetarian flavors, two bottles of our favorite vegetarian oyster flavored sauce, some dried beans, a couple of cans of soup, some skin on, bone in, chicken thighs that had a good price, and an inexpensive bottle of dark red wine, Pinot Noir. $66.37 later, it all came home with me, got unpacked and put away or eaten.
Some of the fresh chicken found its way into my lunch, which took a while to bake, and the rest is packed away in portion sized bags in the freezer, with the date marked.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Howdy all y'all. It's fantastic Friday!
46 sunny degrees out there now, with an expected partly cloudy high of 78! That's swimming weather!
The only critical thing on today's agenda is Lilo's Friday night fluid treatment. I may get out in one of the cars, but there's no rush.
Dinner last night was fish and chips for me (steelhead trout) and breakfasty stuff for J.
Don't forget to SPRING FORWARD Sunday morning if your area does that!
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good morning.
Congrats on being able to get a vax, Ed. I will feel so much safer after the 2nd one. Won't it be great when people can get together again.
Fish and chips sounds good. I haven't had that in a long time. I had grilled salmon and a small baked sweet potato last night. It was delicious.
We have a cloudy day today, currently 59, with an expected high of 66, so still pretty warm.
I did a little cleaning yesterday, will probably do a little more today.
I'll see what the day brings. Don't need to go anywhere.
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Howdy all y'all. It's satisfying Saturday!
It's 52 degrees out there now under partly sunny skies and we expect a high of 74 with overcast skies and a decent chance of rain.
I may get out to Kroger today. I may not. LOL.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good morning.
I finished my jigsaw puzzle. Will start a new one soon...I have 1 left that I haven't done yet.
I really liked all the bright colors in this one.
I spent some time on the porch yesterday, enjoying the warmth of the sun.
It's currently sunny and 39 with a high of 55 expected.
A few chores to do around the house and will see what else the day brings.
Happy Weekend, everyone.
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That is a nice jigsaw puzzle.
Howdy all y'all. It's sumptuous Sunday!
It's 53 sunny degrees, looking for an expected high of 78 under partly cloudy skies. I may pop out to get eggs and milk, though I think I can wait until tomorrow if necessary. We will see.
And I think I may need to get some laundry started.
Did everyone remember to Spring Forward?
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good morning.
It's 47 and sunny with a high of 58 expected and a red flag warning. We just started to get these...red flag...low humidity and gusty winds, precautions for fires.
I didn't change my clocks yet. I don't know why I thought it was tonight...but I saw the change on my phone and computer, so will fix the other clocks when I'm done here.
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I got out to Kroger, incidentally giving J's car a good run to maintain the battery, and bought a couple of Red Baron frozen pizzas, on sale, though we need pizza like we need holes in our heads. I also bought the stuff on my actual list, which included corn chip cups (only used for Taco Tuesday salad or nachos), eggs, milk, stevia sweetener, toothpaste, ketchup, sweet pickle salad cubes, Morningstar Farms vegetarian "bacon" strips, and spreadable butter with olive oil and sea salt. And, of course, a run through the meat department where I picked up some marked down top sirloin, bottom round, ground 80/20 Angus, and a package of nice looking cod filets.
I think that was a successful grocery run. I didn't quite spend ALL the grocery money left in that account. LOL.
I have some chicken thighs, that I had thawed in the refrigerator, baking for my lunch and left a small package of sirloin tip up to do something with for supper. I may cube that up, pop it into a crock pot, and cook it on high for several hours, to shred and have over noodles. Or...Edweirdo, I mean Eduardo, may have some other ideas by the time I finish with baking the chicken, and who knows WHAT that sirloin might turn into?
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Well, Eduardo thought my meager plans for the sirloin were boring, and so it got turned into delicious beef Stroganoff with leftovers for a couple more meals.
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Howdy all y'all. It's marvelous Monday! It's 60 partly cloudy degrees out there, with an expected high, still partly cloudy, of 64.
My morning weigh has been hovering just barely on the right side of 200 for a few days now, so I am feeling good about that.
I had a plate of the Stroganoff for breakfast. I do need to get to that laundry today, as the bin is full. I never got around to it yesterday, and am still feeling a bit jet lagged, without the fun of jetting anywhere.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good morning.
Ed, that stroganoff looks mouth-wateringly great.
Our crocus are blooming and some of the daffodils, and anemone, the hyacinth have sprouted. Indoors, my peace plant, christmas cactus, orchid, and hibiscus are blooming.
It was still nice enough yesterday to sit outdoors in the sun for a while. Cooled off today.
It's currently 33 and partly cloudy with a high of 46 expected, and another day of fire spread threat.
I have to make a quick run to Walmart to pick up some hair color and a few other personal items. And will see what the rest of the day brings.
Another new week, have a good Monday everyone.
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Howdy all y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! 47 cloudy degrees out there and we don't expect to see the sun today. The high is expected to reach 53 and overall we have a 98% chance of rain.
I have noticed that, until recent months, rain, well, precipitation chance was always rounded to a 10 so it was 10%, 20%, etc. But in recent months they have changed that to more exact predictions.
I don't think it makes them any more right. They still seem like they are sticking a hand out the window and calling for precipitation if it comes back wet.
I have the dishwasher running, and I need to get to the vet to pick up Lilo's next bag of fluid for her treatments. While out I may run to Kroger for a few items, weather permitting.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Well I got to Kroger, after picking up Lilo's fluid, and spent the rest of the grocery budget for the month. OK, I overspent the budget by $0.63 but I managed to squeeze in a bargain in the meat bin too!
I will open this package at lunch time today and have some for lunch, repackaging the rest in portion sized freezer packs. I have 80/20 ground beef in there already, but it's portioned into one pound packs. It will be nice to have some ready to cook burger patties on hand too.
And, of course, I picked up some eggs, cereal, crackers, shredded lettuce (for taco salad tonight) and a couple of other things.
If I have to buy more groceries this month, it will be overbudget, but it wouldn't be the first time. LOL.
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Good morning.
Hubby got his 2nd vax yesterday....mine is in 2 weeks.
It's currently 37 and cloudy with a high of 46 expected today.
I'll stop by the library to pick up some more books. I'm enjoying the one I'm reading now "The Flatshare" by Beth O'Leary.
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Howdy all y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday! It's foggy and 49 right now and we are expecting overcast skies with a good chance of rain all day, and a high of 60. We may even have thunderstorms overnight.
Happy Saint Patrick's day, and happy Saint Gertrude of Nivelles day, and happy Saint Jan Sarkander day, and happy St Withburgh of East Anglia day, and happy Saint Ambrose of Alexandria day, and happy Saint Diemut of Saint Gall day, and happy Saint Theodore of Rome day, and happy Saint Alexander day, and happy Martyrs of Serapis day!
I need to get the laundry folded and put away, and I need to get the corned beef into a slow cooker with some vegetables, so it will be nice and tender by dinner time. I can wait until 9 or 10 this morning on that though.
I was lucky to get a small piece of point cut corned beef brisket. It's not as flat as the more common cut, and is more marbled. It should be very tasty. As it's just 2.12 pounds, I will probably get only 3 or 4 meals from it, and maybe less, depending on how much fat marbling there is all told. I am hoping for 3 meals.
I will figure out something else for J but have plenty of vegetarian options to choose from.
And, of course, I have to figure out something for lunch, and don't have any small packets of meat thawed. I can always quick thaw something in a pinch, or just have a grilled cheese sandwich. I can decide that later. Yesterday's patty melt was nice.
Dinner last night was taco salad.
Breakfast this morning was a sandwich of lightly toasted, lightly buttered Ezekiel 4:9 sprouted bread, with an egg, one largish sausage patty, and American cheese. That was pretty tasty.
I have set up the fluid for Lilo's treatments, which makes the laundry room look a teensy bit like a mad scientist's lab, or a hospital room, with the bag hanging and the tubing on it. And, she will need her Wednesday treatment shortly after lunch. She gets 10 treatments out of one bag.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Well, there was room for the carrots and onions in the crock with the corned beef, but the wedge shape of the point cut, with the layer of fat on top, didn't leave room for the potatoes, so they will have to be cooked separately later.
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Good morning.
Our housecleaner is here this morning. Yay!
I need to declutter my study before she gets this far. Have 2 loads of laundry going.
Ha...wonder what Calvin is up to.
It's currently 39, a bit rainy and foggy with a high of 57 expected. It was gray and gloomy all day yesterday. Maybe the sun will peek out a little later.
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J and I both have our appointments for Covid vaccines now. First shots are Thursday for J and Saturday for me, with the second shots 4 weeks later for each.
Oh, and here is my small Saint Patrick's day dinner, served in a soup plate. A small(ish) potato, chunk of carrot, some onion, Brussels sprouts, and, of course, the star of the show, the corned beef.
I will probably turn the rest into hash I think and get a couple more meals out of it. It was a VERY fatty piece of corned beef, but delicious and very tender. I avoided as much of the fat as I could.
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Howdy all y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! 61 cloudy, rainy degrees out there now, with an expected high of 67, with no sun, and the possibility of some morning thunder.
J has the first Covid shot this afternoon. I have a doctor appointment. We tried to get shots together but the online system was acting crazy, constantly changing available slots, then telling us that a slot was no longer available, then suddenly slots opened up, or claimed still available when they had just been stated as already taken.
Then, when you DID get in for a reservation set, you had 15 minutes to fill in all your information and verify the reservations, or you would lose them and have to start all over. It was a bit nerve wracking, but we did manage to both get reservations finally.
As it's going to be another damp and dreary day, I have no plans other than the doctor visit today.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good morning.
Ed, that's how it was here too, signing up for shots. I got kicked out about 4 or 5 times thinking I would get an appt. before I was actually able to get one. They're more available now. I got several notices after I managed to get my first vaccination that vaccines were available at various locations and to hurry and sign up. Congrats to both of you for getting signed up. I guess you're getting Moderna if they're 4 weeks apart. That's the one I got. Hubby got Pfizer, they're 3 weeks apart. His was a week before mine, so he's all done.
Your St. Patty's dinner looks good. I skipped the corned beef this year. We had ground chicken and veggies, sort of chili...we do that a lot.
It's raining here this a.m., not as hard now as before. Currently 45 with a high of 55 expected. We had no sun at all yesterday, and will probably be the same today.
I'm going back to the ortho tomorrow to ask some questions, get some more information about anything else I need to do, and fill out any additional forms.
No special plans for today. Will see what the day brings.
Happy Thursday, everyone.
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I am definitely getting two nice meals out of the leftovers. One bowl, shown below, of hash was my lunch today, and the other will be my supper. There are still a couple of cooked potatoes left, as I had cooked up ALL the remaining red potatoes in the bin, and since they were cooked separately, with no meat contact or contamination, may be fried up for something that J can eat.
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Good evening;
I am glad everyone has had their shots or will be getting them soon.
I will be able to sign up on Monday. I am glad it is my day off, as I will probably be spending some time trying to get an appointment.
So far I have had a clean bill of health from the dentist and the dermatologist. I go tomorrow for my two ortho appts.
Vix-I miss chatting with you also. I need to get into a new routine, now that I know what my work schedule will be. I decided to forgo the corned beef this year. We had chicken instead.I was not happy with my doctor and it was so hard to get an appt. with her or anyone in the practice. With this new doctor I got an appt. right away and appts. with all the specialists she wanted me to see within a week. The practice is part of the Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Ed- your corned beef dinner looked delicious.
Hi Irene-good to hear from you.
Hi Jan-hope you are doing well.
I couldn't get Sophie an appt. with the specialist until May. They put her on a waiting list if something comes up sooner.
We are getting rain now and expected to turn to snow, with a few inches accumulation.
Have a good evening.
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Howdy all y'all. It's fantastic Friday!
Glad to hear that you will be signing up soon for your shot(s) Joanne. My mother, who happens to be named Joanne, finished hers recently, and my siblings are slowly, but surely, getting theirs. We are scattered all around the country and different states are proceeding at different rates.
A friend of ours, in Pennsylvania, just finished her round of two shots, and has made plans to visit us for a week in mid-May, after we have finished ours, and waited about four weeks after the second, for full effect.
It will be nice, and, honestly, a bit weird, to have a visitor staying with us other than close family, and even that made me a bit uneasy, though we had no issues from it. J's only nephew may be coming for this weekend, but that is still not sure. I will be a bit nervous when our friend from Pennsylvania comes, about her flying, and about having a long term (for introvert me, a week IS a long term) guest for the first time in well over a year.
Yesterday turned out to be a lovely day, despite the original gloomy forecast. The wind changed, and the clouds all just blew away. It was dismal and rainy when I drove to the doctor's office, but when I left, the sun had already come out and things were starting to dry up a bit, finally.
The doctor was very pleased with my consistency in keeping the weight from getting out of hand, and all my numbers looked pretty good, though two of my liver enzymes seem to always be a bit elevated. As they have been, usually, a bit elevated for years, we are really not worrying about that much. The ratios look fine, and they aren't grossly elevated, so we will just continue to watch them for now.
J got the first of two Moderna shots yesterday afternoon, and seemed fine all evening. We will see how that is this morning, after J gets up.
It's a little bit cooler this morning, at 44 partly cloudy degrees, and we are expecting a partly cloudy high of only 59 degrees.
Tomorrow is looking good, so I should have a pleasant drive to Lilburn, an adjoining suburb, for my first shot.
The dishwasher is running now, so I will be putting those dishes away later. Nothing else critical on the agenda.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good morning.
Jo, I'm so glad you will be able to sign up for the vaccinations...I thought working in a grocery store you would have been higher in the priority list. Get up early to start checking for vaccines, check several places ( I finally got one ar 6:45 a.m. but had been trying from before 6) . It took me a few weeks to get signed up, but there is more availability now, so hopefully it will be easier.
I hope you are ok with your new work schedule. It is hard to change routines. I'm glad all is well with your dental and derm appts, and wish you well with the orthos. I switched Drs the last time because it was so hard to get an appt. I am just a little concerned about my current GP's most recent visit, (I didn't think the advice he gave me about my vitamin D being too high was right, but fixed it with a phone call), will hang in a bit longer. I can usually get in to see him quickly, if needed. And with upcoming surgery, I don't think it's a good time to change.
I hope Sophie's ok.
Ed, maybe you should let your friend know you will be uncomfortable with her visit. Most people are still quarantining after flying. They have not yet loosened the rules on that as far as I know.
Glad your Dr. visit went well. I hope J is feeling well after the vax. Good luck with yours tomorrow.
On my agenda today is my ortho visit, and whatever else comes along. I put a load of laundry in the washer. Have to remember in case I'm not here when it's done.
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