This Year is Our Year for Success!
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I am drowning in work and getting zero appreciation for it seems like most days. I'm suddenly getting work for the first time from one of the owners that I've almost never worked with and it's not going well.
I'm off tonight to see my best friend at Applebee's. I want a burger before getting back on my strict diet@0 -
I had my monthly check in at my weight loss clinic today and decided to transition to the maintenance program. Measurements and photos were taken, and I could really see a difference in the before and after pictures. I’m stopping 10 pounds short of my original goal, but I’m very happy with where I am now and how I look and feel. My clothes are fitting much more loosely, my friends are noticing and commenting on how much I’ve lost, and according to the age-adjusted BMI calculator, there is nothing to be gained by losing more weight in terms of improving my overall health. The maintenance plan is basically the same as the weight loss plan, but allows 1200 calories per day instead of 1000. I’m going to try really hard to stay at this weight.0
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What great results. And it’s a good thing to reassess goals. A healthy weight isn’t always the lowest weight we envisioned. Maintenance should be easier than trying for a lower weight. You must be so proud of what you’ve accomplished.0
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Thanks, Helene. I am really happy with myself for sticking it out. I know I could have kept going and eventually lost 10 more pounds, but realistically, I don’t think I could have kept it off. This feels like a manageable weight that I can sustain long-term and that’s definitely healthier than gaining and losing over and over.0
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I had my monthly check in at my weight loss clinic today and decided to transition to the maintenance program. Measurements and photos were taken, and I could really see a difference in the before and after pictures. I’m stopping 10 pounds short of my original goal, but I’m very happy with where I am now and how I look and feel. My clothes are fitting much more loosely, my friends are noticing and commenting on how much I’ve lost, and according to the age-adjusted BMI calculator, there is nothing to be gained by losing more weight in terms of improving my overall health. The maintenance plan is basically the same as the weight loss plan, but allows 1200 calories per day instead of 1000. I’m going to try really hard to stay at this weight.
Congratulations!!! That's a monumental achievement and yes, we don't always need to aim for the very lowest point.0 -
Weather here broke over the weekend. We’ve had several days of 70 degrees. So refreshing after the heat wave. Any relief in TX yet?0
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No relief in sight here in Texas. Yesterday was 107 and today is projected to be the same. We won’t see double digit highs for at least another 2 weeks or longer. August is typically our hottest month.
This is actually pretty accurate:
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Yay! Today I was down a little more and I can say I’ve now lost a total of 20 pounds since March 1st. I’m officially on a maintenance plan now which is a little more liberal than the weight loss phase, but I’m still being very careful to log my food and try to stay within the calorie limit I was given. I really wanted to hit 20 pounds lost just because I like round numbers, lol!0
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Congratulations on 20 pounds. That’s a big accomplishment. I wish I could say the same. I have zero motivation and I don’t see that happening any time soon. Maybe I’ll start to get my act together in September.0
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Yay! Today I was down a little more and I can say I’ve now lost a total of 20 pounds since March 1st. I’m officially on a maintenance plan now which is a little more liberal than the weight loss phase, but I’m still being very careful to log my food and try to stay within the calorie limit I was given. I really wanted to hit 20 pounds lost just because I like round numbers, lol!
Congratulations! Nothing wrong with round numbers (says the lawyer/mathematician). Good luck on the maintenance. That can be rough!0 -
Love the weather description. People in Maryland are fond of saying "if you don't like the weather today just wait until tomorrow".
We had a tornado watch Monday. No damage around us but in a more northern county a ton of damage. Our firm's new office manager has no power and the road to her house is blocked by downed trees!0 -
I saw pics on the news of the downed power lines in MD. They looked like pick up sticks, the way they fell across the road. It’s a wonder nobody died. The news mentioned a family stuck in their car 5 hours while they waited for the power to be shut off. We had torrential downpours yesterday. According to the news, my town got 7 inches of rain in 24 hours. We’re right on the coast so the water must have run into the ocean. As far as I know, we didn’t have flooding. A tornado touched down in a town 30 miles off Cape. They had lots of trees down and damaged houses but no injuries.0
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50 years ago today ---
Robert (Bob) Dubbs married Maryanne (MA) Allison in the small church next to the house she grew up in.
The pair met six years earlier, in the summer of 1967, when MA’s parents got the bright idea to send her to the local church camp for the summer to work as a KP for $25 a week plus room and board. Bob’s dad Al ran the camp kitchen and brought his whole family along with him every summer (in the winter he cooked at a fraternity in Gettysburg). All the Dubbs kids worked at the camp as soon as they were legally old enough. By that summer Bob had worked his way up to pot washer (I couldn’t make this stuff up). All the high school and college age employees (other than counselors) lived in 3 cabins set away from the rest of the camp, across a stream and away from any adult supervision so they all spent a lot of time together.
Bob and MA hit it off and enjoyed the summer together. In the fall MA went to her senior year of high school. Bob returned to Shippensburg State College for his sophomore year (biology major).
Over the next six years a lot happened, including MA graduating from Pitt and Bob serving 3 years in the Army, being trained as a medical technologist and doing a one year tour in Viet Nam.
By August of 1973 Bob was working in the hospital in Carlisle PA and MA was teaching 7th grade math there, while both continued their education at night and they decided it was time to get married. After a brief honeymoon at Rehobeth Beach (the first time MA had ever seen the ocean), the two returned to Carlisle, until the summer of 1980 when they decided they were ready to move on to the next chapter of their lives.
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Congratulations on your 50th anniversary! That’s definitely an accomplishment to be proud of. I enjoyed your synopsis of how you met and the early years together. How will y’all celebrate?
We passed our 40 year milestone in March. It occurred while we were taking turns staying with MIL in the hospital, so we didn’t get to celebrate. We intended to do something later after she was better, but as time passed we never got around to planning anything.0 -
Congratulations on your 50th anniversary. The story of how you met was so interesting. I’m a year older than you and we celebrated our 50th anniversary last September. We met at work as well but I was in my junior year of college. I was working a part time job at the Post Office and Ed was a supervisor. Today it would be muchpam, it’s not too late to do something for your 40th anniversary. harder to date a supervisor. We dated 2 years before getting married. We celebrated by spending a few days on the MA north shore. We stayed in a beautiful B&B. We hadn’t been back to that area since our honeymoon. Do you know how you’ll celebrate your anniversary.0
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Congratulations on your 50th anniversary. The story of how you met was so interesting. I’m a year older than you and we celebrated our 50th anniversary last September. We met at work as well but I was in my junior year of college. I was working a part time job at the Post Office and Ed was a supervisor. Today it would be muchpam, it’s not too late to do something for your 40th anniversary. harder to date a supervisor. We dated 2 years before getting married. We celebrated by spending a few days on the MA north shore. We stayed in a beautiful B&B. We hadn’t been back to that area since our honeymoon. Do you know how you’ll celebrate your anniversary.
Thanks! We went to dinner at a restaurant I'd been wanting to try.0 -
Congratulations on your 50th anniversary! That’s definitely an accomplishment to be proud of. I enjoyed your synopsis of how you met and the early years together. How will y’all celebrate?
We passed our 40 year milestone in March. It occurred while we were taking turns staying with MIL in the hospital, so we didn’t get to celebrate. We intended to do something later after she was better, but as time passed we never got around to planning anything.
Taking care of family comes first.
Somehow DH and I ended up not having to care for any parents. I think that's pretty unusual.0 -
I’m leaving in a few minutes for a birthday luncheon for a friend. Here’s a pic of the birthday cake I made for her. I’m not entirely pleased with it because no matter what I did, I could not get it to stop leaning to one side. However, I know it will taste good, so that’s the most important thing.
It’s been a quiet week here. We were supposed to have new gutters installed today, but the installer cancelled so he could do something with his child at school. I think he rescheduled for Monday instead. We had a brief break in the heat but it only lasted 2 days. Today I think we are expecting a high of 108.0 -
Leaning or not, it looks fantastic. What are the little yellow pieces decorating the cake? Glad to see you’re making cakes again. You’re so good at it.0
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The yellow pieces are from a package of sprinkles that include several different sizes and pieces of things to drizzle onto the cake. They come in a lot of different color combos to fit any color scheme.0
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Great idea for an easy way to make your cake more festive.0
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Oh, Pam, that looks delicious!!!!!
Several of my big projects are temporarily on hold while the client contact is on vacation so I'm getting a few other things done. Feels good!
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Had my 6 month checkup with my primary care doctor today. All went well but I was disappointed that he didn’t even notice or comment on my weight loss until I mentioned it. He told me I need to consume more calories than we’re recommended by my weight loss clinic, but for now I plan to continue with their recommendation for maintenance. If I continue to lose weight I will add more calories, but so far I am doing well at 1200 per day. I will be looking for a new doctor anyway as he has decided to become a concierge doctor. We are unwilling to pay the fees to become part of his concierge practice and don’t feel we need that kind of care anyway. I am interested to see what my blood work shows. I’ll know the results in a couple of days, I think.0
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Had my 6 month checkup with my primary care doctor today. All went well but I was disappointed that he didn’t even notice or comment on my weight loss until I mentioned it. He told me I need to consume more calories than we’re recommended by my weight loss clinic, but for now I plan to continue with their recommendation for maintenance. If I continue to lose weight I will add more calories, but so far I am doing well at 1200 per day. I will be looking for a new doctor anyway as he has decided to become a concierge doctor. We are unwilling to pay the fees to become part of his concierge practice and don’t feel we need that kind of care anyway. I am interested to see what my blood work shows. I’ll know the results in a couple of days, I think.
Primary care docs can be very disappointing. I've had it with mine and have appointments with two others. If I like (or can at least tolerate) the first one I'll cancel the second one. I only really need primary care to order labs and prescribe my cholesterol meds. And if I was willing to pay I could actually do both online if I had to. Meanwhile, my oncologist was kind enough to order labs for me and my current primary care provider to my surprise refilled my meds for a whole year. So I have a little time. And I need it. It's not like you can get an appointment tomorrow.0 -
My blood work results were in my inbox this morning and all looked good, I think. My cholesterol went from 236 to 144, so I guess the Crestor is working, lol!0
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That’s an excellent cholesterol level. I’d guess the Crestor is doing the trick.0
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Another hurricane is heading towards FL. Right now, the track is between Tampa and the Panhandle. That’s well north of us but we could get storm surge of 2-4 feet if it passes by at high tide. My HOA just got the tennis court repaired last week and expensive work is being done on the pool to reopen that. I hope we don’t get surge that damages work we’ve just finished. As a community, we’ve spent over $50,000 on repairs. The anniversary of Hurricane Ian is exactly a month from today.0
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Helene, I wondered if the storm track would go near your island. Fingers crossed that it doesn’t undo any of the repairs that have already been made or cause more damage.0
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So far, it looks like the storm will pass about 150 miles off shore when it passes. We could get 2-4 feet of surge if the storm passes ar high tides. The winds won’t be that bad. When it gets north of Tampa, it will turn inward and go ashore between Tampa and the Panhandle. So we could be affected but nothing like last year. We’re watching local FL news coverage and people learned a lot from last year. People are pulling their boats out of the water, securing outdoor items that could be blown by the wind or floated by the surge. It wa suggested that people with RVs along the coast drive them inland. Many people still have tarps on the roof almost a year after Ian. Heavy rains may damage their houses with only a tarp for protection. It’s still hard to get contractors because of the volume of repair jobs competing for attention. And some people are still battling insurance companies.0
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I watched videos posted on FB the day after Italian. A resident rode around the island recording conditions. It looked like minimal street flooding on streets close to the beach. I didn’t see any fallen trees. When he was at one of the beach access areas, you could see the water was still choppy and you could hear wind gusts. He had the causeway and bridge on the video and they held up well. Cars were already driving across it. What a relief to see conditions looking normal. I feel for the people who were in the direct path of the hurricane. That was Sanibel 11 months ago. At least it seems like folks listened and evacuated. So far, they haven’t announced any deaths. About 150 people died during Ian because they didn’t evacuate and so drowned in the storm surge. So at least lessons were learned through Ian.0
