Spring!
Feels like forever since I sat down to do this. Whats new….the sun is shining, summer is here, the pool is open, and it’s currently making its way to 88 degrees. I am jumping in after writing this blog…Sens are out, I guess I’m a Montreal fan now.
Russett is now providing weigh-ins, hoping to get him on the measuring tape… time will tell.
The past 2 weeks, I’ve punished myself with selflessness….spending hours under other people’s vehicles, doing favors, making time for everyone but myself. There are other great people in my life, giving me as much or more than I give them….but I give all I have….until I resent it….and then I give more.
Today was a great day, I only had to help someone for an hour….they offered me $50…I told them they could offer me $1000 because they know damn well I wouldn’t take anything….
Before that, I fixed the pool heater, installed a new solar blanket, and cleaned up the backyard. Get ready for a nice, relaxing summer….would have been nice to watch the Sens in the backyard for another 6 weeks but….next year.
I look at the people I’m closest with and realize we are a selfless bunch, likely why we get along….eager to prop each other up, help in any way we can…Even the clown that has me under his truck would give me the shirt off his back….but boy oh boy….a mess.
Hockey is over, Charlotte will start at the gym 4 days a week, play a few fun weekends, a few ID camps. She wants to get lean and strong this summer….I will do the cooking, she will do the work! Charlotte is really growing. Seeing her talking with adults, the neighbors….it makes me so proud to see the woman she has become. Fabulous on the volleyball court, beastly at tackle football, getting her grades up, doing all the right things…….and she is so happy these days…
My Doctor and I discuss my TRT bloodwork, high, yes, but no negative side effects….I just naturally have high testosterone, so the normal TRT dose is going to make me a bit high. No negative side effects and my bloodwork is great….so we continue. Moved to Test Cypronate, which requires twice the volume so I’ve split my shots to 4 a week from 3. The more frequent, smaller injections are the key to keeping your bloodwork good and having zero side effects.
My Blood Pressure is absolutely golden, I managed a 119/65 this morning…Imagine I hit a 200/101 less than a year ago. Doing my full blood before June 2nd, the doc is considering taking me off the statin…I have turned my health around in 12 months to a point where I may get off a “lifer” drug.
And Now…..The Weather….
Russett sent me a 226 pounds, down from a 235 weigh in at chemo….
Russett’s steady date for the next 6 months….she doesn’t look like much but she will knock you off your feet.
He says no negative side effects other than muscle pain, nausea, and tiredness…….ahhhh…..nothing to see here, kids….Russett is back to work, the corner office with the window and his little buddy with the purple hair….
YogaJennie.…spent the week in Portugal….sending me food pics hourly but no weigh in….look up….way up….
Suds and Pumper the wegovy twins…Pumper offered “Weight is 198. Nothing much to add…It’s been learning choreography and teaching everyday. Managed to clean up the yard a bit and patch up some holes Freya dug up. Watching the playoffs on TV with my son. 3 more classes to go before I teach my last class at Strandherd Sunday. Can’t wait to get to Sunday for my reward! Koena spa with one of my instructor friends all afternoon! Back to more manageable schedule at the gym next week and the campground opens next Friday! Can’t wait!”
and Suds “One too, many turkey meatballs, lol 182 pounds”
hmmm….I think something is off with the wegovy diet…..
Krista has come to the realization that it’s too warm for a newfie to hide under layers. She played 2 soccer games last week, which were interrupted by a few Uber Eats deliveries. She did offer that she might see the 150s next week???? But still no actual scale?
Tbag…was over at my house for wine last weekend….did we eat dinner? No we had chips! Chips and wine….I think she posted a 143…and offered me this photo….
and then told me she was off to pick up a pizza……..choices….Argh…I so badly want to mention the choices of one of her ex-boyfriends….legendary bad decisions…..like…if you do it once, does that make you …
Anyway…Tbag will make me delete that in about….ah….20 minutes….so read it while you can!
Hottub…not officially back…but I sense she is coming around….she told me she weighed in at 117 pounds and offered this photo of her lunch…
That is a can of sardines….straight up…at work…for lunch….
Jeremy!!! pumping iron! J has decided to pass on Vietnam for another trip to South America….which might be good for me because I might jump on the Vietnam train…
J offers “Gratitude, I am struggling with this. I make a fairly intentional effort to be grateful in the face of several trying years, I have been modestly successful in not getting bogged down with negativity. I have been thinking a lot about gratitude, where it comes from matters – is it innate or do I generate it? Mostly the second for me, I have to make the conscious choice to be grateful, working toward it coming to me without requesting it. It is a subtle but important difference. For now I am grateful that I CAN go to the gym, not that I HAVE to, grateful that my children are all finding their way, grateful that I am able to travel, grateful for my dog – he keeps me sane. I find the more you dwell on a thing, the more real it becomes so I suppose I have taken the same approach with gratitude – make it such a part of my process that eventually it will come to me naturally? Lifts are still a work in progress but I am progressing – I will reach my goals this summer and then replace them with loftier ones. Onwards!”
Slab keeps offering me a challenge…She started a 5k program on Sunday and offered this on Thursday “The 5k lasted one day lol. My back did not like it and this week has been restricted movements thanks to it. No RDLs for me. Hoping to be down more tomorrow, weight 127.1 this morning”
She also offered this…
Yours Truly So I offer this is return…
Still working on it….but I did turn 55 this month. Once I sign off here I’m jumping into the pool…
Life is good, things are coming together, spring is here, and the pool is 88….
The Quote of the Day
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” ~ Helen Keller
There are so many great quotes about friends…”Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'”…”The only way to have a friend is to be one.”….”A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”…
I am blessed to have so many great friends….
