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Contractors and more contractors!
The gas meter switchout for the pool didn't go quite as expected last week, so the various parties set it up for today. So far, 2 of the 3 tasks have been completed. Fortunately, it's a warmer day (rain coming later), as we have no gas service until Step #3 is completed sometime this afternoon.
Once service is restored, I need to call an appliance repair company to take a look at our oven. It gave me a bit of a "boom" when I used it for chicken over the weekend....not a good sign. I'm not using it again until someone checks it out. I suspect we need a new igniter...or a cleaning of the existing one. That info is courtesy of a Google search and, after all, is there anything more trustworthy??? LOL!
Doggies had an exhausting afternoon yesterday, as a friend came over with her 2 dogs for a bit of a play date. One of hers is a chocolate Lab puppy, not quite 10 weeks. Between all 4 dogs, they had a great time doing what dogs do. My 2 are STILL recuperating from the energetic play session!
I received the results of my DEXA bone density scan from last week. It shows minor changes/deterioration to my bone mass. Sigh. Comes with the territory of getting older. I suspect "they" will try to give me a drug when I see the doctor next month. After reading about the drugs to "treat" osteopenia, I saw the same pattern that exists with statins. At some point, the drugs may be worthwhile for certain patients. But too often it appears it's just another case of Big Pharma expanding the range of what's considered "disease" to sell more of their drugs.
Funny, I never used to be so cynical and skeptical. :)
If there's any good news to this, it's that I'm at the higher end of results "for my age." (Shakes head.)
WOE is going well. Not that it's been easy, but I'm keeping up a steady stream of encouraging, realistic self-talk. The weight didn't fall off during my major journey and it's not going to drop off in a day this time, either. I found a wonderful article online about treating any divergence from one's WOE as a grand science experiment. Believe it or not, that perspective helped!
The article went on to say that when one gets back in the swing of things, one should take on the role of researcher/investigator, taking into account all the variables....how you feel, what you're eating, how strong cravings might be, how long the cravings last, how much weight went up, when did the weight come down again (how fast and at what rate), etc. That way, when the situation happens again, as it probably will, in some way, we can know, "OK, Day 1, cravings will be bad, yup, there they are, but by tomorrow, I'll be over them if I can just get through today." Or, "FIVE pounds??? Calm down....I know 3 will be gone by tomorrow if I can stay on plan for today."
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