thursday

Another empty day.

7:20 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.8 lbs
34.0% Body Fat
70.3 lb Muscle Mass
20.9 BMI

Fit app: afternoon walk
Heart Points
miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with oatmilk
1 bowl granola with pumpkin seed + flax (300 calories)(20mg calcium)

wednesday

It's an empty day today.
I have to say that, after the Dark & Stormy cocktail last night, my urine has had an incredibly strong smell all day. Luckily, there is no pain so I think this is more like the asparagus effect in some people.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.8 lbs
34.1% Body Fat
70.5 lb Muscle Mass
20.9 BMI

Fit app: afternoon walk
Heart Points
miles

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with oatmilk
1 bowl granola with pumpkin seed + flax (300 calories)(20mg calcium)
Amy's non-dairy Burrito (310 calories) (60g calcium) (10g protein)
Coffee Toffee (160 calories)
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
1 Orgain 30g chocolate protein shake (160 calories) (650 mg calcium)
4 Steamed Purple Sweet Potato Buns (560 calories)

Tuesday - skin, cat, gym

Started the day going to the dermatologist.
The next outing was in the afternoon to take Ellie cat to Dr. Beitz. She got a reasonably good checkup. She has a heart murmur as well as what feels to the vet like a small tumor in her gut. She appears to feel good now. She's put on weight and has no digestive problems now so I guess the Prednisone is working well for her.

I went to the Power #0 workout at the gym late this afternoon. It was a shorter, easier class today - possibly because more people than usual showed up for it. Rainy weather quite often makes a lot more people go to the gym.

We are nearly out of Red Rock Gingerale and I am thinking I will not buy more because sugary soft drinks are not healthy and I rarely drink anything carbonated anyway, so I decided to make a Dark & Stormy with my favorite ingredients - Red Rock Gingerale and Kraken spiced rum. As it turned out, there was just enough Kraken left in the bottle for one drink and I decided that was a perfect time to make the last one and just not replenish that in the cabinet again.
Like a lot of things in the house that we rarely use, I am planning to use what we have and just not replace it anymore. This should also make more room in the closet and pantry as well. It goes along with not buying fresh groceries unless I am actually about to cook. I am trying to only stock what can just be pulled out and consumed with very little if any prep. MonsterMustDie never wants me to cook anymore and preparing food for one in this house is a drag. I had a lot more fun cooking for one when I lived alone in the condo years ago. I would like to develop a more minimalist, less expensive lifestyle for one.

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
2 cups coffee
1 bowl granola with pumpkin seed + flax (300 calories)(20mg calcium)
+ kefir (150 calories)(390mg calcium)
3 oz Rotisserie chicken
1/2 roll Haribo Mega-Roulette gummie candy (80 calories)
steamed vegetable dumplings (420 calories)
1 Dark and Stormy cocktail

Anxious Monday

Between the usual intermittent pain in my hip and anxiety over all of my photography equipment that I can't use anymore, I woke up at 5:00 AM with no hope of going back to sleep.
Around 3:00pm, I accidentally inhaled a bit of the apple I was snacking on. Maybe I coughed most of it out. Worrier that I am, now I'm wondering if the apple will show up in my next CT chest scan, just to make me worry more.

7:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.0 lbs
34.1% Body Fat
70.3 lb Muscle Mass
21.0 BMI

Fit app: evening walk
Heart Points
miles
steps

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with whole milk
leftover pasta with Rao's Arrabbiata Sauce + home grown tomato
+ IKEA veggie meatballs
1 HoneyCrisp Apple

Solo Sunday

Woke up with a slight hangover from the glass of wine last night, despite following it with lots of water.
Spent the day alone. MonsterMustDie was working in the yard or online. There was no one else around to do anything with or talk to.
I took the camera out and got frustrated at how little it does compared to my cell phone now. Somehow, I could not get the autofocus to work and I am quite dependent on it with my less-than-perfect vision. It's old enough that a cloudy day makes it refuse to work also. There is no place around here to have cameras serviced either. I have all of these old cameras and lenses that I haven't used in years now and just looking at them makes me extremely sad. I need to clear them out for my own sanity. Nothing makes me feel worse about myself than looking at all the equipment and training that has no purpose here.

7:45 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.1 lbs
33.9% Body Fat
70.1 lb Muscle Mass
20.8 BMI

Fit app: evening walk
25 Heart Points
2.11 miles
6,082 steps

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with oatmilk
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
leftover pasta with Rao's Arrabbiata Sauce + home grown tomatoes
+ IKEA veggie meatballs
fish oil 1200mg
ginkgo biloba 120mg
1/2 roll Haribo Mega-Roulette gummie candy (80 calories)

Saturday

Waiting to hear back when my car is ready. Meanwhile, I'm stuck at home with MonsterMustDie today.
Woke up to a gentle rain and cool temperatures.

MonsterMustDie drove me to Greensboro to pick up my car. I went to Karen and Bob's house immediately after that and Bob checked the work they did and we did a test drive together.
I spent the afternoon hanging out with Karen and their dog, talking about life and relaxing on the couch with the dog.
Then I came home and made spaghetti with the veggies I roasted a couple of days ago. Lots of leftovers for the rest of the weekend.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.3 lbs
34.4% Body Fat
70.8 lb Muscle Mass
20.8 BMI

Fit app: evening walk
45 Heart Points
2.37 miles
6,279 steps

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with oatmilk
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
pasta with Rao's Arrabbiata Sauce + home grown tomatoes
+ IKEA veggie meatballs
1 Orgain 30g chocolate protein shake (160 calories) (650 mg calcium)
1 Salmon + Tuna sushi roll (310 calories)(27g protein)
1 glass of red wine

Friday

Argh! I went to the dermatologist yesterday to look at the large freckle on the tip of my nose and a crusty spot on my right cheek.
The freckle only requires a 3-month application of Hydroquinone 4% and better sunscreen. The spot on the cheek had to be frozen off. However, when I got home and was doing my usual nightly application of lotion on hands and feet, I realized I have another crusty spot on the inside of my right foot that I completely forgot to have the doctor look at. Now I have to go in again to have him remove another spot that could have been taken care of yesterday morning if I had only remembered it.
I wish they had a portal where I could keep a list of spots to when I have a medical appointment.
I also forgot to have the office email a copy of my receipt to me for tax purposes and they can't go backward to do that.

I dropped off my car at Battleground KIA this morning. Karen and Heather picked me up at the dealership and we had a long lunch followed by hanging out at Karen and Bob's house.
At 4:00 PM, the Mechanic told me I needed a new $4,000 carborator and and additional $500 of repairs. Fortunately, I was at Karen and Bob's house. Bob, who is an automotive professional assured me that I did not need a new carborator and that the only reason Battleground KIA recommended it is because my car is precisely 10 years old, which is the warranty lifespan of carborators and they will predictably recommend that everything needs to be completely replaced as soon as my warranty expires. They tried to tell me my car would not accelerate past 45, then changed their story when I said I drove over that up the highway to get to their service center. Their story on how my car looked got a lot better after they heard Bob's voice in the background.
He will gladly run diagnostics on my car when I get it back tomorrow to check all of that because he has the necessary equipment in his garage.

Dropping my car off for maintenance and hanging out with Karen and Heather today to kill time.

9:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.1 lbs
34.4% Body Fat
70.8 lb Muscle Mass
20.8 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with milk
1 bowl granola with pumpkin seed + flax (300 calories)(20mg calcium)
+ kefir (150 calories)(390mg calcium)
2 Grilled Flounder tacos at Taco Mama
4 slightly outdated almond butter crackers

wednesday

Got no plans other than a Zoom visit with friends tonight.
Looking around, we are out of regular coffee so I was wondering how MonsterMusDie made a full carafe of coffee this morning. Looking in the fridge, I found out he made coffee with a bag of decaf that was there for late night coffee drinking. I Think I still need a proper cup of coffee so I don't get a withdrawal headache tomorrow.

8:15 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.2 lbs
34.2% Body Fat
70.3 lb Muscle Mass
21.0 BMI

What I ate today:
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups decaf coffee with oatmilk
1 piece toffee (with my coffee)
2 slices sourdough toast + blueberry preserves + cream cheese
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
Arden's Garden Focus+ caffeine shot (140 calories)
Fishwife Albacore Tuna with Soy Ginger (120 calories)(16g protein)
Colombe draft latte (100 calories)
Tochi matcha popcorn (140 calories)

Tuesday lunch with Karen and exercises

I had lunch with Karen today at Bobby Boy Bakeshop in Winston-Salem. It was the first time she had been there.
I had the vegetable tartine, which was like a fresh vegetable stew on wholegrain toast. She had the French onion soup with a ham and cheese croissant.
Power 30 workout at the gym late in the afternoon. I had the first-time experience of my knees popping during squats. The trainer spent extra time with me after the workout to give me more instructions on posture and weight distribution for squats afterwards.

It felt too hot to take a walk today. I just decided to shower and relax when I got home from the gym.

8:00 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
113.3 lbs
34.0% Body Fat
70.1 lb Muscle Mass
20.8 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with milk
Kettle Avocado Oil + Sea Salt Potato chips (140 calories)
1 Cystex tablet
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
Vegetable Tartine for lunch
1 hydrOXYzine HCL 10mg tablet

Productive Monday

I got everything on my short list accomplished this morning on the phone, making appointments with doctors, mechanics, and the hair salon. I also nudged the next Zoom get-together with friends a day earlier, to Tuesday night, in preparation for whatever the dermatologist decides to do on Wednesday.

8:40 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
112.7 lbs
33.8% Body Fat
69.9 lb Muscle Mass
20.7 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with milk
2 boiled eggs
Momo Fuku soy + scallion noodles (320 calories) (10g protein)
+ 1 cup mixed greens cooked with noodles
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
Bolthouse Protein Plus (290 calories) (30g protein)
Kettle Avocado Oil + Sea Salt Potato chips (140 calories)
roasted almonds
9 Trader Joe's Golden Rounds crackers (140 calories)
1 cup Mudwtr with oatmilk and honey

sunday

The Air Quality Index this morning was 42, much better than yesterday. Maybe I should have signed up to join the walkers in Winston-Salem today. It is still forecast to be oppressively hot, in the 90s.
We went to the Ice Cream Social at Nomad in the afternoon. They made Cookie Dough ice cream and had a couple of backup gallons of store-bought basics as well. When we got to Nomad, MonsterMustDie pointed out the Lobster Roll truck in front, which I did not know was scheduled there today so I had to have a lobster sandwich, of course. Next time I should tell her to just keep the potato chips. Chips seems completely unnecessary.

Fit app: afternoon walk
22 Heart Points
2.42 miles
7,310 steps

8:40 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
112.9 lbs
33.9% Body Fat
69.9 lb Muscle Mass
20.8BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with milk
1 slice blueberry tart with whipped cream
2 oz rotisserie chicken
1 cup home-made cookie dough ice cream
1 lobster-dog sandwich
1 glass of pinot grigio
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
two 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
OLLY Magnesium Gummy (336 mg Magnesium) (25 calories

Smoke from the wildfires is here in North Carolina

I forgot about the wildfires in Canada until I stepped into the mudroom on my way to the recycle bin. We can smell it in the air now and the back of my throat was burning a little bit 30 minutes after walking outside and after being in the kitchen long enough to make coffee. MonsterMustDie wanted to walk around a while in the back yard when he got up, unmasked. He was back inside in 15 minutes.
The Air Quality Index was 104 when I got up.

Fit app: afternoon walk
Heart Points
miles

8:30 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
114.2 lbs
34.3% Body Fat
70.3 lb Muscle Mass
21.0 BMI

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with milk
1 bowl (2 cups?) of leftover mac and cheese with leftover veggies

friday

Quiet day. Too hot to be outside.

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with milk
1 Cystex tablet
Yellowtail Roll (360 calories)(11g protein)(300mg potassium) with soy sauce and wasabi
1 slice blueberry tart
1 potato samosa (340 calories)
Ocuvite Adult 50+ multivitamin
one 600mg Calcium + D3 10 mcg (400 IU) supplement
one Advil Dual Action - Acetaminophen 250mg, Ibuprofen (NSAID) 125mg

thursday

I baked an improvised blueberry rustic tart this morning that came out pretty good.

8:15 AM weight: (WYZE scale)
112.0 lbs
33.7% Body Fat
69.4 lb Muscle Mass
20.6 BMI

I went to Cardio Dance class at the gym.

What I ate today:
Rosuvastatin 5mg
Letrozole 2.5mg
2 cups coffee with oatmilk
1 slice blueberry tart
24 oz watered-down cranberry juice
Mac and Cheese with chicken, rosemary, goat cheese