Please enjoy the fathers in your life today and the memories of yours. Memories and words of my dad are frequently evoked, as he had a wonderful impact on all our lives. Right now his ashes are fluttering in the current political upheaval.

Here I am, I think this is week 11, in my current weight loss quest. My numbers are holding steady, still around 13 pounds down. Without the benefit of GLP-1 drugs, I'm noticing food. I've opened the refrigerator looking for "something", but have so far left empty-handed. I also think about what I might have in a next meal, which was a quality missing when on the drug.

Interesting.

I've invested some effort in recipes that are high protein and storable for several day's meals. I've mentioned before, I like the Eating Well website. You can adjust the servings of a recipe by the click of a button, no calculations necessary.

Yesterday I made a tofu and zucchini picatta, a play on chicken picatta, with chickpea pasta. I marinated the tofu in lemon and garlic, grilled it and the zucchini, not per the recipe, then followed instructions in the kitchen. Instead of making two servings, I felt it was three based on the portions I have been eating up to now. Winner, winner, I made three dinners. 

Next up is sweet potato(yam) smothered in a chickpea/tomato jam with a garlic yogurt sauce. I won't follow that to a T either. The yam will be mashed in patties, thus smaller portions.

I continue to keep to the smaller portions and higher protein foods. I asked my doctor if she would prescribe the GLP-1 pill for me. The half-life is much less than the shot, so if I react, I can recover sooner. There appear to be other benefits to taking these class drugs. I found this in a scientific abstract: 

The unexpectedly broad benefits of GLP-1 medicines now extend to reduction in rates of heart failure, stroke, myocardial infarction, diabetic kidney disease, metabolic liver disease, osteoarthritis, peripheral vascular disease, and obstructive sleep apnea...

And I still could use some help in the kitchen.


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  1. BarbJune 22, 2026 at 9:43 AM

    Good luck. I hope you can get on a GLP 1 pill. It does have many benefits.

    hugs
    barb
    1cd

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  2. OneKidsMomJune 22, 2026 at 11:26 AM

    You have been traveling a path as a trailblazer for those of us who read. Hope the pill version, if your doc does put you on it, helps with more than one issue!

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  3. ValJune 23, 2026 at 8:43 AM

    I dunno why my old iPad is not longer allowing me to leave comments (have to use my work computer - hey, it's good to be da boss!)
    Last weekend was a somber one for me: my dad has been gone 7 yrs now, and last FD weekend I spent at the coast getting my dear friend Charles set up for hospice care (he lasted about 2 wks as we lost him on the 4th of July). This reminds me to reach out to his friend/executor Joe to see if he's ever going to organize that "not-quite-a-memorial" service - if he's not, I guess I will just host my own Party of One...

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    1. OverworkedjanetJune 23, 2026 at 10:29 AM

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    2. OverworkedjanetJune 23, 2026 at 10:30 AM

      Dad's voice has been stilled for 14 years now, yet I can still hear it...

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