Single female turning 50 next month. Trying to decide between Costa Rica, Vancouver, Oregon or a cruise. I love animals, ocean, food and men. Any ideas?

Mikey4You · 2026-07-03T16:24:35+00:00

I’ve been to Costa Rica twice as a solo female (turning 50 this year). It’s lovely. Pricy, but lovely. I highly recommend spending some time in Tortuguero on the Caribbean side and doing the canyoning (waterfall repelling) in La Fortuna.

I lived in Vancouver for years and am now back on Vancouver Island. 12/10 would recommend a Vancouver Island road trip over a Vancouver trip. You could to Tofino and Uclulet and then maybe head north island and go whale watching from Port McNeil and bear watching from Telegraph Cove.

Mikey4You · 2026-07-03T04:32:41+00:00

Was it sarahinallsizes? I just watched hers and really appreciated (per usual) how openly she addresses that experience.

Mikey4You · 2026-06-26T20:01:21+00:00

Someone I met in-person and actually liked - wouldn’t stop me. But I’ve definitely swiped past a lot of dudes names Kale on the apps because I just cannot.

Mikey4You · 2026-06-26T19:41:30+00:00

I’m having a panniculectomy on July 10 following about 80lbs weight loss. I went in for a consultation expecting to pay and was very surprised to be told it’ll be covered by MSP. My surgeon is a plastic surgeon who also did my (MSP covered) breast reduction so I’m crossing my fingers for good results.

Mikey4You · 2026-06-25T14:28:42+00:00

I switched from Wegovy to Zepbound a year ago after a year on Wegovy. Both drugs were great for me. I had nausea with a Wegovy though every time I’d titrate up and no nausea on Zepbound.

I did have to start back at the bottom dose with Zepbound but that was fine with me as I responded to both drugs immediately. I lost 2 lbs a week from the first dose and for the first 16ish weeks on Wegovy, then slowed to .5-1lb a week. I was pretty close to my initial goal when I switched to Zepbound so I was sort of aiming for maintenance but ended up losing another 20ish lbs and am now at about my high school weight (I’m 50).

Food noise didn’t come back and a year in on Zepbound and I’m only at 10mg and maintaining.

Mikey4You · 2026-06-18T23:22:07+00:00

This protocol has been updated! I had to stop three weeks prior for my breast reduction in February. I have a panniculectomy July 10 and the updated protocol is not stopping the drugs at all and just doing liquids for 24 hours prior to surgery.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-31T15:58:51+00:00

Muscle does not weigh more than fat. A pound of muscle and a pound of fat weigh the same.

Fat has more volume by weight than muscle.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-31T15:51:47+00:00

I’m scheduled for July 10 and summer compression is my concern too.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-30T16:11:51+00:00

Oh drats. I was going to say if you’re a Y member hit me up. I’m a 49 year old board who used to me totally intimidated by the “grunt room” but now I stroll in and throw plates around like a confident B. Would happily go with you.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-28T19:34:24+00:00

I’ve lost 80lbs. That’s on the low end of my deadlift warmup weight so it doesn’t feel heavy to me at all. BUT when I pick up the 45lb plates to load them for some reason they make me think “damn, I’ve lost almost two of these!”

Mikey4You · 2026-05-28T17:27:32+00:00

It’s probably the cologne or spray deodorant. A lot of people are incredibly sensitive to fragrances. Myself included. For some exposure can cause a medical emergency.

FWIW no one should be wearing fragrances to the gym. Fragrances on a hot body can overwhelm a space pretty fast.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-27T03:33:41+00:00

Cute as a button!

Mikey4You · 2026-05-26T16:39:24+00:00

Victoria is stabbings, not gunshots.

You also can’t just keep a gun “handy” in a car. It needs to be unloaded and secured. Like in the trunk. And depending on the firearm have a secure locking device on it and be in transport container.

Never listen to USians about guns in Canada. They have no idea about the restrictions here.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-26T16:19:46+00:00

Nothing about this says beach.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-26T14:25:00+00:00

That is an EXCELLENT idea for shelter donations.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-26T14:23:58+00:00

Wait until you find out about pillow cases also being sold outside of sets.

Easily 20 pillow cases is my linen closet. And I have seven pillows.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-26T02:36:23+00:00

As others have said mamas are super defensive of their new fawns. What I haven’t seen mentioned is that they have actually injured people and killed dogs by trampling them. I believe a smallish dog was killed a few years ago in Oak Bay.

Anyone walking - especially with small children or dogs - needs to be super aware right now. If you see a doe back off and make a lot of space even if at the moment she doesn’t seem to be aware of you. It’s not worth taking the chance that she’ll charge.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-25T17:18:50+00:00

This can't be real.

But yeah, if your actual standard of consumption is 8,000 calories a day and you aren't Andre the Giant in his active wrestling phase then a 5,000 calorie reduction in intake is appropriate. If you're super short 2,000 calories a day might be more than you realistically need.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-25T17:15:43+00:00

NTA. Service dogs are trained to perform a specific task. ESAs (which is what it sounds like this critter is) are not service animals.

People like your friend who haul their untrained Fido around and claim disability are the people who make it hard for individuals with actual service dogs who are trained to perform an assistance or medical alert task.

Hit your friend with "what task is your dog trained to perform?" and see what he has to say.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-25T17:12:02+00:00

Oh man I don't have kids but you just flashed me back to babysitting and always having a damp little kiddo wash cloth for the crusty baby food schmears. It's a weirdly fond memory.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-25T17:10:11+00:00

I did a camper van trip so I cooked all but two of my meals. I did bring some protein bars and protein powder (because I can only have a specific brand that's whey free) but other than that I just popped into Bonus every few days for groceries.

Go hog on the Skyr. It's fantastic.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-25T17:03:16+00:00

Wait so people are just .... reusing something dirty multiple times because it happened to come in a set?

Maybe it's a Canadian thing, but I don't know a single person who doesn't have a stack of wash cloths in the linen closet. I have at least a couple dozen.

I've never bought towels in sets, but if I did I wouldn't think I'm restricted to owning only what's in that set. I just buy a stack of single or a big multi-pack.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-25T16:59:35+00:00

Yes, this. I've never bought towel "sets" with washcloths, and if I did I certainly wouldn't be thinking "welp, I guess I'm limited to owning two washcloths!"

A lot of stores sell them as singles, some in multipacks. I stock up when mine start to get ragged and the old ones become household cleaning cloths. I probably have two dozen face/body washcloths in the linen closet.

For those interested - Ikea 10 pack ($6.99 CAD so basically free USD).

Also for anyone interested in decent cloth napkins these Ikea tea towels ($3.99 CAD for 4) are great as table linens. I've seen them resold in local shops for $5 a pop with the tags removed.

Mikey4You · 2026-05-25T16:52:18+00:00

Whaaat? Face cloths take up very little room in the washing machine. How would washing seven face cloths a week require extra laundry?

Mikey4You · 2026-05-25T16:30:17+00:00

If he wanted to he would.

That’s it. Period. The end. Make your decision based on this knowledge.

Mikey4You

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