Saturday, February 24, 2024

Bright sun and a somewhat moderate breeze compared to yesterday. It looks like a Beach Club day (sheltered by the wall again).

I weighed again yesterday and I was down a pound from my weight a couple of days earlier. Maybe my quest to eat healthier is having some effect. We shall see if it continues. I need to go into weight loss weighing mode which means weighing once a week. I can't handle seeing daily fluctuations when I am losing (though I can in maintenance mode). I am feeling jealous of those folks without the hunger noise. That's the problem for me. Like Diane S., I can't eat a lot at one meal but I find myself hungry too soon afterwards.

Justice needs to get out - time for our walk. Have a super Saturday!

Yesterday was an interesting day for me. The drug had a powerful effect. I need to read more about how it works.

I had a nice session with my NUT yesterday. She was extremely supportive of my choice to go on the Ozempic/Wegovy compound. From our previous conversations about the WL drugs, I thought she might be less enthusiastic. It was nice that she commented that I have worked so hard and made so many improvements that adding medication is completely logical to help me over this last hurdle. She wants me to journal and monitor how the med's effects impact my "food life", including the eating disorder triggers.

So for documentation purposes...... Day 1 notes:

1. Very little appetite, absolutely no hunger; 2. No real food noise, e.g. afternoon drive to graze was completely absent; 3. Satiety was easily achieved with a modest portion of food (dinner was 1/2 sandwich); 4. The craving/want for sweets was absent; 5. I had very mild fleeting feeling of queasy stomach twice and a bit of stomach cramping late in the evening.

Today the weather is almost spring like. The weatherman said it might even get up to 70 in our area. I find that hard to believe, but I'm game. I also have very little on the calendar today, so I have an opportunity to get some things done around here. I find that soothing. Funny, huh?

Liz, I found this youtube you might find interesting. Ozempic/Wegovy - how it works, side effect, etc...

Greetings all

It's sunny today and almost warm. I hear lawn mowers. Lots of daffodils around and the tulip tree across the street is blooming. So is my shy camellia bush. First true signs of spring: a housefly and a dandelion.

I got dog food today and stopped in the studio. Made a figure of a banana slug on a red mushroom. Needs more work.

Peps thanks for the med update. We are cheering you on. Journaling sounds like a good idea. Enjoy your free day.

Yeah Liz its not the volume of one meal but the short intervals. I do think there is a physiological reason as we were all told our sleeves empty out faster. Dense protein is what is supposed to help that. So true. Right now I am drinking a fair life protein shake. Trying once again to make it a habit. The truth is that I hate routing and hate having to do the same thing at the same time every day. I prefer a free form life style. No structure. Not a good mindset for weight loss. Oh well.

Stopped at the grocery for a few things - mainly for dogs.

So my brother, the health nut, is having trouble keeping weight on but he won't just eat a bowl of ice cream. So I am sending him a bag of unsalted mixed nuts from Sunnyland Farms. I told him before to do this but he forgets. He needs more calories. Healthy ones. I can't believe we are even related sometimes as he is a naturally skinny lanky person and I am a chunk. We do share the genetic hand condition so we truly are siblings.

CC how is bitey boy? Hope the home repairs are done so you can have some peace - as much as one can with a puppy!

DD enjoy Florida and the key lime pie!

Diane S

Peps, I wi****hought of journaling when I first started these meds. I have kept track of my weight, and every time I look at numbers, it seems I average 3 pounds a month. I hope you and CC see a faster loss, I think you will. Even at 3 pounds a month though, it has finally added up to something I can see and feel.

Today was great. We slept in, had breakfast at the hotel, went to Publix for a few supplies, and then to the pool to soak up some sun. The only fly in the ointment, the couple of hours they had a DJ playing club music, or as I think of it, the thumpy thump music. I finally got my ear buds and listened to my own music. Besides that, nice pool time.

We went to dinner at a Columbian Restaurant cleverly named The Columbia in the town of Celebration. Enjoyed dinner on the patio with heaters (temp dropped in the low 60s ) and then stopped at a bar to hear some jazz. Very relaxed evening.

Tomorrow we have special plans, we are going to see Liz and her DH, and meet Justice. :) Very much looking forward to it.

Diane, aren't genetics a wonder? DHs mother was very small, and didn't really care much about food. Her children all struggle with weight. My brother is 6 years younger than me. We both were a little chubby as kids, but within normal parameters, slim in our late teens, early 20s, and then BOOM, we both started packing on the pounds around 25 years of age. Like some kind of switch flipped for me, then him 6 years later. I worry about him. There is a lot of cardio vascular disease on my Dad's side. I'm hoping he is like my Mom's family, people who are relatively healthy, even though they have excess weight.

I lost my whole post this morning! Argh. Why does it do that??

Today I am overweight rather than obese. Funny how there is 0.2 pounds between the two but it means so much.

Kirby puked up part of a chew at 5:15 and never went back to sleep, so I'm zombie-like. I got my hair done and my friend from CA is in town with her boyfriend I hadn't met. So we visited a bit. I got my house cleaned so that was good. I've always said I need to have people over to make me clean up!

We're watching Masters of the Air on AppleTV+. Hard story to watch. Heart wrenching.

I think that's it. Grout work continues...

Congratulations on being overweight (that sounds funny out of context doesn't it?)!