Nutritionist Appt This AM

I went to the nutritionist this morning.  The last time I went (June 2, 2011) she added Victoza to my medicine regime.  It made me really sick  the first few days I took it, then again  for a few days when the dose increased.  It makes me feel full really quick all the time, and it takes away my appetite.  For example I was still full from last night's dinner (5:00 pm) at 9:30 pm when my husband wanted a snack.  I went along with it, but took at least half of what I would normally.  Bad choice.   It made feel so yucky.  Vctoza actually slows the process of your stomach emptying and I've discovered that when I eat to much or too quick it makes me really sick to my stomach.  I guess this is a good preparation for the bypass.  My fasting blood sugars are still too high, but this morning when I weighed in at my NUT appt, I lost 9 pounds!   347 is the lowest I've been since I started seeing the nutritionist almost a year ago.  I'm psyched!  I haven't been below 350 since before I met my husband.  My NUT, Dr. Solomon, added omeprezol (or however you speel that) to my regimine.  I feel like an old person - taking 4 different meds now.   Janumet, Lisinopril, Victoza and now Omeprazol!  Yikes!  I'm also taking advantage of OH's nifty food log so I don't have to write it in a notebook anymore.  I'll be able to give Dr. Solomon much better logs by printing these off.  Thanks OH for making a grueling task easier!  I HATE logging my food!  Now if only there was a place to keep track of blood sugars on here.  I HATE doing that too.  I think what really keeps me going is that they're going to need to see that I am compliant if they're going to approve me for surgery, and I have to have all these heatlh issues under control best I can.  So anyways - score points for me and Victoza today!!!        

Good to hear that the victoza is working for you.  I take it too, side effect of nausea helps some of us to eat less too, then I really didn't notice any nausea.  I was in a holding pattern of not losing for several months and my MD suggested trying the victoza.  It is spendy, thank goodness for insurance.  I have started losing again, slowly, but losing and that is what counts. 

I am a 21 months out from RNY.  Loving that my tool works, yayyyyy wls.

So happy for you Jennifer! Great work losing the weight! Glad you are progressing and keeping a great attitude even with the parts that are not so pleasant.

Wishing you all the best as you progress through the process of getting approval!

Jennifer,
    Good for you. You are doing good things for yourself. Be proud of your efforts. Give yourself a pat on the back from me.   Keep up the great work,   Mag