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Kimma - what is the concern with taking this med long term? Where is the root of that? That's just a thing for some of us 🤷‍♀️ I don't love taking SSRI, but it vastly improves my days. I hate taking meds (I don't take pills for headaches. I want to solve the issue.) But sometimes the issue is best solved and safely with…

Full Day 1: injection last night was easy. It can't be from the meds already at .25 but for posterity, I was tired today and less than normal appetite for a Saturday. Was fine at 1300-1400 calories. Got 11.5k steps (laundry day). I've been reading some horror stories on WebMD about really bad side effects. But they don't…

My prescriber (I just started tonight) said this would be a life long thing. Not every week. But every so often. She says my body is now holding on to this new weight set point and I'll be fighting against that a long time. It's worth it. The weight itself is a danger. I have other meds. I can add one more a month if it…

I started wegovy tonight! My friend shared his experience trying to get this. He was prescribed by his doctor for obesity. No diabetes, etc. His insurance (Cigna, with express scripts) denied coverage. But a nice insurance rep suggested he appeal by writing the things he's tried that haven't worked. That's ongoing. The rep…

I got wegovy today. I didn't see that coming. I'm my year of 202me, my PhD/MD therapist suggested I may benefit from a look at my hormones. Went today and they came up with this! They even gave me a sample month. I'll start it tomorrow night I guess. If anyone has insight into it, I'm all ears. (I don't have diabetes or…

Go get after it! Lovely to do this with your wife 🙂

We're growing, but in a good way lol! More nice people looking for community. I think that's amazing. When I get in my plan-and-attack mode, I usually isolate and over focus. I'm trying this new slow and steady and sustainable and over share :D Today, I took the training wheels off the cheat day and went all over town…

Didn't get to my 10k steps today. I didn't do PT either. I did not finish my work, get out of bed on time, wear sunscreen, or wash my hair. Oh yeah I totally went over on calories by about 150 I think; and the bread was not worth it. Anywho, I did my 3 minute Spanish lesson on Duolingo. Victory!!!! Hang in there y'all.

Nothing to it but to do it, Amy 😃 let's goooooo!! Welcome to the group.

My sister told me today that she could see the change. And I thought so too. So in order to give me something else to celebrate, I measured myself. Let's see how that goes. Scale be damned!

I wonder if anyone else has the amazing visual of chucking the scale out the upstairs window? Or the Office Space scene where they kill the printer mafia-style? I may have to sacrifice my scale (and the $$) for a new replacement to that catharsis! I'll take photos when the time comes. I'm a bit discomfited (check my…

Those are some nice movie friends! This all reminds me that I should be working on my social circle more as part of health year. Hubby and I are very, I dunno, lone wolf types. We're happy just the two of us. But that's not smart long term. I'm putting it on the habit list. Make another friend lol. I just started golf…

I'm still sticking to it. But my body doesn't seem to be responding anymore. The only thing that's changed (other than, as we all know, you know, that) is that my intermittent fast has dropped from 14 hours to 13. I didn't really take that whole thing seriously. But maybe there's something to it. Gonna get back to 14 and…

@HASWLRS - how are you? You get to your journals?

Welcome to the new folks! Here's my Wednesday numbers: wait first I'll go remember what to post lol - oh yeah SW/HW 234 CW 224 GW 150ish I'm still battling that hormonal 8 pound gain from Sunday morning. DH pointed out we had a big drop in temp the previous night. So I moved my scale away from the cold outside bathroom…

Bah! 8 pounds in one day. And I'm having to fight to get it back down. Staying around 1300 calories. 10k steps. Fasting 14 hours. I realized that this is what I've been up against every month for a long time. I just don't understand how my hormones are doing this. But I have an appointment with a specialist. I'm getting to…

Wow! I think you're a superhero for stopping and thinking. Those are for real life skills. Everything I've read says to do just what you did. Think. Choose. I'm so sorry you're feeling doubt. Tomorrow is a new chance for you to do something different if you choose to. But still .. awesome. But I understand. I'd be a…

Wednesday weigh-in HW 234 CW 222 GW 150 or so I'm having such a fun time in the year twenty-twenty-ME! Long story short is that I'm adding a little more challenge every 2 weeks because I have a long time to get where I need to be. I get to celebrate all the time. I'm either hitting a 2-week weight goal (even if it isn't on…

This is so much better than LinkedIn! I got off Facebook years and years ago. Instagram about a year ago. Never TikTok. So it's down to LinkedIn, and that so profesh. That to say I'm happy to hear from everyone on here. I stopped at exercise when I got a bunch of muscle spasms every night. Long story short, I can get back…

I was just catching up on everyone's really thoughtful posts. Y'all are kind to share so much! That's all. Good night from Florida.

Is weight watchers about finding the point value of things and adding them instead of calories? That seems like more work, not less. But I'm open to hearing about it...

Yesterday... HW (highest weight) 234 CW (current) 228.6 GW (goal) 155 WL (weight lost) 5.4 I'm loving hello fresh, by the way. The calories and fat are pretty high, though. I'm vegetarian so my choices are limited in there. I can only eat 1/4 of the recipe instead of 1/2. Hubby likes it that way anyway 🙂 Best diet book...…

I'm in. 🙂

HW (highest weight) 234 CW (current) 230.1 up thanks to pms GW (goal) 155 WL (weight lost) 3.9 I'm ok waiting through water weight gain, since I know it's not real. I'm eating under 1800 calories, 10k+ steps, and I love water. It'll sort out in a few days. In the meantime, I'm happy to see all of you taking names!

Room for another? HW (highest weight) 234 CW (current) 228.4 GW (goal) 155 WL (weight lost) 5.6 Anne here. I've slowly gained 70 pounds over 5 years one chunk for quitting smoking 5 years ago but then I swear I net a gain from every "cycle." I put on 4-5 pounds overnight, go through cramp hell (read: complete inactivity)…

Yikes! American food will get ya. I'm on the new list, too. So I don't want to give much advice in case it doesn't even stick with me. But I heard and I'm doing the thing where you have some of what you want, enjoy it, and then check in to see if you're full and satisfied. That way you keep from eating just because it's…