Weight loss injections, any one?

It was the scale- it was “off”. My dr’s scale has me 15 pounds heavier than that. So I’ve gained 5 pounds from the risperdal I just stopped last night.

I looked at the BMI chart and it said I was right at the charts obesity and overweight at 30 BMI. I am not obese just over weight!
YAY for me.

I weighed 185.7 this morning!
BMI 29 just over weight not obese.
yay!
bizi

You must be tall.

I gained 77 pounds since December 2022. The only thing I started was my Prestiq. I weigh 235 and my doctor wants me at 150. But I have pictures of myself at 158 and I looked sick. So I'm shooting for around 180.

No way would I ever be prescribed weight loss meds with my GI stuff

I am 5'7" And age 62.
185.8 This morning.
I have a colonoscopy on tuesday so no zepbound for me on sunday like I have been taking them. The prep is a killer.
Today starts the low residue diet day.
I will have to be careful.
bizi

I am starting to find recent research articles on Glp1s and emotional eating. Such as, worse results with people who are emotional eaters. Which they identify by independent testing with mris and stuff. Anyway, im very glad to see researchers are noticing the psychiatric effects of the glp1s, because i am definitely feeling them myself! I am going to ask my dr about increasing my prozac and my topamax when i see him next week.

unaluna, are you still taking the shots?

Yes i am.

@unaluna
If I may ask how long have you been on them? are you happy with your weight loss? What kind are you taking? I have lost 26 pounds in 6 months.
bizi

I am taking ozempic. Thats what my insurance approved for my diabetes. I am on week 11, and have lost about 11 lbs, i dont know for sure. Ii was in the mid-low 250's, and now my scale appears to hover below 240.

I keep working on improving my diet and the appropriate shopping lists to support it. This week i laid in a supply of plain nonfat greek yogurt and nonfat cottage cheese, 3 lbs of baby carrots, and 3 heads of "artisan" romaine lettuce, and a bag of apples. I have sugar free lemon curd and Mrs Butterworths to top the yogurt. I chop up an apple for the cottage cheese. I also got hard boiled eggs and diced avocado for carb-smart breakfast tacos. Oh, and 3 bananas - which i ate all today! I have a small flavored coffee and one Belvita cookie for breakfast - i used to eat a full packet of 4 cookies and a HUGE mug of flavored coffee. And i wondered why i had no energy?! Today i got SO MUCH housework done. Still not up to full speed, but no more getting out of breath. I lost about 4 inches from my waist.

Oh - for my italian food and beef cravings, i use HMR's Penne and Meatballs. For sweet cravings, Fiber One Chocolate brownie or cinnamon cake. Also nonfat Ameriican cheese slices. And Skinny Girl or regular or diet salad dressings. And canned chicken, turkey, tuna, and salmon, lima beans, and green beans.

Mostly working on not letting myself get too hungry, because thats when i overeat. My mother tried to train me to hold off eating for as long as possible - which has to be the stupidest technique in the world.

Eating food and not having left overs was how I was raised.
Now I can eat till I am no longer hungry but still struggle with throwing it out when I am full.
I am 62 and have eaten until Was stuffed. I used to eat a very big meal at noon time and a light dinner.
Right now I am on a liquid diet because I have a colonoscopy on tuesday.
So I am drinking low sodium chicken broth. I have already had 2 cups of that and 2 cups of coffee. I have white grape juice with a peach flavor. and I bought some jello, orange as I can't drink/eat any thing thing that has red or purple colors in the soup and jello. My weight is today 187.1 maybe it was from the steak last night it was pretty salty.
I went to texas road house I had a 6 ounce filet cook rare. ate one roll they are so good and had a baked potato, did not eat the skin like usual I picked I can't take the injection today like normal . The prep for the colon at my salad just ate the egg and cheese with a tiny bit of ceasar dressing.
I will take laxatives along with all of of this fluid. I have been drinking.
Low sodium broths was not the best solution. I should have bought the regular I am so used to drinking the salty kind.
Oh well it won't kill me to drink fluids today.
I was full last night. Hind sight is 20/20 I should not have ordered my steak rare, that takes a long time to digest. any way What is done is done.
bizi