Weight Loss and Exercise #8

Wk 8 shot for me. Had my first post-glp Shipt order rotisserie chicken lunch today, my first loaf of sourdough bread. Ate 2 legs and one wing (apparently a "differently abled" chicken!), and ate the two tiny half-slice butt ends of the loaf. Omg everything was so delicious.

Usually i inhale the legs, wings, and thighs. Also i did order the 8 piece baked rather than the whole bird, just idk because! And my first course was a bowl of watermelon. Nap time!

Do any of you start to get more hungry the day before the next shot or day of if you inject later in the day.

Yep. Somebody said the half-life is five days, so by the time for your next injection, the amount left in your bloodstream is getting low. Plus no way to dilute it, in case you are wondering.

I ate more bread after i took my shot. Boy it felt good to chew chewy bread again!! Good news is, i did not buy donuts, even though my shopper offered. I said i had an emergency stash of Fiber One bars! They satisfy my yearnings for chocolate cake and Cinnabons, for 70 calories.

Thanks Unaluna. I just want to be prepared to know what to expect right before the next one. I like bread but I keep that 647 bread handy and it helps diminish the craving for it. The 647 bread is not as good as regular bread so I think that helps to trick my mind into thinking I’m not missing anything. Haha.

That short period of time before the next shot is like - i have this moment of freedom, of heaven - i dont want to waste it, how shall i spend it?!

I think that is NOT an indicator of good mental eating health hygiene! But it certainly is helping me realize what my FEEEEEELINGS are.

Not necessarily. I wonder why.

Bad joke but Savannah on the Today Show said yesterday "I'm one stomach bug away from my goal weight." I went from 235 to 230 by working out and not feeling good

Some folks in the group mentioned they do their shot every 6 days to help not have to deal with the major hunger for the day/night. I just don’t know if I’m willing to mess with the system this early on. I’ve only had one shot so far. Aside from that I have to go to the clinic weekly to get mine so that might not even be something they allow.

Wasn’t sure I’d run this morning after feeling yucky time of the month yesterday, but I woke up early and felt fine so I went out for my 10k.

I ran it at a quicker pace than my long distance runs and it feels easier than it used to. Part of this is training but I think part of it is coming off propranolol a few months ago - it always felt like I had the breaks on while taking that but I was never sure if it was just ageing or not.

I’ve eaten a lot of fish this week, I think that’s helping too, at this rate I’ll swim across the river at the end of the half marathon!

I do not get hungrier the day before my next Ozempic shot is due. But what happened to me last year when I was on Mounjaro and ran out of refills during the Thanksgiving break when my physician assistant was not reachable was the following: my blood glucose started spiking and then falling, spiking and falling. On there injectables, the glucose is much more stable. That showed to me that these drugs have benefits beyond weight loss / weight maintenance.

I am just doing incidental walking today and Australian exercises and some calf stretches. So it is a rest day, basically.

I weighed 2 pounds less at the doctors then I did on July 24th for another appointment. I've eaten ok today and I did 84 crunches, about 130 reps with my weights. 30 up and down and 50 bicep reps on each arm. Then I did 200 reps with my ab roller. I need to do the squats and maybe some more with my ab roller

Working out helps a lot with my anxiety.

All I did today was a few calf stretches. Nothing else. But tomorrow will be another day. I was busy decluttering and cleaning my physical desk and my digital life today, a worthwhile endeavor.

Tomorrow is shot day. I was hungry today but I fought it off and stayed within my calorie deficit margins.

Personal training today. And when I get home, it will be time for my weekly Ozempic injection.

If I wasn’t paying out of pocket for Zepbound I definitely would have gotten myself a personal trainer. There is so much benefit to having someone who can guide us on how to strengthen our body. Maybe once I’ve lost weight and have my food under control and stop the shots-I will get a personal trainer. The Zepbound is costly.

True. What if you downgrade to Ozempic, which costs less, and use the saved money to purchase personal training?

I can definitely ask about it when I go for my shot today but I have a feeling because I have to report to the clinic weekly for my injections that I’m just getting a compound and not the actual med which I plan to discuss today.

I was up at 2AM working out because I couldnt sleep. I can use my 10 pound weights now

Today I see my gp for my ozempic script. It’s a fill in gp not my regular one because my regular one is not available. She’s not going to be happy. In a month I’ve lost no weight. Totally my own doing. I’m ashamed I don’t even want to get on the scale. I’ve been allowing myself treats and what not and it’s backfired. I have 6kg to go until I’m at goal weight so it’s not like I’m obese like I was in the past. My bmi just says I’m overweight by 2 points which I can fix. The main driver is the wedding in April! Need to look good in my pictures.

I had such a busy day today and had to go out super early for my long run to fit it all in, it was dark and I didn’t see anyone for the first 20 minutes or so, it was quite nice solitude though. 11 and a half miles, and then a lot of walking around a living museum today so over 38,000 steps- oh boy am I tired.

Personal training

3 sets of Kegels, at last, after a whole week of not doing enough

Many calf stretches - I now do one after I close the door of the microwave or dishwasher and one after I put my electric kettle on. These add up.

Recovery run (short 5k ish) this morning, hip felt stiff at the beginning but eased up. Not sure if I should squeeze a run in tomorrow as I’m working all weekend, see how I feel I guess, I’m a lot better after a good sleep last night.