Yuletide Blessings

 Weight this am: 155.2

Up again, as expected.    It's the normal progression.   But it's a thrill to keep seeing new lows, and to see the high number go down.   Obviously I want to get to 150 so I can hit my next mini-goal, and then 149 so I can hit 40 down and actually start to really fit back into clothing, but slow and steady is just the way it needs to be.  

Today we need to get the house in order and decorate the tree.   So much to do and the time is running down in which to accomplish it.   

Time to get shit done

HALFWAY THERE

 Weight this am - 154!!

It Has Happened!   On Week 19 Day 3 of Wegovy I have hit HALFWAY TO MY GOAL WEIGHT!   

Four and a half months (Aug 7th to Dec 20th) is what it took to lose half the weight.   Thirty-five pounds are GONE!  I can officially cross off 2021 now and August of 2020!    Two more weights to go to cross off everything after Covid.  Four more pounds to go until I hit my next mini-goal AND get to check off weights in prior years (150 in 2018 and 2017)   Then I move to 5lb mini-goals.

I could be back to myself before summer!    What a birthday present THAT would be!   

Today is a good good day.

Super Tired

 Weight this am - 155.2  

Wegovy Wednesday is going to start being followed by Tired Thursday.   sheesh   I can also notate that I definitely feel more nausea on the night following my injection.   I was fine yesterday during the day but after I got into bed I definitely felt the nausea.    Glad I have my ginger chews. 

There was something else.   I realized an effect/symptom yesterday or something related and wanted to jot it down today.    Hmmm.   GOT IT!!!   It was an effect.   I just noticed that my sneeze incontinence has drastically reduced with the weight loss.   It still happens occasionally but no where NEAR as much.   This is great.     It was such a gradual thing that it didn't impact my consciousness until yesterday when I sneezed heavily like 7 times in a row and nothing.   Woohoo!    It's the little victories.  

Speaking of.   I did a whim try-on of the next goal pants.    I can zip them and a-l-m-o-s-t get the snaps to touch.    Of course, doing so is ramming the seam into my crotch...but I can get them closer.   I'm thinking 150 should do it.    I'll try them on again later this week and get another progress photo set.   Wouldn't it be so cool if I could wear them on NYE?

Wegovy Wednesday - Week 19 Day 1

 Weight this am - 155.4

Back to Wegovy Wednesday!   Woohoo.   And I'm down 2.6 pounds from my last shot day.   It feels good to be back on track again.    We have two weeks left in 2025 so lets see how close I can get to my next mini-goal before the new year.   It would be so damn awesome to hit that this year but I will be pleased with whatever progress I make, since every step is one step closer to the goal.  

Now that I have nothing else on deck...it's time to finish decorating and make sure we have all our presents done.   That's it.   That's all I have to do.    And enjoy whatever drinks I have that are open and need to be finished because I'm doing Dry January again this year.   

I just looked at my weight chart again and I am REALLY looking forward to closing out 2021.   Now 2020 will take longer because I started the year at 135...but I'm so close to closing out 2021.   Come On 154...let's do this.   

Tuesday - Last Day of Week 18

 Weight this am - 156.0

The last day of the adjusted schedule has arrived.   Tomorrow we are back to Wegovy Wednesday!    Yay.   I'm glad to be done adjusting shots.   Speaking of, my meds came in yesterday so I have my new box of 1.7 in the fridge with 2 shots left in the old one.   This is great.   

Need to go finish the project in a little bit (after coffee) and then send it out.   

Trying to figure out guesses for when I hit my next milestone.    I'm expecting to hit my halfway point and 154 by Christmas (fingers crossed) and I would LOVE to hit the next mini-goal (150) by NYE.   I don't expect that though....but boy would it be nice.    

Monday Milestones

 Weight this am - 155.0

It's official.   I'm back on the check off chart.    One more weight/pound to go before I close out 2021.   Half a pound to go to the halfway poin.   Five pounds left to my next mini-goal....AND....in 5.2lbs I'll be in the 40's!    It's a good day. 

I spent a couple of hours yesterday on the task and got everything off Facebook.    Going to download ChatGPT and try a few things there off the books but I'm not sure if that will help.  I've got about 3 hrs left to spend trying to organize this down further before I need to send it over sometime tomorrow.    I expect to finish that today or tomorrow morning.   

Sunday Musings

 Weight this am - 156.4

It's up but since I hit a new low two days ago that's not really an issue.   I'm still definitely more queasy this week.   Not sure why.    

Interestingly, I can kind of feel my mental picture resetting.   I had a hard time seeing my size unless it was in a mirror or photo, I knew I was overweight but mentally I couldn't see it as more than my prior overweight...which is the number I am ALMOST down to now.    When I first hit the 30 pounds down I felt so much slimmer than at almost 190.   I could see the difference.      The other night while getting ready it was like my brain reset and I could again see how the 150's on my frame is too much.    It's actually a good thing.   

For so long I really felt like I was trapped in a body that wasn't mine.   And I couldn't actually SEE myself. But now I feel like I can really SEE my body again as it IS.   Like I am inside of something I recognize again.    Now I know that I'm not at all where I am comfortable and healthy, but I can see that again.   I can see where I need to work on things, where I need to tone.   I feel like I have clear vision again, not hidden under a blanket of overweight.    

THIS is the beginning of the journey.   I'm just about back to the start now.   And I'm ready to take it on.    

Wonderland Gala Day

 Weight this am - 155.8

Performing a skit/scene in a fundraising gala for a local theatre today.   Should be fun.    Definitely have a higher degree of nausea with the 1.7.   I should actually clarify that because I was trying to explain it to Mark yesterday and I realized I have two distinct types of nausea.    There is a baseline low grade nausea that is more like the feeling when you ate a bit too much and then look at a very bumpy carnival ride.    I'm going to call that one 'queasy'.   My normal side effects on this med is occasional queasiness.   A more low level intermittent reaction.    So far on the 1.7 I've had one day where I was hit with full blown nausea.  Like the stomach flu - gonna throw up for no reason - kinda nausea.   That's when I took the meds.     

So - on the 1.7 I am having more days of low level queasy and queasy in reaction to certain foods.   I also had my one bout of full blown nausea on the 1.7.    Definitely thinking that I'll do at least another 3 months on this dose since I can still feel the effects really strongly.   

Man, I canNOT wait to hit halfway to my goal.    That will feel SOOO GOOD.   It's so close.    As soon as I hit 154.6 I can mark it off.   I'm within 2 lbs now.   TWO.    I know how much lighter I feel now and how much less in pain I am.   My lower back isn't going out on me or twinging because a lot of my stomach is gone.     I can't wait to see how I feel with more of this OFF of me.   Now if the boobs could just shrink some...LOLOL

Friday the Thirteenth is Good

 Weight this am - 155.4

Super close to the next number I can check off on my chart.   There are 2 more weights in the abyss that was 2021 and then I'm into 2020 and beyond.   Once I check off 155 and 154 I'm officially below all recorded 2021 weights.   And when I check off 150.2 and 147.8 I'll will be below any weight after  Covid Lock-down.   

My next Mini mini-goal is to hit the halfway mark.   Then I'm moving to round numbers and doing the 150, 145 etcs.

I did get an hour in on my Task and I'll be getting back to that later today.    

Last night I also had a 1.7 reaction to food.   I **thought** I was hungry when I got home and had some Birds-eye veggie pasta mac-n-cheese.   Obviously Wegovy did NOT like that choice because I did not retain that meal.   LOL.    First time I've had a food choice purge on this med.    I'll make better choices, I promise. 

Finally Broke the Pattern

 Weight this am - 156 <update>

HEY, it's a new note in the tune that is my weight loss journey.     After like 2 weeks of rebounding around the same numbers on the scale, we've finally gotten a new one.    I'm still .2 pounds away from being able to check off a new number on my chart, and 1.2lbs away from matching my next 'old weight', but it's a new low so I'm ready to celebrate it.   

I NEED to get to work on my task for Fen today.    No More Excuses!    

Then I have rehearsal tonight for the Fundraising Gala.    I'm a little disappointed that no one said ANYthing at rehearsal on Monday.   I didn't expect a comment on weight but none of these people (with the exception of Amanda) have seen me since before I started Wegovy.   I'm 30 pounds down for gosh sakes.    I think it's reasonable to have expected just a "you look great".     It would've been nice to have any kind of acknowledgement...even tiny...but I guess it's not time for that.    

***UPDATE***  went to the bathroom and the scale dropped by .2    I can officially claim 156 today!!    This! Is! Awesome!

Wednesday Musing

 Weight this am - 156.6

And back down again.   It's like the scale is playing the same 3 notes...lol     At least it's a lower note for my Weigh-in Wednesday.    Which will be Wegovy Wednesday again next week.    Looking back, Month 1 on 1.7 was 164.4, 162.2, 159.8 and 159.8.     Month 2 was 157.6, 158, 156.6 and will get 2 more entries since my dosage shift added an extra week.       So I'm 6 doses in (7 weeks) on 1.7 and down almost 8lbs.   So that's 1.3lbs per dose (Just over 1lb per week)  That's actually right on track still.    I'd obviously rather be closer to 2lbs a week but since I'm not currently exercising or dieting this is really great.    I've got just under 37lbs left to lose.  At a pound a week that's 37 weeks.   Which is September 8th.    Anything over a pound will just make it that much sooner.    6 lbs every 4 weeks is just over 6 months, 7 lbs every 4 weeks is just over 5 months, and 8lbs every 4 weeks is 4 and a half months.     I will definitely be hitting hard into the exercising after the Holidays.     

Now I just need to get to work on my task.   I will get a couple of hours in on that today.   I swear!    I'll probably eat something and then get to work.    

Same As It Ever Was - Week/Dose 18 Day 1

 Weight this am - 158.   

Another up tick in the Weight Loss Wobble.    At least I'm not seeing the 160's but I'd REALLY like to get closer to the bottom half of the 150's now.    I'm currently looking at Week 17 Day 1 and I was 158.6 so it's a half pound down from that.    My bottom weight didn't get any any lower over the past 2 weeks.  So that *note* has been staying at 156.4.   My *high note* is down to 158, though so that's something.   And the last time it was there was Dec 4th.     Hopefully this is the week I get to see some new numbers I can check off.    Maybe I'll even get to hit my halfway point.    I'd like that.

I did NOT get cast.   I was concerned about that when it was SUCH a short cold read, then I realized that I hadn't gotten any info about rehearsals or been asked about conflicts so I was pretty sure this was a "go with people you know" casting.     I'm getting disheartened.   I would so love to do M'Lynn just once for real.   sigh

Today I get to be sad.   Then tomorrow I focus on moving forward.    Back to normal medicine schedule and back to getting the house in order, doing the job task, decorating for Yule, exercising.    No more excuses.  

Monday Blah - Last Day of Dose/Week 17

 Weight this am - 156.6

Same Weight - Different Day

It's anything up and down on the weight loss keyboard.     

Tonight it's a rehearsal for the Fundraising Benefit skit for Haven Arts.     

Shot day tomorrow.   The last one of the delayed weeks.   Back to Wednesday next week. 

Another Audition

 Weight this am - 156.4

It's the same numbers over and over again.   It's like playing Heart and Soul but on the scale numbers... up up down, up down up down up down, down up down... LOL

Audition was....interesting.   According to the sign up there were only 12 people listed.     He only had a small bit of one monologue as a cold reading.   I don't actually know how you can really choose from that little bit.    

It'll be what it is.   

Secular Sushi Saturday

 Weight this am - 157.4

Up again.   It's teasing me.    At least the highs are getting lower but I'm really ready for the lows to get lower.   No matter how often it happens or how much I know it's normal, I still hate when it happens. 

Tonight the Secular Women's Club went to Chi for Sushi.    It was a super fun night. 

Learning Lines

 Weight this am - 156.4

Working on lines.   Looking forward to getting my dosage back to normal.  I feel like I'm in  holding pattern.   Today it was posted by Playhouse 1960 that they are holding auditions for Steel Magnolias on Sunday.    I wasn't planning on doing anything this holiday season but for this play, this role, I have to at least try.   

Signed up for a slot

The Wobble Continues

Weight this am - 156.6

I'm waiting (hahaha homophone pun) for the numbers to put me below 2021.   155 is my next box and will also check off my first box of 2020.   154.6 is halfway to my goal and 154 is the final 2021 number.   After that it's 150 and I reach my next mini-goal, get to start setting 5lb goals instead, AND move into some real numbers to check off.    

It will also mean I can start seriously reviewing my wardrobe and pack up the outgrown things.    I can bring down some new goal clothing as well and work through sizes.    I miss those clothes. 

Here's to getting closer to the next goal.

Meet The Author

 Weight this am - 158.0

Today I get to meet with Fen and go over the expectations and parameters for the task I'm doing as part of the application to work as her admin/right hand.    It's kind of exciting.   I have everything set up including my billing software and supplementary documentation.     

After the meeting I am pretty sure I have a good grasp of expectations.   I'm doing some research into Google docs and how to manipulate things within that platform to do what is necessary.   Some things may not be possible like "tags" but we'll see what I can figure out.     

Next I need to learn lines for the fundraiser (tomorrow) and then start work on the task (Friday)

It's a Dentist Day

 Weight this am - 157.4 

Wiggling and wobbling my way back down.    Weight loss is definitely a process.    

Had my dental cleaning this morning.   I've got nice fresh teeth now.   Just in time for Yuletide and the New Year.    It always feels good to have clean teeth. 

Next I need to send Fen an email and start work on the "task".    I'm excited and a bit nervous.   I don't want to self-sabotage because there is a part of me that does that (hello former GT kid)    I really would be good at this job.     

It's December

 Weight this am - 157.2

SUPER NAUSEOUS this morning.   Interesting since I didn't have that the last dose. I was nauseous last night as well.   Very much a resting and recovery day.     Apparently I needed that.    

Cards are done.   Just need to be put in the mail and that Holiday task is completed.   

This weekend should be the big push on decorating.   

Now I just have to wrap my head around the fact that it's almost 2025

Gearing Up - Week 17 Day 1

 Weight this am - 158.6

And back up again....as it always does after a drop.   My measurements surprised me this morning.   I really thought I lost inches in my waist this month, but nope.    Hips and thigh dropped an inch each though so that's probably why the pants fit.   I'm definitely hoping for a bit more stomach this month.   The loss has to come from SOMEwhere, so hopefully that's coming up.   

Less loss this month than any other, but the combination of stretching out the shots and the carby Thanksgiving food probably has a lot to do with it.    It's still 5.6 pounds so not insignificant...just not as much as I'd like.    Right now I'm just enjoying the holidays and not stressing.   So long as I don't gain it's all good.    Need to get through Christmas/Yule and we're there.   January is usually my prime workout month anyway and that's coming up quickly.   

I'm definitely still motivated to see the scale go down so I'm sure I'll stay on track.   I'm just giving myself grace if it doesn't go down quite as much.   

One thing I am noticing is how much easier it's getting to be to move around.   I'm actually beginning to feel like my body can do things again.   It's so much nicer.   I know I get impatient sometimes with things not moving as fast as I'd like, but I really do appreciate the little changes...because over time those little changes add up to big ones. 

Reflections Month 4

Looking Back on Month 4: (weeks 13 - 16) 1.7

Stretching the shots out helped with the nausea of the first two weeks but it definitely slowed down loss.   I only have one more week stretched out and then I'm back to Wednesdays so that's good.    I'm sure the Thanksgiving food didn't help either.   It's still 5 1/2 pounds this month, which is over a pound a week (even if just barely).    This will still buy me another week between refills, and the way CVS has been, that's a good thing. 

Weight:

10/30 - 11/6 - 164.2 to 162.2    - 2lbs

11/6 - 11/13 - 162.2 to 159.8    - 2.4lbs

11/13 - 11/20 - 159.8 to 159.8  - 0lbs

11/20 - 11/22 - 159.8 to 159.8  - 0lbs  (date shift to accommodate Thanksgiving)

11/20 - 11/27 - 159.8 to 157.6  - 2.2lbs (technically week 16 but not completely)

11/27 - 12/1  -  157.6 to 158.6  + 1lb  (adjustment to get back to Wednesday tracking)

Month Total - Down 5.6lbs

Measurements:

Month Start:  
               Waist -  37
               Hips -   44
               Thigh - 22
               Bicep - 12

11/13 - Goal Pants Photos - 160.8 - They Button

11/16 - Progress Photos - 159.0 - 30 Pounds

11/25 - New Goal Pants Photos - 158.8

11/28 - NSV - wore my first goal pants at Thanksgiving and they had room at the waist

Month End:                            Change:
                Waist -  37                        Waist  - 0
                Hips -   43                        Hips   - 1
                Thigh - 21                        Thigh - 1
                Bicep - 12                        Bicep - 0

Symptoms/Side Effects:

10/30 - 11/6  - OH, so much nausea.   But only on Day 1

11/6 - 11/13 - occasional nausea

11/13 - 11/22 (+2 days)  - occasional nausea  

11/22 - 12/01 (+2 days)  - no symptoms 

Exercise:

10/30 - 11/6 - hahahahahah   sigh

11/6 - 11/13 - If you count cleaning

11/13 - 11/22 (+2 days) - yeah, it's Thanksgiving 

11/22 - 12/01 (+2 days) - Still Thanksgiving