Day 1
November 28th
Wegovy shot #1 - .25 mg
Starting Weight - 272.2
A little about me
Married mom of an 11yo boy and a 6yo girl. I'm also a full time employee in the accounting field who now (thanks to Covid) works from home full time. I also do a lot of volunteer work at my kids schools.
I'm also a diet soda addict and... this is embarrassing to admit, a Mt Dew addict. I drink multiple diet sodas a day, but can usually limit my Mt Dew consumption to a couple a week or even a couple a month if we don't have them in the house.
How I got here
Well, I suppose it's a myriad of factors, but the most recent history is Covid.
Being sent home to work and having 24 hour access to my refrigerator and I suppose no accountability (ie: seeing co-workers daily) put me on a really bad course.
At my most recent endocrinologist appointment (I have a thyroid disease of which I take medication) I blurted out that I'm so tired of carrying around this weight, but have yet to find the motivation needed to change.
She suggested a try a new drug Wegovy.
Actually, she suggested I take home reading material about it and let her know at my next appointment in three months if I wanted to try it.
I basically said "What's to think about? Let's do it". Two days later Costco called to say I could pick up the prescription.
Now you're caught up to today. I took the first shot at 10AM which will now be my weekly schedule. After c-sections, I have no feeling in the area below my belly button so that's where I did the shot. I can't be truthful about whether or not it's painful because, as I said, no feeling in that area.
So far I haven't had any of the side effects mentioned like nausea, constipation or diarrhea (knock on wood).
What else am I doing besides Wegovy?
I've started using the LoseIt! app on my phone and the goal is to stay in the assigned daily metrics set for me by the app.
I really need to increase my exercise. However, it's gotten so cold outside now and I hate being outside in the cold. But, I'll make an effort as best as I can.
Why start a blog about this?
The truth is, this blog is for me. I don't know if anyone else will ever read it. I've only told two people about starting this medication and I have no plans to share the link to the blog at this time. I'm not keeping it private because I'm embarrassed - it's really because I don't need people surreptitiously monitoring me. That's a lot of pressure!
Wegovy is so new (approved this year) so, maybe other people looking into starting Wegovy will stumble across this blog and find it helpful. Nearly everything I could find when I googled it were news stories and clinical trials information. I wanted to read real person reviews and couldn't find much. So, I'll be the real person review myself.
Wish me luck!
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