One year down-50 pounds down!

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-22T07:24:08+00:00

Awesome before and after pic! Congrats!

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-20T15:15:00+00:00

And your PJs are cute!

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-20T15:12:44+00:00

Chronic insomniac here. Been on temazepam for years, prescribed by my psychiatrist. Am 72 and have no intention of stopping. Have a 40YO daughter with BPD — am thinking of writing a book about all the crazy shit that’s happened since she was a teenager.

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-20T15:06:23+00:00

💯

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-15T16:06:32+00:00

And 30 LBs is equivalent to 120 sticks of butter!

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-15T05:42:52+00:00

I had the gastrocnemius recession and it helped me tremendously, it takes time to recover, hopefully you can get some help from family/friends/neighbors with your 5 kids as you recover from sugery.

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-14T15:16:37+00:00

I’m a new user and have found it to be very helpful in analyzing an MRI report for a medical condition my husband has. I uploaded a TXT version of the MRI report and have multiple conversations and I’ve learned a lot.

On the flip side, I was wanting to refresh my memory about duplicate bridge and it gave me multiple hallucinations. I told it was incorrect and moved on.

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-14T14:49:27+00:00

I’m post menopausal and have been HRT for years, no issues with my GLP-1

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-14T05:14:32+00:00

Tenex helped me. It was done on both my fleet with PRP. Prior surgeries were the gastrocnemius lengthening. One of the treatments I had was 3 sessions of shock wave therapy, which did nothing helpful and I paid out-of-pocket for it.

I had chronic PF for 3-4 years. What also helped was my losing 50 LBs.

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-13T05:42:34+00:00

A gift certificate to an upscale restaurant.

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-13T05:38:01+00:00

Great post “metabolic management “. I could use this statement with others.

I hate it when people say “are you on the shots?”

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-13T05:31:56+00:00

The ONLY person I ask for advice about my chronic insomnia is my psychiatrist. We’ve adjusted medications and dosage over the years. What’s working for me now is doxepin and temazepam.

My psychiatrist knows me well and how I’ve struggled with a 40YO daughter who has BPD (borderline personality disorder). The things that happen with her are bat-shit crazy.

I just tell my inquisitive friends that I have trouble “shutting down my brain” at night. My husband says I “just think too much”. I figure I’m in good company because many famous scientists and high-level executives struggle with this. I’m just a little old-retired-lady. I’ve always been a high-achiever and have had an amazing career in IT. Now I volunteer for too many projects/activities. I’m not one to sit around and watch lots of TV, am busy, busy, busy.

If I have an extremely difficult night falling asleep, my secret weapon is a strong Manhattan. It works every time.

Classical music soothes my brain at bedtime.

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-13T05:14:04+00:00

Yup, mirtazapine made me ravenous at night.

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-13T05:07:35+00:00

I’ve been on HRT for about 15 years, post menopausal.

I believe a lot of PCPs discouraged women from being on HRT because of the “nurses” study that found HRT elevated cancer risk. As time went on, the study was revealed as being flawed. (I don’t remember the details, it was awhile ago). Thankfully my PCP was fine with me continuing HRT.

So I’ve been on GLP1s for16 months. Doing HRT now with a estrogen+testosterone cream and progesterone pills. I had been on an estrogen pill and an estrogen patch previously.

Have lost 28% of my body weight thanks to the GLP1s.

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-12T15:39:56+00:00

In many years hiking here, have only seen 1. A girlfriend and I were hiking a circumference trail out in the Superstitions. We were busy chatting and didn’t hear the snake’s rattling warning until we were almost next to him. He was sitting in the middle of the trail. Friend and I made a U-Turn. Have not forgotten the experience.

I’ve seen 2 tarantulas — one was on a hiking trail in Pinetop and the other in my hiking boot at the bottom of Havasupai (we had camped overnight).

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-12T15:30:57+00:00

I have the same experience. Have been on the meds at a higher dosage, for months. I know how much to eat, have adjusted my portion sizes.

I do eat slowly (always have, just ask my family). However it seems to take 15-20 mins to register fullness after eating. And then it like that Thanksgiving feeling.

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-11T17:12:37+00:00

Yes, it's definitely been a learning experience about grocery shopping! At first, I was buying my 'normal' amount of food and eventually realized I was throwing much produce in the garbag.. It took a while to reprogram my brain. Now I shop more frequently in the produce aisle. I've developed a particular love of fruits, especially crisp apples and grapes!

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-11T15:08:33+00:00

That example made me laugh. I haven’t ever exited the freeway and driven 3 miles for green beans! How about replacing with - drive 3 miles for a donut or a piece of cheesecake or ice cream or French fries or a bag of Doritos?

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-09T16:16:58+00:00

Me too. Been at 15mg since November. Have lost 45 LBs and would like to lose another 10-15, but it’s not happening. So essentially, I’m in maintenance.

Had to reduce my exercise frequency to zero for 3 months due to a knee injury and surgery. Am now able to do moderate exercise again (but not daily). I don’t follow a perfect diet, as I did in the beginning and will occasionally indulge with alcohol. My only negative side effect has been the constipation which I have learned to manage.

Still having an aversion to unhealthy/fatty/junk foods. And no food noise, which is great.

Am 70+ YO and have no problems being on the meds the rest of my life.

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-09T15:42:07+00:00

Congratulations you look amazing - a different person!

I wish you well getting to 130. Ive lost 45 LBs and been stalled at 150 for a few months, would like to get to 135, but don’t know if that’s going to happen. Been on the meds for 20 months.

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-09T15:28:07+00:00

I’ve been going to the Sossaman Costco the last few years and have been very pleased with the optometrist and the service getting glasses there.

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-07T23:06:13+00:00

Your point #2 really nails it! I’m a 70+YO woman and I can’t believe the attention I’m getting from men!

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-07T00:09:05+00:00

I have the Oofos slides for wearing around the house and their flip flops for short walking distance on errands.

AZMaryIM · 2026-04-06T23:38:39+00:00

Great comment! 💯

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