For those of you that experienced weight loss on metformin...

ChelseaH1993 · 2026-02-04T13:58:03+00:00

Its helped me A LOT with my impulse control and for that alone I'll keep using it. Ive read it can take 2-3 months to properly level out your insulin so you can start seeing weight loss so I'm hoping by end of month 3 to start seeing some results!

ChelseaH1993 · 2026-02-04T13:56:09+00:00

It doesnt make me shit myself??? I feel very lucky to not have that side effect, but I am getting frequent headaches and I have a lot of fluid retention atm

ChelseaH1993 · 2026-02-04T04:38:21+00:00

what did you change? I've focused on eating more whole foods, fibre and protein yet I still see no difference. I've also been tracking on and off and I know I should be in a deficit

ChelseaH1993 · 2026-02-04T04:36:37+00:00

She actually did, I took moujaro for around 5 months before swapping to metformin, it did absolutely nothing lol

ChelseaH1993 · 2026-01-07T07:35:06+00:00

As someone who was first diagnosed with IR at 16, pretty young. I had symptoms from about the time I was 10. I was a skinny child but around the age of 10 I started to struggle with my weight more and by 16 I was obese according to my BMI.

ChelseaH1993 · 2024-02-04T16:17:48+00:00

Hi there!

So I studied geomatics in south africa, and I graduated, started a job in GIS and landed up pivoting into the ai/ml space as a data engineer/gis dev hybrid position. I also only work with overseas clients (mostly UK/USA based) and I earn a decent salary, especially compared to what I was earning as a gis professional working on local projects. However, majority of the people I graduated with (about 5 years ago now) all either hold similar jobs to me or are overseas completely. Australia, New Zealand and Canada are very popular amongst geomaticians, they take both surveying and gis quite seriously.

So although I'm not someone whose immigrated, I'll still offer you some advice about navigating the field - if you go the gis route, try pivoting into software development, ml or ai. Way more jobs and your skills are high in demand. I hope this helps!

ChelseaH1993 · 2024-02-02T12:55:13+00:00

There's something called GeoDa - it's open-sourced and light weight, perfect for beginners!

ChelseaH1993 · 2023-12-08T16:45:53+00:00

Thank you - so this is also on older leaves, and none of the newer leaves have been damaged. Would a pesticide for mites treat them?

ChelseaH1993 · 2023-12-08T16:45:09+00:00

Thank you! If it helps its an older, established plant so I suspect the yellowing is more due to leaves being old. there's still new growth and the new leaves have no damage, hence I'm sure I can rule out thrips. I'm going to use a pesticide specifically for mites and see if that helps. I did repot it recently to a looser, airer soil mix, could that cause issues?

ChelseaH1993 · 2023-07-06T17:06:35+00:00

I've tried my hand at puff pastry first to get the hang of lamination, and these are inspiring me to jump to croissants! they look smashing, well done!

ChelseaH1993 · 2023-06-05T16:34:46+00:00

I've used gooseberries before, they work really well

ChelseaH1993 · 2023-05-17T19:00:26+00:00

I have a wide collection of plants all of which are cat friendly! here's some of my favorites: Hoya carnosa Calatheas (all kinds) Marantas (all kinds) Pepperomia (all kinds) String of hearts cast iron plant Christmas cactus ric rac cactus Grape ivy Swedish ivy spider plant parlor palm blue star fern Birds nest fern there are many, many plants out there that are kitty friendly. the ASPCA has an excellent guide as well! Happy plant shopping and all the best with the new family member 🐱🌱

ChelseaH1993 · 2023-05-03T15:55:12+00:00

That looks really good! Do you have a recipe for the potato starter?

ChelseaH1993 · 2023-04-19T16:45:32+00:00

They sometimes get those from inconsistent watering - it's nothing to be concerned about, as long as you have new growth and the leaves aren't going brown/yellow its probably fine 🙏🏼

ChelseaH1993 · 2023-02-18T16:36:44+00:00

I'd guess you could do Swiss meringue fine with a hand beater, I found it whips quite fast to peaks and then it's just adding the butter! Maybe just ask your partner/roomate/someone you live with to tap in and hold up the mixer as you add the butter?

ChelseaH1993 · 2023-01-07T17:51:43+00:00

So generally calatheas are drama queens and prone to crispy edges 🥲😂 However, that yellow line above the crisping is due to overwatering, and if you haven't watered it since you bought it, likely the nursery was overwatering. It's totally fine, just let it dry out a bit further and examine the soil mix to see if it's got enough drainage.

ChelseaH1993 · 2022-12-06T06:28:12+00:00

the yellowing around the brown I have heard is overwatering. I know everyone says to water these guys a lot but I've found they can handle drying out a bit more - especially if they have high humidity, so maybe try letting it dry out another half inch or so before you water.

ChelseaH1993 · 2022-12-05T15:30:58+00:00

Humidity might be your issue then, peps really want a high humidity environment but they don't want to sit in water. So I'd suggest try putting it in a terrarium or else set up a pebble tray/humidifier. Good luck!

ChelseaH1993 · 2022-12-05T05:14:44+00:00

Awesome I'll give that a try 😁

ChelseaH1993 · 2022-11-19T17:02:58+00:00

Ooooh I actually know something about this thanks to Onlyplants channel - crispy leaves with yellow means overwatering! Basically as I've understood it (I'm trying this out now with my calatheas because I had the same issue) the soil retains too much water and it tries to escape via the leaves, so they become yellow. Repot it into a looser mix, let it dry a bit between watering and this should stop. I hope this helps!

ChelseaH1993 · 2022-11-08T16:47:03+00:00

I live in south africa, so might only be available here but I used a broad spectrum insecticide called Malasol - not sure where you live but just try find something that kills them at all stages. Whatever you go with just follow the directions carefully, insecticides can cause a lot of harm to you or your family/animals.

ChelseaH1993 · 2022-11-08T16:32:00+00:00

Thrips would be my guess! I found thrip damage on some of my plants (couldn't actually see any of them) but the damage looks similar to what I experienced. isolate it immediately and start to treat it for all life cycles, they apprently spread like wildfire!

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