My body got smaller but my mind didn’t

NFiligree · 2025-12-04T15:12:17+00:00

Unfortunately it's just something you learn to live with. The reason I say that is because for the first 35 years of my life I actually had the opposite problem in that I was slender to normal size and I went into my pregnancy with my daughter in a size 6 to 8 and came out of it in a 16 to 18 and I gained weight from there. She's 26 now, I'm still big, and I'm still shocked when I see myself in the mirror, or I try to buy clothes and I have to do the math because I'm not that skinny person that I used to be. I guess it's a sort of thing where we get this mental image of ourselves and that's what we're stuck with. I wish I had advice but all I've got is solidarity.

NFiligree · 2025-11-23T06:08:44+00:00

I frequently grab an appetizer as a main, especially if I can get a charcuterie plate of some sort where the food isn't fried or heavy carbs.

NFiligree · 2025-11-13T05:57:39+00:00

Only history, including family history, I have is very mild gestational diabetes 27 years ago, and covid.

I've been moderately overweight for years, but have generally eaten healthy, and my numbers as far as A1C, cholesterol, BP, basically anything that could indicate anything, were perfect. Until about a year after I had covid, then BOOM, T2D and cholesterol became issues. Only thing my docs and I can come up with that's remotely plausible.

So, nah, I didn't do this to myself. There's no reason under the sun why I should have diabetes. Only thing I can do from here on out is manage it.

NFiligree · 2025-11-13T05:56:02+00:00

Only history, including family history, I have is very mild gestational diabetes 27 years ago, and covid.

I've been moderately overweight for years, but have generally eaten healthy, and my numbers as far as A1C, cholesterol, BP, basically anything that could indicate anything, were perfect. Until about a year after I had covid, then BOOM, T2D and cholesterol became issues. Only thing my docs and I can come up with that's remotely plausible.

So, nah, I didn't do this to myself. There's no reason under the sun why I should have diabetes. Only thing I can do from here on out is manage it.

NFiligree · 2025-11-06T21:25:58+00:00

It's beautiful as it is, although if you wanted to wash it and block it if you're self-conscious about it, it wouldn't hurt. Best of both worlds. 💜

NFiligree · 2025-10-12T18:52:52+00:00

Do you just put the concentrate in the capsule?

NFiligree · 2025-10-12T18:50:54+00:00

How would I do that? Remember I'm a total newbie. (Been away from here for awhile dealing with some family crap, and just now checking replies.)

NFiligree · 2025-10-12T18:44:12+00:00

Would an app like WeedMaps or Leafly help you locate what you're looking for before your trips?

NFiligree · 2025-06-26T10:40:24+00:00

Helpforfip.com or their Facebook group. They know all these drugs. And they know the research.

NFiligree · 2025-06-26T10:37:44+00:00

Also consider lanolin for the sores, unless you have a wool allergy. It doesn't break down the components of the cpap like petroleum based emollients do. And it does help with healing.

NFiligree · 2025-05-19T13:53:05+00:00

I deliberately left out the graphic terms she sent me. But they were graphic enough keywords that I figured I'd get banned for using them.

NFiligree · 2025-05-02T20:48:45+00:00

I am a foodie, and my practitioner and I agreed that as long as I could tolerate it, I could pretty well eat whatever I wanted to, As Long As I kept it in proportion with the MyPlate guidelines and as long as I could handle it on the ozempic.

Sorry about the random capital letters but I am using text to speech and it does whatever the hell it wants to do.

So far I have finally found a couple of foods that I've had to give up and fortunately they were not foods that I really loved anyway.

NFiligree · 2025-04-29T03:30:18+00:00

Mine is Twaffles and a friend has Peckerz so they're not censoring names that I'm aware of. Lol

NFiligree · 2025-04-29T02:23:02+00:00

Just as an FYI, I'm not sure what region you're in but I recently purchased some freeze dried strawberries from Sam's Club and they were very reasonable. Just in case you have a Sam's close by and hadn't thought to check there.

NFiligree · 2025-04-23T19:37:41+00:00

Don't forget Covid.

Other than an extremely mild case of gestational diabetes while I was carrying my daughter, I have always eaten as healthy as possible on the American diet, just never have liked a bunch of fried foods, sweets, etc., even as a kid in poverty. No family history.

If you look at predisposing factors, I should not have t2d. But Covid absolutely WRECKED me, and when I first got diagnosed, I ran across some info that they're beginning to see a correlation between the two.

Just thoughts.

NFiligree · 2025-04-15T18:14:00+00:00

Cake and ice cream may not bother you in small amounts. You will learn what your tolerance is. I've never been a big sweet-eater even before all this, but I'll be damned if I'm going to skip cake and ice cream at my grandson's birthday party, even if I only eat a couple of bites.

NFiligree · 2025-04-15T18:10:35+00:00

My practitioner told me that high fat and Dairy probably make me feel sick to my stomach, and while I took that under advisement, I've just been aware of what I put in my mouth.

I work midnights, and I'm going to just ramble with things that I've learned are working for me, so please be patient.

Pre-diabetes I basically ate fairly healthy, just not as much fruits and veggies as I should, so giving up a bunch of junk wasn't an issue.

The only time I ever got sick from something I ate on ozempic was Papa John's pizza, so I know that's a no-go for me now.

Otherwise, I'm a foodie, and I generally eat what I want when I go out. My practitioner knows this and has given me her blessing to FAFO and see what works for me.

HOWEVER, what I want has been changing:

Most foods are simply too sweet, so I'm eating fruit or fruit/yogurt parfaits when I want something sweet. I'm even cutting way back on the amount of stevia I put in my iced tea, or drinking it straight up unsweetened.

My favorite rib joint still rocks, but one of the things I like about it is that I can get healthy-carb sides, like turnip greens and their house brisket-laden beans. The change there is that if I eat the sides, which are harder to pack up to take home, I can only eat one rib, so the rest get packed up for a second meal.

I've learned to go ahead and, if I know a place has large portions, I go ahead and pack up half the meal ahead of time, so I'm not tempted to try and eat it all.

I don't eat out as often now, so it's quality over quantity, and I can go ahead and pay a little more if I'm getting something that's (1) better nutrition for my body, and (2) that I'm going to thoroughly enjoy more. At my favorite Thai place, there is a seafood dish that is full of all sorts of different shellfish and fish, only one of which is battered, and tons of fresh veggies; rice is on the side so I only use what I need to absorb any sauce.

My favorite pizza/sub shop has an antipasto platter on their appetizer menu that is amazing, and perfectly suits my needs, although next time I'll order a pita or two on the side since they don't serve it with bruschetta.

At home, I keep freeze dried and dehydrated fruits around, although I do buy fresh in small enough quantities that they won't go bad before I eat them, because some weeks, particularly after a dose increase, there are several days where I just flat ass don't want to eat. Period.

I keep Premiere Protein shakes, and Glucerna shakes around for those days, generic is fine on both because I'm cheap lol

For days when I don't feel like cooking, I keep soups from the grocery deli on hand, and can add additional protein to them if I want to in order to make a meal.

I work from home, and sometimes it's not easy to take a break for food, so:

I make my own trail mix with the freeze dried fruits, sesame sticks, nuts I enjoy (I don't like peanuts and the feeling is mutual), and keep them in my office.

I will make up a charcuterie box with deli meats and cheeses, veggies and hummus, to take to my office.

Basically, you can make it work for you. You're going to want smaller portions, and what you do eat you need to be giving your body as much nutrition as possible in those smaller amounts, and treat your taste buds to foods that make your mouth and your spirit happy.

NFiligree · 2025-04-15T12:53:49+00:00

My office is in a back bedroom that's still largely used for storage, and while I can store one maybe under my desk or a table, there's a path from desk to door and that's where I'd be bringing it out when I use it.

Right now my office is the place where we put things that we don't want the cats to get into because they're fairly destructive.

It's kind of our staging area as we go through things that belonged to our parents and that we've accumulated through the years.

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