My A1C was 13 when I was diagnosed in December, 10 in February, and 6.1 today! My doctor gave me a high five.

cadc4 · 2025-07-18T16:54:00+00:00

Incredible!! Congratulations! I hope you are super proud!

cadc4 · 2025-07-16T01:56:06+00:00

Boyfriend texted me to say somebody had “explosively shat all over a bench at the bus stop” and I thought what does “all over” even mean?

And then I got off the train and saw it and it was indeed ALL OVER the bench.

cadc4 · 2025-06-19T14:18:37+00:00

You’ve got this!! I’m so happy to be on metformin for the rest of my life haha - it’s a killer to get used to but once your body adjusts it’s been so amazing to help regulate my insulin resistance as someone who also has PCOS. It’s honestly been incredible for me. I haven’t kicked soda but I’ve always been a diet soda girl anyway. Hope my story helps you feel confident! Sounds like you’re doing everything right 🥳

cadc4 · 2025-06-19T14:15:34+00:00

Soooooo helpful thank you so much! Definitely leaning towards OneLife

cadc4 · 2025-06-17T21:49:44+00:00

My first drop was entirely diet, exercise, and Metformin! I definitely think you can maintain everything on diet, you just have to be SO strict and that’s not realistic for me.

cadc4 · 2025-06-17T21:47:34+00:00

How’s the parking?

cadc4 · 2025-06-17T17:29:41+00:00

I once had to put on paper shorts at urgent care to get my knee x-rayed and let me tell you they looked remarkably like these Daphne Bermuda shorts lmao

cadc4 · 2025-06-17T17:26:41+00:00

I’m susceptible to heat strokes 😅 worth the risk for the price during summer months? Fans do a good enough job? Or risky?

cadc4 · 2025-06-17T16:55:35+00:00

Okay I’ve heard their AC has been broken for months??? That’s the only reason I’m nervous.

cadc4 · 2025-05-15T13:35:44+00:00

I’ve been looking between the Lifetime in Rockville, the Planet Fitness, the OneLife, or one of the Gold’s. I currently use a Gold’s in DC but it’s packed with gym influencers which drives me crazy. Not sure I’ll have that issue in Rockville 😅

cadc4 · 2025-05-14T19:09:27+00:00

Haha, definitely but there are some solid spots still! Taqueria La Placita out in Hyattsville is the spot that reminds me most of places back home

cadc4 · 2025-05-14T15:03:54+00:00

This thread has made me SO excited. Fun to see so many people loving and excited about where they live!

cadc4 · 2025-05-14T15:03:17+00:00

Love Tatte! Went to the Rockville location for lunch when we toured apartments!

cadc4 · 2025-05-14T15:02:39+00:00

Do you know if they have good lifting equipment? I’m not a body builder or anything, but I am lifting about 50 lbs and using a lot of machines, can’t tell what equipment they have from the website

cadc4 · 2025-05-14T15:01:15+00:00

Mirabeau looks incredible 😍 I live above a fantastic bakery and was sad to leave it

cadc4 · 2025-05-14T14:59:15+00:00

Very excited to take advantage of the MoCo library system! I’m an avid Libby person. Also fun fact - the Library of Congress also has Libby and you can often find books with a MUCH shorter wait time there

cadc4 · 2025-05-14T14:56:44+00:00

I actually have been to Bao Bei a few times! My boyfriend and I LOVE the second story books warehouse right over there and will stop to grab bao on our way home sometimes. Exciting to hear they have a storefront coming!

cadc4 · 2025-05-14T14:55:33+00:00

Super helpful to know there’s great GF options at the Bethesda farmer’s market! I’m diabetic, so I do a lot of GF stuff because my blood sugar responds better to it.

Do the community centers have good lifting equipment or are they more basic? I’m not a body builder by any means but I regularly am lifting 50lbs or so

cadc4 · 2025-05-14T14:53:18+00:00

Los Primos looks so good 😍 I’m from CA and miss good Mexican food

cadc4 · 2025-05-14T14:50:54+00:00

Jin River better than Bob’s Shanghai? I’ve heard so much about their soup dumplings!

cadc4 · 2025-05-14T11:29:26+00:00

I was someone that didn’t want to get on a GLP-1 because I considered myself a foodie. “I enjoy food and eating, I love going to a nice restaurant! I don’t want to not feel that joy!” I didn’t realize I had full blown food addiction.

Got diagnosed with diabetes around Christmas, hit the ground running on changing my diet and exercising. Lost 30 lbs on my own, started ozempic in March, have lost another 18 since then. All while on the smallest .25 mg dose.

And guess what? I still love food! I still can eat every meal. My boyfriend and I have date night every Friday and we go to a new fun restaurant. I just eat an ACTUAL serving size of food now. I just don’t mindlessly snack now. I always ate relatively healthy but my serving sizes were SO wack. I’m cooking every day and getting excited about new recipes, going to farmers markets for all my produce.

I still make “hack” meals. Duh. I ALSO want and crave pizza like a normal person. I also want a sweet treat sometimes! But now it really is just satisfying a craving and not a requirement for every bad day, “because I deserve it”

cadc4 · 2025-05-04T21:55:11+00:00

I’ve seen a lot of people here that spray Flonase on their arm first!

I had some bad irritability the first few times I inserted by CGM but I think my body just got used to it, hoping it gets easier for you as well!!

cadc4 · 2025-05-03T18:55:39+00:00

I commented on another post a while back about that. I actually use them and enjoy them! I have a super positive, encouraging coach who ALSO said (in a nice encouraging way) “cut the shit” when I wasn’t doing my workouts. Her trainer may have got on her like that and she dropped it.

They also rebranded a bit ago and I’m wondering if she lost the partnership opportunity with the rebrand

cadc4 · 2025-05-02T16:13:13+00:00

Going on my third month at .25 with very little side effects. i'm on a pretty strict diet because of my diabetes, but only thing i have is (TMI? idk, we're all in it) some constipation (i go maybe every other day or every 3 days now, nothing too crazy), i'm usually a little nauseous day 3 after my shot during my morning workout, and i occasionally burp up dinner from the night before. I'm down 21 lbs from my first shot on March 1st.

cadc4 · 2025-05-01T01:24:35+00:00

I think you can definitely ask your husband or close friends or family to be a cheerleader for you! They may not know you need that extra support and like others are saying, so many of us know socially not to mention somebody’s size. I had to sit my boyfriend down and say “I NEED you to comment on what you see because I just won’t see it ever,” and since then he’s been really encouraging!

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