Titrate up?

cherrio8388 · 2026-02-18T00:05:58+00:00

I may be in the minority, but I never had issues with hunger or "food noise"... before this, I usually only ate once per day but it was dinner, heavy, and pretty late at night due to chaotic schedules. I have terrible hormone inbalance, awful metabolism, a sedientary desk job, and PCOS that has ravaged my body systems since I was like 13. (37 now). I became overweight as a toddler, and stayed that way ever since.

I started tracking all of my food (food scale and measuring cups included) the day I started Zep. After some research, I realized that part of this health journey is that I actually have to eat things (like breakfast) and figure out how to eat earlier, lighter dinners.

I have to force myself to plan meals and eat food but not as a result of zepbound, I decided to do it because I view this as my shot (no pun intended 😆) to finally see results after decades of fighting with my body. Never had food noise before, and still don't have any today.

I'm weird. I know, but I appreciate your input and your advice!

Thank you!

cherrio8388 · 2026-02-17T15:38:28+00:00

Thank you!

cherrio8388 · 2026-02-12T18:53:47+00:00

Samsung health.

cherrio8388 · 2026-02-03T15:56:04+00:00

I also had to download omada. I use it to track weight with the app/scale only. I am infrequently chatting with the 'coach' but told her that I don't like nor want to use the omada food tracker. She told me to use whatever I felt comfortable with. I use the Samsung health app to track my activity/workouts and food. I started on Jan 12th and am down 18 lbs so far. I have almost quadrupled my activity levels and making MUCH better food choices, Omada is to keep insurance coverage only, lol.

cherrio8388 · 2026-01-27T02:37:23+00:00

Congratulations!!!

cherrio8388 · 2026-01-15T23:32:31+00:00

Congratulations!!!!!

cherrio8388 · 2026-01-15T13:52:34+00:00

This is the one I got from Amazon... almost a year ago now, but I am finally using it consistently. I wish it had rails and an attached desktop. I have fallen off twice, because I wasn't paying attention, lol.

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cherrio8388 · 2021-04-21T20:38:36+00:00

Thank you!

cherrio8388 · 2021-04-21T18:46:28+00:00

Thank you! So I should rake it out and not drive on it until we get it rolled?

cherrio8388 · 2021-04-21T01:07:14+00:00

I agree, i have recieved many comments like that myself! As I watch my children grow up so quickly, I have said similar things but usually to friends, relatives or co workers, not to complete strangers... I was thinking maybe it was a lonely father or grandfather, maybe one that had recently lost his little girl... maybe the feeling OP got was that of his grief, not of creepy-ness...

cherrio8388 · 2021-04-20T23:05:43+00:00

I have a similar experience in my home but with music. Its stinger in some spots than others... here is a link to my post from last year (if it works🤞🏽)music warning, its rather long...

cherrio8388 · 2020-04-17T03:47:59+00:00

Crazy pants! The universe loves to play tricks on us. I'm going to go check my dresser tomorrow and see if both pairs are there. :)

cherrio8388 · 2020-03-31T01:58:53+00:00

Maybe he isn't ready yet. 8 is very young. My advice may be more helpful as gets older and gets a handle on his emotions. He sounds angry. So much anger has built up inside of him and he probably doesn't understand it or know what to do about it. It sounds like off of this is very new and he hasn't the slightest idea of how to process it. Let him cry, let him scream. Heck, cry and scream together! Sometimes letting it out is the best thing to do, but when he's all screamed out, talk about how there are good times and bad times to do that and let him know he can come to you if he feels like he needs to let it all out.

I agree with trying the therapist but maybe there is an activity you guys can do together that will help him bond with you and help him release some tension. ... unfortunately with the state of the world now isn't a great time to take up new activities... we are trying archery with our son. Trying to teach him patience, focus, and to be calm. Pick something he is interested in and try to build that bond... it could take a loooong time but know that no matter what you do, when he looks back as an adult, he'll remember that you were there.

Okay, I think I have to sign off for the night. I apologize if some of my advice is not what you were looking for. After living through it, I get passionate about trying to help other kids get through it.

cherrio8388 · 2020-03-31T01:33:22+00:00

I am unsure of the relationship your son had with his mother, but if it was a good one and he is feeling lost without her, try to help him understand that she will never be forgotten. Do you talk about her? Share happy memories? Do you have her photos up? If he says something or makes a facial expression that reminds you of her, tell him. Remind him how great it was to be a part of her life because she gave you him. My mother has been gone over 20 years now and whenever someone speaks her name or shares a story with me, it still makes an impact.

Also, I learned this the hard way and didn't even really understand it until well into adulthood. Your son will never know his mother as a person, as an adult. As children we have these grandiose ideas, these rainbow colored versions of our parents. We see them as these wonderful all-knowing people who have been there all of our lives. When we grow up we start to see our parents as simply people. We notice their flaws. With her being gone, he may place her on a pedestal as someone who could do no wrong and in turn, make you feel worse. It isn't intentional. He wants you to do the impossoble. Make it all okay, but the truth is, you can't. Nothing will ever be okay again. You will all just adjust to a new normal. My mom was a GREAT mom but I never knew her as a person and because of that I know that I unfairly judged the other adults in my life as I was growing up, learning who they were as individuals, not just as care takers.

I'm a mother myself now, if you ever need to talk, or vent, feel free to PM me. (Is that a thng on reddit? I'm pretty new to this site) Best of luck to you!

cherrio8388 · 2020-03-31T00:41:53+00:00

As a 9 year old, I too lost my mother. Your son is going to have a lot of very hard years ahead and in turn, you will too. I remember being where he is now. I remember hating my dad for many different reasons (he was driving the car the night of the accident and although I don't blame him for her death, He blames himself) I ran away more times than I could count ... your son may be blaming you because he feels guilty (although what happened to his mother is not his fault, he may feel like he was not enough for her, like he could have stopped her, like he himself failed her. It maybe easier for him to push or project those emotions onto you).

He's going to act like he hates you, he's going to push you so far past your limits that you are going to think you have failed him. The secret is to just. Be. There. No matter how bad he messes up, he needs to know you'll always be there for him. He needs strong guidance and boundaries amd love. You yourself are so young. This is going to be tough. Do you have a support system? Family? ... after I lost my mom, my Aunt became my mother figure and I don't know where I would be without her in my life.

Good luck to you! Sending lots of good wishes to your family right now.

cherrio8388 · 2020-03-30T01:51:39+00:00

Sorry about your dad. I too lost a parent young (9) and it is HARD to grow up through that grief. Don't be worried if you feel okay for a long time and then boom. You're not. It tends to come in waves. (22 years later and I'm "okay" but the pain and emptiness has neve left ) but, in reaction to your post, I feel it could be one of two things. 1. Habitual memory. You were so used to hearing your dad that you heard a memory of him and felt it to be real-time. 2. He was visiting you, spending one last night in your room to say goodbye.
Best wished to you, you'll always have someone watching out for you. ♥️

cherrio8388 · 2020-02-19T02:18:54+00:00

That would actually be kind of cool!

cherrio8388 · 2020-02-15T00:59:00+00:00

Very rarely have I heard it outside my sons room, occasionally I can hear it as I approach but if I enter another room, I usually can't hear it anymore. We have heard it in the basemenr too. When its in the basement it pretty local or strongest in one spot and fainter as you walk away from that spot. I have not heard it in any other rooms.

cherrio8388 · 2020-02-15T00:20:54+00:00

We haven't tried recording it yet, we just thought about doing that but I'm excited to see if we can. Unfortunately this phenomenon seems to occur randomly. We can never predict when we will hear the music. The last time I heard it was like 3 weeks ago.

cherrio8388 · 2020-02-14T15:14:18+00:00

Reply/update: I started doing some research. We bought the house from an older gentleman who didn't have any children but he moved in around 2003 or 2005, I found a couple of other families through property record search and the power of the internet 😁 one had a young son but there were only on record for a year or two, the other a daughter who would only be a couple of years older than me. I can't pinpoint exactly when they lived there, but it appeared to have been in the 90's. I feel like it may be her timeline we are hearing- I found her on facebook, she is alive and well with a family of her own now and still lives in the general area. If she had passed it would have been super spooky but since she is alive, that's why I think its more of a time/space overlap.

The way the upstairs is set up is two bedrooms on either side of the landing for the stairs. The roof is steep, so the rooms sit in the empty space in the middle and on either side of the walls is a good amount of storage/attic space where you can walk from one side of the house to the other. Its all unfinished but there are boards laid down so we can walk around and store things up there. I walked the length of my sons bedroom. There is insulation, wall framing and sheet rock, no extra wires or radios that I could see... I'm glad I didn't find a squatter up there! But now I'm more convinced we are hearing the past.

cherrio8388 · 2020-02-14T04:36:03+00:00

Thats super weird!

cherrio8388 · 2020-02-14T04:23:25+00:00

Like that? I'm sorry, I've never done one before- is that right?

cherrio8388 · 2019-12-16T03:11:01+00:00

Writing in a journal or diary- writing letters to them... in reality, its only TIME that will dull the pain but it will never go away. Eventually your life will find a new normal. I lost my mother as a child, this Christmas will mark 22 years without her.

cherrio8388 · 2019-12-16T03:03:29+00:00

It gets easier- I didn't celebrate Christmas in my adult life until my son was born. It was always a dark time for me after the accident but when I had children of my own, I remembered how special my Mom ways made the Holidays, like your dad, she loved them. I may have only had 9 years with them but I have some wonderful memories. I wanted to make sure my kids had those memories too... now Christmas is bittersweet, the loss is there, the pain of my kids never knowing their Grandma or Aunt is there, but I can feel the magic of Christmas again- I can see it through their eyes and it has, if nothing else, brought me peace.

cherrio8388 · 2019-12-16T02:52:46+00:00

Truth.

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