80 lbs Lost AND a NSV!

SW ⟫ 207.7 | CW ⟫ 171.5 |

Ozempic: ⟫ 1 mg

Time for a scale victory – I have officially lost 80 lbs! I can categorically say that this is the first time that I have lost this amount of weight whilst eating ‘normal’ food which is kind of mind blowing. And, okay, the scales booped up a little again this morning, but I saw the numbers so I’m claiming it!

In other news, my stomach is still ‘bubbly’ and my butt is creating gas that is toxic to say the least! I’m glad I don’t have anywhere to go because I need to stay close to the bathroom, but I’m still celebrating!

I actually remembered to call the dr’s surgery this morning to find out my A1C and it’s 43. Normal range is up to 41 so I’m on the verge of being pre-diabetic (I think – I need to check my records but I’m pretty sure that’s what it means). So that’s a NSV right there – talk about a good start to a Tuesday!

Do I wish I had lost more in a year? Obviously! I think everyone on a weight loss journey wants to be able to say they’ve lost 100 lbs in a year because it sounds so freaking impressive, but that doesn’t take away from what I’ve done. My next mini goal is to lose 5 stone, which is 84 lbs. And I would like to have lost another 20 lbs by the end of 2024.

I’m waiting for a phone call from the Council regarding getting some assistance filling in my PIP review form; I want to do some work on my story for Spook Me 2024, and I have an ARC that I’m about a third of the way through.

Next week, I want to do comparison photos – and I’m actually considering doing full body ones. Not sure if I’ll post them, but I want to look at the monthly pictures Stripes has been taking of me. God, that’s actually vaguely terrifying to consider. I imagine I’ll be crushed if I can’t see a difference. Either way, I will try to get the courage up to actually post them – maybe as an animated gif so the changes can be seen happening? That could make it fun I guess!

Go me!