Week 50 Weigh In!

 Well, I've been sick so I missed last week's weigh in and have just been feeling worn out. I'm still doing the best I can, and I have been staying within my calorie range. I pulled a muscle in my back cleaning though so I haven't been able to exercise beyond going for walks, which I'm sure didn't help.

I was told recently by an endocrinologist that Ozempic weight loss slows down around a year, and that looks like how it's going for me as well. The last couple of months have been a lot slower compared to earlier on- slower than I'd like. Also, I've been working out less intensely than I was earlier in my journey and that's likely not helping. I'm already past the typical Ozempic weight loss of 20% as I'm now at almost 25% down of my weight when I started the medication (not my original starting weight before Oz- that puts me at over 30% and counting!) so I'm sure it will continue to be a struggle. That being said, I do still want to lose another 40-50lbs and then go from there.

I'm going to start trying my plateau breaking tips, which are really helpful for stubborn stalls! I haven't needed to seriously look into any techniques so far, so I suppose now is when I need them. Also, I still haven't even reached the therapeutic dose of Ozempic, so it might be time to increase my dosage beyond 0.5mg. I don't plan to jump directly to 1mg though! The last thing I want is to deal with side effects at this point in my journey when I haven't had too many so far. I'm not sure if I'll go to .625 or .75 first but I'll think about it today before I take my dose tonight.

It would be so nice to see that scale moving again rather than bouncing around! I plan to keep working hard, focus on rebuilding my stamina for exercise, and keep going. My cardiac fitness score is slowly starting to increase again, although it is still quite a ways from where it was in the summertime, but I'm going to keep working at it. 

One day at a time... look where baby steps can get you!

Start Date: November 7, 2022  0.25mg

OZ Week 1 loss: 3.4lbs

OZ Week 2 loss: 2.2 lbs
OZ Week 3 gain: 2.0lbs

OZ Week 4 loss: 4.4lbs

OZ Week 5 loss: 1.4lbs

OZ Week 6 loss: 2.4lbs

OZ Week 7: skipped weigh in  0.39mg (used "bonus bit" in the pen)

OZ Week 8 gain: 4.4lbs  back to 0.25mg (started exercising seriously)

OZ Week 9 loss: 6.6lbs

OZ Week 10 loss: 2.0lbs

OZ Week 11 loss: 2.4lbs

OZ Week 12 loss: 2.4lbs

OZ Week 13 loss: 2.6lbs

OZ Week 14 loss: 1.6lbs

OZ Week 15 loss: 0.4lbs (took booster dose halfway through the week, so 0.25mg + 0.33mg)

OZ Week 16 loss: 4lbs  raised dose to 0.38mg

OZ Week 17 loss: 0.6lbs

OZ Week 18 loss: 5.6lbs

OZ Week 19 gain: 2.4lbs

OZ Week 20 loss: 2.6lbs

OZ Week 21 loss: 2.0lbs raised dose to 0.40mg

OZ Week 22 loss: 2.8lbs raised dose to 0.42mg

OZ Week 23 loss: 0.6lbs raised dose to 0.44mg

OZ Week 24 loss: 1.4lbs

OZ Week 25 loss: 3.4lbs

OZ Week 26 gain: 1.0lbs

OZ Week 27 loss: 3.8lbs

OZ Week 28 gain: 2.0lbs

OZ Week 29 loss: 1.0lbs

OZ Week 30 loss: 1.6lbs raised dose to 0.46mg

OZ Week 31 loss: 2.2lbs raised dose to 0.50mg

OZ Week 32 loss: 1.2lbs

OZ Week 33 loss: 0.8lbs

OZ Week 34 loss: 2.4 lbs

OZ Week 35 on vacation: no weigh in
OZ Week 36 gain: 8.4lbs

OZ Week 37 loss: 6.0lbs

OZ Week 38 loss: 4.6lbs

OZ Week 39 gain: 0.6lbs

OZ Week 40 loss: 1.8lbs 

OZ Week 41 loss: 0.6lbs skipped dose on dr orders

OZ Week 42 gain: 2.4lbs skipped dose on dr orders

OZ Week 43 loss: 3.2lbs restarted at 0.25mg

OZ Week 44 gain: 0.6lbs raised dose to 0.38mg

OZ Week 45 loss: 1.6lbs raised dose to 0.50mg

OZ Week 46: 0.0lbs 

OZ Week 47 loss: 3.8lbs

OZ Week 48 loss: 0.2lbs

OZ Week 49: no weigh in

OZ Week 50 gain: 1.8lbs

Total loss on Ozempic so far: 64lbs