And another thing
Dec. 4th, 2025 13:49![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bill_schubertI saw an article not long ago, one I wish I'd saved, that said in order to really lose weight requires you to become a different person who might end up having different friends and doing different things. The reverse being true. Same actions,same habits, same friends means you stay the same person.
That seems kind of radical but does make some sense. One of the things that semaglutide is touted for is to lessen all the cravings. Cut down addictions from drugs to gambling to eating.
I recently took a survey asking me about those things and I was not too helpful. I've lost all my addictions, the ones they asked about anyway. I don't gamble, don't smoke, don't much drink, don't do drugs. I'm a fairly boring person and was not all that exciting when I did smoke and drink and do drugs. That last might be a different point.
I'm down to 194.6 pounds as of this morning. That's 35 pounds that I'll likely never see again. The first 20 was on Noom, the most recent 15 from Semaglutide.
Last night I was eating dinner and realized I just wasn't hungry so I stopped. I'd not eaten all that much yesterday but I wasn't looking for more. Dinner was OK. I just reached down into myself and didn't find any desire to eat.
That's the way of semaglutide. I watch out to be sure I get enough protein and fiber and then just eat when I want to eat and not when I don't. Sometimes I'll track it in Cronometer but as long as I'm continuing to lose weight I don't feel like I need to bother doing that.
The whole thing will be even more interesting when I get to whatever weight I decide is where I should stop. "Normal" for my 5'9" height is 168. I would look like a scarecrow, like an Okie on the way to California. I can hardly imagine.
I was shooting for 180. My current BMI is 28.6. "Normal" is 24.9 or less. 180 would put me at 26.
No one who knows me thinks I'm much more than normal overweight or thinks I should lose another 25 pounds.
So, we'll see. I am moving better on the Pickleball court. It will be interesting if there is a difference in my knees and the rest of my joints. Maybe would be worth it after all.
Meanwhile, I'm not really hungry right now but I do need water.
That seems kind of radical but does make some sense. One of the things that semaglutide is touted for is to lessen all the cravings. Cut down addictions from drugs to gambling to eating.
I recently took a survey asking me about those things and I was not too helpful. I've lost all my addictions, the ones they asked about anyway. I don't gamble, don't smoke, don't much drink, don't do drugs. I'm a fairly boring person and was not all that exciting when I did smoke and drink and do drugs. That last might be a different point.
I'm down to 194.6 pounds as of this morning. That's 35 pounds that I'll likely never see again. The first 20 was on Noom, the most recent 15 from Semaglutide.
Last night I was eating dinner and realized I just wasn't hungry so I stopped. I'd not eaten all that much yesterday but I wasn't looking for more. Dinner was OK. I just reached down into myself and didn't find any desire to eat.
That's the way of semaglutide. I watch out to be sure I get enough protein and fiber and then just eat when I want to eat and not when I don't. Sometimes I'll track it in Cronometer but as long as I'm continuing to lose weight I don't feel like I need to bother doing that.
The whole thing will be even more interesting when I get to whatever weight I decide is where I should stop. "Normal" for my 5'9" height is 168. I would look like a scarecrow, like an Okie on the way to California. I can hardly imagine.
I was shooting for 180. My current BMI is 28.6. "Normal" is 24.9 or less. 180 would put me at 26.
No one who knows me thinks I'm much more than normal overweight or thinks I should lose another 25 pounds.
So, we'll see. I am moving better on the Pickleball court. It will be interesting if there is a difference in my knees and the rest of my joints. Maybe would be worth it after all.
Meanwhile, I'm not really hungry right now but I do need water.
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Date: 2025-12-05 01:12 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-12-06 17:40 (UTC)It is not an issue I run into, fortunately. But I do read about it.