Zepbound Goals – September 2024
I really did intend to do this every month, but things always seemed to go haywire that last week, including this month! It’s a holiday weekend and I’m home for a change (that would be this month’s haywire part; I have a stupid cold and don’t want to infect my parents!), so there is unexpected time in my schedule. And also, HOW IS IT ALREADY SEPTEMBER??!!!
Status: I am a tenth of a pound away from having lost 30 lbs (13.6 kg)
Yes, you read that correctly, 30 pounds down since Memorial Day (May 27). I know, I can’t believe it either! I actually started wearing some of my older clothes that are a size down this past week. As it turns out, I may have waited too long to try them, because a few of them are baggy! But I’m not quite small enough for the next size down from there. (Not yet!) I know my regular pants and long sleeve shirts are going to be swimming on me by the time it gets cool enough to wear them in late September or early October! I know, what an “awful” first world problem to have. It’s still expensive, though. Plus size clothing is difficult to find at thrift stores, plus I will definitely need new bras and underwear soon (and definitely NOT thrifted ones!).
As you know by now, I lost my sense of taste a couple of weeks ago. We don’t know if it is because of the Zepbound, because of the dosage increase (I moved from 2.5 mg to 5 mg on August 5), or something else, but my doctor took me off of *everything* except my blood pressure meds and my depression/anxiety med, just in case. As of today, September 1, it is mostly back to normal, though sweet things and the flavor of tomato are both still muted. Tomorrow marks 2 weeks since my last injection, and she doesn’t want me to take one this week either. We will discuss status on Thursday (Sept 5) to decide what to do for the following week. I did have an uptick in side effects (nausea, fatigue) due to the increased dosage, but they all returned to “Zepbound normal” within a week. Thankfully, I did *not* have a return of it messing with my cycle!
As many people in my Zebound Facebook group reported, I did stall for about 2 weeks after moving up, bouncing around the same 1.5 lb range for over 2 weeks. Now, that could have been due to the dosage change, or that could have been due to being right around one of my previous set points (285 lbs, which was my typical weight before the pandemic), so that could also have been a factor, meaning it’s possible the stall would have happened around that weight whether or not I increased my dose and it was just a coincidence. There’s just no way to know. I can say that it was absolutely no fun having to give myself the same “two weeks is not a stall, be patient, trust the process” speech that I’m usually giving to other people! The daily fluctuations on the scale don’t really bother me, though I do start getting annoyed if I go a week without a clear downward movement. But two weeks? That was tough! I did finally start moving down again this past week. Hopefully that was due to my body adjusting/accepting the new dosage and NOT because I couldn’t taste anything!
My September 2024 Goals:
- Maintain current weight, even though temporarily not on Zepbound (due to tasting issues)
- Focus on water, at least 48 oz per day (still struggling with this)
- Do 20 “five-minute” mobility workouts
- Mall walk at least 8 times (average of twice a week)
- Cook dinner at least 8 times (average of twice a week)
- Try a new recipe
My progress on my overall my weight goals:
308 (139.7 kg) – down 1 kg and 1% starting body weight (SBW) – hey, you’ve got to start somewhere!– May 31, 2024 (4 days)299 (135.6 kg) – being consistently under 300 lbs– July 9, 2024 (6 weeks)295 (133.8 kg) – down 5% SBW– July 22, 2024 (8 weeks)285 (129.2 kg) – my previous “set point” pre-pandemic, 25 lb loss– August 25, 2024 (13 weeks)- 280 (127 kg) – down 10% SBW
- 276 (125 kg) – below 125 kg
- 273 (123.8 kg) – my full term pregnancy weight (weighed myself just before leaving for the hospital)
- 267 ( kg) – BMI of 49, move from “super morbidly obese” to just “morbidly obese”
- 261 (118.3 kg) – 50 lb loss, down roughly 15% SBW
- 253 (114.7 kg) – below 115 kg
- 249 (113 kg) – down 20% SBW, below 250 lbs
- 245 (111 kg) – BMI of 45, contact doctor to see if we can proceed with knee surgery
- 236 (107 kg) – 75 lb loss, my lowest weight in the last 15 years
- 233 (105.7 kg) – down 25% SBW
- 225 (102 kg) – my pre-pregnancy weight
- 218 (99 kg) – BMI of 40, under 100 kg, no longer “morbidly obese,” down 30% SBW
- 211 (95.7 kg) – 100 lb loss
- 202 (91.6 kg) – down 35% from starting body weight
- 199 (90.2 kg) – ONE-derland (consistently under 200 lbs), almost under 90 kg
- 185 (83.9 kg) – my weight when I got married, roughly 125 lb loss, down 40% SBW
- 175 (79.4 kg) – below 80 kg
- 171 (77.5 kg) – down 45% SBW
- 164 (74.3 kg) – BMI under 30, under 75 kg, officially moved from “obese” to “overweight”
- 161 (73 kg) – 150 lb loss; that’s the equivalent of “one Luke” (my slim 5’11″/ 180 cm son)
- 155.5 (70.3 kg) – Officially HALF of my starting body weight
- 149 (67.6 kg) – GOAL!! (my doctor’s ultimate goal for me, if possible)
And my progress on the NSV non-scale goals. (The order of these will change they are completed and bumped up to the top. I moved up a few others that I think are close-ish.)
Look down while standing (fully dressed) and not see my stomach– July 15, 2024 (7 weeks)Wrap myself in my bath sheet after a shower with no gap– July 25, 2024 (8 weeks)Have very clearly defined ankles– August 8, 2024 (10 weeks)Bend over easily/not feel suffocated while putting on and tying my shoes– August 22, 2024 (12 weeks)Be able to use the pink measuring tape for my hips instead of the longer yellow one (this is not about the actual measurement/number, just the milestone of being small enough to use a tape measure that was too short at the beginning of this journey)– August 26, 2024 (13 weeks)Wear an old pair of capris– August 28, 2024 (13 weeks)- Have my mom say I look like I’ve lost weight
- Wear the beaded dress that was too small on our last cruise
- Need to buy new underwear
- Comfortably wear one of my 18-inch necklaces without an extender
- Have someone I’m not related to ask if I’ve lost weight (or tell me I look good)
- Catch sight of myself in the mirror and think “wow, I really have lost weight”
- Notice that the car seat belt doesn’t “lock” anymore when I buckle in
- Fly somewhere and not have to ask for a seat belt extender (typically the clasp and the insert piece can touch (barely) but definitely cannot connect)
- Sit comfortably at the movie theater
- Sit in my recliner without my legs touching both arms of the chair
- Take a Disney cruise and sit in a dining room chair that has arms
- Notice that I rarely have to move the booth seat or table to sit down
- Wrap myself in my regular towel (even with a gap)
- Wrap myself in my regular towel with no gap
- Have my blood pressure taken with the regular BP cuff instead of the large one
- Have knuckles showing on the back of my hand instead of dimples
- Wear wide Brooks sneakers instead of extra wide
- Wear the aqua dress I wore to my MIL’s wedding
- Wear my wedding dress
- Wear the blue silk dress (size 14) from my grandparents’ 50th wedding anniversary
- Buy and wear something in a size 18 (no more size 20-something)
- Buy and wear something in a size XL (no more numbers in front of the X)
- Need to buy a new wedding ring in size 9-9.5 (starting ring size is 10-10.5; original is size 8)
