The title is how they sing it on the commercials, if anyone was wondering.
Apparently, I now have diabetes.
My insurance wouldn't cover Ozempic or similar until I try Metformin first blah blah blah, because of the cost difference. Otherwise, I am apparently not "overweight enough" to qualify for Ozempic now. I was overweight but just barely, according to the BMI chart.
However, I also now have three medical conditions that would likely all be improved by weight loss, regardless of where I am on the BMI chart: diabetes, high cholesterol and sleep apnea. I figure that since there's a 40 pound spread in the area considered "normal weight," it would surely benefit me to lose some. Also, if anyone doesn't know, Ozempic was originally prescribed to stabilize blood sugar and it also apparently has good benefits on high cholesterol too, totally aside from weight loss (I think).
So I went to an out-of-network doctor for the Ozempic. I just finished week two and have lost nine pounds. I can't believe how easy it's been. I'm simply not hungry.
Not caring that much about it anyway has made it easy to work on my eating habits. As directed, my meals are now on salad plates, not dinner plates, and consist of 1/2 non-starchy vegetables, 1/4 complex carb and 1/4 lean protein. Fats and oils kept to a minimum.
My plan is to get somewhat near the BMI border between normal weight and underweight. I say "somewhat near" because the lowest "normal weight" seems too thin (for me).
I'm thinking about twenty more pounds off, thirty total, then see how much it improves my conditions. I guess then I go off Ozempic? I don't know.
Now to work on the horrifying part (exercise).
Whatcha got?
Apparently, I now have diabetes.
My insurance wouldn't cover Ozempic or similar until I try Metformin first blah blah blah, because of the cost difference. Otherwise, I am apparently not "overweight enough" to qualify for Ozempic now. I was overweight but just barely, according to the BMI chart.
However, I also now have three medical conditions that would likely all be improved by weight loss, regardless of where I am on the BMI chart: diabetes, high cholesterol and sleep apnea. I figure that since there's a 40 pound spread in the area considered "normal weight," it would surely benefit me to lose some. Also, if anyone doesn't know, Ozempic was originally prescribed to stabilize blood sugar and it also apparently has good benefits on high cholesterol too, totally aside from weight loss (I think).
So I went to an out-of-network doctor for the Ozempic. I just finished week two and have lost nine pounds. I can't believe how easy it's been. I'm simply not hungry.
Not caring that much about it anyway has made it easy to work on my eating habits. As directed, my meals are now on salad plates, not dinner plates, and consist of 1/2 non-starchy vegetables, 1/4 complex carb and 1/4 lean protein. Fats and oils kept to a minimum.
My plan is to get somewhat near the BMI border between normal weight and underweight. I say "somewhat near" because the lowest "normal weight" seems too thin (for me).
I'm thinking about twenty more pounds off, thirty total, then see how much it improves my conditions. I guess then I go off Ozempic? I don't know.
Now to work on the horrifying part (exercise).
Whatcha got?
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