Definitely sounds like more blood is a good plan, Ginger! Eek.
In terribly petty but it makes me feel better news--there's this woman I have only met a few times. She's a dance instructor locally, and I remember thinking of her as definitely plus-sized--because it made me happy that she was not one of the skinny minnie "I'm a ballet dancer and see all my lean Pilates muscles" types but was still really good. But then I saw her again a few weeks ago, and while she wasn't skinny, she was not plus-size. Possibly thinner than me. And I thought "OMG, am I misremembering her as larger just because she's got boobs??"....but then I just found out (because of a Facebook group we're both on) that actually she's lost 50 pounds in the past several months! So I was remembering her as larger because she was. (And now she's highly recommending her diet on the FB group)
What diet, meara?
ION grabbed a Coke out of the case when I went to get my lunch - decided to have a Coke with beth.
Looks like basically Medifast? I mean, she's done really well on it, but I feel like just as any other diet, willpower is really what it all comes down to, no?
Pretty much - that and maintenance. Which I think is the real test.
Ginger, glad you got plenty of blood!
I started taking a weight-loss drug. My doctor has assured me it won't kill me. Only started it a week ago, so, as expected I haven't lost anything yet, but my appetite is almost gone, and strangely my mood is noticeably improved. No antidepressant I've ever tried has made me feel this good. It's weird, but I'll take it.
That's great news. What are you taking?
It's called Qsymia. Queue-SIGH-mee-ah.
Qsymia
That’s one of the princesses in the Oz books, right?
Speaking of having more red blood cells, I saw my hematologist today and I am up to 13.5. This is from the low of 5 which landed me in the hospital in March. So, yay!
