I went to the bank, TJs, and CVS. Now I'm doing laundry and settling in to do some work. Though what I really want is a nap, because I am so full of antihistamines that if Dracula bit me, he'd immediately fall asleep. Everything is blooming outside and my sinuses are so very unhappy about that.

I have lazed around this morning, posting to my A's board, savoring their sweep of the White Sox and some encouraging minor league performances.

I've got Pilates at noon, but I have to keep my blood pressure down post surgery so I won't be able to do the full workout but I'm sure I'll be "scooping" my abs plenty.

My body has been much less happy with the uptick on the Ozempic meds, though I'm still at a quite low 0.5 (up from 0.25). I'm hoping my body adapts more because the first dosage was almost without side effects and this is a pretty steady queasy.

David note that the expected progression is up a dose each month but if the prior dose is still working for you there’s no real need to increase the dose! Talk to your doctor if you’re having a lot of nausea and they can likely give you something for it but you can also NOT increase the dose as fast as possible. Check with insurance too, but…if it’s still helping, don’t rush to increase, especially if you’re getting bad side effects.

David note that the expected progression is up a dose each month but if the prior dose is still working for you there’s no real need to increase the dose! Talk to your doctor if you’re having a lot of nausea and they can likely give you something for it but you can also NOT increase the dose as fast as possible. Check with insurance too, but…if it’s still helping, don’t rush to increase, especially if you’re getting bad side effects.

That's what I hoped to hear! I lost 9 lbs in two weeks on the lowest dose. It doesn't need to go faster than that!

Hec, for what it's worth, when I bumped up to 0.5 my weight plateaued. I've been gaining and losing the same 3lbs. I go up to 1.0 in two weeks and I'm curious to see what'll happen.

I'm at 1.5 right now -- which, I have to count clicks, because there's no 1.5 pen, but I don't mind. Anyway, I met with my doc several months ago, and she said, "You may plateau at some point, just fyi, and we can talk then." I did not lose a single OUNCE after she said that, ha! I called her a month or so later and told her, "I guess I'm pretty suggestible..." We upped the dose to good effect. Down 30 since last March, and I am lucky not to have quease very often.

Hec, for what it's worth, when I bumped up to 0.5 my weight plateaued.

I'm at 1.5 right now

Thanks! I really appreciate everybody sharing their experience. It's really helpful.

I managed to do my whole Pilates class despite my bandaged hand, and without busting a stitch.

Next week I start doing three classes a week, including my one-on-one with Pilates Domme, Rachael.

If I can continue to throw in two runs a week that should be a really good level of activity for me.

I do need to do some more cleaning before Matilda gets back, including the dreaded Guinea Pig cage.

I think lunch will be a small soup with sausage, chicken and vegetables.

Nice. I'm doing a short (half mile) walk with the dog every day now -- that honestly seems to be her limit, ha! Then I swim three times a week, and I just got one of those snorkels you use when you're trying to perfect your freestyle, which I am not trying to do, because I don't actually have a form to speak of, BUT, I suck at side breathing and cannot stand water in my mouth, so I never do freestyle even though I'd like to. I'll report back on how that works out... breathing through the snorkel is weird.

breathing through the snorkel is weird.

I grew up in South Florida and had my scuba certification by age 10. Lot of snorkeling and respirators (for the air tank).